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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's online presentation of a writer's near-death experience in the southwest Texas desert was one of 10 Arkansas winners of Great Plains Journalism Awards announced in a ceremony in Tulsa on Monday.

The Great Plains Journalism Awards recognize the best newspaper and magazine journalism each year from Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

The newspaper's online staff also won Great Plains Awards for spot news video coverage of the April 27, 2014, tornado and best overall website design for WholeHogSports.

Philip Martin, the newspaper's MovieStyle editor, won the entertainment/specialty blog category for his blog, blooddirtandangels.

Photographers Benjamin Krain, Rick McFarland, Melissa Sue Gerrits and Staton Breidenthal won the multiple news photography category for their pictures of the destruction and personal impact from the April 27 tornado that killed 16 people.

Reporter Chelsea Boozer's coverage of changes in Little Rock city government's sex-offender employment policy won for beat reporting.

Reporter Cheree Franco's story about an aficionado of 1960s garage bands won for best entertainment feature.

Deputy Sports Editor Jeff Krupsaw won for his portfolio of headlines.

Arkansas Life magazine's Nick Hunt, Katie Bridges, Jordan Hickey and Kelley Lane won the magazine feature writing category for a story about Arkansas-based storm chasers who end a long trek across Oklahoma without a tornado only to find one close to home.

Hickey, Bridges and Lane won the magazine profile writing category for a story about a man left "minimally conscious" after a car accident.

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State journalists garner 10 awards