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“Blackout" by The Washington Post is a finalist in the Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize, category for the 70th Scripps Howard Awards. The Awards air on Scripps News at 8 p.m. EST on October 22, 2023.