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Student wins award for “Dewey” documentary

June 17th, 2005 · No Comments

The Chicago Tribune’s Mary Ann Fergus reports on the documentary created by 7th grade student Marissa Suchyta about one of the well known media blunders of our time, the “Dewey Defeats Truman” hed that ran in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1948. Suchyta won a $500 prize in a national contest for her efforts.

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