Ben Quiggle, who graduated from Grace College’s journalism program in 2015, received first-place for Enterprise Reporting, Division 3, in the annual Indiana Associated Press Media Editors (APME) contest on Friday, April 15.
Quiggle was awarded for a series of articles published in the Marion, Ind., Chronicle-Tribune on tax increment financing and the city’s debt. The judges said Quiggle’s material was not only written very well, but that he “appeared to be the only person willing to shed light on the issue.” In his response, Quiggle thanked his wife, Ferron Quiggle, and his Grace professors, Terry White and Paulette Sauders. He also thanked the editors that helped him “form words.”