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=Rob Carson and Dean Koepfler=

Location (traveling from): Local Contact Information: Availability: Cost: Conference Topic Emphasis: Background Information: The Associated Press Managing Editors have presented The News Tribune with the International Perspective award for our circulation category. The honored work was a series called "China: Its future is our future," by **reporter Rob Carson and photographer Dean Koepfler**.

The award honors "newspapers that provide effective and thoughtful coverage of world events for a local audience." The judges recognized "locally produced stories tracing the international connections of people, businesses and other organizations in the newspaper's circulation area," and "the effective use of local experts to provide background on international developments." Rob and Dean's work painted a rich portrait of the increasing ties between the South Sound and China and of the growing interdependence of our two worlds, both economically and environmentally.