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'''Tony Messenger''' is a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist for the [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Education and career ==
Messenger is a native of [[Littleton, Colorado]]<ref name=":1"></ref> and attended [[Loyola University Chicago]].<ref></ref>
Messenger began his journalism career at the Yuma Pioneer in [[Yuma, Colorado]].<ref name=":1" /> He moved to Missouri in 1999 and worked as a columnist and editor at the [[Columbia Daily Tribune]] until 2006.<ref name=":1" /> He was editorial page editor of the [[Springfield News-Leader]] until 2008.<ref name=":1" />
In 2008, Messenger joined the [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] bureau of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a capital correspondent and political columnist. He was named editorial page editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in July 2012 and became a metro columnist in September 2016.<ref name=":0" />
Messenger and colleague Kevin Horrigan were named finalists for the 2015 [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary]]. They were cited "for editorials that brought insight and context to the national tragedy of Ferguson, MO, without losing sight of the community's needs."<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 2019, Messenger won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary]] "for bold columns that exposed the malfeasance and injustice of forcing poor rural Missourians charged with misdemeanor crimes to pay unaffordable fines or be sent to jail."<ref name=":0" />
Messenger's work has also been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists<ref name=":3"></ref>, the American Society of New Editors<ref name=":4"></ref> and the Scripps Howard Foundation.<ref name=":5">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 2016 he was awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism by the [[Missouri School of Journalism|University of Missouri School of Journalism]].<ref name=":6">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Awards ==
* 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary<ref name=":0" />
* 2016 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism<ref name=":6" />
* 2015 Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (with Kevin Horrigan)<ref name=":2" />
* 2014 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Editorial Writing<ref name=":3" />
* 2014 American Society of News Editors Burl Osborne Editorial Leadership Award <ref name=":4" />
* 2014 Scripps Howard Foundation Walker Stone Editorial writing Award (with Kevin Horrigan)<ref name=":5" />
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2ZcTwB9 Appearances] on [[C-SPAN]]
* [https://twitter.com/tonymess Tony Messenger] on Twitter
== Education and career ==
Messenger is a native of [[Littleton, Colorado]]<ref name=":1"></ref> and attended [[Loyola University Chicago]].<ref></ref>
Messenger began his journalism career at the Yuma Pioneer in [[Yuma, Colorado]].<ref name=":1" /> He moved to Missouri in 1999 and worked as a columnist and editor at the [[Columbia Daily Tribune]] until 2006.<ref name=":1" /> He was editorial page editor of the [[Springfield News-Leader]] until 2008.<ref name=":1" />
In 2008, Messenger joined the [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] bureau of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a capital correspondent and political columnist. He was named editorial page editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in July 2012 and became a metro columnist in September 2016.<ref name=":0" />
Messenger and colleague Kevin Horrigan were named finalists for the 2015 [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary]]. They were cited "for editorials that brought insight and context to the national tragedy of Ferguson, MO, without losing sight of the community's needs."<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 2019, Messenger won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Commentary]] "for bold columns that exposed the malfeasance and injustice of forcing poor rural Missourians charged with misdemeanor crimes to pay unaffordable fines or be sent to jail."<ref name=":0" />
Messenger's work has also been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists<ref name=":3"></ref>, the American Society of New Editors<ref name=":4"></ref> and the Scripps Howard Foundation.<ref name=":5">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 2016 he was awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism by the [[Missouri School of Journalism|University of Missouri School of Journalism]].<ref name=":6">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Awards ==
* 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary<ref name=":0" />
* 2016 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism<ref name=":6" />
* 2015 Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (with Kevin Horrigan)<ref name=":2" />
* 2014 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Editorial Writing<ref name=":3" />
* 2014 American Society of News Editors Burl Osborne Editorial Leadership Award <ref name=":4" />
* 2014 Scripps Howard Foundation Walker Stone Editorial writing Award (with Kevin Horrigan)<ref name=":5" />
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2ZcTwB9 Appearances] on [[C-SPAN]]
* [https://twitter.com/tonymess Tony Messenger] on Twitter
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