Texas Daily Newspaper Association

2009 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism

TDNA congratulates Sonya N. Herbert of  The Dallas Morning News on her Casey Medal Award for Meritorious Journalism for her photojournalism entry “At the Edge of Life”   

Comments from the Journalism Center for Children and Families:

‘This series about palliative care is innovative; it may be a photojournalistic first. It is not just a story about death; it is about the way people die and how some special people care for the terminally ill. The photojournalist covered all of her bases in this solid and carefully documented work. Hebert did an incredible job gaining access to this story, and then to get so close - perhaps closer to the subject than any of us want to be – speaks to the trust she was able to earn.’