William Powell was St. Louis Magazine's senior editor from September 2012–July 2016, where he wrote feature stories about a murderball player, a competitive eater, and Ferguson's best burger joint, among many other topics. In 2014, he won a prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award from the national Society of Professional Journalists for his coverage of the death penalty in Missouri. At the Great Plains Journalism Awards, he's won prizes for feature and news writing and been named Writer of the Year.
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