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“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River”

Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, honoring Ernie Pyle

Texas Monthly, 2026

Author(s): Aaron Parsley

A devastating firsthand account from Texas Monthly details the July 4 Central Texas floods, told by one of the magazine’s own staffers.

Honoring Ernie Pyle
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During World War II, Ernie Pyle worked for Scripps-Howard as a journalist embedded with the troops he chronicled. Readers in America saw the war through Ernie’s eyes as he recounted in detail the dangers the soldiers experienced and the fears they felt while serving on the front line.