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She took over the six-member team after several decades of working as one of its reporters. Over the years, Wen has specialized in covering social service, legal and medical issues. She has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize \u2014 once in 2004 for feature writing and also in 2013 as part of a team for national reporting. Wen also has twice won the Casey Medal for coverage of children and family issues. 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