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For our annual review of stories, some of the Indy’s writers and editors have put together lists of the stories they were proud of this year, or just had fun writing or reading. Here are Copy Editor Tessa Reeg’s picks.

A New Hope with Biden and Harris by Nick Welsh — I can’t be the only one who breathed a huge sigh of relief at the election results. Nick really captured the thoughts that I’m sure were running through the heads of Americans all over the country.

Inside the Organized Chaos of Santa Maria’s COVID ICU by Tyler Hayden and Daniel Dreifuss — As heart-wrenching as the photos are, the awareness they brought to readers was so valuable. The doctors and nurses working with COVID patients everywhere deserve so much appreciation.

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