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Series Team Crocker Stephenson is a feature writer assigned to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's special projects team, where he focuses on urban life and poverty issues. He has won numerous awards, including the 1997 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for his coverage of welfare reform. A 1985 graduate of the Law School at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Stephenson, who is 42, is married and has four children. Joel Dresang covers family and children's issues and writes a weekly column on family finances for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. His professional awards include the 1997 Casey Medal and two Inland Daily Press awards for public affairs reporting.