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| News Photo Award: Dorothy Mills Gregg of Medill News Service for her 2018 photo of an arrest at the protests about nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court that captured the drama and the raw emotion that fueled the protests. |
GUEST BLOG / By Will Lester, National Press Club--The Annapolis Capital Gazette and the Baltimore Sun won the breaking news award in the National Press Club journalism contest this year for their courageous coverage of the shooting that killed five people at the Annapolis paper in June of last year.
The Associated Press won the
Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence for its coverage of children
affected by the Trump administration’s immigration policies. National Public
Radio won breaking news broadcast for its coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue
shooting. Reuters won consumer journalism-newspapers for its coverage of the
military’s failure to protect the health of families and children.
The Joan M. Friedenberg Online
Journalism Award was won by the International Consortium of Investigative
Journalists, including NBC News Investigative Unit, The Associated Press, Dutch
public broadcaster PAVROTROS, and more than 50 media partners for in-depth
coverage of injuries and deaths caused by the use of medical devices and implants
internationally, and resulting injuries and deaths.
The winner of the Lee Walczak
Award for Political Analysis was Peter Elkind author of “The Billion-Dollar
Loophole,” a collaboration between FORTUNE and ProPublica. A deep investigative
look at a special tax deduction that was supposed to help the environment, but
was a money-making investment. The winner of the Ann Cottrell Free Animal
Reporting Award for print was Donovan Slack of USA Today for her coverage of
the Veterans Administration practice of invasive and fatal experiments on dogs.
The winners will be recognized at
an awards dinner at the end of the summer at the Club’s Washington DC
headquarters. Details TK.
Winners List:
Breaking News - Print: The Annapolis Capital Gazette and The
Baltimore Sun won breaking news-print for staff coverage of the shooting at the
Annapolis newspaper that killed five employees.
Breaking News - Broadcast: National Public Radio for the coverage
on its “All Things Considered” of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that killed
11 people.
Consumer Journalism - newspapers: A Reuters investigative series,
"Ambush at Home," for its exposure of structural failure within the
U.S military to protect families and children. The findings of this story
revealed a public health crisis as families were silenced into living in unbearable
and unsafe conditions.
Consumer Journalism - periodicals: Bloomberg reporters uncovered a scheme
by some on Wall Street to use an esoteric legal tool to exploit small
businesses across the country and steal their money, most often with no legal
recourse.
Consumer Journalism - broadcast: CBS Sunday Morning for its explanatory
story that explored how powerful hearing aid manufacturers are fighting
competition from over-the-counter hearing aids that are often effective and
less expensive. The sales were recently authorized by a new law.
Washington Regional Reporting: Jerry Zremski of the Buffalo News for a
variety of good stories including reporting that led to an indictment of a
sitting congressman for securities fraud.
Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic
Correspondence - print:
Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke and Christopher Sherman of The Associated Press
for their impactful reporting on children affected by the Trump
Administration’s immigration policies.
Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism -
print: Paul Farhi’s dogged work
covering the media was on display in his contest entry. The judges note that
Farhi is continuously on the prowl for issues that can undermine press
credibility in a challenging media environment.
Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism -
Broadcast: WGBH’s Beat the Press wins this
year’s Rowse broadcast award based on its persistent scrutiny of local media in
Boston.
Newsletter Journalism: E&E News, in a fascinating
three-part series by Nathaniel Gronewold reported on the quickly developing
scramble for cobalt and other rare earth minerals needed to meet electric
vehicle and other demands by mining ore on ocean seabeds.
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award
- print: In her coverage of the Veterans
Administration, USA Today reporter Donovan Slack discovered that the agency
reversed course in 2018 and resumed conducting invasive and fatal experiments
on dogs. Her reporting triggered an investigation by the VA inspector general
which is ongoing.
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award-broadcast: FOX31 KDVR launched a multi-part hidden
camera investigation that exposed horrific conditions inside SeaQuest, a new
Colorado mall-based exotic petting zoo and aquarium with locations across the
country. The reporting found filthy tanks, unsanitary and unsafe conditions for
birds and other animals, and multiple violations of state regulations.
Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism
Award: International Consortium of
Investigative Journalists, the NBC News Investigative Unit, The Associated
Press and more than 50 media partners looked at the use of medical devices and
implants and thousands of injuries and deaths related to their use.
Sandy Hume Award for Excellence in
Political Journalism: Isaac
Arnsdorf, ProPublica, for his impactful stories on the Veterans Administration
that reflect the specific goals of the Hume award. His effective use of FOIA
and databases is complemented by his great analysis and use of patient
anecdotes.
Angele Gingras Humor Writing: Justin Duckham and Garth von Ahnen for
their graphic art produced for Mediaite and the Washington Examiner used to
showcase sharp political humor.
Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in
Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics:
Project by USA Today and The Boston Globe found that the Veterans
Administration had a secret list of its worst-performing hospitals. Patients
received bad treatments, or lack of treatments, often leading to serious and
sometimes fatal ailments such as sepsis.
Michael A. Dornheim Award: Mark Harris, a freelance investigative
reporter whose research, investigative reporting, and writing of the aerospace
industry, particularly in the satellite sector, is exemplary and superbly
documented and researched, according to the judges.
Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis: Peter Elkind for his story “The Billion
Dollar Loophole” _ a collaboration between Fortune magazine and ProPublica that
was a deep investigative look at a special tax deduction that was supposed to
help the environment ended up with the syndication of conservation easements.
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Honorable Mention List:
Breaking Newsprint: The Wall Street Journal for its coverage
of a fatal Southwest Airlines flight, from explaining the cause of the accident
to providing great detail as it unfolded.
Consumer Journalism - newspapers: The Kaiser Health News story,
"Rogue Herpes Vaccine," for its deep dive into the ethics behind and
failure of a university professor's vaccine trial to cure Herpes. The series of
stories revealed the university's complete lack of oversight and accountability
for administering the vaccine, which left many people feeling worse than before
they received the developmental vaccine.
Consumer Journalism - periodicals: ProPublica for “Health Care Hustle,
which featured strong reporting and some surprising finds, like health insurers
running a clever scheme that grossly inflates health care costs and patient
bills.
Washington Regional Reporting: Sarah Wire for the Los Angeles Times
brought a fresh eye to regional reporting with original stories including one
that followed Southern California lawmakers back home for a weekend to tell
readers about what it’s like to commute each week cross-continent.
Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic
Correspondence - print:
Danielle Mackey and Anna-Catherine Brigida for their work published in World
Politics Review that reveals Washington complicity in the grisly tactics often
employed by Salvadorian authorities in their “iron fist” version of zero-tolerance.
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award
- print: Rachel Bale’s reporting for the
National Geographic’s Wildlife Watch project shines a light on commercial-grade
wildlife crime and exploitation that is worth an estimated $20 billion or more
a year and is the primary threat to the survival of countless species.
Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting
Award-broadcast: An
investigation with continuing coverage by reporter Scott Taylor and WJLA ABC 7
led to the shutdown of a United States Department of Agriculture research
project that killed more than 2,900 healthy kittens since 1982.
Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism
Award: NJ Advance Media for “The Force
Report," a detailed and careful look at the controversial question of
police force and racial disparity.
Sandy Hume Award for Excellence in
Political Journalism: Ashley
Balcerzak, Center for Public Integrity, for perceptive stories on a hurricane’s
impact and Super PACs.
Angele Gingras Humor Writing: Jason Gay, in his Wall Street Journal
columns artfully found humor in everyday life events and presented it in a way
that people will find highly relatable.
Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in
Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics:
Consumers' Checkbook collaborated with the Arlington County, Va., Emergency
Communications Center to test many of these devices that alert emergency
response teams and found the response time is often dangerously slow, sometimes
as long as three minutes before the initial call on the device goes to the 911
emergency system.
Michael A. Dornheim Award: John Donnelly of CQ Roll Call, for his
coverage of defense
that is chock-full of extensive
research-based on investigative reporting on topics of utmost importance to the
defense of the U.S.
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