Awards

Emmy Award

2019‘Those Kids Are No Longer Yours’ by Anna Cavell

2016Left for Dead by John Carlos Frey & Al Letson

2015Beyond the Border by Melissa del Bosque

2015The Real Death Valley by John Carlos Frey

2014Dying To Get Back by John Carlos Frey

National Magazine Award

2015Beyond the Border by Melissa del Bosque

2015Inside the Iron Closet by Jeff Sharlet

2008How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits by Joshua Kors

Peabody Award

2019Monumental Lies by Brian Palmer & Seth Freed Wessler

George Polk Award

2014The Real Death Valley by John Carlos Frey

2007Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill

2007How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits by Joshua Kors

Hillman Prize

2016Death on Sevenmile Road by Melissa del Bosque

2013No Way Out by Shane Bauer

2009Meet the Wealth Gap by Gabriel Thompson

Investigative Reporters & Editors Award

2014The Real Death Valley by John Carlos Frey

2010Bloomberg’s Offshore Millions by Aram Roston

2009Katrina’s Hidden Race War by A.C. Thompson

2007How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits by Joshua Kors

Scripps-Howard Award

2012Crossing the Line at the Border by John Carlos Frey

Overseas Press Club Award

2016The World Bank’s
Trail of Misery by Sasha Chavkin, Michael W. Hudson, Ben Hallman, Cécile Schilis-Gallego & Shane Shifflett

Livingston Award

2015Sexual Assault at God’s Harvard by Kiera Feldman

Molly Prize

2011Straight Man’s Burden by Jeff Sharlet

2010Katrina’s Hidden Race War by A.C. Thompson

James Aronson Award

2012No Way Out by Shane Bauer

2009Katrina’s Hidden Race War by A.C. Thompson

2008A My Lai a Month by Nick Turse

Izzy Award

2018Banned Banker, Scott Pruitt Friend Finds New Home at EPA by Sharon Lerner

2017Separate, Unequal, and Deadly by Seth Freed Wessler

2014Dying To Get Back by John Carlos Frey

Salute to Excellence Award

2019How Elite Charter Schools Exclude Minorities by Emmanuel Felton

2019Monumental Lies by Brian Palmer & Seth Freed Wessler

2017Contract Selling Is Back in Chicago by Rebecca Burns

2016What About Us? by Sylvia A. Harvey

2016Destroying the Lower Nine by Gary Rivlin

2015Bias in the Box by Dax-Devlon Ross

2013Ground Zero for Stop and Frisk by Jarrett Murphy & Jeanmarie Evelly

2012Deadly Secrets by Ali Winston

2010Katrina’s Hidden Race War by A.C. Thompson

Online Journalism Award

2019Monumental Lies by Brian Palmer & Seth Freed Wessler

2015Beyond the Border by Melissa del Bosque

2015The World Bank’s
Trail of Misery by Sasha Chavkin, Michael W. Hudson, Ben Hallman, Cécile Schilis-Gallego & Shane Shifflett

Eppy Award

2014The Real Death Valley by John Carlos Frey

Daniel Pearl Award

2010How the US Funds the Taliban by Aram Roston

National Headliner Award

2019Political Corruption and the Art of the Deal by Anjali Kamat

2016The World Bank’s
Trail of Misery by Sasha Chavkin, Michael W. Hudson, Ben Hallman, Cécile Schilis-Gallego & Shane Shifflett

2014Seven Days in Syria by Janine di Giovanni

2014Dying To Get Back by John Carlos Frey

2008How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits by Joshua Kors

Sigma Delta Chi Award

2019Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire by Seth Freed Wessler

2018Too Big to Fine, Too Small to Fight Back by Naveena Sadasivam

2017Her Own Devices by Jennifer Block

2017The Battle Over Essure by Jennifer Block

2014The Real Death Valley by John Carlos Frey

2012Crossing the Line at the Border by John Carlos Frey

2011Toxic Trash by J. Malcolm Garcia

2010Money and Influence Peddling in the Vatican by Jason Berry

Clarion Award

2017Out Here, No One Can Hear You Scream by Kathryn Joyce

2015Boom! by Marcus Stern & Sebastian Jones

2015The Real Death Valley by John Carlos Frey

2014Glaciers for Sale by McKenzie Funk

2014Merchants of Meth by Jonah Engle

2014Child Labor on the Farm by Gabriel Thompson & Mariya Strauss

2013Crossing the Line at the Border by John Carlos Frey

2012Tiny Little Laws by Kathy Dobie

2011Bound for America by John Bowe

National Press Club Award

2014Boom! by Marcus Stern & Sebastian Jones

Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award

2018Former Indian Official: Trump Jr. Pushed “Blatantly Illegal” Project by Anjali Kamat

Excellence in Financial Journalism Award

2016The World Bank’s
Trail of Misery by Sasha Chavkin, Michael W. Hudson, Ben Hallman, Cécile Schilis-Gallego & Shane Shifflett

2010Silencing the Whistleblowers by Michael W. Hudson

Best in Business Award

2018Political Corruption and the Art of the Deal by Anjali Kamat

2016Separate, Unequal, and Deadly by Seth Freed Wessler

Chameli Devi Jain Award

2019“Worse Than a Death Sentence” by Rohini Mohan

Mirror Award

2018Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal by Amanda Robb

2018Pizzagate: a Slice of Fake News by Amanda Robb & Laura Starecheski

2017The Secret Rules of the Internet by Soraya Chemaly & Catherine Buni

2010Power Problem by Dean Starkman

Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism

2009Power Problem by Dean Starkman

Casey Medal

2012Tiny Little Laws by Kathy Dobie

2012Milked by Molly M. Ginty

2011Children of the Exodus by Melissa del Bosque

2011Money and Influence Peddling in the Vatican by Jason Berry

2008How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits by Joshua Kors

Ridenhour Prize

2009A My Lai a Month by Nick Turse

Gracie Award

2018Her Own Devices by Jennifer Block

2012Left in Limbo by Habiba Nosheen & Lisa Desai

Front Page Award

2017Below Deck by Lizzie Presser

2017Losing Gloria by Lizzie Presser

2017Perder a Gloria by Lizzie Presser

2015How Cancer Came to the Acreage by Sharon Lerner

AAN Award

2017Incarcerated for Years Without Trial by Spencer Woodman

Sidney Award

2020Fear, Illness and Death in ICE Detention: How a Protest Grew on the Inside by Seth Freed Wessler

2020Paid by the Pipeline by Will Parrish & Alleen Brown

2019Conviction by Saki Knafo

2018Trashed by Kiera Feldman

2017Below Deck by Lizzie Presser

2017How Trump Took Hate Groups Mainstream by Sarah Posner & David Neiwert

2013Dying To Get Back by John Carlos Frey

2011Bycatch 22 by Tom Gogola

Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting

2019The Coast Guard’s ‘Floating Guantánamos’ by Seth Freed Wessler

2018Incarcerated for Years Without Trial by Spencer Woodman

2013No Way Out by Shane Bauer

Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Journalism

2017Dying in Private Prisons by Seth Freed Wessler

SAJA Award

2010The Most Wanted Surrogates in the World by Habiba Nosheen & Hilke Schellmann

2018Inside the Guest Worker Program Trapping Indian Students in Virtual Servitude by Nikhil Swaminathan

New America Award

2014The Deadly Checkpoint by John Carlos Frey

OutSpoken Award

2011Straight Man’s Burden by Jeff Sharlet

Maggie Award

2015The State Where Giving Birth Can Be Criminal by Rachael Levy & Rosa Goldensohn

2011Crossing the Line by Laura Tillman

2011Not a Lone Wolf by Amanda Robb

2010Shotgun Adoption by Kathryn Joyce

2009Life Sentence by Sarah Blustain

Association of Alternative Newsmedia Awards

2018Contract Selling Is Back in Chicago by Rebecca Burns

Military Reporters & Editors Award

2008How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits by Joshua Kors

Studs Terkel Award

2018Below Deck by Lizzie Presser

2017Dark Meat by Gabriel Thompson

2012Smoke Screen by J. Malcolm Garcia

2011City of Ruins by Chris Hedges & Joe Sacco

2009Meet the Wealth Gap by Gabriel Thompson

Project Censored Award

2010Katrina’s Hidden Race War by A.C. Thompson

2009The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness by Chris Hedges & Laila Al-Arian

Writers Digest Award

2017We Need to Talk About Frankie by Dyan Neary

Excellence in Journalism Award

2019A Desperate Bargain by Juliana Schatz Preston

2013Illegal Payday Loans Thrive in Cyberspace by John Sandman

2010Bloomberg’s Offshore Millions by Aram Roston

Deadline Club

2020Marshals’ Lawlessness by Seth Freed Wessler

2018Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal by Amanda Robb

2018Pizzagate: a Slice of Fake News by Amanda Robb & Laura Starecheski

2012Tiny Little Laws by Kathy Dobie

New York Press Club Award

2018Her Own Devices by Jennifer Block

2018The Battle Over Essure by Jennifer Block

2018NYCHA Denies Transfers to Crime Victims by Ese Olumhense

2018Government by Goldman by Gary Rivlin & Michael W. Hudson

2017The Education of Edwin Raymond by Saki Knafo

2016The World Bank’s
Trail of Misery by Sasha Chavkin, Michael W. Hudson, Ben Hallman, Cécile Schilis-Gallego & Shane Shifflett

2016Forced Meds at the Bellevue ER by Ben Hattem

2015The Real Death Valley by John Carlos Frey

Newswomen’s Club of New York

2018Political Corruption and the Art of the Deal by Anjali Kamat

2018NYCHA Denies Transfers to Crime Victims by Ese Olumhense

The Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism

2020“Worse Than a Death Sentence” by Rohini Mohan

The Immigration Journalism Prize

2017Separate, Unequal, and Deadly by Seth Freed Wessler

Maggie Award

2011Not a Lone Wolf by Amanda Robb

2009Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle by Anna Lenzer

Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award

2012Hanford’s Nuclear Option by Joshua Frank

Society of Environmental Journalists

2017Banned Banker, Scott Pruitt Friend Finds New Home at EPA by Sharon Lerner

John Bartlow Martin Award

2018The Coast Guard’s ‘Floating Guantánamos’ by Seth Freed Wessler

Peter Lisagor Award

2017Contract Selling Is Back in Chicago by Rebecca Burns

2017Monsanto’s Tainted Fields of Gold by Laird Townsend

National Communications Contest

2018The Advice Trap by Susan Antilla

2018No Protection for Protectors by Susan Antilla & Gary Rivlin