Winners
Best Single Article/Story
Jane Mayer
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"Trump TV"
The New Yorker
Judges said
- "Excellently sourced with good observations, and well written. The story is excellent material."
Best Profile
Molly Langmuir
Judges said
- "Molly Langmuir does an excellent job of telling [Mayer’s] backstory, from her family history to her dognapping escapades. There's enough reporting around the core interview to flesh her out as a character and illuminate her technique."
Best Commentary
Jenni Monet
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"The crisis in covering Indian Country"
Columbia Journalism Review and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Judges said
- "This is true commentary bolstered by facts, figures and anecdotes; a very powerful essay."
John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting
Molly Webster
Bethel Habte
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"Right to be Forgotten"
Radiolab/WNYC Studios
Judges said
- "This is such an important topic and such a powerfully told story… an outstanding illustration of the power of the digital press."
Best Story on Media Coverage of the Trump Impeachment
Margaret Sullivan
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"The two big flaws of the media’s impeachment coverage — and what went right"
The Washington Post
Judges said
- "Good reporting, solid writing, great perspective… fine column making important points, uniquely in her voice."
Best Story on the Future of Journalism
Brent Cunningham
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"Losing the News"
Pacific Standard
Judges said
- "[Cunningham] does a great job of capturing a sense of place as well as a problem many newspapers face and will face in the future… smoothly written, entertaining."