Awardees

2025
Awards ceremony: April 10, 2025
STUDENT CATEGORY
Garrett Shanley
WINNER
‘Oath of Fealty’: How the U. of Florida Forced Faculty Cooperation with a GOP-backed Civics Center
Ariane Luthi
‘They Promised to Take Out Our Families’: The Afghans America Left Behind
Cathy Wang
An investigation into Johns Hopkins’ controversial real estate holdings
LOCAL CATEGORY
Mississippi Today
WINNER
Continued coverage of state officials’ alleged misuse of federal welfare funds
The Baltimore Banner
This megachurch warned of hell. Then it concealed its own sins.
Documented
Fear Across Borders: Chinese Americans and the Shadow of Surveillance
NATIONAL CATEGORY
The Washington Post
WINNER
Abused by the Badge
The New Yorker
In the Dark
NBC News, The Guardian, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism
‘Kill Us or Send Us Home’: Amazon workers in Saudi Arabia say they were exploited by labor supply and recruiting firms