Collier Awardees

2026
Awards ceremony: April 15, 2026
STUDENT CATEGORY
Krish Dev and Dharma Niles, New York University
NYU hit with 10 class action lawsuits following data breach
Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, Tyler Crivella, Sherlyn Dominguez, The Retrograde (University of Texas at Dallas)
My story was stolen from me and buried’: A survivor’s battle with UTD’s Title IX.
Anna Yang, The Stanford Daily
A student reported her rapist to Stanford University. Two years later, the perpetrator was suspended
LOCAL CATEGORY
Ana Ceballos, Claire Healy, Ben Wieder, Shirsho Dasgupta, Ana Claudia Chacin, the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times
The Truth About Alligator Alcatraz
Brian Howey, Mukta Joshi, Jerry Mitchell, Steph Quinn, Nate Rosenfield, Mississippi Today/The New York Times
Mississippi inmates used as enforcers
Ashley Balcerzak, Jean Rimbach, The Record (New Jersey)
Hidden at Home: NJ group home residents face neglect, abuse and despair in flawed system
NATIONAL CATEGORY
Mike Hixenbaugh, Jon Schuppe, Susan Carroll, Liz Kreutz, Anagilmara Vilchez, Tyler Kingkade, NBC News and Noticias Telemundo
Dealing the Dead
The Staff of The Associated Press, The Associated Press
Freedom of Speech (Gulf of Mexico)
Jeffrey Goldberg, Shane Harris, Adrienne LaFrance, Griff Witte, Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic
Signalgate