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2026

Awards ceremony: April 15, 2026

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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

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