ASME AWARD FOR COVERAGE OF RACE IN AMERICA
Honoring reporting and writing on the public reckoning that gained new urgency after the killing of George Floyd
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WINNER
ProPublica
Stephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief
"How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men,” by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin, December 22, and “Black Men Have the Shortest Lifespans of Any Americans. This Theory Helps Explain Why,” produced by Nadia Sussman and Joe Singer, December 22

Judges' Citation
Combining deep reporting, compassionate storytelling and innovative art direction,
this editorial package provides a framework for understanding the pandemic's impact on Black lives.

The American Scholar
Robert Wilson, Editor
“The Patriot Slave,” by Farah Peterson, Summer

ESPN.COM
Alison Overholt, Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Storytelling and Journalism
Three articles by Howard Bryant: “Why It Matters That Roger Goodell Didn't Say Colin Kaepernick's Name,” June 6, “The Exile of Oakland A's Bruce Maxwell and the Birth of MLB's Black Player Movement,” July 8, and “The Reality of Black Pain Is Breaking American Sports' Status Quo,” August 27

TIME
Edward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief and CEO
“Is This a Model for Reparations in the U.S.?,” by Victor Luckerson, September 21-28

Vanity Fair
Radhika Jones, Editor in Chief
“The Great Fire: A Special Issue,” guest edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates, September