PUBLIC INTEREST
Honors magazine storytelling that illuminates issues of local, national or international importance

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WINNER
ProPublica
Stephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief
Edited by Alexandra Zayas
“The Year After a Denied Abortion,” by Stacy Kranitz and Kavitha Surana, February 15, “Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable,” by Kavitha Surana, September 16, and “A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms,” by Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, November 1

This series of articles exemplifies in-depth, powerful storytelling, made possible by rarely achieved levels of trust between sources and journalists. The photography, which showed families’ most vulnerable moments, is realistic without being voyeuristic; the design, purposefully simple, seamlessly shifting the reader’s focus between words and images. Empathetic and gripping, the series demonstrates personal and systemic motivations, challenges and consequences.

FINALISTS

Bloomberg Businessweek
Brad Stone, Editor in Chief
Edited by Dan Ferrara
"The Miseducation of America's Nurse Practitioners," by Caleb Melby, Polly Mosendz and Noah Buhayar, July 24 at bloomberg.com

Business Insider
Jamie Heller, Editor in Chief
Edited by Esther Kaplan
Three articles by Cecilia Reyes: “Locked Out,” “When Renters Get Locked Out, They May Never Get Back In,” and “Unprotected at the Margins of the Rental Market,” July 10

The New York Times Magazine
Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
Edited by Paul Fishleder
"The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?," by Nicholas Confessore, October 16 at nytimes.com/magazine

The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
Edited by Katherine Boo
"The Life of the Mother," by Stephania Taladrid, January 15

STAT
Rick Berke, Cofounder and Executive Editor
Edited by Zachary Tracer
Three articles from the series “Health Care’s Colossus,” by Tara Bannow, Bob Herman, Lizzy Lawrence and Casey Ross: “How UnitedHealth Harnesses Its Physician Empire to Squeeze Profits Out of Patients,” July 25, “UnitedHealth Pledged a Hands-Off Approach After Buying a Connecticut Medical Group. Then It Upended How Doctors Practice,” August 28, and “Inside UnitedHealth’s Strategy to Pressure Physicians: $10,000 Bonuses and a Doctor Leaderboard,” October 16

The Washington Post
Matt Murray, Executive Editor
Edited by Lynda Robinson
Three articles from the series “Abused by the Badge”: “A Police Officer Took a Teen for a Rape Kit. Then He Assaulted Her, Too,” by Jessica Contrera, Jenn Abelson and John D. Harden, March 14, “Abused by the Badge,” by Jessica Contrera, Jenn Abelson, John D. Harden, Hayden Godfrey and Nate Jones, June 12, and “A School Cop Was Accused of Sexual Misconduct With Kids. He Kept His Job for Years,” by Jenn Abelson, Jessica Contrera and Nate Jones, September 2, at washingtonpost.com