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FINALISTS

The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief
Edited by Adrienne LaFrance, Yoni Appelbaum and Griff Witte
“The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans,” by Jeffrey Goldberg, March 24, “Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal,” by Jeffrey Goldberg and Shane Harris, March 26, and “Signalgate, Trump, and ‘The Atlantic,’” by Jeffrey Goldberg, April 28, at theatlantic.com

Bloomberg Businessweek
Brad Stone, Editor in Chief
Edited by Jeff Muskus
“America’s Hot Garbage Problem,” by Laura Bliss and Rachael Dottle, July 1 at bloomberg.com

Bloomberg News
John Micklethwait, Editor in Chief
Edited by Shelly Banjo, Richard Clough, Margaret Sutherlin and Craig Trudell
“A Fatal Tesla Crash Shows the Limits of Full Self-Driving,” by Dana Hull and Craig Trudell, June 4, and “Tesla’s Dangerous Doors,” by Dana Hull, Emily Chang and Kara Carlson, September 10

CalMatters
Kristen Go, Editor in Chief
Edited by Andrew Donohue
“The Man Who Unsolved a Murder,” by Anat Rubin, June 5

ESPN Digital
Christopher Buckle, Vice President of Investigative, Enterprise and Digital Journalism
Edited by Michael Drago
“The Predatory Web of Sextortion Increasingly Ensnares Young Athletes,” by Dan Wetzel, August 10

ProPublica
Stephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief
Edited by Zahira Torres and Steve Mills
“Now That They’re Free,” published with The Texas Tribune, Alianza Rebelde Investiga and Cazadores de Fake News, by Perla Trevizo, Melissa Sanchez and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga, and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake News, July 30; “‘I Lost Everything’: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime,” published with Block Club Chicago and FRONTLINE, by Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella and Mariam Elba, November 13; and “Status: Venezuelan,” directed by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons for FRONTLINE, December 10

WIRED
Katie Drummond, Global Editorial Director
“The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover,” by Vittoria Elliott, February 2, “A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System,” by Vittoria Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger and Tim Marchman, February 4, and “Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup,’” by Makena Kelly, David Gilbert, Vittoria Elliott, Kate Knibbs, Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron, Tim Marchman, Leah Feiger and Zoë Schiffer, March 13, at wired.com