REPORTING
Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles

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WINNER
The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief
Edited by Scott Stossel
"American Cowardice," by Jamie Thompson, March

This piece recreates the horror of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and the drama surrounding sheriff’s deputy Scot Peterson’s court case with skill and care. But Jamie Thompson’s narrative goes further, providing an analysis of most police officers’ woeful lack of preparation for such a tragedy. The story asks a number of uncomfortable questions, including an all-important one: Has our country’s inability to come together to protect its children made the United States a nation of cowards?

FINALISTS

Bloomberg Businessweek
Brad Stone, Editor in Chief
Edited by Robert Friedman
“Sextortion,” by Olivia Carville, April 22, “Roblox's Predator Problem,” by Olivia Carville and Cecilia D’Anastasio, August, and “Fentanyl Almost Killed Michael Brewer. Now He Wants Snap to Pay,” by Olivia Carville, December 19 at bloomberg.com

The Marshall Project
Susan Chira, Editor in Chief
Edited by Manuel Torres
“She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away,” published with Reveal, Mother Jones and USA Today, by Shoshana Walter, September 9; “Hospitals Gave Patients Meds During Childbirth, Then Reported Them for Positive Drug Tests,” published with Reveal, Mother Jones and USA Today, by Shoshana Walter, December 11; and “You’re About to Deliver Your Baby. This Faulty Drug Test Could Take Your Newborn Away,” published with Reveal and Mother Jones from PRX, hosted by Al Letson with Shoshana Walter, September 7

NBC News
Tom Namako, Senior Executive Editor
Edited by Julie Shapiro and Kristin Gazlay
"Cut Up and Leased Out, the Bodies of the Poor Suffer a Final Indignity in Texas," by Mike Hixenbaugh, Jon Schuppe and Susan Carroll, September 16 at nbcnews.com

The New York Times Magazine
Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
Edited by Sasha Weiss and Gregory Winter
“America’s Monster: How the U.S. Backed Kidnapping, Torture and Murder in Afghanistan,” by Azam Ahmed and Matthieu Aikins, May 22 at nytimes.com, and “America’s Monster: Uncovering the Brutal Career of Abdul Raziq—and the Hidden Truths of the War in Afghanistan,” by Matthieu Aikins, May 26

The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
Edited by Willing Davidson
“Conviction,” by Rachel Aviv, May 20

Texas Monthly
Dan Goodgame, Editor in Chief
Edited by J. K. Nickell
"The Billionaire Who Runs Texas," by Russell Gold, March