Category: awards

Reporting, research aids story development The Washington Post was awarded three Pulitzers this week, for national reporting on abortion; for feature writing about post-pandemic America; and for a biography of George Floyd in the category of best general nonfiction. The Post also was honored to have five entries announced as Pulitzer finalists. Former students Vanessa Montalbano, McKenzie Beard, Megan Ruggles and Carley Welch researched hundreds of court cases as part of their …

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A Pulitzer: The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, “For its compellingly told and vividly presented account of the assault on Washington on January 6, 2021, providing the public with a thorough and unflinching understanding of one of the nation’s darkest days.“ Graduate students working in The Washington Post practicum under John Sullivan, a …

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“The Hit,” a feature-length investigative documentary created by IRW’s Chris Halsne, continues to gain attention on the film-festival circuit.   The documentary premiered at the Landmark E Street Theater in March after being awarded top film in the Best of Metro D.C. category. Judges also named the documentary as an official selection of the Northern Virginia Film and Music …

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“The Healthcare Divide” has been nominated for a Peabody Award in the News category. The program is one the most recent of many collaborations over the years among veteran FRONTLINE writer-producer Rick Young and his team, NPR and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. It also recently won a Writers Guild Award. The program, which aired in 2021, looked …

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“The Healthcare Divide,” the most recent of many collaborations over the years among veteran FRONTLINE writer-producer Rick Young and his team, NPR and the Investigative Reporting Workshop, has won a Writers Guild Award. The program, which aired in 2021, looked at disparities in American health care and the large urban hospitals hit hard by the pandemic. Reporters traveled …

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IRW Founder and Executive Editor Charles Lewis received the inaugural Nonprofit News Lifetime Achievement Award.

The documentary “Athlete A” has brought new attention to The Indianapolis Star’s investigations into systemic sexual abuse at USA Gymnastics and by sports doctor Larry Nassar.

The Overseas Press Club will host a webinar next week on how the “Trump’s Trade War” was reported. The FRONTLINE program is the 2020 winner of the Morton Frank Award from the OPC for best international business news reporting in TV, video, radio, audio or podcast.  The webinar, being held in lieu of an awards …

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Graduate students from the School of Communication’s practicum at The Washington Post contributed to the Post’s “Murder with Impunity” series, which was named a 2019 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. They are Matt Bernardini, Orion Donovan-Smith, Kristen Griffith, Shelby Hanssen, Kristian Hernandez, Erin Logan, Samuel Northrop and Liz Weber. Orion-Smith, Griffith, Logan …

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