These DDRP-projects won big journalism awards
It’s been more than eight months since we awarded nearly $1 million to 22 newsrooms to support their data-driven investigative projects - projects which might not have otherwise been possible.
Earlier this month, a few of our cohort members won awards for their DDRP-supported projects:
The Times Union won three awards in early April 2022 from the New York Press Association for its investigation into the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. They were honored with the Best use of the Freedom of Information Act award, Best Investigative reporting and third place honors in coverage of education.
Read the project here:
When schools use force by Hearst Newspapers
Albany, NY, USA | Oct. 27, 2022
LSU Manship School News Service won Investigative Reporters & Editor’s 2023 Student Large Division. This project also prompted an apology from the governor.
Read the project here:
Half Century Later, Question Remains: What Deputy Killed Two Students? by LSU Cold Case Project
Baton Rouge, LA, USA | October 30, 2022
News&Observer won the Victor K. McElheny Award in science journalism honors series on poultry farming and the environment and also the Investigative Reporters & Editor’s 2023 Print/Online (written word) Division IV.
Read the project here:
Big poultry in North Carolina by News&Observer and The Charlotte Observer.
Raleigh, NC, USA | Nov. 30, 2022
Please join us in congratulating their hard work!
Questions? Email us at datadrivenreporting@northwestern.edu