2018 – Online

ONLINE


Online investigative reporting, news organization not connected to print or broadcast

First Place
“Nuclear Negligence”
Patrick Malone, Peter Cary, R. Jeffrey Smith and Chris Zubak-Skees Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.

Second Place
“The Orphan Drug Machine”
Sarah Jane Tribble, Sydney Lupkin, Heidi de Marco, Francis Ying, Lydia Zuraw, John Hillkirk, Diane Webber and Scott Hensley
Kaiser Health News, Washington, D.C.

Third Place
“Unmasking the Kushner Real Estate Empire” David Kocieniewski and Caleb Melby Bloomberg News, New York, N.Y.

Online beat coverage, news organization not connected to print or broadcast

First Place
“Shipbuilders and Goodyear”
Jennifer Gollan
The Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal, Emeryville, Calif.

Second Place
“Choke Hold: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Fight Against Climate Policy, Science and Clean Energy”
InsideClimate News staff
InsideClimate News, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Third Place
“Carbon Wars”
Environmental Reporting Team
The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.

Lifestyle Blog

First Place
Rachel Nania,
WTOP.com, Washington, D.C.

Political Blog

First Place
“Buying of the President”
Dave Levinthal, Carrie Levine and Chris Zubak-Skees Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.

Second Place
Mary C. Curtis
Roll Call, Washington, D.C.

Third Place
“New Hampshire Primary Source” John DiStaso
WMUR, Manchester, N.H.

Online video up to three minutes

First Place
“Beaumont Bulls”
Rob Booth, Julianne Varacchi and Tim Rasmussen ESPN, Bristol, Conn.

Second Place
“Transgender: A Life in Transition”
Carolyn Van Houten
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas

Third Place
“Hot Wheels”
Dirk Shadd and Monica Herndon Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Online Video 3-10 minutes

First Place
“A Life on the Line”
Lea Suzuki
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Calif.

Second Place
“Mother’s Day”
Elizabeth Lo
New York Times and The Investigative Fund, New York, N.Y.

Third Place
“Seeking Asylum In Mexico: A Family Divided” Almudena Toral, Maye Primera and Nacho Corbella Univision, Miami, Fla.

Online Video More than 10 minutes

First Place
“Runnin’: A circle of friends. An American epidemic” Alex Hogan and Matthew Orr
STAT, Boston, Mass.

Second Place
“The Kill List: The Brutal Drug War in the Philippines” Ed Ou and Aurora Almendral
NBC Left Field, New York, N.Y.

Third Place
“Conviction: One Man’s Fight to Clear His Name of Rape” Kathy Hopkins, Brian Johnston and Cynthia Salinas Asbury Park Press, Neptune, N.J.

Web or Interactive Project

First Place
“Trial and Terror”
Trevor Aaronson, Margot Williams, Moiz Syed, Akil Harris and Westley Hennigh-Palermo The Intercept, New York, N.Y.

Second Place
“Death & Dysfunction”
New Jersey Advance Media staff
New Jersey Advance Media, Iselin, N.J.

Third Place
“Unsolved: A Toddler’s Death, a Tangled Trail” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.

Social Media

First Place
“#CitizenSleuth”
The Center for Public Integrity and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting staff The Center for Public Integrity and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Washington, D.C.

Second Place
“What you need to know to survive Hurricane Irma” Teresa Frontado, Katie Lepri and The WLRN News Team WLRN News, Miami, Fla.

Third Place
ESPN The Magazine staff
ESPN The Magazine, Bristol, Conn.

Online Slideshow

First Place AND BEST IN SHOW ONLINE
“Rowan’s Reach”
Lisa Krantz
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas

Second Place
“No Hands No Problem”
Jason Potterton and Tim Rasmussen ESPN, Bristol, Conn.

Third Place
Photos of the Year
Star Tribune staff
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.