Finalist: Claire Healy, Nicole Dungca and Ren Galeno, contributor, of The Washington Post

Claire Healy is a newsroom copy aide at The Washington Post who has written for the Investigative, Metro, Foreign and Features sections. She previously worked as a freelance writer for U.S. News & World Report. She is the founder and editor of the magazine the Open (theopenintl.org).

Nicole Dungca is a reporter in The Washington Post's investigative unit. She was the co-host of Broken Doors, an investigative podcast that won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Radio and was a finalist in the Audio Reporting category of the Pulitzer Prizes. Before The Post, she was part of the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team, where she delved into topics such as racism in Boston, secret criminal hearings in Massachusetts, the state's burgeoning cannabis industry and transportation. Dungca has also covered education at the Oregonian, and written for the Times-Picayune and Providence Journal. She is currently the president of the Asian American Journalists Association.

Ren Galeno is a visual artist from Davao City, Philippines. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a bachelor’s degree in painting and currently works in comics and illustration.