Finalist: Duaa Eldeib of ProPublica
For poignant, comprehensive reporting that clearly demonstrated how the U.S. healthcare system has failed to lower the number of preventable stillbirths in the country.
Nominated Work
Biography
Duaa Eldeib is an investigative reporter at ProPublica. She has examined failures that have led to a stillbirth crisis in the U.S., the fatal consequences of delaying care during the pandemic and the plight of hundreds of children trapped in psychiatric hospitals. Her work has sparked legislative hearings, governmental reforms and has led to the release of young men incarcerated as juveniles and the exoneration of a mother who was convicted of murdering her son. Before joining ProPublica, she worked at the Chicago Tribune, where she and two colleagues were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. She graduated from the University of Missouri with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and psychology and received her master’s in public policy from Northwestern University.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 2023:
Caitlin Dickerson of The Atlantic
For deeply reported and compelling accounting of the Trump administration policy that forcefully separated migrant children from their parents, resulting in abuses that have persisted under the current administration.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 2023:
Terrence McCoy of The Washington Post
For his sweeping examination of the destruction of the Amazon, using rich data and images, that explores the conflicts between those people who see it as their birthright to exploit the area, those who seek to preserve indigenous communities and those desperate to protect the earth.
The Jury
The Jury
Mitch Pugh(Chair)
Executive Editor, Chicago Tribune
Andy Alford
Director of Editorial Recruitment, Training and Career Development, The Texas Tribune
Corey G. Johnson*
Reporter, ProPublica
Danese Kenon
Managing Editor, Visuals, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Julie Makinen
Executive Editor, The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif.
Jonnelle Marte
Economics Reporter, Bloomberg News
Pia Sarkar
Deputy Business Editor, Enterprise and Storytelling, Associated Press
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
Staff of Quanta Magazine, New York, N.Y., notably Natalie Wolchover
For coverage that revealed the complexities of building the James Webb Space Telescope, designed to facilitate groundbreaking astronomical and cosmological research.
Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jaimi Dowdell and Jackie Botts of Reuters
For an exhaustive examination, powered by a pioneering data analysis of U.S. federal court cases, of the obscure legal doctrine of “qualified immunity” and how it shields police who use excessive force from prosecution.
Staff of The Washington Post
For a groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet.
David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner of The New York Times
For an exhaustive 18-month investigation of President Donald Trump’s finances that debunked his claims of self-made wealth and revealed a business empire riddled with tax dodges. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category, where it was also entered.)
2023 Prize Winners
Miami Herald Editorial Board, for a series written by Amy Driscoll
Editorials on the failure of Florida public officials to deliver on many taxpayer-funded amenities and services promised to residents over decades.
Andrea Long Chu of New York Magazine
For book reviews that scrutinize authors as well as their works, using multiple cultural lenses to explore some of society’s most fraught topics.
Kyle Whitmire of AL.com, Birmingham
For measured and persuasive columns that document how Alabama's Confederate heritage still colors the present with racism and exclusion, told through tours of its first capital, its mansions and monuments–and through the history that has been omitted.
Staff of The Wall Street Journal
For sharp accountability reporting on financial conflicts of interest among officials at 50 federal agencies, revealing those who bought and sold stocks they regulated and other ethical violations by individuals charged with safeguarding the public’s interest.