Finalist: Jenn Abelson, Nicole Dungca, Reena Flores, Sabby Robinson and Linah Mohammad of The Washington Post

Jenn Abelson is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post. She part of The Post’s team that was recognized in 2020 as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigation into America’s deadly opioid epidemic.

Before joining The Post, Jenn worked as an investigative reporter for the Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team. Her investigations exposed doctors secretly performing two surgeries at the same time without patient consent and the widespread mislabeling of fish in the restaurant industry.

In 2015, she was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her work with the Spotlight Team on "Shadow Campus," a series about dangerous off-campus college housing.
Jenn is co-author of the book, "I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope,” by Chessy Prout.

Jenn grew up in New York and graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University.

Nicole Dungca is a reporter in The Washington Post's investigative unit. 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 graduated from Brown University with a BA, Literatures and Cultures in English.

Reena Flores is the supervising senior producer on The Washington Post's audio team. She works on the flagship daily news podcast, "Post Reports." She also led production of The Post's first long-form investigative podcast, "Canary: The Washington Post Investigates" -- a seven-part series on the aftermath of a sexual assault.

The podcast was named one of Apple's best podcasts of the year in 2020 and has won a national Edward R. Murrow award and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism award. Before joining The Post, Flores was a video and podcast producer at Politico. She was also a digital political reporter and video producer for CBS News's Washington bureau.

Reena was born in the Philippines. She grew up in various parts of California and, briefly, Chicago. She attended the University of California, Berkeley.

Sabby Robinson is an assistant producer for The Washington Post's daily podcast "Post Reports." She joined The Post in April 2021 from American Public Media, where she produced investigations and audio documentaries for APM Reports’ podcast “Educate." Prior to working at APM, Sabby interned at Chalkbeat's New York bureau and Youth Radio.

She attended the University of Southern California, where she earned a BA in journalism with a minor in human rights.

Linah Mohammad works on the flagship daily news podcast, "Post Reports." She joined The Post in November from NPR where she was a producer for "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition." Previously, Linah worked for local and college stations in North Texas.

She received a BA in journalism and broadcasting (with minors in political science and Arabic) from the University of Texas at Arlington.