Finalist: Staff of the Chico Enterprise-Record in collaboration with the Bay Area News Group
For committed coverage of an epic California wildfire that consumed more than 18,000 buildings in 150,000 acres, and took 86 lives. (Moved by the jury from Local Reporting, where it was originally entered.)
Nominated Work
November 8, 2018
November 9, 2018
November 9, 2018
November 10, 2018
November 11, 2018
November 12, 2018
November 28, 2018
December 4, 2018
December 16, 2018
December 18, 2018
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting in 2019:
Staff of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For immersive, compassionate coverage of the massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue that captured the anguish and resilience of a community thrust into grief.
Breaking News Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Reporting in 2019:
Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel
For exhaustive and lucid multi-platform coverage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School rampage that brought compassion and clarity to a horrific tragedy.
The Jury
The Jury
Robyn Tomlin(Chair)
Executive Editor, The News & Observer/Carolinas Regional Editor, McClatchy
Stephen J. Adler
Editor-in-Chief
Michael A. Anastasi
Vice President and Editor, The Tennessean/Region Editor, USA Today Network
Catherine Barnett
Executive Editor, The Press Democrat
Ayan Mittra
Editor
Winners in Breaking News Reporting
Staff of The Press Democrat
For lucid and tenacious coverage of historic wildfires that ravaged the city of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, expertly utilizing an array of tools, including photography, video and social media platforms, to bring clarity to its readers — in real time and in subsequent in-depth reporting.
Staff
For relentless coverage of the “Ghost Ship” fire, which killed 36 people at a warehouse party, and for reporting after the tragedy that exposed the city’s failure to take actions that might have prevented it.
Los Angeles Times Staff
For exceptional reporting, including both local and global perspectives, on the shooting in San Bernardino and the terror investigation that followed.
The Seattle Times Staff
For its digital account of a landslide that killed 43 people and the impressive follow-up reporting that explored whether the calamity could have been avoided.
2019 Prize Winners
South Florida Sun Sentinel
For exposing failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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.)
Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times
For consequential reporting on a University of Southern California gynecologist accused of violating hundreds of young women for more than a quarter-century.
Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post
For trenchant and searching reviews and essays that joined warm emotion and careful analysis in examining a broad range of books addressing government and the American experience.