Finalist: Staff of The New York Times, with contributions from Carole Cadwalladr of The Guardian/The Observer of London
For reporting on how Facebook and other tech firms allowed the spread of misinformation and failed to protect consumer privacy, leading to Cambridge Analytica’s theft of 50 million people’s private information, data that was used to boost Donald Trump’s campaign.
Nominated Work
March 18, 2018
January 27, 2018
November 15, 2018
August 19, 2018
October 16, 2018
December 19, 2018
April 12, 2018
April 22, 2018
Biography
Carole Cadwalladr grew up in Wales and is a reporter and feature writer for The Observer.
Winners
Prize Winner in National Reporting in 2019:
Staff of The Wall Street Journal
For uncovering President Trump’s secret payoffs to two women during his campaign who claimed to have had affairs with him, and the web of supporters who facilitated the transactions, triggering criminal inquiries and calls for impeachment.
National Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 2019:
Staff of Associated Press
For authoritative coverage of the Trump administration’s migrant family separation policy that exposed a federal government overwhelmed by the logistics of caring for and tracking thousands of immigrant children.
The Jury
The Jury
Efrain Hernandez Jr.(Chair)
Assistant Foreign & National Editor
Sally S. Buzbee
Executive Editor/Senior Vice President
Angie Drobnic Holan
Editor
John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief
Kevin G. Riley
Editor
Winners in National Reporting
Staffs of The New York Times and The Washington Post
For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team and his eventual administration. (The New York Times entry, submitted in this category, was moved into contention by the Board and then jointly awarded the Prize.)
David A. Fahrenthold
For persistent reporting that created a model for transparent journalism in political campaign coverage while casting doubt on Donald Trump’s assertions of generosity toward charities.
The Washington Post Staff
For its revelatory initiative in creating and using a national database to illustrate how often and why the police shoot to kill and who the victims are most likely to be.
Carol D. Leonnig
For her smart, persistent coverage of the Secret Service, its security lapses and the ways in which the agency neglected its vital task: the protection of the president of the United States.
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.