Finalist: Staff of ProPublica
For a sobering examination of why the United States has one of the highest rates of maternal deaths in the developed world, and why at least half are preventable.
Nominated Work
May 12, 2017
December 7, 2017
August 31, 2017
December 27, 2017
July 17, 2017
December 7, 2017
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 2018:
Staffs of The Arizona Republic and USA Today Network
For vivid and timely reporting that masterfully combined text, video, podcasts and virtual reality to examine, from multiple perspectives, the difficulties and unintended consequences of fulfilling President Trump's pledge to construct a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 2018:
Michael Kimmelman of The New York Times
For an ambitious series that explained with verve, lyricism and exceptional clarity the complex impact of climate change on cities around the world.
The Jury
The Jury
Deborah Henley(Chair)
Editor and Vice President
Gina Chua
Chief Operating Officer
Matt Doig
Investigations Editor
Michael Fannin
Editor and Vice President
Ezra Klein
Editor-at-Large
Cindy McCurry-Ross
Executive Editor
Ed Yong*
Staff Writer
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and Miami Herald
For the Panama Papers, a series of stories using a collaboration of more than 300 reporters on six continents to expose the hidden infrastructure and global scale of offshore tax havens. (Moved by the Board from the International Reporting category, where it was entered.)
T. Christian Miller of ProPublica and Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project
For a startling examination and exposé of law enforcement's enduring failures to investigate reports of rape properly and to comprehend the traumatic effects on its victims.
Zachary R. Mider
For a painstaking, clear and entertaining explanation of how so many U.S. corporations dodge taxes and why lawmakers and regulators have a hard time stopping them.
Eli Saslow
For his unsettling and nuanced reporting on the prevalence of food stamps in post-recession America, forcing readers to grapple with issues of poverty and dependency.
2018 Prize Winners
The New York Times, for reporting led by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and The New Yorker, for reporting by Ronan Farrow
For explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators, including allegations against one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, bringing them to account for long-suppressed allegations of coercion, brutality and victim silencing, thus spurring a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse of women.
Staff of The Washington Post
For purposeful and relentless reporting that changed the course of a Senate race in Alabama by revealing a candidate’s alleged past sexual harassment of teenage girls and subsequent efforts to undermine the journalism that exposed it.
John Archibald of Alabama Media Group
For lyrical and courageous commentary that is rooted in Alabama but has a national resonance in scrutinizing corrupt politicians, championing the rights of women and calling out hypocrisy.
Staffs of The Arizona Republic and USA Today Network
For vivid and timely reporting that masterfully combined text, video, podcasts and virtual reality to examine, from multiple perspectives, the difficulties and unintended consequences of fulfilling President Trump's pledge to construct a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.