Finalist: Staffs of the Invisible Institute, Chicago; The Intercept and Topic Studios
For “Somebody,” a dogged and searing investigation of the murder of a young Black man in Chicago and the institutional indifference surrounding it.
Nominated Work
March 31, 2020
Winners
Prize Winner in Audio Reporting in 2021:
Lisa Hagen of WABE, Atlanta, Chris Haxel of KCUR, Kansas City, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio
For an investigative series on “no compromise” gun rights activists that illuminated the profound differences and deepening schism between American conservatives.
Audio Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Audio Reporting in 2021:
Staff of National Public Radio
For courageous on-the-ground reporting on the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and its implications around the globe.
The Jury
The Jury
Jim Schachter(Chair)
President/CEO, New Hampshire Public Radio
Raney Aronson
Executive Producer, Frontline
Andy Bowers
Co-Founder, Megaphone, Santa Barbara, Calif.
N’Jeri Eaton
Head of Content, Apple Podcasts, Los Angeles
Michele Norris
Opinions Columnist, The Washington Post
Jacqueline Petchel
Executive Editor, Carnegie-Knight News21 & Professor of Practice in Journalism, Arizona State University
Matt Thompson
Lead Editor, Headway, The New York Times
Winners in Audio Reporting
Staff of This American Life with Molly O'Toole of the Los Angeles Times and Emily Green, freelancer, Vice News
For “The Out Crowd,” revelatory, intimate journalism that illuminates the personal impact of the Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
2021 Prize Winners
Robert Greene of the Los Angeles Times
For editorials on policing, bail reform, prisons and mental health that clearly and holistically examined the Los Angeles criminal justice system.
Wesley Morris of The New York Times
For unrelentingly relevant and deeply engaged criticism on the intersection of race and culture in America, written in a singular style, alternately playful and profound.
Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
For penetrating and historically insightful columns that guided Richmond, a former capital of the Confederacy, through the painful and complicated process of dismantling the city's monuments to white supremacy.
Nadja Drost, freelance contributor, The California Sunday Magazine
For a brave and gripping account of global migration that documents a group’s journey on foot through the Darién Gap, one of the most dangerous migrant routes in the world.