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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."[6] |
Aaron Glantz and Emmanuel Martinez of Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, (in collaboration with Associated Press, PRX and the PBS NewsHour), for "an exposé of redlining that analyzed more than 30 million mortgage records to uncover discrimination in the banking system, highlighting how skin color still shuts out millions of people from home ownership."[6] |
Kyra Gurney, Nicholas Nehamas, Jay Weaver and Jim Wyss of the Miami Herald, for "an ambitious explanation of a far-reaching criminal operation in which South American gold mining fueled international money laundering, urban street crime, environmental degradation, child exploitation, drug trafficking and a thriving precious metals industry in Miami."[6] |
Staff of The Washington Post, for "exhaustive data analysis and haunting storytelling that revealed the vast number of unsolved homicide cases in America's major cities."[6] |
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The Advocate staff, for "a damning portrayal of the state's discriminatory conviction system, including a Jim Crow-era law, that enabled Louisiana courts to send defendants to jail without jury consensus on the accused's guilt."[7] |
Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Dylan Purcell and Jessica Griffin of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for "dogged scientific investigation and evocative storytelling that exposed toxic dangers lurking in Philadelphia school buildings that sickened children in their classrooms."[7] |
Brandon Stahl, Jennifer Bjorhus, MaryJo Webster and Renée Jones Schneider of the Star Tribune, for "an illuminating and disturbing series that exposed breakdowns in Minnesota's investigation and prosecution of rape cases, and how such ineptitude fails victims of sexual assault."[7] |
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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."[8] |
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."[8] |
Staff of The New York Times with contributions from Carole Cadwalladr of The Guardian/The Observer, 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."[8] |
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Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty of The Associated Press, for "a revelatory yearlong series detailing the atrocities of the war in Yemen, including theft of food aid, deployment of child soldiers and torture of prisoners."[9] |
Staff of Reuters, with notable contributions from Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, for "expertly exposing the military units and Buddhist villagers responsible for the systematic expulsion and murder of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, courageous coverage that landed its reporters in prison."[9] |
Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times, for "dissecting the power and persistence of the ISIS terror movement, through relentless on-the-ground and online reporting, and masterful use of podcast storytelling."[9] |
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Hannah Dreier of ProPublica, for "a series of powerful, intimate narratives that followed Salvadorian immigrants on New York's Long Island whose lives were shattered by a botched federal crackdown on the international criminal gang MS-13."[10] |
Deanna Pan and Jennifer Berry Hawes of The Post and Courier, for "a deeply moving examination of racial injustice in South Carolina that led to the execution of a 14-year-old black boy wrongfully convicted of killing two white girls, and that ultimately exonerated him seven decades after his death."[10] |
Elizabeth Bruenig of The Washington Post, for "eloquent reflections on the exile of a teen sexual assault victim in the author's West Texas hometown, delving with moral authority into why the crime remained unpunished."[10] |
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Tony Messenger of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for "bold columns that exposed the malfeasance and injustice of forcing poor rural Missourians charged with misdemeanor crimes to pay unaffordable fines or be sent to jail." |
Caitlin Flanagan of The Atlantic, for "luminous columns that expertly explore the intersection of gender and politics with a personal, yet keenly analytical, point of view." |
Melinda Henneberger of The Kansas City Star, for "examining, in spare and courageous writing, institutional sexism and misogyny within her hometown NFL team, her former governor's office and the Catholic Church." |
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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."[12] |
Jill Lepore of The New Yorker, for "critical, yet restrained, explorations of incredibly varied subjects, from Frankenstein to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that combined literary nuance with intellectual rigor."[12] |
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times, for "authoritative film criticism that considered the impact of movies both inside the theater and in the wider world with rare passion, craftsmanship and insight."[12] |
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Brent Staples of The New York Times, for "editorials written with extraordinary moral clarity that charted the racial fault lines in the United States at a polarizing moment in the nation's history."[13] |
Editorial Staff of The Advocate, for "persuasive editorials that prompted Louisiana voters to abolish a Jim Crow-era law that undermined equal justice in the jury system."[13] |
Editorial Staff of the Capital Gazette, for "deeply personal editorials that reflected on gun violence, loss and recovery following a newsroom attack that left five of the writers’ colleagues dead."[13] |
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Darrin Bell, a freelance cartoonist, for "beautiful and daring editorial cartoons that took on issues affecting disenfranchised communities, calling out lies, hypocrisy and fraud in the political turmoil surrounding the Trump administration."[14] |
Ken Fisher, drawing as Ruben Bolling, freelancer, for "pointed political commentary, informed by comics history, that provided readers nuanced satire of the Trump phenomenon."[14] |
Rob Rogers, freelancer, for "provocative illustrations that channeled cultural and historical references with expert artistry and an eye for hypocrisy and injustice."[14] |
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The photography staff of Reuters, for "a vivid and startling visual narrative of the urgency, desperation and sadness of migrants as they journeyed to the U.S. from Central and South America."[15] |
Noah Berger, John Locher and Ringo H. W. Chiu of Associated Press, for "devastating images that chronicled the historic 2018 fire season in California and captured the destruction from massive blazes as they spread at an extraordinary pace".[15] |
Photography Staff of Associated Press, for "searing images that chronicled clashes between Palestinians and Israelis in the Gaza Strip."[15] |
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Lorenzo Tugnoli of The Washington Post, for "brilliant photo storytelling of the tragic famine in Yemen, shown through images in which beauty and composure are intertwined with devastation. (Moved by the jury from Breaking News Photography, where it was originally entered.)"[16] |
Craig F. Walker of The Boston Globe, for "superb photography and sophisticated visual storytelling that brought understanding to the story of a young boy living with a complex developmental disability."[16] |
Maggie Steber and Lynn Johnson of National Geographic, for "a compelling, dignified photo narrative that provides an intimate look at the youngest face transplant recipient in the U.S."[16] |
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