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front row left to right: E. Alexander, T. Shelby, J. Dehli, K. Willey, R. Beck, E. Ramshaw, M. Pride, G. Collins; back row left to right: J. Diaz, N. Brown, A. Marqués, J. Daniszewski, K. Boo, E. Robinson, S. Engelberg, S. Hahn, R. Blau (absent: L. Bollinger, S. Coll)

Board Lander Sub Title
Randell Beck, Joyce Dehli and Keven Ann Willey, chairs; Mike Pride, administrator

Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer

Citation
For powerful storytelling through images published in The New York Times showing the callous disregard for human life in the Philippines brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users. (Moved into this category from Feature Photography by the nominating jury.)
Tags: 2017

Steve Reilly of USA Today Network

Citation
For a far-reaching investigation that used two ambitious data-gathering efforts to turn up 9,000 teachers across the nation who should have been flagged for past disciplinary offenses but were not.
Location
Tysons Corner, VA
Tags: 2017

Eric Eyre

Citation
For courageous reporting, performed in the face of powerful opposition, to expose the flood of opioids flowing into depressed West Virginia counties with the highest overdose death rates in the country.
Tags: 2017
Location
Charleston, WV
Publication
Charleston Gazette-Mail

Joan Garrett McClane and Joy Lukachick Smith

Publication
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Citation
For an examination of the income inequality hiding behind Chattanooga’s rise as the shining star of the South – reporting that combined data, research and human stories to render a full picture of poverty.
Tags: 2017
Categories: Explanatory Reporting

Staff

Publication
National Geographic
Citation
For a deep and sensitive exploration of gender worldwide, using remarkable photography, moving video and clear writing to illuminate a subject that is at once familiar and misunderstood.
Location
Washington, D.C.
Tags: 2017
Categories: Explanatory Reporting