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front row (sitting) left to right: E. Ramshaw, N. Brown, T. Shelby, M. Miller; back row left to right: C. Lozada, N. Barnes, V. T. Nguyen, K. Lytle Hernández, A. Applebaum, J. Cobb (on screen; attending virtually), K. Merida, N. Carroll, S. Chan, D. Remnick (slightly behind S. Chan), G. Escobar, G. Thompson (slightly behind G. Escobar) and E. Alexander (absent: M. Shafik). (Photo by Jose R. Lopez)
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Neil Brown and Tommie Shelby, co-chairs; Marjorie Miller, administrator
David E. Hoffman of The Washington Post
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For a compelling and well-researched series on new technologies and the tactics authoritarian regimes use to repress dissent in the digital age, and how they can be fought.
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2024
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Editorial Writing
Vladimir Kara-Murza, contributor, The Washington Post
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For passionate columns written under great personal risk from his prison cell, warning of the consequences of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and insisting on a democratic future for his country.
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2024
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Commentary
Jay Caspian Kang of The New Yorker
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For original columns that force us to reexamine popular narratives and reframe such critical topics as affirmative action, racial politics and the portrayal of gun violence.
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2024
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Commentary
Brian Lyman of the Alabama Reflector
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For brave, clear and pointed columns that challenge ever-more-repressive state policies flouting democratic norms and targeting vulnerable populations, written with the command and authority of a veteran political observer.
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2024
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Commentary
Hannah Dreier of The New York Times
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For a deeply reported series of stories revealing the stunning reach of migrant child labor across the United States—and the corporate and governmental failures that perpetuate it.
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2024
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Investigative Reporting
Casey Ross and Bob Herman of STAT
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For exposing how UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, used an unregulated algorithm to override clinicians' judgments and deny care, highlighting the dangers of AI use in medicine.
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2024
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Investigative Reporting
Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic
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For her exquisitely rendered account of her disabled aunt, who was institutionalized as a small child, and the lasting effects on her family, told in the context of present-day care and intervention that make different outcomes possible.
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2024
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Feature Writing
Dave Philipps of The New York Times
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For groundbreaking reporting that uncovered a pattern of traumatic brain injuries among U.S. troops from blast exposures caused by the weapons they were firing.
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2024
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National Reporting