for using election records to show that Secretary of State Kris Kobach of Kansas presided over a 2016 vote that threw out three times as many ballots as any similarly sized state. Kobach now is co-chair of a Trump electoral commission that critics fear will make it harder for eligible voters to vote. http://bit.ly/2w3s37w
for reporting that newly named acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s history included defaulting on a city loan and apparently abandoning a real estate project. https://bit.ly/2OIXxYf
for obtaining the most comprehensive state data so far to report that California marijuana and marijuana products are failing safety tests at a nearly 20 percent clip.https://bit.ly/2QPJYZ0https://bit.ly/2xDipcZ
for being first with the news from a law enforcement source that New York’s attorney general had subpoenaed all eight of the state’s Roman Catholic dioceses in a new investigation into the handling of clergy sex abuse allegations. https://bit.ly/2NFkiQmhttps://bit.ly/2x9iTr3
for exclusively showing how nearly $4 billion in federal funding for reinforced storm surge barriers after Hurricane Harvey is being used to prioritize protecting Gulf Coast enclaves packed with oil refineries, protecting the industry that has been blamed for exacerbating climate change. https://bit.ly/2P2ZShf
for coverage of the bizarre theft of an airplane from Sea-Tac Airport late Friday night and the subsequent federal investigation. https://abcn.ws/2vMZY5g https://bit.ly/2nFWH3i https://bit.ly/2KYiQ6l
for examining the extraordinary protests that have erupted in the United States during the last two years, tracing them to longstanding grievances and the growing power of social media. https://bit.ly/2qTWSJn
for providing evidence that a political operative cooperating with the Mueller probe was involved in the secret funneling of foreign money into the U.S. political system. https://bit.ly/2pS18IR
for breaking news that the Trump administration’s new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos was stacked with trophy hunters. https://usat.ly/2IvcHyh
for breaking the news that seafood processed by North Koreans working in China is making its way to the U.S., Canada and the EU, and that most of the money goes back to the North Korean government. http://bit.ly/2wxL6WM
for combining an exhaustive document dive with gum-shoe work to tell the story behind the sudden order by the mayor of East Chicago, Indiana, to remove more than 1,000 residents from their housing project because of lead contamination blamed on years of neglect. http://trib.in/2d6Jpeu
for an exclusive story showing that the problem of theft at VA hospitals is worse than at private hospitals and that the number of criminal cases continues to grow. http://apne.ws/2r6qCkF
for using exclusive AP poll data to determine the top college basketball program in history. The team also wrote a detailed advisory and created an advance release plan to raise engagement among college basketball fans and colleges. http://collegebasketball.ap.org/ap-poll-all-time
It’s one of the most important lessons of investigative journalism: One good story can lead to another. Don’t give up after the first round. Keep digging.
That’s what Mitch Weiss of the national investigative team did after his explosive first story on the Word of Faith Fellowship. His follow-up story earns the Beat of the Week.
It took Weiss many months to persuade 43 former members of the Fellowship to open up – on the record and identified – with stories of adults and children being slapped, punched, choked and slammed to the floor in the name of the Lord. But getting so many of the reluctant ex-congregants to talk was only the start of his journalistic journey.
for examining the Trump family's renewed interest in a luxury resort project in the Dominican Republic and weighing that against the president's promise not to engage in any new foreign business deals while in office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/re...
for looking beyond the technology industry’s typical explanations for its lack of diversity and finding that the industry’s own hiring practices are a big part of the problem. http://apne.ws/2kVFpjm
for securing exclusive, all-format access to the under-construction Trump golf course in Dubai, and reporting the political, economic and security implications of the club opening just weeks after the U.S. inauguration: https://apnews.com/da3e4d047aaa44e8b1b40…
Michael Hill, hybrid journalist, and Mike Groll, photographer, Albany, N.Y., for creatively using text, video, photos and even GIF to produce a challenging visual story: a public art project in a downtrodden upstate New York city that outfits windows of abandoned buildings with lights that rhythmically brighten and fade, giving the effect of slow breathing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/light-blig...
The Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, is one of the most divisive political issues in America. So when word began circulating last summer of potential double-digit premium hikes, Washington health care reporter Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar knew he'd have a major story on his hands. With those price hikes would come renewed fears insurers would leave the program.
Looking ahead to the autumn release of the data, Alonso-Zaldivar and data journalism Meghan Hoyer starting laying the groundwork for AP to offer something distinctive, that no other news organization would have.
for his report showing that several of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains are seeing huge drops in enrollment amid new regulation and government pressure. http://apne.ws/2d9Uo2Q