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Television | Large Market

Breaking News Coverage

Timberview High School Shooting
WFAA-TV
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Continuing Coverage

Devastating Flooding in Waverly, TN
WSMV-TV
Nashville, TN

Digital

KXAN Investigates – kxan.com
KXAN-TV
Austin, TX

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Minnesota (Un)told
KMSP-TV
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

Excellence in Innovation

Mental Competency Consequences: The Hidden and Unreliable Data Texas Tracks ... or Doesn’t
KXAN-TV
Austin, TX

Excellence in Video

Remote Access
WYFF-TV
Greenville, SC

Excellence in Writing

Boyd Huppert
KARE-TV
Minnapolis, MN

Feature Reporting

The Photo
WNBC-TV
New York, NY

Hard News

Pregnant & Shackled
KARE-TV
Minneapolis, MN

Investigative Reporting

She’s Just Ten Years Old
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL

News Documentary

Buried Secrets
News 12 Westchester/Hudson Valley
New York, NY

News Series

Politically Charged
KNXV-TV
Phoenix, AZ

Newscast

Local 4 News at 11
WDIV-TV
Detroit, MI

Overall Excellence

9NEWS: Colorado’s News Leader
KUSA-TV
Denver, CO

Podcast

Catalyst: Season 4 – Police Transparency Update | ‘Keep the Hope Alive’
KXAN-TV
Austin, TX

Sports Reporting

The Man Who Jumped and Touched The Sun
KOMO-TV
Seattle, WA

 

Television | Small Market

Breaking News Coverage

Killed in the Line of Duty
KGET-TV
Bakersfield, CA

Continuing Coverage

Faces of Homelessness
WRDW-TV
Augusta, GA

Digital

Hawaii News Now Digital 2021
Hawaii News Now
Honolulu, HI

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Bridging the Great Health Divide
WKYT-TV
Lexington, KY

Excellence in Innovation

NBC2’s Augmented Reality
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Excellence in Video

Schooner Bowdoin: A Classroom Like No Other
WCSH-TV
Portland, ME

Excellence in Writing

21Country
WPTA-TV
Fort Wayne, IN

Feature Reporting

Hyland Family Tragedy
KREM-TV
Spokane, WA

Hard News

Victory Over Violence: Young Lives Facing Big Fears
KLRT-TV
Little Rock, AR

Investigative Reporting

Time Theft
KWCH-TV
Wichita, KS

News Documentary

Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later
KOTV-TV
Tulsa, OK

News Series

Story 2 Share
WBBH-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Newscast

Names Not Numbers
WZVN-TV
Fort Myers, FL

Overall Excellence

CBS13 On Your Side
WGME-TV
Portland, ME

Podcast

Bridging the Great Health Divide: Strokes
WDBJ-TV
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA

Sports Reporting

73-Year-Old BMX Rider Art Luck: Even if I Come in Last, I am Happy
WTVR-TV
Richmond, VA

 

Television | Network

Breaking News Coverage

January 6th: Siege of the Capitol
MSNBC
New York, NY

Continuing Coverage

Climate Crisis: Saving Tomorrow
ABC News
New York, NY

Digital

Univision News Digital Portfolio
Univision News Digital
Miami, FL

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

ABC News: Soul of a Nation
ABC News
New York, NY

Excellence in Innovation

Un(re)solved
FRONTLINE
Boston, MA

Excellence in Video

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami
Netflix
Los Angeles, CA

Excellence in Writing

The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell: On The Road with Steve Hartman
CBS News
New York, NY

Feature Documentary

American Insurrection
FRONTLINE (in partnership with ProPublica and Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Project)
Boston, MA

Feature Reporting

SC Featured: A Father’s Resilience
ESPN
Bristol, CT

Hard News

CBS Sunday Morning: Shots Fired
CBS Sunday Morning
New York, NY

Investigative Reporting

Prince v. Spy
CBS News 60 Minutes
New York, NY

News Documentary

On Assignment with Richard Engel: Our House
NBC News / MSNBC (in partnership with Bellingcat)
New York, NY

News Series

Dying to Be Wrong: Price of Covid Misinformation
NBCLX
Los Angeles, CA

Newscast

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt August 26, 2021
NBC News: Nightly News with Lester Holt
New York, NY

Overall Excellence

NBC News
NBC News
New York, NY

Podcast

On Our Minds with Noah & Zion
PBS NewsHour
Washington, DC

Sports Reporting

Nightline: Out of Bounds
ABC News
New York, NY

 

Radio | Large Market

Breaking News Coverage

January 6th: Attack on the U.S. Capitol
WBZ-AM
Boston, MA

Continuing Coverage

Daunte Wright Shooting, Protests and Trial
WCCO Radio
Minneapolis, MN

Digital

Class of COVID-19: An Education Crisis for Florida’s Vulnerable Students
Florida Public Media (in partnership with WLRN, WGCU, WFSU, WUSF, WMFE, WUCF, WPBT/WXEL, WJCT, WEDU, WUWF)
Miami, FL

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Unseen: The Boy Victims of the Sex Trade
WGBH-FM
Boston, MA

Excellence in Innovation

Vaccinating Texas: A Tracking Project
Texas Standard
Austin, TX

Excellence in Sound

‘Time To Cut Losses’: Inside The Final Days of a Boston Restaurant
WBUR-FM
Boston, MA

Excellence in Writing

Who is Buried in this Cemetery on 51st Street in Austin?
KUT-FM
Austin, TX

Feature Reporting

Who is Buried in this Cemetery on 51st Street in Austin?
KUT-FM
Austin, TX

Hard News

Female Ex-Lifeguards Describe Decades of Sexual Abuse at Chicago’s Beaches and Pools
WBEZ-FM
Chicago, IL

Investigative Reporting

Buried Secrets: WBEZ’s Investigation Into Chicago Lifeguard Sexual Abuse
WBEZ-FM
Chicago, IL

News Documentary

An Investigation Into Deadly COVID-19 Outbreaks at Foster Farms
KQED
San Francisco, CA

News Series

Pandemic Generation
WBUR-FM
Boston, MA

Newscast

WCCO Drivetime News
WCCO Radio
Minneapolis, MN

Overall Excellence

Texas Public Radio
Texas Public Radio
San Antonio, TX

Podcast

Relative Fiction
OPB
Portland, OR

Sports Reporting

How Major League Soccer Passed Over San Antonio for Austin
Texas Standard (in partnership with Texas Public Radio)
Austin, TX

 

Radio | Small Market

Breaking News Coverage

At the Brink of the Falls
WBEN-AM
Buffalo, NY

Continuing Coverage

West Virginia Ice Storm
MetroNews
Charleston, WV

Digital

Vermont Public Radio Digital
Vermont Public Radio
Colchester, VT

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

KUNR’s Youth Media Program
KUNR Public Radio (in partnership with Washoe County School District & Report for America)
Reno, NV

Excellence in Innovation

20 Years Later: Vermonters Remember Sept. 11
Vermont Public Radio
Burlington, VT

Excellence in Sound

Sea Otters — The Guardians Of Monterey Bay’s Kelp Forest
90.3 KAZU Public Radio
Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA

Excellence in Writing

David Condos
High Plains Public Radio
Garden City, KS

Feature Reporting

A Boise Nurse Shares Her Frontline Experience Through Poetry
Boise State Public Radio
Boise, ID

Hard News

Migrants Expelled
KTEP-FM
El Paso, TX

Investigative Reporting

Distance-Learning Investigation: Shortfall In Student Engagement Despite High Attendance Numbers
KVPR
Fresno, CA

News Documentary

The Rural Doctor Is In
WKSU-FM
Akron, OH

News Series

COVID-19 in Virginia Prisons
WVTF/Radio IQ
Roanoke, VA

Newscast

New Jersey’s First News
WKXW-FM
Trenton, NJ

Overall Excellence

WVTF/Radio IQ Overall Excellence
WVTF/Radio IQ
Roanoke, VA

Podcast

Fireline
Montana Public Radio (in partnership with University of Montana College of Business)
Missoula, MT

Sports Reporting

Diversifying the Adirondacks One Whitewater Rafting Trip (or Hike) at a Time
North Country Public Radio
Canton, NY

 

Radio | Network

Breaking News Coverage

Chaos at the Capitol
ABC News
New York, NY

Continuing Coverage

Race in America
ABC News
New York, NY

Digital

COVID-19 Trackers
NPR
Washington, DC

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting (in partnership with PRX)
Emeryville, CA

Excellence in Innovation

Joy Generator
NPR
Washington, DC

Excellence in Sound

Start Here: ‘Kentucky Tornado’
ABC News
New York, NY

Excellence in Writing

NPR’s Embedded: The Capital Gazette
NPR
Washington, DC

Feature Reporting

Pair Your Pints With a Trip Through History on This British Pub Crawl Across London
NPR
Washington, DC

Hard News

Gun Violence in America/Defining the Problem
ABC News
New York, NY

Investigative Reporting

How States Charge the Poorest Families and Children for the Cost of Foster Care
NPR (in partnership with Politico, The Marshall Project)
Washington, DC

News Documentary

The Essential Workers of the Climate Crisis
WNYC Studios (in partnership with The New Yorker)
New York, NY

News Series

Accountable
ABC News
New York, NY

Newscast

World News Roundup, January 7, 2021
CBS News Radio
New York, NY

Overall Excellence

CBS News Radio
CBS News Radio
New York, NY

Podcast

Home/Front: Marla’s War
NPR
Washington, DC

Sports Reporting

Is Jalen Rose the first Jalen? We Solve a Sports Name Mystery
ESPN
Los Angeles, CA

 

Digital | Large Organization

Breaking News Coverage

The Fall of Kabul to the Taliban
Al Jazeera Digital
Doha, Qatar

Continuing Coverage

The Insurrection and Extremism in America
ProPublica (in partnership with FRONTLINE)
New York, NY

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

A Beautiful Resistance, Season 2
The Boston Globe
Boston, MA

Excellence in Innovation

Sacrifice Zones: Mapping Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution
ProPublica (in partnership with The Texas Tribune, Mountain State Spotlight)
New York, NY

Excellence in Sound

Dan Taberski’s 9/12
Pineapple Street Studios (in partnership with Amazon Music, Wondery)
New York, NY

Excellence in Video

How Did Jeffrey Epstein’s Phone Book End Up on a Farm in Vermont?
Insider
New York, NY

Excellence in Writing

How Medicine Erased Black Women From a ‘White Man’s Disease’
STAT
Boston, MA

Feature Reporting

Slow Journalism: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Al Jazeera Digital
Doha, Qatar

Hard News

Haiti on Edge
Real America with Jorge Ramos
Miami, FL

Investigative Reporting

Prediction: Bias
The Markup (in partnership with Gizmodo)
New York, NY

News Documentary

Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
The New York Times
New York, NY

News Series

Visualizing the Afghan War – Digital Series
Al Jazeera Digital
Doha, Qatar

Overall Excellence

The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
Austin, TX

Podcast

Gone South
C13Originals, a Cadence13 studio
New York, NY

Sports Reporting

The Lead - The Afghan Women’s Soccer Team’s Incredible Escape From Kabul
Wondery
Los Angeles, CA

 

Digital | Small Organization

Continuing Coverage

‘We Don’t Take That’: How the Government Created Illegal Discrimination Against Low-Income Tenants
Asbury Park Press
Neptune, NJ

Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Turning Points
Global Reporting Centre
Vancouver, BC

Excellence in Innovation

Citizen Browser
The Markup
New York, NY

Excellence in Writing

Point of Impact: An Untold Story of Escape From the Pentagon on 9/11 and the Wars That Followed
The War Horse News
Richlands, NC

Feature Reporting

The City of Prayer: Clairton’s Residents Persevere Amid Persistent Pollution and Violence
PublicSource
Pittsburgh, PA

Hard News

NYC’s $100 Million ‘Diversion Centers’ for Mentally Ill Sit Empty or Barely Used
The City
New York, NY

Investigative Reporting

Waves of Abandonment
Grist (in partnership with The Texas Observer)
Seattle, WA

News Documentary

The Raleigh Pact
Frame
New York, NY

News Series

PWSA: After the Crisis
PublicSource
Pittsburgh, PA

Overall Excellence

Grist
Grist
Seattle, WA

Podcast

Third Squad: After Afghanistan
Airloom Media
Livingston, MT

Sports Reporting

Keep On Keeping On
Unfiltered with Kiran
Baton Rouge, LA