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The Alabama Solution: Journalists Hope to Inspire More Ethical Prison Reporting
By Victoria Valenzuela, independent journalist When Charlotte Kaufman and Andrew Jarecki visited Easterling prison in Alabama as media seven years ago, they didn’t know what to expect — but they knew that it is rare to get an opportunity to report from a prison, so they took the chance. What started as a filmed visit…
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2015 Award Winners Philip Meyer Award Expand First Place “Failure Factories” | Tampa Bay Times Cara Fitzpatrick, Michael LaForgia, Lisa Gartner, Nathaniel Lash and Connie Humburg The team used statistical analysis and linear regression of data from dozens of records requests to document how steady resegregation of Pinellas County schools left black children to fail at…
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2016 Award Winners Philip Meyer Award Expand First Place “Doctors & Sex Abuse” | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jeff Ernsthausen, Shawn McIntosh, Danny Robbins, Carrie Teegardin, Ariel Hart, Richard Watkins, Ryon Horne, Lois Norder, Johnny Edwards, and Alan Judd Read the story online The newspaper took data analysis for a story to new levels of sophistication.…
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2017 Award Winners Philip Meyer Award Expand First Place “Dangerous Doses” | Chicago Tribune By Sam Roe, Karisa King and Ray Long Dangerous Doses was groundbreaking work that made a remarkable discovery: More than half of the 255 pharmacies that the Chicago Tribune tested failed to warn patients about potentially deadly interactions. To identify the…
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2018 Award Winners Philip Meyer Award Expand First Place “Hurricane Maria’s Dead” | Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Quartz and The Associated Press Centro de Periodismo Investigativo: Omaya Sosa Pascual, Carla Minet, Laura Candelas, Jeniffer Wiscovitch, Laura Moscoso, Víctor Rodríguez, David Cordero, Luis Trelles, Cindy Burgos, Mari Mari Narvaez, Edmy Ayala and Emmanuel Estrada. Quartz: Ana Campoy, Youyou Zhou,…
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2019 Award Winners Philip Meyer Award Expand First Place “Hidden Injustice” | Reuters By Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Lisa Girion and Jaimi Dowdell with additional reporting by Charles Levinson, Charlie Szymanski, Andrea Januta, Nathaniel Okun and Erica Evans Judges’ comments: For nearly two decades, federal civil courts have without sufficient justification sealed evidence that detailed the role…
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2020 Award Winners Philip Meyer Award Expand First Place “Tracking the Coronavirus” | The New York Times By Staff at The New York Times Judges’ comments: “The New York Times’ coronavirus project is a massive data collection undertaking, but it also is much more than that. The Times took on vetting and building out a strict…
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2021 Award Winners Philip Meyer Award Expand First Place “How TikTok Figures You Out” | The Wall Street Journal By Rob Barry, Yoan Cart, Dave Cole, Jason French, Robert Libetti, Maureen Linke, William Mata, Frank Matt, Darnell Stalworth, Joanna Stern, Christopher S. Stewart, Kenny Wassus, Georgia Wells, and John West Judges’ comments: “Reporters at the…
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Past Award Winners 2025 2025 Don Bolles Medal 2025 Golden Padlock 2024 2024 IRE Award 2024 Phil Meyer Award 2024 Don Bolles Medal 2024 Golden Padlock 2023 2023 IRE Award 2023 Phil Meyer Award 2023 Don Bolles Medal 2023 Golden Padlock 2022 2022 IRE Award 2022 Phil Meyer Award 2022 Don Bolles Medal 2022 Golden…
Read MoreIRE announces winners of the 2025 Philip Meyer Journalism Award
IRE announces winners of the 2025 Philip Meyer Journalism Award The annual Philip Meyer Journalism Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors recognizes the best use of social science research methods in journalism. This year, IRE honors five investigative projects from a pool of extraordinarily strong applicants. Winning projects will be recognized on March 6 at…
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