First Place
Katie Falkenberg
the Los Angeles Times
"Relics to Ruins"

Second Place
Ben C. Solomon
The New York Times
"Fighting Ebola Outbreak Street by Street"

Third Place
Andrew Lubimov
Freelance
"The banishment"

Award of Excellence
Paul Moakley
Time
"Behind the Video of Eric Garner’s Deadly Confrontation With New York Police"