Category: Multimedia Daily Life

First Place

Forough Alaei / Freelance
“Let Me In”

Second Place

Katie Klann / Colorado Springs Gazette
“Learning from the Land: Women in Ranching”

Third Place

Ora DeKornfeld, Taige Jensen and Cora Engelbrecht / New York Times
“What a Soldier Killed in Niger Left Behind”

Award of Excellence

Kristen Zeis / Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
“No turning back: A transgender sailor’s journey”

Award of Excellence

Guy Wathen / San Francisco Chronicle
“The Regulars: The Dancer”

Award of Excellence

Jennifer Gonzalez / NBC Bay Area – KNTV
“Beyond the Fields: Farm Workers Excel Academically Through Cesar Chavez Program”

Award of Excellence

“Beyond the Fields: Farm Workers Excel Academically Through Cesar Chavez Program”

Before the break of dawn in a small agricultural town in Monterey County, 21-year-old Florencia prepares for another long day out in the broccoli fields. Her day starts at 4 a.m. so she can get her young daughters over to a babysitter before heading to work. For many in the town of Greenfield, it's a day spent packing broccoli, sometimes for as many as 12 hours, out in the Central California sun. But it doesn’t end there.