POY RJI | Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

Category: Documentary News Reporting

First Place

Magnus Wennman and Erik Wiman / Aftonbladet
“Calling Silva”

Second Place

Ilvy Njiokiktjien / Freelance
“Born Free: Mandela’s Generation of Hope”

Third Place

Leonora LaPeter Anton and John Pendygraft / Tampa Bay Times
“Our whole family is scarred”

Award of Excellence

Evan Hill, Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Dmitriy Khavin, Drew Jordan and Whitney Hurst / The New York Times
“Russia Bombed Four Syrian Hospitals. We Have Proof.”

Award of Excellence

Neil Collier, Yousur Al-Hlou and Jacob LaMendola / The New York Times
“65 Migrants Were Picked Up at Sea. Then the Politics Began.”

Award of Excellence

Barbara Marcolini, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Yuling Chow / The New York Times
“‘I Was Begging for Mercy’: How Undercover Officers in Hong Kong Launched a Bloody Crackdown”

Award of Excellence

Natasha Blatsiou and Nikos Pilos / iMEdD
“The Refuge”

Award of Excellence

Paul Mozur, Jonah M. Kessel and Melissa Chan / The New York Times
“Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State”

Award of Excellence

Almudena Toral / Univision
“Extreme violence is driving many Salvadoran girls to kill themselves”

Award of Excellence

Brent McDonald, Paula Moura, Ben Laffin and Emily Rhyne / The New York Times
“The Amazon Is Still Burning. Blame Beef.”

Award of Excellence: Natasha Blatsiou and Nikos Pilos / iMEdD

Award of Excellence

“The Refuge”

The Prosfygika building complex in Athens, Greece is probably the largest squat in Europe, a makeshift home for more than 500 people. Poor, refugees and political activists have formed a self-managed community for those in need. But now the state is determined to reclaim them for development.

The Refuge

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