2014 Recipients of the National Awards for Education Reporting
EWA is pleased to announce this year’s recipients for its 2014 National Awards for Education Reporting.
General News Outlet (Small Staff)
SINGLE-TOPIC NEWS OR FEATURE
FIRST PRIZE
- A Promise to Renew
The Hechinger Report
Sara Neufeld
FINALIST
- A Promise Unfulfilled at Manual High School
Chalkbeat Colorado
Nicholas Garcia, Alan Gottlieb and Kate Schimel
BEAT REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Jon Marcus
The Hechinger Report
FINALIST
- Melissa Sanchez
Catalyst Chicago
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- The Revolving Schoolhouse Door: Principal Turnover in Denver, Investigated
Chalkbeat Colorado
Monique Collins, Sarah Glen, and Kate Schimel
General News Outlet (Medium Staff)
SINGLE-TOPIC NEWS OR FEATURE
FIRST PRIZE
- Restraints and Seclusions in Public Schools
ProPublica
Heather Vogell and Annie Waldman
BEAT REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Nikole Hannah-Jones
ProPublica
FINALIST
- Robin Wilson
The Chronicle of Higher Education
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Charter Schools Unsupervised
Sun Sentinel
Amy Shipley and Karen Yi
FINALISTS
- Consider the Source: The Koch Brothers’ Campus Crusade
The Center for Public Integrity
Dave Levinthal and Chris Young - Terrence P. Carter Investigation
The Hartford Courant
Jon Lender and Kathleen Megan
General News Outlet (Large Staff)
SINGLE-TOPIC NEWS OR FEATURE
FIRST PRIZE
- How the Testing Bubble Popped
The Dallas Morning News
Jeffrey Weiss
FINALIST
- Trying to Live, Trying to Learn
The Denver Post
Joe Amon, Jennifer Brown, and Mahala Gaylord
BEAT REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Javier C. Hernandez
The New York Times
FINALISTS
- Larry Gordon
Los Angeles Times - T. Rees Shapiro
The Washington Post
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Painful Lessons
The Baltimore Sun
Luke Broadwater, Scott Calvert, and Erica L. Green
FINALIST
- A Misleading March to the Top
Kansas City Star
Mike Hendricks and Mara Rose Williams
Broadcast
SINGLE-TOPIC NEWS OR FEATURE
FIRST PRIZE
- Separate and Unequal
Frontline
Raney Aronson-Rath, Steve Audette, Sam Chase, Ken Druckerman, David Fanning, Jeremy Gould, Frank Koughan, Andrew Metz, Mary Robertson, Kyle Spencer, Banks Tarver, and Daniel Wilson
FINALIST
- Greater Expectations: The Challenge of the Common Core
American RadioWorks
Emily Hanford, Stephen Smith, and Catherine Winter
BEAT REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Tim Lloyd
St. Louis Public Radio
FINALIST
- Jenny Brundin
Colorado Public Radio
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Outside the Lines: “Sasha’s Story” and “Victims of Inaction”
ESPN
Dwayne Bray, Chris Buckle, Tom Farrey, Tim Hays, Paula Lavigne, and Nicole Noren
Magazines & Weeklies
FEATURE WRITING
FIRST PRIZE
- School Discipline in Mississippi and New Orleans
The Atlantic, The Hechinger Report and The Nation
Sarah Carr
FINALIST
- The Professor & the Prisoner
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ian Wilhelm
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
FIRST PRIZE
- Confessions of a Fixer
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Brad Wolverton
FINALIST
- Alcohol’s Hold on Campus
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Mary Bowerman, Karin Fischer, Eric Hoover, Beth McMurtrie, Justin Myers, Anu Narayanswamy, Julia Schmalz, and Robin Wilson
Data Journalism
SMALL NEWSROOM
FIRST PRIZE
- How Vaccinated Are California Kindergarteners
EdSource
Jane Meredith Adams and John C. Osborn
FINALIST
- No Time for Play
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Ann Dornfeld, Kara McDermott, Isolde Raftery, and Carol Smith
MEDIUM NEWSROOM
FIRST PRIZE
- Visualizing Chicago’s Changing Public School Landscape
WBEZ-Chicago Public Radio
Chris Hagan, Linda Lutton, and Brendan Metzger
FINALIST
- On Campus, Grenade Launchers, M-16s, and Armored Vehicles
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Dan Bauman, Lance Lambert, and Max Lewontin
LARGE NEWSROOM
No winners in this category.
Opinion Writing
FIRST PRIZE
- Education Columns
David Cook
Chattanooga Times Free Press
FINALIST
- Where Have All the Black and Brown Teachers Gone?
Alexandria Neason
The Hechinger Report and The Teacher Project
EWA is grateful to the Edwin Gould Foundation for sponsoring this year’s awards.