2019 Features (Small Staff) Finalist: Rebecca Koenig

Rebecca Koenig | EdSurge

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Rebecca Koenig’s solutions-based story showed readers the surprising things that are happening in the special learning wing of a DC jail, where some inmates live and test educational pilot programs.

Comments from the Judges

“The story’s impact is impressive, bringing attention and resources to a program that has demonstrated effectiveness.”

“I was impressed by the obstacles overcome to report this story: the noise inside the jail, how challenging it must have been to gain the inmates’ trust.”

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