Entry Credit

• Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times
• Iris Lee, Los Angeles Times
• Priya Krishnakumar, Los Angeles Times
• Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times

About the Entry

In an unprecedented analysis, a team of journalists from the Los Angeles Times analyzed homicide data to find the public high schools in L.A. County that are surrounded by the highest number of homicides and explored the impacts of this violence not only on campus, but on the way to and from school. 

• What It’s Like to Go to School When Dozens Have Been Killed Nearby

• Navigating a Safe Path to Schools Surrounded by Homicide

• How Should Journalists Write About Killings Near Schools? The Students Weigh In

• Surrounded

Comments from the Judges

“A top-notch combination of so many journalistic forms—the data analysis, the deep human reporting, the graphics, the excellent photos. This is a model for pulling it all together.”

“Innovative data analysis and visualizations paired with rich, empathetic reporting and photography helped create this exceptional, yet sobering examination of the toll students suffer when they are surrounded by death and violence.”

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