for an all-formats effort to tell a little-noticed story of the opioid crisis â how clergy members have become first responders, of sorts, leaving their pulpits to go directly to the streets to help get people into treatment and on a path to recovery. https://bit.ly/2BqB2E6
for a distinctive and deeply reported legislative story on the so-called âmarital rape exemptionâ or âspousal defense,â a legal loophole in many states that allows spouses to escape criminal prosecution for raping partners who are drugged, unconscious or otherwise incapacitated. Smyth and Karnowski reported that previous state legislative attempts to remove those exemptions have a mixed record, but thatâs starting to change. https://bit.ly/2vLmScQ
for illustrating the largely underreported problem of discarded needles from the opioid crisis turning up in rivers, on beaches and in public parks across the country. http://bit.ly/2v5VKqX
for turning a spot story on YouTubeâs removal of hundreds of thousands of videos from Syria into a wider look at how Syrian activists are scrambling to rescue their history. http://bit.ly/2xScoLJ
gave voice to Russians who dare challenge the official Kremlin narrative of the war in Ukraine.The correspondent, unnamed for their security, used excellent reporting skills to build trust among sources in Russia who gave their accounts of speaking out against the war being waged by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the consequences they face for having done so.Read more
using the Bambuser live video app on his iPhone for the first time, transmitted live footage of Elizabeth Warren showing up to vote on Super Tuesday. His video was so good, both NBC and ABC used it, and ABC â which had its own camera following Warren â switched to Binkley's shot midfeed. https://bit.ly/2TJ0XzV
for being first with the final death toll in an Oakland warehouse fire, for using social media reporting to quickly tell the unusual story of the warehouse and its creator, and for drawing troubling parallels with a Rhode Island fire. http://bit.ly/2hjnIaH http://abcn.ws/2gxSGbm https://yhoo.it/2hu48H1 http://abcn.ws/2hqldE8
recognized news when they heard it. The White House reporters jumped on President Joe Biden's off-the-cuff warnings about nuclear âArmageddon,â made during a sleepy fundraiser, and set the news agenda, immediately moving a news alert followed by a 200-word story that rocketed around the globe ahead of all competitors.Read more
for their analysis showing that brand-name prescription prices continue to rise and that the Trump Administration has not delivered on its promises to cut prescription drug price increases. https://bit.ly/2xCVi2M
for using dozens of public records requests to break news on the FBIâs efforts to warn American colleges and universities that theyâre vulnerable to economic and industrial espionage by China. Emails obtained by AP underscore the extent of U.S. concerns that universities, as recruiters of foreign talent and incubators of cutting-edge research, present a particularly inviting target for espionage. https://bit.ly/2ovvbtc
for scoring an exclusive by obtaining an advanced look at a previously unseen handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein in which the renowned scientist warned about the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany more than a decade before the Nazis seized power.https://bit.ly/2zQdd6phttps://bit.ly/2PuxGIV
continued APâs dominant coverage of Myanmarâs unrest, this time revealing how Myanmar security forces were deliberately and systematically attacking medics in the middle of the pandemic. In an extremely difficult story to report, the AP team was able to track down health workers who were in hiding and carefully contacted them using encrypted apps.One interviewee spoke of a newborn in the embattled town of Mindat who had died due to suspected pneumonia because his parents could not find a doctor. Going on scant information, AP finally broke that story open thanks to a tweet by someone in Myanmar referencing the baby's death that included the parents' names. Stringers then overcame bad communications, an adversarial military and monsoon season to locate the parents of the dead child in a refugee camp. The resulting story by Sydney-based Gelineau and Jakarta-based Milko was one of heartbreak and sensitivity with disturbing but compelling video produced by multiformat journalist Allen Breed, including medics being beaten by police, and photos that laid out how, despite the brutality, the health care workers continued trying to save lives.Physicians for Human Rights called it an âamazing piece,â and the âdeepest diveâ so far into the attack on doctors in Myanmar. It was shared on Twitter by prominent human rights advocates and called a âgripping and important investigationâ and a âdevastating investigative report.âhttps://aplink.news/o02https://aplink.video/i3n
for her exclusive interview with Aretha Franklin, in which the Queen of Soul vented her frustrations with former friend Dionne Warwick. http://apne.ws/2q2D0G4
for an exclusive report about a Trump administration proposal under consideration to permit mandatory drug testing of certain food stamp recipients. https://bit.ly/2HCNiW0
As stories with impact go, this one stands out: The lead subject of the piece, struggling to feed her family during the pandemic, was tracked down on social media and hired by a reader for a job.
The all-formats package by reporter Luis Andres Henao and visual journalist Jessie Wardarski chronicled the struggle of Sharawn Vinson and her Brooklyn family as they coped with a shortage of food and other crises, taking readers into the lives of a family that was forced to separate to keep everyone fed. The details shared by the family give readers a better understanding of the issues confronting many of the nationâs most vulnerable during the pandemic.
For a rare, intimate look at a family on the front lines of food insecurity brought on by the coronavirus, documented with riveting photos and video, Henao and Wardarski share this weekâs Best of the States award.
for uncovering how both sides in Yemenâs civil war have sought to profit from the U.N. campaign against the worldâs biggest cholera outbreak, skimming money from treatment programs and, in the case of the Houthi rebels, blocking badly needed vaccines in an attempt to wrest concessions. https://bit.ly/2IBCfMK
teamed up to break the news that the U.S. Department of Justice is reversing course and is now âevaluatingâ opening sites for people to use heroin and other narcotics with protections against fatal overdoses.New York reporter Jennifer Peltz had pressed the DOJ for months before the department signaled it might be open to such sites, and lead DOJ reporter Balsamo used his extensive experience to expand on the departmentâs measured comments, which represent a drastic change from their hard-line stance in the Trump administration. Read more
The team of data journalist Nicky Forster, science writer Drew Costley and storytelling producer Peter Hamlin, joined by AP colleagues, worked for months on an immersive interactive that takes readers across the globe, visualizing how and where exposure to extreme heat is escalating and its impact on population centers.
After securing early access to historical data tracking both population growth and a specific metric that gauges the impact of extreme temperatures on human health, APâs analysis found that between 1983 and 2016, exposure to dangerous heat tripled, and now affects about a quarter of the worldâs population.
The team spent weeks building an engaging presentation with 3D graphics and illustrations that brought the piece to life, drawing in readers. The interactive marked the latest example of APâs new storytelling formats and stood out from the deluge of coverage during the United Nations climate summit in Scotland.
For their resourcefulness, creativity and dedication in helping APâs audience understand the far-ranging impact of global warming in a new way, the team of Forster, Costley and Hamlin is this weekâs Best of the Week â First Winner.
A tweet was the seed for this illuminating story. âMost people in my rural, Appalachian hometown are being radicalized at church by their pastor, which is the person they trust the most,â it read. APâs Global Religion team ran with it.
Reporter Luis Andres Henao and visual journalist Jessie Wardarski visited the parishioners of three churches in Bluefield, West Virginia, including one pastor who had attended the Jan. 6 Washington rally that degenerated into a riot. The AP pair spent weeks convincing him to sit down for an interview. The result was an all-formats package of diverse congregations seeking common ground, even as they are divided on the role of evangelical Christianity in American politics.
For applying gentle persuasion and balanced reporting to produce a nuanced look at religion and politics in one West Virginia town, Henao and Wardarski win this weekâs Best of the States award.
for a dozen vibrantly illustrated dispatches and a two-part series documenting the impact that a dramatic decline in sea ice has had on the environment, wildlife and people in the Arctic Circleâs Northwest Passage. https://www.apnews.com/tag/NewArctic