The Marshall Mission has been acknowledged with two Nationwide Headliner Awards for its excellent work in investigative and digital journalism, additional reinforcing the newsroom’s function as a number one voice in prison justice reporting.
“We’re honored and happy with this work,” stated Geraldine Sealey, appearing Editor-in-Chief. “These tasks present how our gifted employees produces partaking, impactful journalism on the highest degree on a spread of platforms.”
The Marshall Mission acquired first place within the Social Media class for a collection of posts exploring the dying penalty. The package deal included two movies on YouTube Shorts by Chris Vazquez and Maurice Chammah about states’ modifications to execution strategies and the influence of movie star advocacy that includes former reporting colleague Keri Blakinger; two carousel posts on Instagram by Kristin Bausch with Chammah’s reporting about Ramiro Gonzales’ parting interview and autism and the system; and one Reddit Ask Me Something by Chammah, produced by Ashley Dye.
The judges wrote about this work: “The crew did an admirable job of discovering threads from their deep reporting that will have emotional resonance on social media. The work felt native to every platform and was compelling sufficient to drive individuals to the extra intensive work that was a part of the mission.”
The Marshall Mission additionally earned first place within the Radio Stations Information Sequence class with our companions: St. Louis Public Radio and APM Stories for “Unsolved.” The multi-part collection investigated the excessive variety of unsolved homicides in St. Louis and examined the systemic breakdowns in native regulation enforcement. Judges counseled the crew’s authorized efforts to safe public data and its dedication to community-centered storytelling that has spurred native dialogue and accountability.
The judges additionally famous how extensively well-reported and researched the journalism was in detailing why many murders go unsolved in St. Louis. “The scope of protection addresses racial divides in addition to regulation enforcement staffing points, with motion taken by the manufacturing crew to legally problem for the discharge of police data that make clear faults prompting vital push for change,” the judges wrote.
Staffers who labored on the mission included Alysia Santo, Katie Park and Anna Flagg of The Marshall Mission, Rachel Lippmann and Brian Munoz from St. Louis Public Radio, and Tom Scheck and Jennifer Lu from APM Stories.
These honors, introduced by the Nationwide Headliner Awards — one of many oldest and most revered journalism competitions within the U.S. — acknowledge journalistic excellence throughout platforms. This 12 months’s recognition highlights The Marshall Mission’s revolutionary reporting and rising influence, notably because it expands its native journalism footprint, together with the current launch of its Missouri newsroom.
See a checklist of all of this 12 months’s winners for the Nationwide Headliner Awards.
To be taught extra about The Marshall Mission and its award-winning journalism, go to www.themarshallproject.org.
