2017 Winners of the National Awards for Education Reporting
The 2017 education journalism awards winners are announced!
On May 16, EWA announced the category winners for the 2017 EWA National Awards for Education Reporting.
General News Outlets, Print and Online (Small Staff)
Single-Topic News or Feature
The Portfolio Model
Chalkbeat
Matt Barnum, Dylan Peers McCoy, Laura Kebede
Beat Reporting
Chalkbeat Detroit
Erin Einhorn
Investigative Reporting
The Graduates
Better Government Association
David Kidwell
General News Outlets, Print and Online (Medium Staff)
Single-Topic News or Feature
‘Benefit of the Doubt’: Evading Allegations of Educator Sexual Misconduct
The Oregonian/OregonLive
Bethany Barnes
Beat Reporting
The Oregonian/OregonLive
Bethany Barnes
Investigative Reporting
Hartford Schools: More Separate, Still Unequal
The Hartford Courant
Vanessa de la Torre, Matthew Kauffman, Kathleen Megan, and Patrick Raycraft
General News Outlets, Print and Online (Large Staff)
Single-Topic News or Feature
Children and Gun Violence
The Washington Post
John Woodrow Cox
Beat Reporting
The Boston Globe
Deirdre Fernandes
Investigative Reporting
The Failure Track
ProPublica, The Teacher Project
Heather Vogell, Hannah Fresques, Sarah Carr, Francesca Berardi, Zoe Kirsh, Stephen Smiley, Al Shaw, and Olga Pierce
Broadcast
Single-Topic News or Feature
Last Chance High
Viceland
Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud
View From Room 205
WBEZ – Chicago Public Media
Linda Lutton, Marianne McCune, Cate Cahan, Joe DeCeault, and Ben Calhoun
Beat Reporting
KERA
Bill Zeeble
Investigative Reporting
Arrested at School
NBC Bay Area
Bigad Shaban, Michael Bott, Mark Villarreal, Michael Horn, Rachel Witte, Jeremy Carroll, Felipe Escamilla, Stephanie Adrouny, Bob Goldberger, Scott Pham, Nelson Hsu, and Ron Campbell
Magazines and Weeklies
Feature Writing
An Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants
The New Yorker
Jonathan Blitzer
Investigative Reporting
Inside the Scramble to Save Ashford University
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Michael Vasquez
Data Journalism
The Invisible Hazard Afflicting Thousands of Schools
Center for Public Integrity
Reveal for The Center for Investigative Reporting
Jamie Smith Hopkins, Chris Zubak-Skees, Eric Sagara, Fernanda Camarena, Amy Walters, and Ike Sriskandarajah
Opinion Writing
Challenges and Opportunities for Education Journalism
The Grade
Alexander Russo
