2019 Winners of the National Awards for Education Reporting
The 2019 education journalism awards winners are announced!
On July 21, 2020, EWA announced the category winners for the 2019 EWA National Awards for Education Reporting.
Single-Topic News
Small Staff (<25 FTE newsroom employees)
Subbing Out Teachers
Bridge Magazine
Ron French, Mike Wilkinson
Medium Staff (25-99 FTE newsroom employees)
In Flint, Schools Overwhelmed by Special Ed. Needs in Aftermath of Lead Crisis
Education Week
Corey Mitchell, reporter; Brittany Greeson, photographer
Large Staff (100+ FTE newsroom employees) – TIE
The Pressure on American Teachers
USA TODAY
Erin Richards, Rick Hampson, Matt Wynn
Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike
Los Angeles Times
Howard Blume, Sonali Kohli, Ruben Vives
Feature Stories
Small Staff (<25 FTE newsroom employees)
Nearly All the Seniors at This Charter School Went to College. Only 6 Out of 52 Finished on Time
The Hechinger Report
Casey Parks
Medium Staff (25-99 FTE newsroom employees)
Race, Campus, and Community
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Vimal Patel, Marc Parry, Jack Stripling
Large Staff (100+ FTE newsroom employees)
Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary
KARE 11 News/TEGNA
Ben Garvin, photojournalist, cinematographer, editor, co-director; Lindsey Seavert, reporter, writer, producer, co-director; Janeen Vogelaar, executive producer
Beat Reporting
Small Staff (<25 FTE newsroom employees)
The Hechinger Report
Matt Krupnick
Medium Staff (25-99 FTE newsroom employees)
Citizen Z: Civics Education
Education Week
Stephen Sawchuck
Large Staff (100+ FTE newsroom employees)
What It’s Like to Go to School When Dozens Have Been Killed Nearby
Los Angeles Times
Sonali Kohli
Investigative Reporting
Smaller Staff (<50 FTE newsroom employees)
Indiana’s Hidden Dropout Crisis
Chalkbeat
Dylan Peers McCoy
Larger Staff (50+ FTE newsroom employees)
Predator Pipeline
Gannett/USA TODAY Network
Kenny Jacoby
Public Service
Smaller Staff (<50 FTE newsroom employees)
Wasted Minds
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Ryan McKinnon, Josh Salman
Larger Staff (50+ FTE newsroom employees)
The Quiet Rooms
Chicago Tribune, ProPublica Illinois
Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune; Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois; Lakeidra Chavis, ProPublica Illinois
Best Audio Storytelling
Smaller (<35 FTE newsroom employees)
A Childhood Interrupted: In Year Since Shooting, Stoneman Douglas Family Wrestles With How to Stay
WLRN News
Jessica Bakeman, education reporter; Alicia Zuckerman, editor
Larger (>35 FTE newsroom employees)
How Schools Can Help Kids With Anxiety
Mindshift/KQED
Katrina Schwartz, reporter and co-host; Julia Scott, editor; Seth Samuel, sound designer
Best Visual Storytelling
Smaller (<35 FTE newsroom employees)
Rural California: An Education Divide
EdSource
Jennifer Molina, freelancer; David Washburn, reporter; Sydney Johnson, reporter; Carolyn Jones, reporter; Larry Gordon, reporter; Anne Vasquez, executive producer; Rose Ciotta, editor; Denise Zapata, editor
Larger (>35 FTE newsroom employees)
Surrounded: Killings Near School, and the Students Left Behind
Los Angeles Times
Sonali Kohli, Iris Lee, Priya Krishnakumar, Marcus Yam
