2024 Data Reporting & Visualization (All Newsroom Sizes) Finalists
Moriah Balingit, Sharon Lurye, Daniel Beekman, Carly Flandro, Valeria Olivares & Alaina Bookman
The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, Idaho Education News, The Dallas Morning News & AL.com
America’s Child Care Crisis Is Holding Back Moms Without College Degrees
Comments From the Judges:
“Beautifully executed story that does a great job digging into the data. I also have to admit I am a sucker for student-parent stories. Also, this is a group that’s often not written about and the story does an excellent job laying out the stakes. The visualizations are easy to understand and interactive. Easily a top story for me.”
“This is outstanding data work, to pinpoint the people most affected by the affordable child care shortage, moms without college degrees. And just as outstanding to mobilize the reporting to make the story real for readers. Both make this project a powerful model for journalists. The graphic ‘Women with college degrees more likely to work’ is notable for the context it contributes.”
Jacquelyn Elias, Brian O’Leary, Megan Zahneis, Adrienne Lu & Julia Piper
The Chronicle of Higher Education
What Professors Actually Earn
Comments From the Judges:
“This is very well done. I like the combination of the data pieces (adjusted salaries and how does your salary compare?) with the compelling vignettes about how professors make do in various parts of the country. Clever approach, I bet professors love it and have used it a ton.”
“This is a valuable project for the Chronicle’s readers. It offers a large array of higher ed salary comparisons of different places, both adjusted for local cost of living and unadjusted; and it will tell you how much the local COL increases or decreases your effective salary. Lots of info, and easy to use. Very well done on the data, the presentation, and on bringing in voices that show what it means in people’s lives. This is a good model for what a data journalism project should do.”
Sarah Karp, Nader Issa, Kate Grossman, Becky Vevea, Jesse Howe, Justin Myers, Angela Massino, Alex Keefe, Lauren FitzPatrick, Fernanda Veles, Thomas Wilburn, Candi Meriwether, Amy Qin, Anna Savchenko & Steven Arroyo
WBEZ Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times & Chalkbeat Chicago
Covering Chicago’s First School Board Election
- Chicago School Board Voter Guide
- $5,824,344 has been raised so far by all candidates for Chicago’s new elected school board
- Who is likely to vote in Chicago’s first school board elections?
Comments From the Judges:
“This is a really complete package with a user-friendly voter guide, a money tracker and an interesting who-will vote story. It showed an impressive use of data displayed in ways that were helpful to readers and compelling. Outstanding work on the candidate questionnaire.”
“Every voter should be so fortunate to have such a smart, comprehensive and well-designed guide to help them make sense of the candidates and issues at stake. The presentations of candidate bios were super reader-friendly and useful. And the analysis showing who was most likely to vote in the election – and how it’s probably not the families with most at stake – was clever and forward-thinking. Love the teamwork between print and radio too”
