2019 Beat Reporting (Large Staff) Finalist: Laura Meckler

“A Year in Education: Integration, Busing and Trauma”

About the Entry

Laura Meckler captures the complexities of integration and inequalities in education by combining data analysis with compelling voices and anecdotes that bring her stories to life.

Comments from the Judges

“These stories do a wonderful job capturing the experiences of children at the center of the biggest education debates of the decade.”

“Stunning work on integration. Great, deep data combined with on the ground reporting to give layers to these stories.​”