2016 Winners of the National Awards for Education Reporting
The 2016 education journalism awards winners are announced!
On May 31, EWA announced the category winners for the 2016 EWA National Awards for Education Reporting.
General News Outlets, Print and Online (Small Staff)
Single-Topic News or Feature
Mississippi Child Care Crisis
The Hechinger Report
Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader
Beat Reporting
Chalkbeat
Erin Einhorn
Investigative Reporting
How a Perks Binge Sweetens the Pay of Massachusetts College Chiefs
The Eye at NECIR
Jon Marcus, Contributor
General News Outlets, Print and Online (Medium Staff)
Single-Topic News or Feature
Race in America’s Classrooms
Slate: Jonathan Fischer, Aymann Ismail, Andrew Kahn, Chris Kirk, Dani McClain, and Laura Moser
The Teacher Project: Sarah Carr, Miriam Hall, Jessica Huseman, Alexandria Neason, and Vanessa Romo
Beat Reporting
MarketWatch
Jillian Berman
Investigative Reporting
Expelled: No Second Chances
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Shelby Webb
General News Outlets, Print and Online (Large Staff)
Single-Topic News or Feature
The Screen Age
The Washington Post
Jessica Contrera and Caitlin Gibson
Beat Reporting
The Washington Post
Nick Anderson
Investigative Reporting
Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Children Out of Special Education
Houston Chronicle
Brian M. Rosenthal
Broadcast
Single-Topic News or Feature
Suspended Futures
WBUR: Peter Balonon-Rosen
St. Louis Public Radio: Brent Jones, Tim Lloyd, and Kameel Stanley
Beat Reporting
WBHM/Southern Education Desk
Dan Carsen
Investigative Reporting
Building Segregation in Chicago
WBEZ
Cate Cahan, Sarah Karp, and Becky Vevea
Magazines and Weeklies
Feature Writing
Segregation and Integration in the Delta
The Hechinger Report
Emrys Eller, LynNell Hancock, and Nicole Lewis
Investigative Reporting
Rewarding Failure: An Education Week Investigation of the Cyber Charter Industry
Education Week
Benjamin Herold and Arianna Prothero
Data Journalism
Broken Discipline Tracking Systems Let Teachers Flee Troubled Pasts
USA TODAY Network
John Kelly, Nick Penzenstadler, and Steve Reilly
Opinion Writing
Opinions/Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Maureen Downey
