2021 Winners of the National Awards for Education Reporting
The 2021 education journalism awards winners are announced!
Photo Credit: James Minichello, AASA, The School Superintendents Association
Audio Storytelling
Smaller Newsroom
Sasha Aslanian & Alisa Roth
APM Reports
Under Pressure: Inside the College Mental Health Crisis
Larger newsroom
NBC News staff
NBC News Digital
Southlake
Beat Reporting
Small newsroom
Linda Jacobson
The 74
Covering American Education’s Most Turbulent Year
Midsize newsroom
Mila Koumpilova
Chalkbeat Chicago
Mila Koumpilova: Beat Reporting
Large newsroom
Erica L. Green
The New York Times
How the Nation’s Troubles Affected Education
Features
Small newsroom
Caroline Preston
The Hechinger Report
The Jobs Where Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Never Stopped
Midsize newsroom
Rita Omokha
The Hechinger Report, Vanity Fair
The Orphans Covid Left Behind
Large newsroom
Casey Parks
The New York Times Magazine
The Tragedy of America’s Rural Schools
Investigative Reporting
Smaller newsroom
Jack Stripling
The Chronicle of Higher Education
‘The Biggest Mess’
Larger newsroom
Hannah Dreyfus
ProPublica
“The Liberty Way”
News
Small newsroom
Jackie Mader, Kavitha Cardoza & Kate Rix
The Hechinger Report
The Trauma Epidemic
Midsize newsroom
Jack Stripling
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Tenure Case of Nikole Hannah-Jones
Large newsroom
Erin Richards, Alia Wong & Jack Gruber
USA TODAY
School Reopening Coverage
Public Service
Smaller newsroom
Alex Baumhardt, Will Craft, Sabby Robinson, Will Callan, Chris Julin, Catherine Winter, Andy Kruse & Dave Mann
APM Reports
Who Wants to Be a Teacher?
Larger newsroom
Laura Bauer & Judy Thomas
The Kansas City Star
Unlicensed and Under the Radar
Visual Storytelling
Smaller newsroom
Alec Fischer
Fischr Media
Teachers Share Their Experiences Working During the Pandemic: Covid Confessions
Larger newsroom
GBH News Staff
GBH News
COVID and the Classroom
The EGF Accelerator’s Eddie Prize
Eric Hoover
The Chronicle of Higher Education
What the System Requires
