The A-Mark Foundation
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Making focused grants to organizations that offer awards to promote and encourage journalism and investigative reporting.
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Joined February 2016
š„ Third Place: Greta Jochem of The Republican for "Highview Nursing Home," a look at poor living conditions in a nursing home that resulted in action by the state Attorney General and a $1.75M fine. https://t.co/sTnUNuZIas
masslive.com
Current and former residents describe a facility riddled with problems. A former top state official calls Highview of Northampton "notorious."
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š„ Second Place: Maggie Mulvihill and Journalism Class at Boston University Journalism Dept for "When House Members Travel," an examination of privately funded travel by members of the U.S. House and their staff. https://t.co/V6TLifA1DY
cnsmaryland.org
Congressional reforms passed nearly 20 years ago were supposed to severely restrict the role of lobbyists in congressional trips. Reporters for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at theā¦
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š„ First Place: Hadley Barndollar of MassLive for "Pill Press," an investigation into how pill presses fuel the sale of counterfeit drugs that judges called "hard-hitting and even surprising." https://t.co/IhxF9kZ7a7
masslive.com
The rapidly expanding use of pill press machines has enabled lethal counterfeit pill manufacturing in neighborhoods across Massachusetts.
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We're excited to share the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting in Massachusetts, presented by the New England Newspaper & Press Association.
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š„ Third Place: Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk of The Connecticut Mirror for "On the Hook," a look at how the state allows tow truck companies to sell some cars in 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the country. https://t.co/JjwtiBWIr5
ctmirror.org
Connecticut allows tow truck companies to sell some peopleās cars in 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the country. This and other laws favor towing companies at the expense of low-income...
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š„ Second Place: Marc E. Fitch of CT Inside Investigator for "Power Struggle," about the legality of actions taken by the state's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. https://t.co/yqzq9yxxoG
insideinvestigator.org
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š„ First Place: Jenna Carlesso, Dave Altimari, Katy Golvala, and Andrew Brown of The Connecticut Mirror for "Priced Out," about long-term care insurance and its effect on the people who buy it. https://t.co/UPvuLaGmNb
ctmirror.org
CT Mirror's reporting on long-term care insurance, which many people in Connecticut are struggling to hold onto when they need it most.
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We're excited to announce the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting in Connecticut, presented by the New England Newspaper & Press Association.
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š„ Third Place: Noam Levey, John Ingold, Chris Vanderveen, Sara Wilson, Rae Ellen Bichell, and Lindsey Toomer of COLab, KFF Health News, 9News, The Colorado Sun and Colorado Newsline for "Diagnosis: Debt Colorado." https://t.co/PAeBQsusMf
colabnews.co
Examining the scale, impact and consequences of medical debt in Colorado
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š„ Second Place: Kaya Williams and Laurine Lasalle of Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Journalism for "Series on the process of selling St. Benedictās Monastery" https://t.co/dKNNUd9XdL
aspenjournalism.org
Past efforts to preserve the 3,700 acre St. Benedict's property never came to fruition. Some local groups hope a collaboration might help.
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š„ First Place: Sam Tabachnik and Shelly Bradbury of the Denver Post for "How Pueblo weaponizes contempt of court to inflate jail time for minor crimes" https://t.co/hegUS17MqI
denverpost.com
Pueblo city judges have sent people to jail for months on charges that in other Colorado courts are punished by one or two days in jail. Experts call it ādraconianā and likely unconstitā¦
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Please join us in congratulating the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Responsive Journalism, presented by the Colorado Press Association.
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š„ Third Place: Aaron Mondry and Cydni Elledge of Outlier Media for "The speculators of Detroit" https://t.co/suxFJF0gY1
outliermedia.org
Outlier Media is taking an in-depth look at property speculation and its effects on Detroit.
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š„ Second Place: John Wisely, Darcie Moran, and Robin Chan of the Detroit Free Press for "Where secrets go to die: The disappearance of Derrick Henagan" https://t.co/OJRcS86Btk
freep.com
A Free Press investigation of a missing person case in Michigan's Upper Peninsula uncovers drugs, sex and other local secrets.
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We're thrilled to announce the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Michigan, presented by SPJ Detroit! š„ First Place: Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News for "The unraveling of a $20 million earmark" https://t.co/KVopu36To9
detroitnews.com
A Whitmer appointee is poised to receive a $20 million state grant for a nonprofit seeking to attract international startup businesses to Michigan.
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š„ Third Place: Andrew R. Jones of the Asheville Watchdog for "Ashevilleās Mission Hospital," about staffing and patient care issues at a N.C. hospital. https://t.co/HtpMmmJrnc
avlwatchdog.org
A patient in Mission Hospitalās emergency room died in the bathroom last week after calling for help but getting no immediate response. Hospital spokeswoman Nancy Lindell confirmed the incident to...
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š„ Second Place: Jane Winik Sartwell of Carolina Public Press for "Deserting Women," which examined labor and delivery and other womenās services being reduced or eliminated at rural hospitals. https://t.co/DERqvP3hbd
carolinapublicpress.org
Rural North Carolina counties are seeing growing deserts of health services for women at local hospitals, with serious health implications. Multiple
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š„ First Place: Dan Kane and David Raynor of The News & Observer for "The Power & Secrecy Project," a series that explores the rise of power and secrecy in the N.C. General Assembly since 2011. https://t.co/pBK9gnl7yO
newsobserver.com
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Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in North Carolina, presented by the North Carolina Press Association!
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š„ Third Place: Echo Menges of the Edina Sentinel for "Sunshine Law Trial" https://t.co/Kp8ouv4Jyk
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