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The Marshall Project. “This year’s winning projects show us the power of justice journalism. As an institution that educates fierce advocates for justice, we are proud to highlight their work,” said President Mason.  “Each of these projects shined a bright light on injustice and inequity and sparked calls for action leading to significant policy changes.” “For the sixteenth year in a row, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to recognize the most compelling journalistic examinations of crime, violence, and justice in the United States,” said Foundation President Da...

ProPublica’s series “The NYPD Files,” which uncovered abuse and impunity inside the New York Police Department, won the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting. The multimedia package was recognized in the “series” category of the prize, which is administered by the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College. ProPublica’s Eric Umansky, Joaquin Sapien, Topher Sanders, Derek Willis, Moiz Syed, Mollie Simon, Lena Groeger, Joshua Kaplan, Lucas Waldron and Adriana Gallardo contributed to the project. The series’ first sto...

Donna Cassata named The Post’s politics breaking news editor WashPostPR Announcement from National Editor Steven Ginsberg, Deputy National Editor Lori Montgomery and Senior Politics Editor Peter Wallsten: © The Washington Post/TWP The Washington Post We are delighted to announce that Donna Cassata has become the politics breaking news editor, a new position that will allow us to sharpen and expand our coverage of live events and breaking news from Capitol Hill to the White House to the campaign trail. As Congress editor for the past three years, Donna has guided our ...

RedState/Brandon Morse One of states that was supposed to be in hot contention during the election but went early to President Donald Trump was Florida. One of the reasons was because the Democrats’ embrace of radical leftist policies and radical leftist groups like the BLM which many folks in Florida were not fans of, having come originally from countries like Cuba and Venezuela who were radical leftist Communist and/or socialist countries. But there may have been another very simple and glaring reason that some didn’t want to vote for Democrats in Florida. In a story that hasn’t go...

“When are people going to be held accountable?” asked NBA guard Thabo Sefolosha. A ProPublica review found New York has paid more than $1 billion in recent years to settle suits against officers, who are rarely punished.