| Year
|
Name(s)
|
Publication
|
Rationale
|
| 2020
|
Emily Green
|
Vice News
|
"for The Out Crowd, revelatory, intimate journalism that illuminates the personal impact of the Trump Administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy."[2][3]
|
| Molly O'Toole
|
Los Angeles Times
|
| Staff
|
This American Life
|
| Nicole Beemsterboer
|
National Public Radio
|
"for White Lies, a riveting seven-episode podcast that doggedly reinvestigated one of the most infamous murders of the Civil Rights era."
|
| Chip Brantley
|
| Andrew Beck Grace
|
| Robert Little
|
| Graham Smith
|
| Nigel Poor
|
Ear Hustle
|
"for Ear Hustle, a consistently surprising and beautifully crafted series on life behind bars produced by inmates of San Quentin State Prison."
|
| Rahsaan Thomas
|
| Earlonne Woods
|
| 2021
|
Lisa Hagen
|
WABE
|
"for an investigative series on 'no compromise' gun rights activists that illuminated the profound differences and deepening schism between American conservatives."[4]
|
| Chris Haxel
|
KCUR
|
| Robert Little
|
National Public Radio
|
| Graham Smith
|
| Staff
|
The Intercept
|
"for Somebody, a dogged and searing investigation of the murder of a young Black man in Chicago and the institutional indifference surrounding it."
|
| Staff
|
Invisible Institute
|
| Staff
|
Topic Studios
|
| Staff
|
National Public Radio
|
"for courageous on-the-ground reporting on the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and its implications around the globe."
|
| 2022
|
Staff
|
Futuro Media
|
"for Suave, a brutally honest and immersive profile of a man reentering society after serving more than 30 years in prison.[5]
|
| Staff
|
Public Radio Exchange
|
| Alsanosi Adam
|
National Public Radio
|
"for their compelling, accessible and empathetic stories on the complicated war and threats to democracy in East Africa, an area of the world that rarely gets sustained coverage."
|
| Halima Athumani
|
| Solomon Fisseha
|
| Eyder Peralta
|
| Reid Cherlin
|
NBC News
|
"for Southlake, a riveting and insightful account of an anti-critical race theory movement in a Texas community, a phenomenon that has reverberated through school districts across the country."
|
| Mike Hixenbaugh
|
| Antonia Hylton
|
| Frannie Kelley
|
| Julie Shapiro
|
| 2023
|
Connie Walker
|
Gimlet Media
|
"Whose investigation into her father's troubled past revealed a larger story of abuse of hundreds of Indigenous children at an Indian residential school in Canada, including other members of Walker's extended family, a personal search for answers expertly blended with rigorous investigative reporting."[6]
|
| Staff
|
| Jenn Abelson
|
The Washington Post
|
"for Broken Doors, a powerful examination of the human toll of no-knock warrants across the country, using the voices of police, judges and the victims of the surprise raids, reporting that led to policy changes and, in one case, to prosecutors dropping a death penalty request."
|
| Nicole Dungca
|
| Reena Flores
|
| Linah Mohammad
|
| Sabby Robinson
|
| Sarah Hulett
|
Michigan Radio
|
"for a visceral documentary recorded behind the closed doors of an abortion clinic, allowing listeners to hear conversations between practitioners and patients, and the controversial procedure itself."
|
| Paulette Parker
|
| Lindsey Smith
|
| Laura Weber-Davis
|
| Kate Wells
|
| 2024
|
Staff
|
Invisible Institute
|
"for a powerful series that revisits a Chicago hate crime from the 1990s, a fluid amalgam of memoir, community history and journalism."[7]
|
| Staff
|
USG Audio
|
| Daniel Barrick
|
New Hampshire Public Radio
|
"for their gripping and extensively reported investigation of corruption and sexual abuse within the lucrative recovery industry that sought accountability despite legal pressure."
|
| Lauren Chooljian
|
| Katie Colaneri
|
| Alison MacAdam
|
| Jason Moon
|
| Dan Slepian
|
NBC News
|
"for their relentless 20-year investigation that resulted in a wrongfully-convicted man finally receiving clemency."
|
| Preeti Varathan
|
| 2025
|
Staff
|
The New Yorker
|
"for their In the Dark podcast, a combination of compelling storytelling and relentless reporting in the face of obstacles from the U.S. military, a four-year investigation into one of the most high-profile crimes of the Iraq War—the murder of 25 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha."
|
| Morgan Jones
|
Wondery
|
"for Hysterical, a fascinating series that traced the outbreak of a mysterious and apparently contagious nerve disorder in Upstate New York that largely affected young women, and the frustrating efforts to identify it."
|
| Marshall Lewy
|
| Henry Molofsky
|
Pineapple Street Studios
|
| Dan Taberski
|
| Staff
|
Gothamist
|
"for their revelatory investigation into decades of sexual assault of female inmates on Rikers Island."
|
| Staff
|
WNYC
|
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