The Newsroom That Conducted Its Own Cancer Study Absent public records, NJ.com poured resources into research—and turned up devastating findings. Plus: Lost BET archives, and an extraordinary escape from Afghanistan, years after 9/11. September 11, 2026 By Susie Banikarim
Citizen Wanes May 28, 2013 By John Mecklin The Bay Citizen brand winks out–and leaves behind a lesson about nonprofit governance
A laurel to Zahira Torres and the El Paso Times April 26, 2013 By Richard Parker Dogged investigative work exposed a test-score scandal that harmed students
Pulitzer surprise: the Sun Sentinel‘s rise to a gold medal April 18, 2013 By Roy J. Harris Jr. How a dark-horse series on police speeding won for public service
About those ‘Glory Days of American Journalism’ March 25, 2013 By Steven Waldman Matthew Yglesias retreats from his argument, but not far enough. He forgot state and local reporting.
Behind The Detroit News‘s deep dive on property taxes February 28, 2013 By Anna Clark Lead reporter Christine MacDonald discusses how the investigation came together