Awards: KSJ Victor K. McElheny Award

Big Poultry: How a secretive industry rules the roost in North Carolina

Gavin Off, Ames Alexander, Adam Wagner •
PUBLISHED BY: The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer ON December 3, 2022
KSJ Victor K. McElheny Award

This feature story, a collaboration between environmental and investigative reporters at the Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News & Observer, is the flagship story from the two papers’ Big Poultry series uncovering how North Carolina’s secretive poultry industry is hurting […]

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The Smoke Comes Every Year. Sugar Companies Say the Air Is Safe.

Lulu Ramadan, Ash Ngu, Maya Miller •
PUBLISHED BY: ProPublica, The Palm Beach Post ON July 8, 2021
AAAS Kavli Award KSJ Victor K. McElheny Award

This feature is the central story of Black Snow, a series by ProPublica and The Palm Beach Post investigating the health impacts – and government failures – of burning sugar cane among poor communities in Florida. Lulu Ramadan (formerly at […]

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