Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - Commentary

Nominees

3 Chicago Chronicles Columns by Maudlyne Ihejirika

Maudlyne Ihejirika

Company Credit: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL

Being a Black Woman in Modern America

Elizabeth Wellington

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

This Life: Race and Religion

Gracie Bonds Staples

Company Credit: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA

Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - Feature: Series

Nominees

Larger Than Life: Uncovering the Legend of Big Willie Robinson

Daniel Miller

Company Credit: Los Angeles Times, El Segundo, CA

After Decades, a Just Discharge for 95-year-old Veteran

Melanie Burney 

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - Feature: Single Story

Nominees

Innocent Man?

Thomas Maier

Company Credit: Newsday, Melville, NY

A Century of Progress But Still an Invisible Divide

Mary Mitchell

Company Credit: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL

Hidden History: Effort in DeKalb County Seeks to Honor Black Victims of Lynchings

Tia Mitchell 

Company Credit: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA

Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - Investigative

Nominees

Long Island Divided

Newsday Staff

Company Credit: Newsday, Melville, NY

Beaten, Then Silenced

Lisa Gartner

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - News: Series

Nominees

In Tulsa, an Investigation Finds Possible Evidence of Mass Graves from 1921 Race Massacre

DeNeen Brown

Company Credit: The Washington Post, Washington, DC

The Probation Trap

Samantha Melamed, Dylan Purcell, Chris William

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - News: Single Story

Nominees

Rev. Leon Finney, Jr.’s Free Fall

Carlos Ballesteros, Tom Schuba, Jon Seidel, Rachel Hinton 

Company Credit: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL

Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - News: Single Story

Nominee 

Food Stamp Use Is Highest in Rural Georgia. So Are Grocery Prices.

Maya T. Prabhu

Company Credit: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA

He’s a State University President and an African King

Susan Snyder

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Philly Judge Stuns Wrongly Convicted Juvenile Lifer By Setting Him Free After 21 Years in Prison

Samantha Melamed

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Newspaper - Regional Over 100,000 - Sports

Nominees

Matisse Thybulle Does the Little Things on the Court, in His Life, and in His Community

Keith Pompey 

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Hunger Games

Aaron Carter

Company Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

This Story Needs a Happy Ending

Michael O'Brien

Company Credit: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL