Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 21 at FOIA Fest
The Chicago Headline Club is thrilled to announce the finalists for its inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Editing and Reporting and its annual Watchdog Award for Public Interest.
The A-Mark Prize honors one or more reporters and editors who overcame significant challenges in order to reach publication, such as FOIA legal battles, reticent public officials, or other institutional barriers. First, second and third place winners, and their outlets, will receive a cash prize.
And each year, the Chicago Headline Club’s Watchdog Award presents a cash prize to Chicago-area journalists for enterprising journalism that defends and protects everyday folks.
The winners for both awards will be announced at FOIA Fest on Saturday, March 21, during the closing happy hour.
A-Mark Prize Finalists
- Chicago Under Siege: Block Club’s Coverage of Operation Midway Blitz; Staff; Block Club Chicago
- Hospitals and Guardianship; Emily Hoerner, Christy Gutowski, and Lisa Schencker; Chicago Tribune
- Chicago under ICE; Frank Main, Alexandra Salomon and Chicago Public Media Staff; Chicago Public Media
- Some Call It ‘Death Hospital’: Inside The Northwest Side Medical Center Plagued By Problems; Manny Ramos, Mick Dumke, Stephanie Lulay, Jen Sabella, Kelly Bauer; Block Club Chicago
Watchdog Award for Public Interest Finalists
- Chicago Renters Cast Adrift; Staff; Chicago Public Media
- Hospitals and Guardianship; Emily Hoerner, Christy Gutowski, and Lisa Schencker; Chicago Tribune
- Licensed & Locked up; Dorothy Tucker, Samah Assad, and Reed Nolan; WBBM CBS News Chicago
- Operation Midway Blitz; Erika Slife and the staff of the Chicago
Tribune; Chicago Tribune
Congratulations to this year’s finalists!