Sinclair’s “Project Baltimore” Wins Prestigious IRE Award
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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This is the fourth time Project Baltimore has been honored with an IRE Award , and the fifth consecutive year a Sinclair newsroom is being honored.
Key Points:
- This is the fourth time Project Baltimore has been honored with an IRE Award , and the fifth consecutive year a Sinclair newsroom is being honored.
- In addition, WKRC in Cincinnati was an IRE finalist for their investigation into a uranium enrichment plant in Southern Ohio and the radioactive contamination, cancer and deaths in the communities that surround it.
- Established in 1979, the annual IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative reporting from newsrooms across the globe, with contest entries screened and judged by IRE members who are working journalists.
- Due to a medical condition, Qwantay is required to have a nurse under his federally mandated Individualized Education Program (IEP).