The Marshall Project

Kat Stafford of The Associated Press honored with Sheehan award for investigative journalism from National Press Club Journalism Institute

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kat Stafford , a national investigative writer with The Associated Press, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2023 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism.

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kat Stafford , a national investigative writer with The Associated Press, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2023 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism.
  • "We are honored to see her work recognized by the National Press Club Journalism Institute with the Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism."
  • As the nonprofit affiliate of the National Press Club, the Institute powers journalism in the public interest.
  • Contact: Beth Francesco, National Press Club Journalism Institute executive director, [email protected]
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The Marshall Project Partners with VICE World News to Launch New Criminal Justice Video Series

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marshall Project and VICE World News today announced the launch of Inside Story, a weekly video series designed to inform people both inside and outside of prison walls.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marshall Project and VICE World News today announced the launch of Inside Story, a weekly video series designed to inform people both inside and outside of prison walls.
  • The partnership delivers the best of both worlds to reach incarcerated people: The Marshall Project's award-winning investigative criminal justice journalism and VICE News' Emmy-winning newsroom and approach to storytelling.
  • Inside Story — premiering Feb. 2 — is co-created by The Marshall Project's Lawrence Bartley and Donald Washington Jr. , both of whom served time behind bars.
  • "The biggest news desert in America is the one behind bars," said Susan Chira, editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project.

PBS Frontline's Local Journalism Initiative honored with the National Press Club's Sheehan award for investigative journalism

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Monday, October 17, 2022

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PBS Frontline, American public television's flagship public affairs series since 1983, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2022 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PBS Frontline, American public television's flagship public affairs series since 1983, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2022 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism.
  • The Initiative supports investigative journalism done by local and regional news organizations by providing funding, editorial support, and strategic guidance.
  • "We are pleased to recognize Frontline's Local Journalism Initiative for providing essential support to news outlets struggling to provide essential watchdog journalism.
  • "We are honored to see this initiative recognized by the National Press Club with the Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for investigative journalism."

Grist Names Nikhil Swaminathan as CEO to Advance and Expand the Nonprofit, Award-Winning Digital Media Site's Commitment to Climate and Social Justice Reporting

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Swaminathan has been Grists interim CEO since February 2022 and will take on the permanent position, effective immediately.

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  • Swaminathan has been Grists interim CEO since February 2022 and will take on the permanent position, effective immediately.
  • Swaminathan, who has led Grists newsroom since 2018, established Grist as a leader in solutions-based climate reporting while positioning climate as a social justice issue.
  • Swaminathan led Grists environmental justice coverage before moving on to build and manage Grists distributed newsroom of nearly 30 journalists.
  • Additionally, he established Grists environmental justice and investigations desks and was instrumental in launching Grists Indigenous affairs desk.

ProPublica, PBS/Frontline and National Public Radio win National Press Club awards

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club today announced the winners of the prestigious National Press Club Journalism Awards.

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club today announced the winners of the prestigious National Press Club Journalism Awards.
  • The investigative powerhouse ProPublica won one award for consumer journalism and helped two other organizations win prizes in the National Press Club journalism contest.
  • The awards dinner will be held at the National Press Club on Wednesday, August 31.
  • Tickets to the awards dinner are $75 for the general public, $65 for members of the National Press Club and can be purchased online .

Observable Expands Leadership Role in “Data Collaboration” Category with Strong Business Momentum

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220412005456/en/
    Data Collaboration in Observable (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Observable customers are uncovering insights and creating business value by collaborating with data in entirely new ways.
  • These organizations are using the Observable platform to transform their data collaboration efforts and companies across all vertical markets are adopting Observable to improve how they work with data for better decision making.
  • About Observable: Observable is the collaborative data canvas built for, and powered by, community.
  • Observable helps teams at more than 300 organizations such as Stitch Fix, Trase, The Washington Post, and MIT make better business decisions using data.

Voice of America, ProPublica among National Press Club Journalism Awards winners

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Voice of America won a National Press Club Journalism Award for coverage of the Trump administration's attempts to redirect and censor VOA coverage.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Voice of America won a National Press Club Journalism Award for coverage of the Trump administration's attempts to redirect and censor VOA coverage.
  • ProPublica won awards for consumer news and political news.
  • Those news outlets were just two among a host of winners for outstanding coverage of events in 2020.
  • VOA won the Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism-broadcast award for its coverage of the pressure on itself - a difficult assignment.

Journalism Institute honors The Marshall Project with the Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marshall Project , a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2021 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Marshall Project , a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2021 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism.
  • The Marshall Project partners with national and local media outlets to reach diverse audiences and produces deeply researched narratives with resource-strapped newsrooms.
  • "All of us at The Marshall Project are honored and delighted to receive this award named for the Sheehans, models of great investigative journalism," said Susan Chira , editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project.
  • The Institute will confer the 2021 Sheehan Award during the virtual portion of its annual Fourth Estate Award Gala on Oct. 20 .

IPVM Names First Managing Editor Carl Stoffers

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Carl Stoffers joins IPVM, the world's leading authority on video surveillance, as the outlet's first Managing Editor.

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  • BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Carl Stoffers joins IPVM, the world's leading authority on video surveillance, as the outlet's first Managing Editor.
  • As IPVM's first Managing Editor, Stoffers will oversee IPVM's rapidly growing news department.
  • Stoffers has taught at Kean University, where he is an adjunct professor in the Communication Department, since 2017.
  • Stoffers explained his decision to join:
    "In IPVM, I saw a growing publication making a tangible impact.