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First Place

Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times
“The Search”

Second Place

Almudena Toral / Univision Noticias Digital
“The legacy of the ‘zero tolerance’ policy: Traumatized children with no access to treatment”

Third Place

Christoph Koetti and Ben Laffin / New York Times
“23 Seconds, 5 Critical Moments: How Stephon Clark Was Killed by the Police”

Award of Excellence

Lauren Frohne / Seattle Times
“We want answers, we want justice”

Third Place: Christoph Koetti and Ben Laffin / New York Times

Third Place

“23 Seconds, 5 Critical Moments: How Stephon Clark Was Killed by the Police”

At 9:26 on a Sunday evening, Stephon Clark encountered two police officers. Twenty-three seconds later, they shot and killed him. We analyzed the extensive body camera and helicopter footage frame-by-frame and reviewed the autopsy report to explain what happened.

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