POY RJI | Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

Category: Online Storytelling: Daily Life

First Place

Sandra E. Garcia, Jeffrey Furticella, Rebecca Lieberman, Mark Abramson, José A. Alvarado Jr., Gabriella Angotti-Jones, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Gabriela Bhaskar, Sarah Blesener, Oscar Durand, Kholood Eid, Demetrius Freeman, Todd Heisler, Elizabeth D. Herman, Mary Inhea Kang, Kirsten Luce, Jonah Markowitz, Brittainy Newman, Desiree Rios, Stephen Speranza, Hilary Swift, John Taggart and An Rong Xu / The New York Times
“Welcome to the party. The New York City block party.”

Second Place

Tyrone Turner, Alana Wise, Emily Alfin Johson and A.C. Valdez / WAMU
“Shattered: Life After Being Shot”

Third Place

David Guttenfelder, Sadie Quarrier, CY Park, Hannah Tak,Trish Dorsey, Bethany Powell and Sarah Leen / National Geographic
“Walking Tokyo”

Award of Excellence

Michael Kimmelman, Alicia DeSantis, Mika Gröndahl, Christy Harmon, Sia Michel, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali, Emily Rhyne, Graham Roberts, Matt Ruby, Josephine Sedgwick, Rumsey Taylor and Jeremy White / The New York Times
“Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves?”

Award of Excellence

Aaron Reiss, Emily Rhyne, Todd Heisler, Raillan Brooks, Alicia DeSantis, Gabriel Gianordoli, Jolie Ruben and Josephine Sedgwick / The New York Times
“Around the World in 5 Kids’ Games”

Award of Excellence

Ammy La Gorce, Sam Cannon, Jeffrey Furticella, Meghan Louttit and Josh Williams / The New York Times
“These Women Are Changing New York’s D.J. Game. Watch Them Work.”

Award of Excellence

Jacob Moscovitch, Raillan Brooks, Alicia DeSantis, Gabriel Gianordoli, Jolie Ruben and Josephine Sedgwick / The New York Times
“The Secret to Having the Best Summer Ever”

Award of Excellence

Elizabeth D. Herman, Celeste Sloman, Beth Flynn, Marisa Schwartz Taylor, Rumsey Taylor and Josh Williams. Special thanks to Justin T. Gellerson, Mike Nelson and Graham Starr / The New York Times
“Redefining Representation: The Women of the 116th Congress”

Award of Excellence: Michael Kimmelman, Alicia DeSantis, Mika Gröndahl, Christy Harmon, Sia Michel, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali, Emily Rhyne, Graham Roberts, Matt Ruby, Josephine Sedgwick, Rumsey Taylor and Jeremy White / The New York Times

Award of Excellence

“Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves?”

You can see it on the skyline or along the Hudson River, upending Manhattan’s silhouette.

During the last half dozen years it has materialized almost like a mirage, levitating above more than a dozen gritty acres of working rail tracks on the Far West Side.

The largest mixed-use private real estate venture in American history, it is called Hudson Yards.

Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves?

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