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Clone of Winners Announced for the 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting

Reporting teams from Block Club Chicago, WBEZ, The Trace, Investigate Midwest and Harvest Public Media shared $27,000 in prizes, thanks to the generosity of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
Jun 30, 2022 11:54 AM
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BGA Shares National Reporting Award with Sun-Times for Project on Drug-Possession Cases

Reporting on thousands of drug-possession cases in Cook County that were quickly dismissed at great cost to many received a best non-deadline reporting award from the Society for Professional Journalists. This was a USC Annenberg National Health Reporting Fellowship project as part of The Circuit, a multi-newsroom collaboration.
Jun 24, 2022 9:00 AM
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Winners Announced for the 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards For Investigative Reporting

Reporting teams from Block Club Chicago, WBEZ, The Trace, Investigate Midwest and Harvest Public Media shared $27,000 in prizes, thanks to the generosity of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
Jun 23, 2022 12:16 PM
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Better Government Association Announces 2022 Driehaus Investigative Journalism Award Finalists

The Better Government Association has named eight investigative projects as finalists for the 2022 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting.
Jun 2, 2022 11:54 AM
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BGA Wins Top Honors in State APME Contest

Two BGA projects, with partners at the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times respectively, won first and second place for public service in a contest judged by newspaper editors throughout the state
May 20, 2022 9:48 AM