An investigation by the Tribune and ProPublica that exposed the little-known practice of school-based ticketing won a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting.
"The Price Kids Pay," a Tribune-ProPublica investigation into school-based ticketing, won the Chicago Headline Club’s 2022 Watchdog Award. The series “Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders” also won multiple Lisagor awards.
The Chicago Tribune and ProPublica have won the 2022 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for an investigation about police and schools punishing Illinois students with costly tickets.