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Scripps Howard names top prize finalists, including AL.com’s ‘Mauled’
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
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Scripps Howard Awards has named finalists for its top journalism prizes, including AL.com.
The list of three finalists for Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize, includes the series “Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons.”
The investigative series was the work of The Marshall Project, AL.com, The Indianapolis Star and Invisible Institute. The yearlong investigation was published in print and online by dozens of outlets.
Police dogs bite thousands of people every year in the United States. The injuries can be physically and financially devastating and sometimes deadly. The series identified and tracked individual cases, mostly based on court records, eventually building a nationwide database of more than 150 severe incidents. Many were captured on video from police bodycams or shot by bystanders. Most of
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CINCINNATI, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The New York Times and The Washington Post are the front-runners in the 68th Scripps Howard Awards, each with three entries selected as finalists for one of the media industry s most prestigious honors.
The Awards, presented by the Scripps Howard Foundation and The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), will award $160,000 in prize money for work across 14 categories and the coveted Impact Award. Following a year that challenged journalists to navigate a global pandemic, societal unrest and intense partisanship, it s more important than ever to recognize journalists roles as the eyes and ears of our communities, said Liz Carter, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Foundation. We see a common theme in the reporting recognized – tenacity to hold the powerful accountable, protect our democracy a
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Blumhouse has won a bidding war for the film rights.
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