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Congratulations to the winners of the A-Mark Prize in California, hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club!
🥈 Second Place: @thislouis of The Forward for “After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim,” about rumors of an antisemitic attack.
forward.com/fast-forward/791…
🥉 Third Place: @JasonLeopold of Bloomberg News for “UK Ambassador Told Epstein “I Think the World of You” Emails Reveal,” reporting that uncovered 18,000 emails that led to the ouster of the UK Ambassador to the US.
bloomberg.com/features/2025-…
Join us in congratulating the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Missouri, presented by the Missouri Press Association!
🥈 Second Place: Judy L. Thomas and Mike Hendricks of The Kansas City Star for “The KCFD Files,” about fire department employees who were charged with serious crimes and remained on the job.
kansascity.com/news/local/ar…
🥉 Third Place: Matt Flener, Cara Doyle Wright, Rachel Coleman, and Carly Johnson of KMBC 9 News for “Restrained,” a multi-year investigation involving deaths or injuries after people were placed in chair or full-body restraints.
kmbc.com/article/kmbc-9-chro…
We're excited to announce the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting in Florida, presented by SPJ Florida.
🥈 Second Place: @ReporterDerek and @mbar62 of Suncoast Searchlight & Florida Trident for “Sarasota County Stormwater Investigation,” which revealed that Sarasota County’s failure to adequately prepare for Tropical Storm Debby.
suncoastsearchlight.org/sara…
🥉 Third Place: @NicholeManna and @caseyfrank1 of the Florida Trib for “‘Cold Blooded’: How a Florida prosecutor fixed a ‘weak’ case using a liar and 3 jailhouse snitches to send a man to Death Row,” reporting that uncovered serious flaws in a murder case.
floridatrib.org/cold-blooded…
We're pleased to announce the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Responsive Journalism in Colorado, presented by the Colorado Press Association.
🥈 Second Place: @JesseAPaul of The Colorado Sun for “Yadira Caraveo’s former aides say they were mistreated, traumatized,” reporting that shed light on allegations of staff mistreatment and a troubled workplace under a former Colorado congresswoman.
coloradosun.com/2025/05/01/y…
🥉 Third Place: @AldoSvaldi, @AlvvJess, @JudithKohler, @kevinmhamm, and Donovan Henderson of The Denver Post for “At a crossroads: Downtown Denver is waiting for its rebound,” about the challenges facing the city's downtown.
denverpost.com/2025/05/29/do…
We're pleased to announce the winners of the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Hawaii, presented by the Hawaii Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
🥈 Second Place: Cynthia Wessendorf of Hawaii Business for “Bad Jobs,” which analyzed the structural and cultural factors driving employee dissatisfaction in Hawaiʻi. hawaiibusiness.com/stuck-in-…
🥉 Third Place:
Lynn Kawano, Peter Tang and Monet Sadural of Hawaii News Now for “Internal memo warned that officers were arresting sober drivers for DUI, but practice continued.” hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/08…
