2017

John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Journalism, Series

Busted won the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Journalism in the “series” category.

2016

AAJA National Journalism Award, Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism

The Asian American Journalists Association honored “Surgeon Scorecard” with the Al Neuharth Award for Innovation in Investigative Journalism.

Sidney Award, August 2016

“Busted” won the August Sidney Award.

NABJ Salute to Excellence Award, Online Project: News

The National Association of Black Journalists nominated “The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods” as a finalist for the Salute to Excellence Awards in the Online Project: News category.

Emmy Award Finalist, Outstanding Investigative Journalism: Long Form

The ProPublica and PBS Frontline project “Terror in Little Saigon” was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award in the category of outstanding investigative journalism: long form.

National Press Club Award, Consumer Journalism-Periodicals

“Color of Debt” won the National Press Club Award for consumer journalism-periodicals.

Edward R. Murrow Award, News Series (Audio)

The ProPublica and NPR workers’ comp collaboration, Insult to Injury, won an Edward R. Murrow Award in the category of News Series (Audio).

Data Journalism Award, Best Individual Portfolio

ProPublica news applications developer Sisi Wei won the Data Journalism Award for Best Individual Portfolio.

Gerald Loeb Award Finalist, Images/Graphics/Interactives

The UCLA Anderson School of Management named “Debt by Degrees” a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for beat reporting.

Gerald Loeb Award, Explanatory

“Insult to Injury” won the Gerald Loeb Award for explanatory reporting.

Gerald Loeb Award Finalist, Beat Reporting

The UCLA Anderson School of Management named “Color of Debt” a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for beat reporting.

Sidney Award, May 2016

“The NYPD is Running Stings Against Immigrant-Owned Shops, Then Pushing for Warrantless Searches” won the May 2016 Sidney Award.

Data Journalism Award Finalist, News Data App of the Year

The Global Editors Network named “Color of Debt” a finalist for its Data Journalism Award for news data app of the year (large newsroom).

Deadline Club Award, Public Service

Insult to Injury, a joint project with NPR on the nation’s workers’ comp system, won the Deadline Club award for public service.

Deadline Club Award, Science, Technology, Medical or Environmental Reporting

Surgeon Scorecard won the Deadline Club award for science, technology, medical or environmental reporting.

Deadline Club Award, Minority Focus

The Color of Debt, an analysis of stark racial disparities in debt collection lawsuits, won the Deadline Club minority focus award.

Deadline Club Award, Newspaper or Digital Feature Reporting

An Unbelievable Story of Rape, a collaboration with the Marshall Project, won the Deadline Club award for newspaper or digital feature reporting.

Livingston Awards

The University of Michigan named six ProPublica reporters – Robert Faturechi, Jeff Larson, Michael Grabell, Lena Groeger, Cezary Podkul and Marcelo Rochabrun – as finalists in the Livingston Awards, which honor outstanding achievement by journalists under the age of 35.

National Award for Education Reporting, Investigative Reporting

The Education Writers Association named ProPublica the winner of its National Award for Education Reporting for investigative reporting, general news outlet (medium), for a series on abuses at residential schools for children with severe disabilities.

John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism

Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism honored “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” jointly reported with The Marshall Project, with the John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism.

Pulitzer Prize, Explanatory Reporting

ProPublica senior reporter T. Christian Miller won a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, along with The Marshall Project staff writer Ken Armstrong, for “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” their harrowing account of the hunt for a serial rapist.

Finalist for Pulitzer Prize, National Reporting

ProPublica senior reporter Abrahm Lustgarten was named a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for “Killing the Colorado,” his investigation on the water crisis in the American West.

Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma named two ProPublica stories, “Terror in Little Saigon” and “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” as finalists for their Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.

Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting

For their reporting in “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” ProPublica reporter T. Christian Miller and The Marshall Project reporter Ken Armstrong won the Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting.

Meyer “Mike” Berger Award

ProPublica reporter T. Christian Miller and The Marshall Project’s Ken Armstrong won the Meyer “Mike” Berger Award, which honors human-interest reporting, for their joint investigation “An Unbelievable Story of Rape.”

Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, Radio/Audio

ProPublica and NPR’s Red Cross series, which revealed how the charity has failed disaster victims and made dubious claims of success, won an IRE Award in the Radio/Audio category.

Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, Print/Online Large

“Insult to Injury,” a joint investigation with NPR on workers’ comp, won the IRE Award in the print/online large category.

Investigative Reporters and Editors Medal

ProPublica is the winner of the IRE Medal, the highest honor bestowed by Investigative Reporters and Editors, for “Insult to Injury,” a joint investigation with NPR on workers’ comp.

NIHCM Foundation Research and Journalism Award, Finalist

“Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections” was a finalist for the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation’s Research and Journalism Awards in the category of print journalism, general circulation.

Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism, Finalist

“An Unbelievable Story of Rape” and “Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections” were finalists for the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism, administered by Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation.

National Award for Education Reporting, Finalist

The Education Writers Association named ProPublica as a finalist for three National Awards for Education Reporting, for packages on “Debt by Degrees” and the for-profit company AdvoServ, as well as the piece “Small Group Goes to Great Lengths to Block Homeschooling Regulations.”

Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting

Alec MacGillis won the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, honoring the stories that best illuminate the electoral process or revealed the politics of policy.

American Society of News Editors Award, Non-Deadline Reporting

“An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” a joint investigation by ProPublica and The Marshall Project, won the American Society of News Editors Award for non-deadline reporting.

SABEW Award, Digital Investigative

“Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections” won the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ Best in Business award in the digital investigative category.

SABEW Award, Innovation

“Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections” won the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ Best in Business award in the innovation category.

SABEW Award, Digital Explanatory

“Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods” won the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ Best in Business award in the digital explanatory category.

Malofiej International Infographic Awards, Bronze Medal

The Malofiej Awards honored ProPublica with three bronze medals in its competition honoring the best infographics in media from around the world, for the infographics Over 1,100 Health Data Breaches, but Few Fines, How Much is a Limb Worth?, and Darren Sharper Facebook video.

Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, Finalist

The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison named “Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections” one of five finalists for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics.

Society for News Design Award of Excellence, Features

The Society for News Design honored ProPublica with five Awards of Excellence in the features category, for the stories Cruise Control, Insult to Injury, Surgeon Scorecard, Killing the Colorado and G.I. Dough.

Society for News Design Award of Excellence, Infographics

The Society for News Design honored ProPublica with three Awards of Excellence in the infographics category, for Cruise Control, Insult to Injury and How Much is a Limb Worth?.

George Polk Award, Justice Reporting

ProPublica and The Marshall Project won a George Polk Award for the joint investigation An Unbelievable Story of Rape. The piece was honored in the Justice Reporting category.

Society of Illustrators, Silver Medal

The Society of Illustrators awarded ProPublica a silver medal in the editorial category of the organization’s annual competition, for illustrations featured in Firestone and the Warlord.

American Society of Magazine Editors Award Finalist, Feature Writing

ProPublica and The Marshall Project’s collaboration “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” was recognized as a finalist for the American Society of Magazine Editors’ Ellie Awards in the feature writing category.

2015

British Journalism Award, Sports Journalism

A ProPublica and BBC project investigating the use of drugs in track and field won the British Journalism Award.

Sidney Award

“Take a Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go to Jail” and “How Some Alabama Hospitals Quietly Drug Test New Mothers – Without Their Consent” won the October 2015 Sidney Award.

Deadline Club Hall of Fame

Paul Steiger was inducted in the Deadline Club’s Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed to journalists and media executives whose work has made a significant contribution to American journalism.

National Center on Disability and Journalism, Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in

“Violent and Legal: The Shocking Ways School Kids are Being Pinned Down, Isolated Against Their Will” won the Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.

Online Journalism Award, Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award

“Insult to Injury” won the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award in the Online Journalism Awards.

Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism, Long-Form

ProPublica and PBS Frontline’s collaborative project, ‘Firestone and the Warlord,’ won a News & Documentary Emmy Award in outstanding investigative journalism, long-form.

Emmy Award for Outstanding Research

ProPublica’s ‘Firestone and the Warlord,’ in partnership with PBS Frontline, won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for outstanding research.