The Marshall Venture lately earned awards and recognition from three main trade organizations: the Institute for Nonprofit Information, the On-line Information Affiliation, and NLGJA: The Affiliation of LGBTQ+ Journalists. These honors spotlight the group’s editorial excellence, progressive multimedia and digital work, and its continued dedication to shining a lightweight on the U.S. justice system.
“We’re deeply honored to obtain these awards, which replicate the breadth, depth and expertise of our extraordinary employees,” mentioned Geraldine Sealey, performing Editor-in-Chief of The Marshall Venture. “We’re grateful to the judges, in addition to to our media companions and collaborators.”
The awards embrace:
Institute for Nonprofit Information (INN)
Perception Award for Explanatory Journalism 2025 Nonprofit Information Award
Massive Newsroom Class for “The Hardest Case for Mercy” by Joe Sexton. The reporting centered on the work of people that make the case for mercy in dying penalty circumstances — on this case, the protection staff of Nikolas Cruz, who fatally shot 17 individuals and wounded 17 others at a highschool in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.
2025 Journalism Collaboration of the Yr for “Unsolved,” a joint investigation by The Marshall Venture, St. Louis Public Radio and APM Stories exploring why St. Louis has greater than 1,000 unsolved homicides, the impression on households and the complexities that police face.
On-line Information Affiliation (ONA):
On-line Journalism Award for Excellence in Social Media Engagement (Medium Newsroom) for a package deal that included an Instagram carousel by Kristin Bausch on Shoshana Walter’s reporting exploring the problems mother and father face with defective drug testing at supply; a YouTube Wanting Walter and Chris Vazquez discussing how that testing causes mother and father to lose their youngsters, and different associated social items on Reddit, TikTok and Instagram. The 5 posts had been seen greater than 1.5 million instances and spurred greater than 1,000 feedback mixed. That is the primary time that ONA has honored The Marshall Venture on this vital class, which was added in 2022.
Excellence in Collaboration and Partnerships for “Unsolved.” Journalists who labored on the mission included Alysia Santo, Katie Park and Anna Flagg of The Marshall Venture, Rachel Lippmann and Brian Munoz from St. Louis Public Radio, and Tom Scheck and Jennifer Lu from APM Stories.
Digital Video Storytelling, Social Media (Small/Medium Newsroom) for the “Legal Justice 101” social video sequence, by summer season intern Katrina Pham and Chris Vazquez. They broke down a number of phrases and ideas within the three submitted movies and mentioned expenses, jail vs. jail, and parole on YouTube Shorts. The movies had been additionally cross-posted to TikTok and Instagram Reels.
Topical Reporting: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Identification (Medium Newsroom) for “The Many Risks Dealing with Transgender Folks in Jail,” which was a mix of The Marshall Venture’s reporting in 2024. In “What Being Trans in Jail Is Actually Like,” we gathered voices of individuals throughout the nation: a trans man in Georgia, and trans ladies in Texas, Tennessee and Florida. The mission’s staff included Beth Schwartzapfel, Bo-Gained Keum, Aithne Feay, Park, Chris Cortez, Akiba Solomon, Tom Meagher and Ashley Dye. That was adopted by Schwartzapfel’s protection of a transgender lady who had sued the federal Bureau of Prisons over 100 instances throughout her virtually 20 years in federal jail. The items “3 Issues to Know About Jail Violence Towards Transgender Folks,” and “New Florida Jail Coverage on Trans Well being Care ‘Like Conversion Remedy,’” which had been printed in partnership with the Tampa Bay Instances, had been a part of this submission.
NLGJA: The Affiliation of LGBTQ+ Journalists:
Excellence in Multimedia Award in NLGJA’s Excellence in Journalism Awards for 2025 for “What Being Trans in Jail Is Actually Like.” The mission’s staff included Beth Schwartzapfel, Bo-Gained Keum, Aithne Feay, Katie Park, Chris Cortez, Akiba Solomon, Tom Meagher and Ashley Dye.
These recognitions underscore The Marshall Venture’s continued management in prison justice journalism. Based in 2014, the nonprofit newsroom has gained two Pulitzer Prizes, been named a Peabody finalist, and printed hundreds of tales in partnership with native and nationwide media retailers throughout the nation.
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