Awards - The Hechinger Report

2023

Finalist, Beat Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Jon Marcus, Higher Education — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Investigative & Public Service Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Tara García Mathewson and Fazil Khan, “Education Suspended” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Features in a Small Newsroom, Gail Cornwall, “A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, News in a Small Newsroom, Tara García-Mathewson, “‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddle students” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, News in a Small Newsroom, Jackie Mader, Olivia Sanchez, Sara Hutchinson and Kavitha Cardoza, “Education in a Post-Roe World” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Collaborations, Neal Morton, “Tackling Teacher Shortages” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Winner, Journals, Magazines, Special Publications and Website, Gail Cornwall, “A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom” — John Swett Award for Media Excellence
Winner, Newspaper or Digital Beat Reporting, Jon Marcus, “How Higher Education Lost its Shine” — The Deadlines Club

2022

Winner, Features in a Small Newsroom, Caroline Preston, “The jobs where sexual harassment and discrimination never stopped” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Winner, Features in a Medium Newsroom, Rita Omokha, “In the shadows: The orphans Covid left behind” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Winner, News in a Small Newsroom, Jackie Mader, Kavitha Cardoza and Kate Rix, “The Trauma Epidemic” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Honorable Mention, Print/Online Best Feature Story, Charlotte West and Monica Braine, “3 Native American women head to college in the pandemic. Will they get a sophomore year?” — National Native Media Awards
Second Place, Education Writing, Staff, “Reading Remedies” — National Headliner Awards
Finalist, Beat Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Jon Marcus, Higher Education — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Features in a Small Newsroom, Charlotte West and Monica Braine, “How Native Students Navigated the Pandemic” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, News in a Small Newsroom, Neal Morton, “A year in the life of a small-town superintendent shows the federal bailout won’t be enough” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Public Service in a Larger Newsroom, Sarah Butrymowicz, Meredith Kolodner and Jon Marcus, “Hidden Debt Trap” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Winner, Writing: Education Reporting in a Medium Newsroom, Neal Morton, “A year in the life of a small-town superintendent shows the federal bailout won’t be enough” — Northwest Excellence in Journalism 2021 Awards

2021

Fellow, Knight-Wallace Reporting Fellowship, Nichole Dobo — Wallace House, University of Michigan
First Place, Feature Writing in Magazines, Casey Parks, “Traveling to the African Diaspora to prepare Black students for college” — Green Eyeshade Awards
Finalist, Feature Writing in a Midsize Newsroom, Casey Parks, “Traveling to the African Diaspora to prepare Black students for college” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Feature Writing in a Midsize Newsroom, Bracey Harris, “The Broken Promise of Alexander v. Holmes” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Feature Writing in a Large Newsroom, Caroline Preston, Pete D’Amato and Rebecca Klein, “Climate change: Are we ready?” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Winner, Beat Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Jon Marcus, Higher Education — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, News Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Sarah Butrymowicz and Tara García Mathewson, “Ed-Tech Companies Promise Results, But Their Claims Are Often Based on Shoddy Research” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, News Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Jon Marcus, Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz, “Higher Ed’s Coronavirus Woes: A Deeper Dive” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Winner, News Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Barbara Kantrowitz, Jackie Mader, Lillian Mongeau and Caroline Preston, “A ‘Drastic Experiment’: Coronavirus and the Future of American Schooling” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting

2020

Winner, Feature Writing in a Small Newsroom, Casey Parks, “Nearly All the Seniors at This Charter School Went to College. Only 6 Out of 52 Finished on Time” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Winner, Beat Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Matt Krupnick, Higher Education — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Single-Topic News in a Small Newsroom, Meredith Kolodner, “First Step to the Middle Class” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Single-Topic News in a Midsize Newsroom, Jon Marcus and Felicia Mello, “Is California Saving Higher Education?” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Feature Stories in a Large Newsroom, Casey Parks, “From prison to dean’s list: How Danielle Metz got an education after incarceration” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Beat Reporting in a Small Newsroom, Jon Marcus, Higher Education — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Best Audio Storytelling in a Small Newsroom, Jill Barshay and APM Staff, “Under a Watchful Eye: How Colleges Are Tracking Students to Boost Graduation” — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Finalist, Casey Parks, “Nearly All the Seniors at This Charter School Went to College. Only 6 Out of 52 Finished on Time” — The Edwin Gould Foundation Eddie Prize
Second Place, Feature Special Writing Portfolio, Casey Parks — Society for Features Journalism Excellence in Features Awards
Second Place, General Feature, Sarah Butrymowicz, “Refugee girls want to improve the world. Will we let them do so?” — Society for Features Journalism Excellence in Features Awards
Second Place, Feature Writing in Large Dailies, Casey Parks, “From prison to dean’s list: How Danielle Metz got an education after incarceration” — Green Eyeshade Awards
First Place, Feature Writing in Magazines, Casey Parks, “Nearly All the Seniors at This Charter School Went to College. Only 6 Out of 52 Finished on Time” — Green Eyeshade Awards
First Place, Digital Innovation in Storytelling, Staff, “A Game of College” — National Headliner Awards
First Place, Broadcast Radio Networks and Syndicators Documentary or Public Affairs, Jill Barshay and Sasha Aslanian, Under a Watchful Eye — National Headliner Awards
Third Place, Online Beat Coverage, Tara García Mathewson, The Future of Learning beat — National Headliner Awards

2019

Winner, Television Network – General Assignment News: Short Form, Emmanuel Felton, Nearly 750 Charter Schools are Whiter than the Nearby District Schools — NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards
Winner, Excellence in Media Reporting on Education Research, Jill Barshay, Proof Points — American Educational Research Association
Winner, January Sidney Award, Sarah Butrymowicz & Meredith Kolodner, “Tangled up in debt” — The Sidney Hillman Foundation
Front Page Award for investigative reporting (newspapers), Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz, Tangled up in debt — Newswomen’s Club of New York
Second Place, Videography / Online or Television, Emrys Eller, For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college — Green Eyeshade Awards
Second Place, Public Service in Online Journalism, Casey Parks, Immigrant students find hope in soccer, but some states won’t let them play — Green Eyeshade Awards
Third Place, Online Beat Coverage, Jon Marcus, Higher education — National Headliner Awards
Finalist, Public Service Award, Meredith Kolodner, State financial-aid money dries up before many low-income college students get help — Education Writers Association
Finalist, Visual Storytelling, Lillian Mongeau, Ryan Alexander-Tanner and John Osborn D’Agostino, Finding a good preschool isn’t easy: Try it — Education Writers Association
Finalist, Eddie Award, Jon Marcus, higher education beat coverage — Education Writers Association
Finalist, Digital Media – Commentary/Weblog, Andre Perry, Degree of Interest — NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards
Finalist, The Les Payne Award for Coverage on Communities of Color, Emmanuel Felton, Nearly 750 charter schools are whiter than the nearby district schools — The Deadline Club Annual Awards

2018

Winner, Online feature reporting, Sarah Gonser, Out of poverty, into the middle class — Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Awards
Winner, Special reporting: business, Front Page Awards, Tara García Mathewson and Sarah Butrymowicz, “Tired of fighting that fight”: school districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech — Newswomen’s Club of New York.
First Winner, Online and Daily newspapers, Education, The community college “segregation machine,” Meredith Kolodner , Brad Racino & Brandon Quester — San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards
Finalist, Investigative reporting, Magazines and Weeklies, Emmanuel Felton, The Secession Movement in Education — Education Writers Association
Finalist, Livingston Award for Young Journalists, Emmanuel Felton, The Secession Movement in Education — Wallace House, University of Michigan
Fellow, Ida B. Wells Fellowship, Emmanuel Felton — The Investigative Fund
Grantee, The Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, Emmanuel Felton — Center for Health Journalism, USC Annenberg
Fellow, Spencer Fellowship in Education Reporting, Emmanuel Felton, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

2017

Finalist, Topical reporting, Large newsroom, Kyle Spencer, Bullied by the Badge — Online Journalism Awards
Finalist, Beat reporting, General news outlet (small staff), Tara García Mathewson, Future of Learning beat — Education Writers Association
Winner, James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, Emmanuel Felton, How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision — Hunter College, CUNY

2016

First Place, Print Feature, Meredith Kolodner, “What happens when a college recruits black students others consider too risky?” — Garden State Journalists Association’s Memorial Journalism Awards
Finalist, Livingston Award for Young Journalists, Lillian Mongeau, Little to Nothing — Wallace House, University of Michigan
First Prize, Single-Topic News or Feature, General News Outlet (small staff), Sarah Butrymowicz & Jackie Mader, Mississippi Child Care Crisis — Education Writers Association
First Prize, Feature Writing, Magazines and Weeklies, Emrys Eller, LynNell Hancock, & Nicole Lewis, Segregation and Integration in the Delta — Education Writers Association
Winner, Internet Feature Video, Education in the Delta, Emrys Eller & Cariba Party — New York Press Club Journalism Awards
Winner, Internet Commentary, Degree of Interest, Andre Perry — New York Press Club Journalism Awards
Finalist, Digital Innovation, Parachuted In an American Public School, John Osborn D’Agostino & Tiffany Lew — Deadline Club Awards
Winner, Newspaper Investigative Reporting (Daily Circulation 1-50,000), Mississippi Child Care Crisis, Sarah Butrymowicz & Jackie Mader — Sigma Delta Chi Awards
Finalist, Roy W. Howard Award for Public Service Reporting, Mississippi Child Care Crisis, Sarah Butrymowicz & Jackie Mader — Scripps Howard Awards
Second Place, Magazine Coverage of a Major News Topic, LynNell Hancock, How School Desegregation Unraveled — National Headliner Awards
Third Place Place, Web or Interactive Project, John C. Osborn & Tiffany Lew, Parachute Kid — National Headliner Awards

2015

Winner, Commentary/Internet, Willen Weighs In, Liz Willen — New York Press Club
First Place, Public Affairs Reporting/Non-Dailies, Nick Chiles, Full-court press for Mississippi third graders in summer school has disappointing results — Green Eyeshade Awards
First Place, Serious Commentary/Online, Andre Perry, Degree of Interest — Green Eyeshade Awards
Winner, The Iris Molotsky Award for Excellence in Higher Education, Jon Marcus and Holly Hacker, The rich-poor divide on America’s college campuses is getting wider, fast — The American Association of University Professors
Second Place, News Story in Digital Media, Unaccompanied minors bring hope, past trauma to American schools, Lillian Mongeau — San Francisco Peninsula Press Club Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards

2014

Winner, Online-Feature, Sarah Garland, “In Remote Alaskan Villages, Teachers Struggle to Make School Meaningful” — Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Awards
First Prize, Single topic news/feature, General news outlet (small staff), Sara Neufeld, “A Promise to Renew” — Education Writers Association
First Prize, Beat reporting, General news outlet (small staff), Jon Marcus, Higher education beat — Education Writers Association
First Prize, Feature writing, Magazines & weeklies, Sarah Carr, “School Discipline in Mississippi and New Orleans” — Education Writers Association
Finalist, Opinion Writing, Alexandria Neason, “Where Have All the Black and Brown Teachers Gone?” — Education Writers Association
Honorable Mention, Jon Marcus & Holly K. Hacker, ” Poor Families Are Bearing the Brunt of College Price Hikes/Tuition Tracker” — The Edwin Gould Foundation Eddie Award
Runner-up, Series, Sarah Butrymowicz & Jackie Mader, with Jerry Mitchell, Emily Le Coz, Kate Royals, and Monica Land of the (Jackson, MS) Clarion Ledger, “Hard Look at Hard Time” — 2015 John Jay College/H.F. Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards
Winner, Information Graphics: Planner Coverage, Small Division, “Tuition Tracker” — Best of Digital Design from The Society For News Design
Second Place, Broadcast Radio Feature, Jill Barshay, “Why Hoboken is Throwing Away All of its Student Laptops” — Garden State Journalists Association’s Memorial Journalism Awards
Second Place,Series, Sara Neufeld, “A Promise to Renew” — Garden State Journalists Association’s Memorial Journalism Awards
Third Place, Online Feature Writing, Sara Neufeld, “A taste of victory, finally, for a struggling Newark school” — NJ-SPJ Excellence in Journalism Awards
Second Place, Radio Enterprise, Jill Barshay, “Why Hoboken is throwing away all of its student laptops” — NJ-SPJ Excellence in Journalism Awards
First Place Place, Non-Local Online-Enterprise/Series/Investigative Reporting, Sara Neufeld, “A Promise to Renew” — NJ-SPJ Excellence in Journalism Awards
Second Place, Investigative Reporting/Small Dailies, Sarah Butrymowicz & Jackie Mader, “Pipeline to Prison” — Green Eyeshade Awards
Second Place, Public Service in Online Journalism, Jackie Mader, Mississippi education reporting — Green Eyeshade Awards
Third Place, Specialized News Site, Staff, Special Report:Mississippi Learning — Green Eyeshade Awards
Third Place, Non-deadline Reporting/Online, Kayleigh Skinner, Mississippi education beat — Green Eyeshade Awards

2013

Winner, Online-Feature, Sarah Garland, “In Remote Alaskan Villages, Teachers Struggle to Make School Meaningful” — Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Awards
Winner, Newspaper In-Depth Reporting, Jackie Mader, “Literacy and STEM Education in Mississippi” — Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Awards
Winner, Internet Continuing Coverage, Sarah Carr, Sarah Garland, Liz Willen, “Mississippi Learning” — The New York Press Club Journalism Awards
1st Place, Public/Community Service, Andrew Vanacore, Mark Waller, Sarah Garland, Sarah Carr, “Grading the Graders” in The Times-Picayune — Louisiana/Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors Division IV Writing Awards
1st Place, Print and Electronic Publications Series, Sara Neufeld & John Mooney, The Hechinger Report & NJ Spotlight, “A Promise to Renew” — Garden State Journalists Association Memorial Journalism Awards
1st Place, Online Feature Reporting, Sara Neufeld, Jon Mooney, Nancy Solomon, Liz Willen, “A Promise to Renew” — New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Journalism Awards
1st Prize, Beat Reporting, Sarah Carr — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
2nd Place, Online – Enterprise/Series/Investigative Reporting, Sara Neufeld, John Mooney, Nancy Solomon, Amanda Brown, “A Promise to Renew” — New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Journalism Awards
2nd Prize, Beat Reporting, Jon Marcus — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
3rd Place, Education Reporting, Circulation >40,000, Sarah Butrymowicz — Indiana Pro Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists, Best in Indiana Journalism Awards
Finalist, Newspaper or Digital Beat Reporting, Jon Marcus, Higher Education Reporting — The Deadline Club Annual Awards
Special Citation, Sara Neufeld, “A Promise to Renew,” The Hechinger Report, NJ Spotlight and WNYC — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Special Citation, Investigative Reporting, Sarah Garland and Jill Barshay — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Honorable Mention, Series/Project, Division 2, Sara Neufeld and John Mooney — Society for Features Journalism Excellence-in-Features awards

2012

Winner, Nellie Bly Cub Reporter, Best journalistic effort by an individual with three years or less professional experience, Sarah Butrymowicz — The New York Press Club
First Prize (shared), Investigative Reporting, Jennifer Oldham and April Dembosky — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Special Citation, Single-Day News Coverage or Feature, Print, Large Market, Sarah Garland, Sarah Butrymowicz, Jon Marcus, Jill Barshay – EWA National Awards for Education Reporting

2011

First Prize (shared), Series Print, Large Market, Staff — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting
Second Prize, Beat Reporting Print, Small Market, Staff — EWA National Awards for Education Reporting