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2013 Contest Categories 2013 Contest Categories The Education Writers Association National Awards in Education Reporting honor exceptional work covering stories that add to the understanding of education from early childhood through college and beyond. Entries will be judged on criteria that include the quality of writing, clarity, insight, innovative presentation, deadline pressures, and explanation of issues. Please note that the categories have changed and that applicants should review them all before entering their submissions. For example, we have added a category designated exclusively for data reporting. * In calculating the staff size, please consider all the FTE employees in the newsroom who contribute to a finished product. In addition to reporters, the calculation should include, among others, all editors, designers, online producers and multimedia content producers, such as photographers, data analysts and videographers. I. GENERAL NEWS OUTLETS, SMALL NEWSROOM Print or online journalism publications with 25 or fewer FTE newsroom staffers. Written sources of education news, such as dailies and news blogs, are eligible. A. Single-Topic News or Feature: First Prize: “Promise to Renew” by Sara Neufeld of The Hechinger Report and NJ Spotlight • http://bit.ly/1ho6VKM • http://bit.ly/1jqNkxt • http://bit.ly/1aPC59H “Beautifully written package of the stories about the challenges of teaching students with special needs. Sara Neufeld takes readers into the schools and classrooms, where they can get a taste of both the struggles and challenges of the children and the difficulties and stresses faced by the teachers and why there is a high turnover rate among them. She balances the experiences at one school with what is going on in the broader environment of special education.” “A superlative series that lays out the challenge of education reform in one of the most grueling settings. Sara Neufeld made excellent use of the access she was granted, presenting each person with respect, honesty and insight. We see the tension of ongoing staff resignations and we see the personal commitment and sacrifice of the principal and others who are determined to give students whatever support they need. Neufeld is masterful in weaving education philosophy throughout the series, so that in three segments any reader will emerge with a deeper understanding of the reform effort, the day-to- day frustrations of life and learning in a struggling urban school, and the many issues and situations the principal juggles over the course of a school year. Well-paced, researched, and written. Bravo.” Second Prize: “Monterey Superintendent Search” by Claudia Meléndez Salinas of the Monterey County Herald • http://bit.ly/Lh0UW6 • http://bit.ly/1eEr4u8 • http://bit.ly/1ht72oY • http://bit.ly/1d8JEI8 • http://bit.ly/1eLz9j0 “Claudia Melendez Salina's dogged reporting about plans to hire a superintendent mired in allegations about sexual harassment clearly had impact. Her reporting is balanced and presents the views of all affected parties. She writes in an accessible way and her blog post provides good insight into her approach to the story.” “Claudia Melendez Salinas asked the right questions, and delivered solid, relentless reporting with direct, no-nonsense writing, giving readers, community members and even district board members what they needed to know - the rest of the story - about this applicant. Hidden gems throughout - this all plays out during sexual harassment awareness month! - and especially the trustee who claimed the plaintiff wished she had never filed suit, only to have Salinas deliver the plaintiff's curt reply that the litigation is going forward. Good and valuable stuff.” AND “Learning Hilo” by Alia Wong (reporter) and PF Bentley (Photographer) of Honolulu Civil Beat • http://www.civilbeat.com/specials/projects/learning-hilo/ “With beautifully written prose, Alia Wong captures what life is like in Hilo schools serving some of Hawaii's poorest children. Her series provides vivid detail of the innovations being used in each of the schools profiled and helps the reader understand why the measures of success at these schools might be different than elsewhere. The series provides good look at how charter schools can be effective when traditional ones fail.” “Alia Wong has produced an exquisite portrait of four charter schools in the Hilo area of Hawaii. Each portion of this series rewarded readers with gems of detail - used to good effect to highlight a larger concept. Wong's ability to weave diverse elements and approaches to education into this guided tour of truly remarkable schools left this reader wishing the series had even more chapters. Except for a few endings that seemed a bit contrived, these pieces were compelling and insightful.” Third Prize: “District 287” by Beth Hawkins (Reporter) and Tom Nehil (Web Producer) of MinnPost • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/01/safety-zone-inside-school-where-no- students-needs-are-too-tough • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/01/legislative-wish-list-crafted-better-help- schools-most-challenging-students • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/02/meet-cross-subsidy-increasingly-painful- way-pay-special-ed • http://www.minnpost.com/data/2013/02/special-education-cross-subsidy-where-has-it-grown- fastest “Given incredible access, Beth Hawkins was able to tell the story of students often forgotten in the educational system, and how schools are pooling resources to try to get these children the help they need.” “With this series, Beth Hawkins demonstrates again the great value a community gains when quality journalists have meaningful access to information and people. Hawkins took a topic that makes most people's eyes glaze over - education funding - and brought it into three dimensions, showing the impact on kids, the complications of cross-subsidy strategies, and the ongoing obstacles to paying the full freight of programs that are mandated by law, essential for many kids, and often extremely expensive.” B. Beat Reporting: First Prize: Alia Wong of Honolulu Civil Beat • http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/18360/ • http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/18662/ • http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/19839/ • http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/18654/ • http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/18906/ • http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/18498/ “Alia Wong demonstrates a dexterous ability to get beyond the surface of education stories, and in this collection gives readers a sample of her ability to report with fairness and respect the differing voices she includes. The Pidgin story, especially, delivers nuance and food for thought on an issue that so soften produces only knee-jerk reactions. The piece on consultants and millions in education reform contracts and the piece on conditions in the state's largest high school are examples of watchdog journalism that must be encouraged at every turn.” “Alia Wang works to hold state and schools officials accountable for their actions, a key focus of journalism today. From how schools treat concussions in their athletes to whether the state should be funding private schools or spending millions to promote itself, Alia presents the facts in an easy-to-read style. She's skilled at putting things into context and answering that key question: Why should I care? Entry demonstrates good breadth of reporting.” Second Prize: Beth Hawkins of MinnPost (Minneapolis) • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/01/safety-zone-inside-school-where-no- students-needs-are-too-tough • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/01/culture-conscious-higher-ground-academy- serves-largely-east-african-student-b • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/03/st-paul-finds-way-retain-talented-less- experienced-teachers-during-layoffs • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/08/his-life-samatars-funeral-brought-all- manner-minnesotans-together • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/08/minnesota-test-results-takeaway-our-kids- did-not-get-dumber-overnight • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/01/friendship-academys-journey-success-took- no-easy-path • http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2013/07/what-does-it-do-kids-when-their-school- building-screams-nothing-important-hap “Beth Hawkins fills her blogs with solid reporting on a wide variety of issues in education. Written in an easy-to-read style, her pieces raise awareness of the people, the schools and the issues important to education in St. Paul. The story on the "ladies" and the refuge they found with a teacher who gave them extra instruction in math was particularly striking.” “Beth Hawkins brings a fresh approach, a conversational sort of authority and the savvy you hope for in a source of information about education. She hasn't dumbed it down, but she has translated the philosophies she writes about with practical examples, strong descriptive skill, and a deft and mostly reliable avoidance of jargon. Anyone dismissive of the blog format should take note of her insightful use of it, exploiting too the opportunity to make personal observations that connect on a different level with readers. The warm - not smarmy or gushing - reflection on Samatar's funeral is a case in point and the 'rant' on the depressing condition of some facilities is another. The posts are well-reported, bring in voices from many strata, and written with engaging skill.” Third Prize: Molly Bloom of StateImpact Ohio • http://n.pr/KhtQMH • http://n.pr/1k1hlVL • http://n.pr/1lutZYE • http://n.pr/1chuC5V • http://n.pr/19WH7nI • http://n.pr/Jq6rsi “Molly Bloom uses database reporting to develop the themes of her reporting and then finds the real people to illustrate it. The end product is strong, reader-accessible journalism that reflects the views of all components of the education community. Her use of social media to augment her reporting is an added plus.” “Molly Bloom brings energy to her education coverage and makes good use of social media and other crowd-sourcing techniques to bring new voices to the fore.
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