2024

First Place:

Storey Wertheimer, Leaking Roofs, Broken HVACs: Parents Decry Conditions at Durham Elementary Schools, The 9^th Street Journal and Indy Week, May 6, 2024 (Follow-up article: Broken HVAC Systems Still Plague Some Durham Schools)

 Second Place:

Sophie Buckminster, There's no Judgement (or Lululemon) in Durham's Naked Yoga Class, 9th Street Journal / INDY Week, 5/20/2024

 Third Place:

Gabrielle Lazor, Dive into the world of Tampa Bay offshore fishing at this all-female tournament, The Tampa Bay Times, 7/23/2024

Third Place:

Sophie Levenson, Duke cross country, track and field athletes describe neglect and discomfort under former head coach Angela Reckart, Duke Chronicle, 8/17/2024

2023

First Place:

Charlotte Kramon, A UNC Student's Overdose Death at Duke (Series), The Assembly, 10/16/2023

A UNC Student’s Overdose Death at Duke

They Were Go-To Dealers for College Students. Now They’re Headed to Prison.

A Mother’s Anguish

Next Dealer Up

Second Place:

Riya Sharma, For UNC Housekeepers, the Decades-Long Fight for Fair Wages Endures, Indy Week, 10/4/2023

Third Place:

Jacqueline Cole, Thousands of members of Rainbow Family of Living Light and Love arriving in White Mountain National Forest this July, The Concord Monitor, 6/20/2023

2022

First Place:

Mila Surjadi, Student Commencement speech bears striking resemblance to 2014 Harvard student address, The Duke Chronicle, 5/09/2022. Follow-up story: Selection committee for student Commencement speech did not check for plagiarism, committee member says.

Second Place:

Hana Stepnick, How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear, Politifact, 08/01/2022

Third Place:

Christopher Kuo, In St. Pete Beach, free sailboat rides offer wellness to souls in need,
The Tampa Bay Times, 07/11/2022

2021

First Place:

Michaela  Towfighi, Still waiting for a trial, family gathers to remember Angelica Lane two years after fatal crash, The Concord Monitor, 06/26/2021

Second Place:

Caroline  Petrow-Cohen, Opinion: Arizona plans to use cyanide on death row. Nazis killed millions with the same gas, Los Angeles Times, 06/11/2021

Third Place:

Christopher  Kuo, I wish I could do it forever: The story of Dean Sue’s decades at Duke, from student to dean to faculty-in-residence, The Duke Chronicle, 08/24/2021

2020

First Place:

Cameron Beach, Duke Hospital Sends Bill Collectors After Student Rape Victim, INDY Week and The 9th Street Journal, 2/14/2020

Second Place:

Isabella Caracta, JUUL-Funded Researcher Pushes Pro-Vaping Stance (print title), The Duke Chronicle, 1/15/2020

Third Place:

Cameron Oglesby, Bridging the Gap: Diversity, Discomfort, and Discrimination, Bridging the Gap is a podcast series by The Duke Chronicle, 11/6/2020

2019

First Place:

First place: Rose Wong, “Vital Signs: An Investigative Look at a Pattern of Misdiagnoses and Inadequate Care at Duke Student Health” a series of reported opinion columns in the Duke Chronicle.

Second Place:

Max Donheiser and Juliana Rennie, Duke invested $10.3 million in company tied to disputed pipeline, alleged gov't corruption The Paradise Papers offer a rare look at how the University manages its investment portfolio behind closed doors, The Chronicle, January 30, 2019

Third Place:

Rebecca Torrence, Is going through the reporting process worth it?, The Chronicle, November 21, 2019.

2018

First Place (one of 2 first place winners):

Max Donheiser, At off-campus bars, some Duke students describe a culture of sexual misconduct, Collegetown, March 27, 2018

 

First place (one of 2 first place winners):

Riley Griffin, Kim Cates took a stance in the Duke lacrosse case—what does that mean for students today?, The Chronicle, April 12, 2018

Second Place:

Elizabeth Anne Brown, I go to Duke. Do I have to care about basketball?, The New York Times, March 2, 2018

2017

First Place:

Andrew Tan-Delli-Cicchi, Supermanwoman, The Standard, October 16, 2017

Honorable mentions:

Max Donheiser, Choice for most: In nation’s largest voucher program, $16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies, Chalkbeat, August 10, 2017

Riley Griffin, When Trump talks about ‘fake news,’ he’s probably means Russia coverage, Poynter, April 12, 2017

Sam Turken, Why doesn’t the men’s basketball program have female managers?, The Chronicle, December 8, 2017

2016

Amrith Ramkumar and Rachel Chason

Two-part series in the Chronicle, February 29 and 30, 2016

1. EVP Tallman Trask hit parking attendant with car, accused of using racial slur;
2. Employees describe hostile, discriminatory environment in PTS department

Honorable Mentions:

Rajiv Golla

A Mosque, a Fire, and a Lesson, Roads & Kingdoms, July 12, 2016

Carly Stern

Twelve dollars Chronicle, April 7, 2016

2015

Andrew Kragie, A second best decision, The Chronicle, February 25, 2015

Honorable mention:

Mumbi Kanyogo ’19, Coming to America, The Standard, November 5th, 2015

2013-2014

Emily Feng, The Occupiers: Out of the Classrooms and Into the Streets, published in China Hands Magazine on December 5, 2014

2012-2013

Andrew Beaton, The Oral History of Tailgate, published in The Duke Chronicle on November 08, 2013

2011-2012

Sanette Tanaka, 3-part series on The Rebounding Workforce, published in The Chronicle on April 23-25, 2012

2010-2011

Lauren Carroll, "Kunshan Campus Takes Shape Amid Doubts,” published in The Chronicle on 04/06/2011

2009-2010

Rachna Reddy, "Questions linger about Hellinga case,” published in The Chronicle on 04/20/2010

Special Recognition:

Ryan L. Brown and Naureen F. Khan, “Ladies First: Does Sexism Exist at Duke?” (Towerview, 04/2010)

2008-2009

Jessica Lichter, Making the Grade, a 3-part series.

Part 1: GPAs have steadily risen over decades since 1960: Average Duke GPA has increased 1 point

Part 2: Grading on a curve: Several causes underlie grade inflation, which affects majors differently

Part 3: No easy solution for grade inflation exists, some say

The Chronicle, 03/17 – 19/2009

2007-2008

Ben Cohen, "Leveling the Playing Field:  The Impact of Race on the Search for Duke’s Next Head Football Coach," (The Chronicle, 12/06/07)

Special Recognition:

Robert L. Copeland, 3-part series “DUPD Plagued by Attrition” (The Chronicle),

2006-2007

Kristin Butler T’08, Soaking the Poor: With All Deliberate Speed, The Chronicle

2005-2006

Jeffrey Stern, Family Man: The Story of Three Men Who Share a Tent by the Tracks Just Off Main Street, The Independent

Special Recognition:

Seyward Darby, Mission in Mississippi: North Carolina Medical Volunteers Bring Hope, Aid to Katrina Victims,  The Duke Chronicle, 9/13/2005.

2004-2005

Andrew Gerst, Building Comunidad, Towerview, 04/27/2005

Honorable Mention for Investigative Reporting:

Jake Poses and Matt Sullivan for their series of articles on possible steroid use by some Duke baseball team players, published in Duke's student newspaper the Chronicle in 4/2005.

2003-2004

Philip Kurian, Journeys in South Africa, Towerview, 10/2003

Honorable Mention:

Emily Rotberg Cronin, N.C. Textile Towns Struggle with Massive Layoffs, The Duke Chronicle, 11/03/2003

2002-2003

Tyler Rosen, Assessing Intellectualism, The Duke Chronicle, 04/23/2023