2020 Page One Awards — Special Award Winners

MNSPJ congratulates all the winners recognized Tuesday night at the annual Page One Awards! Here’s a list of special award winners.

7A. Young Journalist of the Year [Special]	First Place	Ryan	Faircloth	St. Paul Pioneer Press	Young Journalist of the Year	A reporter who raises his hand to not only tackle new challenges but turn them into great stories, Ryan Faircloth rose to the top in category crowded with great young journalists. His drive and energy are what this industry needs to keep readers interested in newspapers.
7B. Journalist of the Year [Special]	First Place	Marianne	Combs	MPR News		Ms. Combs’ work on the decades-old sexual abuse that occurred at the children’s theater was like revealing a piece of history that had been buried. It was obvious that she put a ton of work and compassion into finding and interviewing her subjects and asking them to talk about a sensitive subject. This journalism was a service to the community and to sexual assault survivors everywhere. Well done.
7C. Story of the Year [Special]	First Place	Brandon A.J. Steve Gary	Stahl Lagoe Eckert Knox	KARE 11	The Untested	Incisive, thorough reporting presented in a riveting manner.


	Second Place	Sam	Easter	Grand Forks Herald	Outside Chances
	Third Place	Newsroom		Star Tribune	Intense blaze in high-rise kills 5
7D. Best Use of Public Records [Special]	First Place	Chris Glenn	Serres Howatt	Star Tribune	Chaotic Care	An immense amount of effort clearly went into this project, not only in public records requests and data visualizations but also in interviewing and working with affected families. That time resulted in a data-driven piece that still strikes at the emotions. Well done.

	Second Place	Tony	Webster	MPR News	How did the police know you were near a crime scene? Google told them.

7E. Best Beat Reporting [Special]	First Place	Riham	Feshir	MPR News	Riham Feshir on immigration	Feshir’s reporting on immigration — an important topic to everyone in the United States — is hard-hitting and compelling. Excellent work.
	Second Place	A.J. Steve Gary	Lagoe Eckert Knox	KARE 11	On the Veteran Beat


	Third Place	Libor	Jany	Star Tribune	Libor Jany
7F. Freedom of Information Award [Special]	First Place			Grand Forks Herald	Seeking public records in Roosevelt, Minn., other smaller cities	Good job pressing officials to produce public records, even after they failed to do so for a records audit.

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