NAAJ Writing Awards - 2021
NAAJ Writing Top Award Winners - 2021
2021 Writer of the Year Award: Bart Bfankuch and Nick Lowrey
Presentation PDF of 2021 Winners
News Winner: Sky Chadde,
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting; Rachel Axon, Kyle Bagenstose, Kevin Crowe, USA Today
‘They think workers are like dogs.’ How pork plant execs sacrificed safety for profits. — 11/11/2020
Profile Winner: Sierra McClain, Capital Press
Flying farmer: One man’s journey to reach new heights on the farm and in the clouds — 7/9/2020
Blog Winner: Ed White, The Western Producer
Percy and me — 10/7/2020
Resiliency is a great idea, until you have to pay for it — 11/26/2020
2020: The year food mattered — 12/20/2020
1st Place: Bart Pfankuch and Nick Lowrey
South Dakota News Watch
Coverage of COVID impacts on South Dakota ag industry
Spot News Winner:
Chris Clayton,
DTN/Progressive Farmer
Column Winner: Pamela Smith,
DTN/Progressive Farmer
Special Project Winner: Center for Public Integrity, Grist and The World
Joe Wertz, Jamie Smith Hopkins, Nathanael Johnson
‘Growing Food, Sowing Troubles’ — Fertilizer pollution
Features Winner: Susan Ferriss & Joe Yerardi,
The Center for Public Integrity
Trump attacks them. COVID-19 threatens them. But immigrants keep the U.S. fed — 9/28/2020
Editorial Winner: Greg Hillyer, DTN/Progressive Farmer
Technical Winner:
Bart Pfankuch and Nick Lowrey
South Dakota News Watch