Honors a single story or a series of stories that uses photography and/or other visual media to more accurately portray a community that has traditionally been underrepresented or misrepresented in news media.

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• Micro Division — Winner: The JOLT – The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater
• Small Division — Winner: San Francisco Public Press
• Medium Division — Winner: El Tímpano
• Large Division — Winner: Retro Report and WORLD Channel

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Insight Award for Visual Journalism – Micro division

The JOLT – The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater

Homelessness in Olympia, Washington by JM Simpson, Danny Stusser

Journalists from the hyper-local news site the Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater — The JOLT — capture the lives of people who are homeless in articles and photos. People’s faces are prominent in many of the photos: some tattooed, some stoic. Some people look down or away from the camera. Others gazed directly at the lens as they cradled a pet cat or dog. The work depicts a level of access and intimacy that is “so impressive,” a judge said. “The images of Narcan being administered were incredibly impactful.”

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Holiday messages from downtown and The Jungle

Some unhoused pets and their people

Car fire in The Jungle pits homeless residents against firefighters

Breakfast is served, every Saturday, by Joyful Hands Ministries

Tarp and towel on a snowy winter’s day

Eyewitness: Family on the street – One homeless man’s brush with death highlights the point

Our Ark works to save youth from homelessness

Views from the homeless who live on the streets of Olympia

Mark Rendon: Making progress despite being frustrated by the systems

Jamie Sutton: ‘Narcan Ninja’

Percival Creek homeless encampments continue to grow

Profile of a once successful man

Finalists

• Tucson Sentinel, Barrier in the Borderlands: Photographs from the U.S.-Mexico line in Southern Arizona, Paul Ingram
• Atlanta Community Press Collective, Good Trouble, Nolan Huber-Rhoades, Lev Omelchenko
• Sierra Nevada Ally, Photos: Indian National Finals Rodeo, Alejandra Rubio

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Insight Award for Visual Journalism – Small division

San Francisco Public Press

Facing Brutal Storms, Homeless People Encountered Hurdles to Finding Shelter by Madison Alvarado, Yesica Prado

After deadly storms ravaged California’s San Francisco Bay area, journalists from San Francisco Public Press focused on a particularly vulnerable population: unhoused people. Local shelters were close to capacity, and many of those residents couldn’t search online for options for shelter. Madison Alvarado and Yesica Prado talked with more than two dozen people about those challenges and captured those moments of their lives, as they stood under narrow overhangs or sat or crouched beside buildings, some of them with only a coat or poncho to shield them from the rain. The photography “really helped illustrate the challenges faced by a group of people that are often left in the shadows of our communities,” a judge said. “The interactive map was also a nice touch to illustrate where the reporters walked around to speak with folks.”

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Facing Brutal Storms, Homeless People Encountered Hurdles to Finding Shelter

Finalists

• Inkstick Media, How the Climate Crisis Deepens Hardships for Rohingya Refugees, Ahtaram Shine, Sahat Zia Hero
• Lower Cape News, Truro Worship On Verge Of Losing Their Home
• ReligionUnplugged.com, Manipur – A Surge of Violence | Visual Commentary | From the Eyes of Kuki-Zo Victims

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Insight Award for Visual Journalism – Medium division

El Tímpano

La Pulga by Hiram Alejandro Durán, El Tímpano Staff

El Tímpano produced a multimedia story that captured La Pulga, which is Oakland, California’s coliseum swap meet. The team also set up a photo booth to collaborate with market-goers to tell the story of La Pulga. A judge raved about the immersive storytelling, saying “I felt like I was there at the market with these people. They drove the narrative, not the publication. This felt authentic and engaging. I wanted to keep reading and listening and scrolling through Polaroids.”

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Memories of the market

Framing Oakland’s Pulga

Finalist

• The Connecticut Mirror, A diaspora in focus, Yehyun Kim, Katy Golvala

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Insight Award for Visual Journalism – Large division

Retro Report and WORLD Channel

Generations Stolen

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which enacted legal protections for Native families and affirmed the authority of tribal governments over their children. Retro Report and WORLD Channel explore the history of Indigenous child removal and forced adoptions in Generations Stolen. Judges described the video as “beautifully done,” and “moving and impactful.” One judge said, “I was thrilled to learn that this film is being used in classrooms to educate kids about our history and the importance of ICWA for Native peoples. Bravo.”

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Generations Stolen (video)

Transcript: Generations Stolen

Finalists

• The Marshall Project, The Mercy Workers, Illustrated, Maurice Chammah, Jackie Roche, Katie Park, Staff
• Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO, ‘I Just Don’t Want To Die’: Black Pregnant Women Are Turning To Midwives For Personalized Care — And A Better Chance At Survival, Karen Kasmauski, Louis Hansen, Christopher Tyree