Best Investigative Journalism Award

2022 Winner

, Small Division

Asheville Watchdog

Equity Erased

With just two years of operation and no paid employees, the Asheville Watchdog produced a series investigating how numerous vulnerable homeowners – many of them Black and/or elderly – lost their homes to a local attorney/investor and his associates. The work led to the arrest of a central figure in the scheme, along with her lawyer, on felony charges, and the return of some of the properties.