Honolulu Civil Beat
Red Hill Fuel Leak
Civil Beat produced a series of insightful and revelatory stories on the Navy’s handling of its underground World War II-era fuel storage facility near Pearl Harbor that leaked thousands of gallons of petroleum, sickening military families, putting Oahu’s civilian water supply at risk and forcing the Pentagon to agree to shut down the facility.
Honorable Mentions:
- Center for Public Integrity – Criminalizing Kids by Corey Mitchell, Joe Yerardi and Susan Ferriss
- EdSource – Following Covid Money in Education
- The Trace – California Police Aren’t Tracking Crime Guns, Ignoring Thousands of Potential Leads by Champe Barton