Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism

2022 Winner

, Super Division

Center for Public Integrity

How the lack of Medicaid expansion fuels rural poverty in the Deep South

Public Integrity’s examination of how states that refuse Medicaid expansion fuel rural poverty, produced in collaboration with The Guardian, earned the judges’ praise for the treasure trove of information contained in its resource guide and the audience engagement strategy to help spread the word. 

Honorable Mentions:

  • Center for Public Integrity – The Wealth Vortex – Center for Public Integrity and Transmitter Media by Jamie Smith Hopkins, Mitchell Johnson, Camille Petersen and Isabel Carter 
  • Texas Tribune – Gender Affirming Care in Texas by Izz Scott Lamagdeleine, Sneha Dey, Karen Brooks Harper and Eleanor Klibanoff