Borderless Magazine
Inhumane Conditions and the Early Warning Signs Ignored at Chicago’s Largest Migrant Shelter
Despite “warnings, numerous hospitalizations and dozens of reports,” Chicago officials housed thousands of migrants in an industrial warehouse used as a city-run shelter. A 5-year-old boy who lived there died of sepsis. Those are examples of what Borderless Magazine exposed through its investigation — storytelling one judge described as “excellent work.” “This is the kind of work I aspire to be able to publish in our newsroom,” another judge said.
Read the Winning Work
Investigation: Migrants Describe Inhumane Conditions At Chicago’s Largest Shelter
5-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Ill At Chicago’s Largest Migrant Shelter
Chicago Mayor, Shelter Officials Respond To Living Conditions Following A Borderless Investigation
Investigation: Chicago Ignored Dozens Of Warnings Of Migrant Shelter Conditions Before Child’s Death
Finalists
Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ)
Gender-based Violence by State Actors in Uganda and Zimbabwe
New Mexico In Depth Inc.
New Mexico officials prioritized Murdered and missing Indigenous people. Their actions didn’t match their rhetoric.
Reasons to be Cheerful
‘Take It Down and They’ll Return’: The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River
Kea Krause