The Margin
A River of Deception: Historical Documents Reveal How Seattle City Light’s Dams Deprived the Skagit River of Fish, Impacting the Upper Skagit Tribe’s Treaty Rights for Over a Century
The Margin scoured historical documents and detailed how, for more than a century, Seattle’s City Light Department misrepresented the environmental impact of its dams in the Skagit River. The news outlet also explained how the federal government failed to act on the Upper Skagit Tribe’s behalf when construction on the dams began.
“The reporting was excellent, and the story expertly and clearly told,” one judge said. Another judge described it as “gold-standard investigative journalism.”
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The Margin
Eroding Indigenous Sovereignty: How Climate Change Complicates the Fight for Tribal Nations to Prove Who They Are
Ottavia Spaggiari, Ko Bragg, Chona Kasinger
The Objective
The Editor of a New York City Newspaper Bullied Reporters for Years. Then, He Was Promoted
Alexis Allison