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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Cleo Krejci wins Center for Integrity in News Reporting award
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Cleo Krejci is the winner of the 2025 Center for Integrity in News Reporting award for her investigation into the staffing crisis straining Wisconsin's rapidly growing assisted living industry. Krejci accepted the award at a ceremony at the Library of Congress on May 6. The award was created in 2024 with the mission of growing public trust in news by celebrating exemplary journalism that demonstrates fairness, integrity and impartiality. Cleo Krejci Krejci, who covers workforce development for the Journal Sentinel through Report for America, was inspired by her own experience working as a direct caregiver. What she witnessed formed the basis of her investigative project, "The Gray Zone." Supported by a grant from the Gerontological Society of America, Krejci delved into hundreds of state reports and interviewed more than 50 workers, families, nurses, researchers and others. She found that over the past 20 years, the number of assisted living beds has doubled, but the number of complaints has tripled. Caregivers told Krejci they were thrown into the job without preparation, putting themselves and residents in danger and fueling a vicious cycle of turnover. "When Cleo joined our team, she wasn't sure what to do with all she had seen and experienced as a caregiver," said Greg Borowski, executive editor of the Journal Sentinel. "We encouraged her to follow the story and dig deeper. She did so with determination, empathy and integrity, always centered on telling the story with care and heart." "That's what we ask all of our reporters to do every day: Be essential. Be connected. Make a difference in our community," Borowski said. Krejci's reporting on assisted living has earned a number of other distinguished honors. Krejci was also named a Goldsmith Award semifinalist, one of the top awards in journalism, and a Livingston Award finalist, which honors journalists under 35. Livingston Award winners will be announced in June. Her project was also a finalist for a prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors Award. Judges called it an "important and empathetic" investigation that "significantly serves the public interest." Krejci's reporting also took second place in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association's inaugural A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism and third place in the National Headliner Awards in the public service category. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Reporter Cleo Krejci wins Center for Integrity in News Reporting award
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MassLive journalist is a finalist for prestigious 2025 Livingston Award
A MassLive reporter who shed critical light on how illicit pill presses are used to quickly create dangerous counterfeit pills that kill thousands of Americans is a finalist for an award that honors the work of the nation's finest young journalists. Reporter Hadley Barndollar, whose October 2024 series 'How one machine supercharged illicit drug manufacturing in Mass.' also spurred legislative action, is among this year's Livingston Award finalists. Now in its 44th year, the award, sponsored by the Wallace House Center for Journalists and the University of Michigan, supports young journalists and honors the best reporting and storytelling by journalists aged 35 and younger across all forms of journalism, according to its website.
Washington Post
07-04-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Siobhán O'Grady Named Ukraine Bureau Chief
We're happy to announce that Siobhán O'Grady will become Ukraine bureau chief, effective immediately. With this promotion, Siobhán will take over on-the-ground leadership of our team in Ukraine, a role that builds on the essential position she has occupied in our coverage of Ukraine since the days leading up to the all-out Russian invasion in February 2022. For the first 15 months of the war, she reported extensively from Ukraine on multi-week reporting trips while also serving as Cairo bureau chief. She moved to Ukraine in 2023 to become chief Ukraine correspondent. With her skillful reporting, emotive writing, quick tempo, powerful work ethic and empathetic ear, Siobhán is a natural choice to take over in Ukraine, leading a team that will include a soon-to-be named Ukraine correspondent along with Ukraine-based reporter David L. Stern and a talented and dedicated team of local reporters. Siobhán was a member of the all-female team of Washington Post reporters honored in 2023 by the International Women's Foundation with the Courage in Journalism Award. Siobhán and the bureau's Anastacia Galouchka were also finalists for the Livingston Award in 2024 for their work from Ukraine. The Post opened its bureau in Ukraine in May 2022, reflecting a long-term commitment to consistency and excellence in covering a conflict that is reshaping Europe and the world and has been a primary focus for the United States. The team works closely with other Post correspondents dedicated primarily to coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war from their bases in Berlin, Brussels, Riga, London and Washington, D.C., and on periodic reporting trips to Russia. Before moving to Cairo, Siobhán was a foreign affairs writer in The Post's D.C. newsroom who also reported from Afghanistan, Cameroon and Lebanon. She is a graduate of Dickinson College, began her career at Foreign Policy, then spent 18 months freelancing across Africa from Nigeria, Togo, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana and elsewhere for the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic and other news outlets. She speaks fluent French, elementary Arabic and some Ukrainian.
Washington Post
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Dan Merica and Matthew Choi to co-anchor The Post's flagship political newsletter, the Early Brief
We are pleased to announce that two exceptional reporters, Dan Merica and Matthew Choi, will join The Post as co-anchors of our flagship political newsletter, the Early Brief, which takes readers inside our best-in-class political coverage each morning. Together, they will leverage extensive experience covering the White House, Congress and campaigns to guide readers across the country through an extraordinary moment. Dan is a longtime political reporter who has covered all aspects of power in Washington, D.C. He began his career at CNN where, as a national political reporter, he reported on campaigns across the country for over a decade, including Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 and the Democratic presidential primary in 2020. Merica also covered President Donald Trump's first term in the White House for CNN and began his career at the network writing about religion's impact on culture and politics. He was a finalist for the Livingston Award for his work covering the Trump team's effort to overturn the 2020 election. Merica has also worked as a national political reporter at The Messenger, where he covered the 2024 presidential campaign, and as an investigative reporter at the Associated Press, writing about artificial intelligence and political trends such as conservative Leonard Leo's impact on a tiny Maine town. Matthew has led the Texas Tribune's Washington coverage since 2022, serving as the sole full-time staffer in its Washington bureau. He covered major political stories in Texas including the growing influence of the Republican Party among South Texas Latino voters, the indictment of Rep. Henry Cuellar and its political fallout, Sen. Ted Cruz's reelection campaign and Sen. John Cornyn's bid for majority leader. Matthew previously authored Politico's Morning Energy newsletter, covering negotiations over President Joe Biden's climate and energy agenda. He is a native of Northern Virginia who graduated from Northwestern University, where he was a managing editor at the Daily Northwestern. Dan and Matthew, who start April 14, take the helm from Patrick Svitek and Meryl Kornfield, who brought political savvy and energy to their temporary roles. The new co-anchors will join The Post's powerhouse Congress team and will be edited by Alec Dent and Emily Rauhala.
