Latinos have many skin tones. Colorism means they’re treated differently.
While Latinos in the United States are often described simply as “Brown,” that term does not capture the spectrum of skin tones and races within the country’s Hispanic population. These differences in appearance can affect how Hispanics are treated in the United States, even by other Latinos.
Story: https://wapo.st/36SIcTQ
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Christopher Gregory
This police chief is hiring female officers to fix ‘toxic’ policing
A police chief in Nebraska has nearly quadrupled the number of female officers on his force, citing research that shows they are less likely to use force on civilians.
Story: https://wapo.st/3tT5jXc
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Sarah L. Voisin
‘No pictures, no pictures’: The enduring images from Jan. 6
Images have come to define the attack on the U.S. Capitol, but some of the most powerful scenes were ones that were almost never documented. Fourteen photojournalists reported for The Washington Post on January 6. Their reflections a year later include unpublished images from the day and speak to its lasting emotional impact.
Story: https://wapo.st/32MJhux
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
14 photographers on assignment
Photo by David Williams
American Conspiracies
Series exploring the power of conspiracies in a country divided by misinformation. Publication: The Washington Post
- The lonely journey of a UFO conspiracy theorist. Story: https://wapo.st/3e2GUWq
- Five days, 100 vaccine doses and a wildfire of conspiracy theories. Story: https://wapo.st/3yLcj9a
- They’re worried their mom is becoming a conspiracy theorist. She thinks they’re the ones living in a fantasy world. Story: https://wapo.st/3rLHPQi
- A veteran helped spread viral 9/11 conspiracy theories. Can he start over? Story: https://wapo.st/3cqKIjA
Photo by Melina Mara
Photo by John Tully
Photo by Nadia Sablin
In Alaska Native villages and across communities of color, the enduring silence of grief
The nation’s bereavement burden has never been equal, and the coronavirus is no exception, targeting Black, Latino, and American Indian and Alaska Native people in their 30s, 40s and 50s with deadly efficiency.
Story: https://wapo.st/3wEn38q
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Ash Adams
'We are still here'
There are more than 570 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and villages in the United States. Yet many people react with surprise or disbelief when they meet Native Americans. The message that the Indigenous people who spoke with us wanted to share is simple: “We are still here.”
Story: https://wapo.st/30GRFdr
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Brian Adams
After reparations
Twenty-six years ago, Florida did something that was a first for a U.S. government: It approved reparations for African American victims of racial violence. Among other things, the descendants of Rosewood, Fla. — a town burned down nearly a century ago by a white mob — got scholarships in perpetuity.
Story: https://wapo.st/2JzdZKf
Photo essay: https://wapo.st/3qWYlMF
Publication: The Washington Post
Story: https://wapo.st/2JzdZKf
Photo essay: https://wapo.st/3qWYlMF
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Zack Wittman
Photo by Rory Doyle
'This is what happens to us'
How U.S. cities lost precious time to protect black residents from the coronavirus.
Story: https://wapo.st/3a8bdsk
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Youngrae Kim, Rory Doyle,
Michael Brown & Matt Miller
Michael Brown & Matt Miller
Montana had the highest suicide rate in the country. Then budget cuts hit.
Suicide has been a persistent problem in Montana — and it’s getting worse. Now, some who have lost loved ones are mobilizing to stop the deaths.
Story: https://nbcnews.to/2PZ4S7J
Publication: NBC News
Photography by Annie Flanagan
Story: https://nbcnews.to/2PZ4S7J
Publication: NBC News
Photography by Annie Flanagan
2020 Election and aftermath
From impeachment to Iowa: Klobuchar’s cross-country campaign
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, along with three of her colleagues, is doing something no one in history has tried: running for president in the final days before voting begins in the Democratic primary, and serving as a juror in President Trump's impeachment trial at the same time.
Essay: https://wapo.st/2RPEkZL
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Bonnie Jo Mount
The end of campaigning as we knew it
What replaced it was Zooms and elbow bumps and plexiglass … though Trump rallies quickly returned.
Story: https://wapo.st/34MnoK5
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Awards:
First Place - Digital Presidential Story in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
First Place - Digital Presidential Story in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
Team of over 20 photographers on assignment
Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez
America in Line
Long before Election Day, voters across the country were lining up to cast their ballots. The Washington Post sent teams of reporters and photographers to six cities — Houston, Albuquerque, Chattanooga, Sarasota, Atlanta and Columbus — to capture how people feel as they wait for their chance to be heard.
Story: https://wapo.st/35iZh4G
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Awards:
Bronze medal for Best Use of Photography/Digital News Design by Society of News Design.
Photography by Jessica Tezak, Adria Malcom, Mark Felix, Kevin Liles, Maddie McGarvey, and Zack Wittman
Bronze medal for Best Use of Photography/Digital News Design by Society of News Design.
Photography by Jessica Tezak, Adria Malcom, Mark Felix, Kevin Liles, Maddie McGarvey, and Zack Wittman
Custom built digital presentation
Sunday Front Page: Oct. 25, 2020
Inside opening page
Inside doubletruck
Dressed for their party, but nowhere to go
Like most everything else in the year 2020, the covid-19 pandemic derailed the year’s political conventions. Many party delegates were left with no choice but to watch the convention from home — their flashy ensembles saved for another day.
Story: https://wapo.st/3aCB6Ah
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Portraits by 13 photographers
Awards:
First Place - Newspaper Presidential Story in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
Honorable Mention - Digital Presidential Story in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
First Place - Newspaper Presidential Story in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
Honorable Mention - Digital Presidential Story in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism
Photos by Julia Robinson & Kim Raff
Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez
Trump’s lie that the election was stolen has cost $519 million (and counting)
President Donald Trump’s onslaught of falsehoods about the November election misled millions of Americans, undermined faith in the electoral system, sparked a deadly riot — and has now left taxpayers with a large, and growing, bill. The total so far: $519 million.
Story: http://wapo.st/3cOGlAe
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photo by Jabin Botsford
Photo by Amanda Voisard
Photo by Salwan Georges
‘One down, 44 to go’: Inside the House impeachment team’s uphill battle
A group of House Democrats thought they had a chance to secure a conviction of former president Donald Trump — despite the steep odds.
Story: https://wapo.st/3k203Ku
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Melina Mara, Demetrius Freeman, Salwan Georges & Jabin Botsford
Awards:
Award of Excellence - Online Storytelling: News Reporting in Pictures of the Year International
Award of Excellence - Online Storytelling: News Reporting in Pictures of the Year International
Photo by Salwan Georges
Custom digital presentation
Front page Feb. 19, 2021
Inside double truck spread
Schiff’s spotlight: Inside building the case for Trump’s impeachment
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff was tasked with building an investigation of President Donald Trump from the ground up in real time. An exclusive look at just how the chairman chosen for that historic endeavor approached the challenge.
Essay: https://wapo.st/34w1Fmf
Publication: The Washington Post
Publication: The Washington Post
Photography by Melina Mara
MAD ABOUT TRUMP
Two Americas, both political parties in upheaval and the midterm elections around the corner. The president is smack in the middle.
Story: https://nbcnews.to/2oKgLCd
Publication: NBC News
Publication: NBC News
Photography by Mark Peterson
The Year in Pictures
2017 brought a series of devastating natural disasters, from powerful hurricanes to raging wildfires. A nascent Trump administration flexed its muscles — or tried to — in its first year. The nation was wowed as "a path of totality" was carved by a total solar eclipse, but brought to tears by the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Link: http://nbcnews.to/2z4UqSF
Publication: NBC News
Publication: NBC News
