Winner – Nashville Business Journal: Mapping the new Nashville
- Contributor – Eleanor Kennedy
- Judges’ Comments – Census data was the launching point for this feature package (and interactive map) about the areas of Nashville that experienced the most change as well as those slated for the most change. It was an ambitious effort with several well-written stories by reporter Eleanor Kennedy illustrating the changes already under way and how it affects residents. This package could potentially play an important role for businesses and individuals making relocation or expansion decisions in Nashville.
In this category, the judges selected two honorable mentions.
Honorable Mention – The New Food Economy: Kansas is dying
- Contributor – Corie Brown
- Judges’ Comments – The judges found this to be a fascinating, extraordinary work of first-person feature journalism in which the author identifies the devastating impact that recent farming and legislative priorities are having on Kansas’ vital farm economy.
Honorable Mention – Debtwire Investigations: How Burger King fed storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, and made a killing
- Contributors – Seth Brumby, Javier Balmaceda, Xavira Neggers Crescioni
- Judges’ Comments – This was a surprising, smartly detailed look at how a forward-thinking business managed to prepare for a natural disaster, perhaps better than any other competitor or government agency.
