Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2017)—Atlantic Media has selected four finalists for its 14th annual Michael Kelly Award. Atlantic Media Chairman David Bradley created the award to celebrate the life and career of Michael Kelly, a former editor of two Atlantic Media publications—The Atlantic and National Journal—who was killed in Iraq while covering the war in 2003.
Selected from a highly competitive field of submissions, finalists were chosen by a panel of judges for work that displays the courage, determination, and passion exemplified by Kelly. The 2017 finalists are:
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Shane Bauer of Mother Jones for his investigation of a resource-starved private prison in Louisiana where he spent four months as a correctional officer.
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Hannah Dreier of the Associated Press for her coverage of the impact of the economic crisis in Venezuela on residents struggling to find food and health care.
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David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post for a series of investigative pieces on Donald Trump’s deceptive charitable activities.
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Selam Gebrekidan, Stephen Grey, and Amina Ismail of Reuters for a series of stories on the smuggling networks that profit from the transport of refugees from Africa and the Middle East to Europe.
