A special award given for coverage of connections between the Trump campaign and Russia was shared between staffs at The Washington Post and The Times. The local reporting award was given to Melissa Segura of BuzzFeed News, who documented allegations that a Chicago police officer had framed dozens of innocent people for murder. View all New York Times newsletters. Ben Taub of The New Yorker received the magazine reporting award for documenting the shrinkage of Lake Chad in Africa and the impact on the neighboring people. The foreign television reporting award was given to Nima Elbagir and Raja Razek of CNN, who uncovered a hidden slave auction of African refugees in Libya.

Source: New York Times February 20, 2018 18:52 UTC