PUBLIC SERVICEThe Anchorage Daily News with contributions from ProPublicaThe Anchorage Daily News, in collaboration with the nonprofit outlet ProPublica, won the prestigious public service award for a yearlong investigation of sexual violence in Alaska. The series, led by the reporter Kyle Hopkins, uncovered a “two-tiered” criminal justice system in the state, in which rural communities, disproportionately populated by Indigenous people, had limited or no access to law enforcement and four times as many sex offenders as other areas in the United States, per capita. Finalists The New York Times; The Washington Post

Source: New York Times May 04, 2020 19:45 UTC