Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

Award Winners

• For Their Own Good

  

  By Ben Montgomery, Waveney Ann Moore, Edmund D. Fountain, and Kelley Benham

  This six-part series reveals a century of abuse at Florida's oldest reform school in a haunting narrative. Originally published by the St. Petersburg Times between April and December, 2009, it is a winner of the 2010 Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.

• The Deadly Choices at Memorial

  

  By Sheri Fink, Paolo Pellegrin, Stephen Engelberg, Susan White, Ilena Silverman, Aaron Retica, David Ferguson, Charles Wilson, and Krista Kjellman Schmidt

  This gripping narrative, which exposes the decision-making that left 18 patients dead after injections of painkillers and sedatives in a flooded hospital in New Orleans, is a winner of the 2010 Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma. It was originally published by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine in August, 2009. 

  
  

• Crossing the Line: Abuse in Hawai’i Homes

  

  By Kevin Dayton, Rob Perez, Jeff Widener, and Russell McCrory

  This exceptional seven-part investigative series tells the stories of native Hawai’ian women whose lives were forever changed by domestic violence. Originally published in The Honolulu Advertiser in December, 2008.

• Daysha's Diary

  

  By Kevin Dayton and Jeff Widener

  The intimate diary of Daysha Aiona-Aka, a 21-year old mother who was murdered at the hands of her estranged boyfriend, offers a rare glimpse of the dynamics of unfolding domestic abuse. Originally published in The Honolulu Advertiser in December, 2008 as part of Crossing the Line: Abuse in Hawai'i Homes.

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