Abuse

  • Interview

    Apr 8 2003

    Abuse in the Catholic Church

    By Christy Cox

    Almost two years ago, the Boston Globe began an extensive effort to chronicle and report the clergy abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. The resulting series has received a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The Globe was honored, according to the Pulitzer website, "for its courageous, comprehensive coverage ... an effort that pierced secrecy, stirred local, national and international reaction and produced changes in the Roman Catholic Church."

  • Dart Award Winner

    The Days After

    By Jason Brown, Arnessa Garrett, Claudia Laws, Brittain Quibodeaux Orgeron, and Marsha Sills

    A series about the murder of eight women in Louisiana's Acadiana. Originally published in the Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA), on Aug. 7, 2005.

  • Dart Award Winner

    The Short Life of Viktor Matthey

    By Matthew Reilly and Saed Hindash

    An article depicting the unhappy life of a Siberian boy whose violent death is told against the larger story of his birth parents, the orphanage that briefly shelters him, and his abusive adoptive parents in America. Originally published in the Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), on October 28, 2001.

  • Dart Award Winner

    Malignant Memories

    By Debra McKinney, Fran Durner, Kathleen McCoy, Richard Murphy, Jim Macknicki, and John Mckay

    Debra McKinney documents the spirited growth of three women as they transcend the tragedies of incest that haunted their lives.  Originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on June 6, 1993.

  • Dart Award Honorable Mention

    Shattered Lives

    By Jillian Bogater

    An uplifting yet realistic account of a victim and his loved ones struggling to recover after random violence. Originally published in the Cheboygan Daily Tribune from April 20, 1993, to April 23, 1993. 

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