Kate Price Remembers Something Terrible

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An authority on child sex trafficking has spent decades trying to understand whether the unthinkable happened to her, too. Together with a journalist, she went looking for evidence — and found it.
 

The judging panel described the piece as “remarkable,” “revelatory journalism” that addresses the “complicated nature of memory” with “great depth,” “care” and “wisdom.” They noted how both “Janelle Nanos and Kate Price, the journalist and the survivor, are in pursuit of the same end goal – truth,” and called it an “immensely empathetic,” “unflinching” and “intelligent” piece of journalism. They also praised the “beautiful” video and other “tasteful multimedia elements," as well as the paper’s “dedication to the verification process.” Judges praised Nanos for her “enormous commitment of time, of effort, of passion,” and for “achieving a level of reporting commitment and depth that transcended drama and pathos in real tragedy.”

Originally published by The Boston Globe on July 28, 2022.