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2018 Dart Award Finalists

This year's Dart Awards went to The Marshall Project for "We Are Witnesses" and to The Washington Post for its series on gun violence seen through the eyes of children. Honorable mentions went to The California Sunday Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. 

The following six pieces were finalists: Harpers / The Investigative Fund, "Ghost Nation"; Houston Chronicle, "Alive Inside"; New York Times Magazine / Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, "The Boys from Baga"; NPR News, "Our Hearts Are Dead"; Reveal with New Hampshire Public Radio, "Heroin Diaries"; and Star Tribune, "Left to Suffer"

Deadline Passed: 2018 Dart Awards

The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms. Judges will make two awards, each carrying a $5000 cash prize. The 2018 submission deadline has passed.

2017 Dart Awards: Roundtable Discussion Transcript

This year's Dart Awards went to The Salt Lake Tribune for its coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University and Transom.org for “A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother. The 2017 winners' roundtable featured Jay Allison and Samantha Broun from Transom.org, and Erin Alberty and Rachel Piper from the Salt Lake Tribune. A full event transcript is now available.

Reporting Advice from Dart Award Winners

Dart Award winners Samantha Broun from Transom.org and Erin Alberty from The Salt Lake Tribune offer advice on covering trauma.

2017 Dart Award Finalists

This year's Dart Awards went to The Salt Lake Tribune for its coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University and to Transom.org for “A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother." An honorable mention went to The New York Times. 

The following nine pieces were finalists: ABC News and Marvel Comics, "Madaya Mom”;  APM Reports, “In the Dark”; The Associated Press, “Honor Bound”; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “License to Betray”; The Boston Globe, "Private Schools, Painful Secrets”; The Chicago Tribune, “Tavon and the Bullet”; Reuters “The Road to Ward 17: My Battle with PTSD"; The St. Louis Post Dispatch, “The Crisis WIthin”; and Texas Monthly, “The Reckoning”

2017 Dart Award Winners Announced

This year's Dart Awards went to The Salt Lake Tribune for its coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University and Transom.org for “A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother.” An honorable mention went to The New York Times for "Lasting Scars." Please join us on May 3 for the Awards ceremony and winners' roundtable.

2017 Dart Awards: Deadline Passed

The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting of human tragedy across all media platforms. Judges will make two awards, each carrying a $5000 cash prize. The January 30, 2017 deadline has passed.