NorthJersey.com | Grantham Prize
The Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting award will be shared by nine journalists at The Record of Bergen County, NJ who spent eight months investigating how actions of a Ford Motor Company plant, government officials, and organized crime exposed northern New Jersey residents to environmental risks. Press release: The $5,000 “Awards of Special Merit” go to Douglas Fischer of the Oakland Tribune, Elizabeth Kolbert of the New Yorker, and John Sherman and Beau Kershaw of WBAL-TV, Baltimore.
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The Record wins $75,000 Grantham Prize for “Toxic Legacy”
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