A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.
Arthur Miller
Rosebud Winner: ProPublica’s Year-long Series on US Oversight of Generic Drugs
JUNE 2026 - Its first story on the subject was published a year ago this week, and since then nonprofit investigative news service ProPublica has deployed more than a dozen reporters to address...
Rosebud Winner: A “Cattle Empire Ponzi Scheme” Laid Out by Two WSJ Reporters
JUNE 2026 - Two WSJ reporters - one based in London - earlier this month did a post-mortem on the sad tale of a Kentucky man who grossly overstated the size of his far-flung cattle herds, getting...
Rosebud Winner: The Guardian’s Tom Phillips Reports from a Chaotic Caracas
MAY 2026 - The Guardian's Tom Phillips went down to Caracas and scoped out the deal-making free-for-all in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel there, and the chaotic picture he paints is not exactly...
Rosebud Winner: David Ignatius Offers a Relatively Optimistic Outlook on the US’s Role in The World
MAY 2026 - David Ignatius wrote a colorful essay pointing out that reports of America's death are, up to now at least, greatly exaggerated - and that China's ascent is not guaranteed. "America is...
Rosebud Winner: ProPublica Reports that the Institutions Protecting Clean Elections Have Been Dismantled by Trump
MAY 2026 - Doug Bock Clark and Jen Fefield of ProPublica in April 2026 followed up on the 2020 election and found that, if the same election were held today, the institutions that ensured clean...
Rosebud Winner: Eve Fairbanks Makes Important Point about Letting AI Do the Writing For Us
MAY 2026 - Almost daily now The Atlantic publishes commentary on Artificial Intelligence, much of it packaged in audio conversations hosted by Charlie Warzel. It's all helpful; but a recent...
Rosebud Winner: If You Care About The Health of The Chesapeake Bay, You Should Know About The Bay Journal
MAY 2026 - Many may not know of The Bay Journal, a non-profit, donor-supported news organization that focuses on the Chesapeake Bay and its many long-term health and environmental issues. The...
Rosebud Winner: A NYT Columnist Reports on a Racist Democrat Candidate in Texas
MAY 2026 - Michelle Goldberg of the NYT earlier this month did some original reporting on Maureen Galindo, a Texas congressional candidate with a history of antisemitism. Goldberg expressed alarm...
Rosebud Winner: WSJ Tallies Trump’s Crazy Social Media Posts
MAY 2026 - WSJ reporters Anthony DeBarros and Annie Linskey performed a public service on May 12 by tallying a list of Trump's social media nuttiest posts. The headline:The Late-Night Truth Social...
Rosebud Winner: Michelle Singletary Reveals the Roots of Her Financial Responsibility
MAY 2026 - Michelle Singletary has been cranking out personal finance columns for The Washington Post for more than two decades now, and her work is directed at everyday people - not exactly the...