This annual prize of $25,000 is awarded to the journalist or journalists whose investigative reporting in a story or series of related stories best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy or the practice of politics. Five finalists will also be selected, and they will receive a prize of $10,000. Open to print, online, radio and television news outlets.
The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.
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