Topic: Investigative Reporting
Posted on 2/9/2022
Two TEGNA, Inc., stations received a 2022 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award honoring excellence in broadcast, online and documentary journalism.
KARE (Minneapolis, Minn.) won for “KARE 11 Investigates: Cruel & Unusual,” which exposed how Minnesota jail officials ignored preventable inmate deaths. KXTV (Sacramento, Calif.) was honored for “Fire-Power-Money,” their investigative series on Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s role in the deadliest wildfire in California’s history.
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