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03.17.2025
“Inside Story” is an revolutionary video sequence that brings crucial accountability and investigative journalism to prisons, jails and past.
The Marshall Undertaking was awarded first prize within the Nationwide Press Photographers Affiliation contest on visible journalism for a sequence of investigations featured in Inside Story, an revolutionary video sequence that brings crucial information to audiences on each side of the jail partitions.
The Marshall Undertaking was acknowledged with first prize within the “Crew Video – Portfolio” class, and was additionally awarded third place within the “Crew Video – Information & Problem” class for a type of options: an in-depth investigation with St. Louis Public Radio and APM Stories into why town has greater than 1,000 unsolved murders and the complexities that regulation enforcement faces.
Among the many items showcased within the Inside Story portfolio had been tales on how efforts to decrease well being care prices in jails have stirred controversy, the impression of correctional workers shortages on their households and people of incarcerated folks, and the lengthy quest of prisoners to overturn their convictions on the premise of now-debunked hair evaluation.
Throughout six episodes, Inside Story additionally featured insightful interviews with outstanding changemakers in coverage, social justice and leisure, together with actor and rapper Frequent and comic Donnell Rawlings. Rapper G. Dep additionally sat down with host Lawrence Bartley for an unique dialog days after his launch from jail.
Co-created by Bartley and Donald Washington, Jr., each of whom work at The Marshall Undertaking and had been themselves previously incarcerated, Inside Story options investigations, animated first-person essays, brief options on those that have bettered their lives after jail, and explainers that unravel complicated knowledge or highlight forgotten historical past.
“This honor highlights the necessary and distinctive work we’re doing at The Marshall Undertaking. By the Marshall Undertaking Inside crew, we have been capable of get this crucial journalism into prisons and jails throughout the nation,” mentioned Bartley, the writer of Information Inside, our print publication for incarcerated readers and government producer of Inside Story.
Within the award-winning multi-part investigative sequence Unsolved, journalists at St. Louis Public Radio and APM Stories fought for years in courtroom to acquire murder clearance fee information from the St. Louis police. The information had been lastly launched in 2023, at which level The Marshall Undertaking joined the investigation. The info revealed that police had solved fewer than half of town’s homicides over the earlier decade, with clearance charges dropping to simply 31% in 2019 — a low level for St. Louis.
The investigation uncovered stark racial disparities, exhibiting that whereas Black folks made up 90% of murder victims, police had been much more more likely to resolve circumstances involving White victims. Reporters constructed relationships with grieving households, uncovering a devastating breakdown in communication and belief between police and the neighborhood.
“We’re thrilled to obtain this honor as we ramp up our Missouri information crew based mostly out of St. Louis,” mentioned Geraldine Sealey, appearing editor-in-chief. “By our journalism, toolkits and media partnerships, we hope to shine a lightweight on many prison justice points throughout the state that demand public consideration.”
The Nationwide Press Photographers Affiliation is an expert group devoted to advancing visible storytelling and journalism, and contains photographers, videographers and multimedia journalists. The annual contest honors the most effective of photojournalism, together with photos, picture modifying, movies and displays that “illuminate and resonate.”
