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🥉Third Place: @deenawinter.bsky.social and J. Patrick Coolican of @minnesotareformer.com for their investigative series uncovering a vast network of fraud across multiple state programs, stemming from a $250 million pandemic scam.

minnesotareformer.com/2024/09/20/h...

🥈Second Place: @nateoneal.bsky.social, Casey Hooker and Joe Augustine of @fox9mn.bsky.social for their “Costly Crisis” series uncovering a Ramsey County policy to bill people who called a crisis hotline for help.

www.fox9.com/tag/series/i...

🥇First Place: @ajlagoe.bsky.social, Steve Eckert, @gprep.bsky.social and @kellydietzkare11.bsky.social of @kare11.bsky.social for their “Recovery Inc.” series exposing fraud and exploitation within Minnesota’s addiction recovery industry.

www.kare11.com/recoveryinc

Peter S. Popovich Award: The staff of @minnesotareformer.com

Best Use of Public Records: @bzosiad.bsky.social and @cynthiatu.bsky.social of @sahanjournal.bsky.social for “A $132 million loophole in Minnesota's anti-corruption laws”

sahanjournal.com/education/mi...

Best Beat Reporting: Kim Hyatt of @startribune.com

Young Journalist of the Year: Mara Klecker of @startribune.com

Journalist of the Year: J. Patrick Coolican of @minnesotareformer.com

MNSPJ is excited to announce the 2025 A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in Minnesota, which seeks to recognize outstanding investigative journalism in our state with $15,000 in prize money for journalists and their newsrooms.

Learn more here: mnspj.org/2025/01/14/m...