ProPublica work wins 3 Polk Awards, including probe of justices’ ethics

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ProPublica and The New York Times have won the 2023 George Polk Awards for journalism. ProPublica won three awards, including the national reporting award for uncovering lavish gifts received by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from Texas billionaire Harlan Crow. ProPublica also revealed that Justice Samuel Alito accepted a luxury Alaskan fishing trip with GOP donor Paul Singer and did not recuse himself when Singer had cases before the court. ProPublica's medical reporting series with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, titled 'With Every Breath,' exposed how Philips marketed breathing machines for sleep apnea that posed severe health risks. The New York Times won awards for foreign reporting and photojournalism of the Israel-Gaza war. Masha Gessen won the commentary award for their New Yorker essay 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust.' The Polk Awards also recognized other news organizations for their reportage of war in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza. The awards were chosen from nearly 500 entries.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/02/19/george-polk-awards-journalism-winners/