March 10, 2022
Semi-Finalists for 2022 Goldsmith Prize
This year nearly 170 examples of investigative reporting were nominated for the Goldsmith Prize. The following 24 semi-finalists were among the top 30 entries that this year’s judges read. While they were not selected as one of the six finalists for the prize, the judges deemed that they were of extremely high quality and fit the Prize’s criteria for impact on US public policy, and so are worthy of public recognition. They are listed here in alphabetical order, with links to the original reporting.
Behind the Blue Wall
USA Today
Gina Barton, Daphne Duret, Brett Murphy
Beyond Brittany
BuzzFeed News
Katie J.M. Baker, Heidi Blake
Birth and Betrayal
Miami Herald
Carol Marbin Miller, Daniel Chang
Black Snow
The Palm Beach Post
Lulu Ramadan, Ash Ngu, Maya Miller, Nadia Sussman
Colorado Supreme Court Scandal
Denver Gazette and Denver Post
David Migoya
Death Sentence
The Indianapolis Star
Ko Lyn Cheang, Robert Scheer, Ryan Martin, Tim Evans
Draining the Forests
The Fort Collins Coloradoan
Jacy Marmaduke, Caitlin McGlade, Joan Meiners, Erin Rode, Geoff Hing
Drowning in Debt
WBEZ Chicago
María Inés Zamudio
Exposing the Unchecked risks of AI in Medicine
STAT
Casey Ross
Failures Before the Fires
Chicago Tribune and Better Government Association
Madison Hopkins, Cecilia Reyes
Hidden Earmarks
The State and The Island Packet
Lucas Smolcic Larson
House of Cards
Miami Herald
Sarah Blaskey, Sohail al-Jamea, Ben Conarck, Aaron Leibowitz
Inequality Tax
Bloomberg
Paul Murray, Mira Rojanasakul, Caleb Melby, Jason Grotto
Inspecting the Inspectors
WVUE-TV
Lee Zurik, Cody Lillich, Jon Turnipseed
Killings on Ticheli Road
LSU Manship School News Service
Rachel Mipro, Liz Ryan, Lara Nicholson
Norah O’Donnell Investigates: A Silent Epidemic in the U.S. Military
CBS News
Norah O’Donnell, Kristin Steve, Adam Verdugo, Len Tepper
On Edge
Colorado News Collaborative
Laura Frank
On Our Watch
NPR
Sukey Lewis, Sandhya Dirks, Nicole Beemsterboer, Leila Day
Pandora Papers
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Will Fitzgibbon, Debbie Cenziper, Peter Whoriskey, Spencer Woodman
Politically Charged
ABC15 (KNXV)
David Biscobing
School Board Lessens Punishment in Sexual Assault Case
The Madison County Record
Ellen Kreth, Jamie Smith, Celia Kreth, Shannon Hahn
Unfair Burden
Houston Chronicle
Stephanie Lamm, Eric Dexheimer, Jay Root, Mike Morris, John Tedesco
When Abusers Keep Their Guns
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
Jennifer Gollan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Amina Waheed
Windsor Investigation
San Francisco Chronicle
Alexandria Bordas, Cynthia Dizikes