NEW YORK (AP) Coverage of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, the demise of Venezuelan society and fighting in Mosul, Iraq, won top honors in the 2017 Associated Press Media Editors Awards for AP staff, showcasing the news organization’s excellence around the globe.
Hannah Dreier was a double winner for her work on ”Venezuela Undone,” which painted vivid portraits of a once-wealthy society slipping into chaos and lawlessness. Dreier won the Samuel G. Blackman Award for Enterprise Reporting and also the John Winn and Margo C. Miller Award for excellence by an AP staffer 30 or younger.
”Her reporting is smart, brave, wide and deep,” judges said of Dreier.