1st Place – “Flight Risk” from Slate in Brookline, Massachusetts, Nora Caplan-Bricker, contributing writer
2nd Place – “BuzzFeed News: Ethics and they Eye of the Beholder” from BuzzFeed News in New York, New York, Katie J.M. Baker, Senior National Reporter
3rd Place Tie – “At Profiles Theatre the drama and abuse is real” from the Chicago Reader in Chicago, Illinois, Aimee Levitt, Staff Writer; Christopher Piatt, Contributing Writer; Robin Amer, Editor
3rd Place Tie – “BuzzFeed news: Some Days The Bomb Goes Off: The Ballerina Who Accused Her Instructor Of Sexual Assault” from BuzzFeed News in New York, New York, Jessica Luther, BuzzFeed Contributor