News about the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability. For more information, visit the Prize page.
Wednesday August 19, 2026
Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Julie K. Brown and news innovator Steven Waldman will serve as keynote speakers for the 2026 Collier Prize Symposium at the University of Florida Reitz Student Union Rion Ballroom on Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. …
Tuesday July 7, 2026
The spring Collier Spotlight, part of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability administered by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was awarded to The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina for its …
Monday April 13, 2026
The Collier Prize for State Government Accountability, one of the largest journalism prizes in the nation, today announced KARE 11 in Minneapolis as the first local broadcast station to win the annual prize for its investigation, “Housing Hustle.” …
Tuesday April 7, 2026
The Spring Collier Spotlight award is awarded to the San Francisco Chronicle for an investigation into how the property insurance industry inserted itself into the effort to reform compensation guidelines for homeowners impacted by wildfire and smoke …
Tuesday February 3, 2026
Using a tool called Google NotebookLM, we turned last month’s Collier Newsletter into a podcast. We didn’t know exactly what to expect. We thought we’d get a reading of the newsletter from top to bottom. We definitely didn’t expect a …
Tuesday January 6, 2026
The second Collier Spotlight award, a quarterly certificate recognizing groundbreaking reporting on state government institutions, is awarded to the New Hampshire Bulletin and reporter William Skipworth for its investigation into systemic abuse and neglect in …
Tuesday October 7, 2025
The first Collier Spotlight award, a new quarterly certificate recognizing groundbreaking reporting on state government institutions, is awarded to Texas Public Radio and reporter Paul Flahive for a multimedia investigation into the Texas Department of Family …
Wednesday April 23, 2025
The largest prize in state government accountability journalism honors the Associated Press, NBC News/Noticias Telemundo, and Illinois Answers Project for dedication to holding government officials accountable.
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Sunday January 26, 2025
Rick Hirsch, Collier Prize director, is the guest on WUFT-FM’s Tell Me About It and talks about the inaugural Collier Prize for State Government Accountability …
Friday September 20, 2024
The Washington Post and Grist are the winners of the 2024 University of Florida Award in Investigative Data Journalism, presented by the Online News Association (ONA), in the Large Newsroom and Small/Medium Newsroom categories, respectively. The awards were …
Monday July 15, 2024
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) today announced the appointment of Rick Hirsch as the inaugural director of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability. Hirsch, a veteran journalist with more than four …
Wednesday April 24, 2024
Ted Bridis, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Michael and Linda Connelly Senior Lecturer in Investigative Reporting, is the author of the opinion column “Investigative Journalism is Not Dying, it’s Adapting” …
