Collier Prize for State Government Accountability News Archives

Collier Prize for State Government Accountability News

News about the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability. For more information, visit the Prize page.

Minneapolis’ KARE 11 Wins Collier Prize for State Government Accountability, Marking First Local Broadcast Station to Take Top Honor

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.” …

Screen capture of a web page from the San Francisco Chronicle showing a person in a hazardous materials suite inside of a house.

San Francisco Chronicle Earns Collier Spotlight Quarterly Certificate Award

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 …

We Asked AI To Turn Our Newsletter Into A Podcast

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 …

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New Hampshire Bulletin earns Collier Spotlight Quarterly Certificate Award

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 …

Texas Public Radio Claims First Collier Spotlight Quarterly Certificate Award

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 …

Associated Press Wins 2025 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability

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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Tell Me About It: Collier Prize for State Government Accountability Showcase

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 …

Grist and Washington Post win ONA’s 2024 UF Investigative Data Journalism Award

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 …

UFCJC Appoints Veteran Journalist Rick Hirsch as Inaugural Director of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability

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 …

Ted Bridis Authors Opinion Column on the Importance and Evolution of Investigative Journalism

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” …

Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE Win 2024 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability

Tuesday April 23, 2024

The news organizations collaborated on an investigative series about the tragic mishandling of the active-shooter situation at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022

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Hub Brown Comments on the Value of a Journalism Education and the Importance of Local and State Investigative Reporting

Friday April 19, 2024

Hub Brown, dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), is quoted in “Media is in Flux. Don’t Let That Dissuade You from a Journalism Career” published on NBCUAcademy.com on April 17. The article focused on the …