Award of Excellence: The Washington Post, Portrait of a Year in Migration Turmoil
This premiere category recognizes the collaborative effort of a photography staff covering a single topic or news story. It is a narrative picture story that consists of images taken as part of a team effort to cover a single issue or news story.
Migrant families take a break in the shade under an overpass on Sept. 20 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The migrants, from Venezuela, arrived at their final stop before trying to enter the United States, after a three-month journey, the final leg of which was spent riding atop freight train cars.
Portrait of a Year in Migration Turmoil
Apprehensions on the U.S.-Mexico border topped 2 million for the second consecutive year in fiscal 2023, among the highest in U.S. history. Migrants arrived from Latin America and all over the world. Some fled danger at home, while others sought jobs in the booming U.S. economy.
