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.
Migrants line up to receive food and hygiene supplies on June 29 from volunteers with Team Brownsville, a nonprofit that supports migrants waiting for months in squalid camps in the Mexican city of Matamoros for U.S. asylum appointments.
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.
