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 living at the Chicago Police Department’s 15th District rest inside the station on Sept. 10. Chicago, a “sanctuary city,” has been housing asylum seekers at police stations, O’Hare International Airport and city-run shelters.
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.
