Pearson catalogued horrible, systemic conditions in “Bedbugs, Rats and No Heat: How One Woman Endured a Decade of Neglect in New York’s Guardianship System.” 

 Alyssa Katz and Claudia Irizarry Aponte  of THE CITY exposed  “New York’s Fastest-Growing Union is Management’s Best Friend—and Some Workers Don’t Even Know They’re Members.”

 Eben's two-year investigation into  Mt. Sinai' Hospital's Living Brain Project., resulted in a  cautionary story about the limits of the regulatory system to police cutting-edge human research.

Maldonado's ambitious four-part, multimedia series, “Hazard NYC: Toxic Superfund Sites in the Age of Climate Change,”  examined four badly contaminated Superfund sites in New York City. (Award was accepted for Maldanado by Alyssa Katz)

In "How Two Wandering Cows Started a Cuklture War," Maag (L) employed deep reporting and deft writing to portray a slice of life both sad and absurd.

In his series for NorthJersey.com, “The First Amendment: Battered, Assaulted, Challenged,” Rob Miraldi  gave his readers editorials of the highest order of public service. 

 In “Come Ninth Grade, I Plan to Get Paid,”  Armstrong profiled Student Athlete Academy, a half-baked, unaccredited, sports-oriented school that taught middle-schoolers to view themselves as “brands.” 

For a certain species of New Yorkers, a funeral at Frank E. Campbell has been a must for over a century.. Vadukul's "“Inside the Funeral Home for New York’s Luminaries..”  mades for a fascinating, fun-to-read-profile.

Carbone’s "After the Flood"  poetic photo captures the efforts to save the fish of the Stony Brook Mill Pond after a pond’s dam to give way. because of a dam failure.

Villa Loarca  touching portrait,  “A Mother and Daughter’s Love,” of Stasia Ann Scocca teaching daughter Sadie, 10, to function. Both suffere from Holt-Oram Syndrome, a genetic disorder.. (Accepting for Villa Loarca is John Keating, director of multimedia newsgathering and photography.)

 Ferrara's perfectly timed photo, “Fan Interference,”captures the moment in the 2024 World Series when Yankee fans intentionally get in the way of a Dodgers outfielder.

 In "Living With Disability in New Jersey", Myers wrote about  abuse and neglect of the disabled across the state.. 

(L-R): Sr. Exec Producer National Security David Rhodes, Jonathan Dienst, Tom Winter. and Courtney Copenhagen (not pictured). The team  produced six excellent reports over five days that covered the murder of CEO Brian Thompson and the pursuit of the alleged killer, Luigi Mangione, 

(L-R):  Paul Sweeney, Katia Porzecanski. and Shelly Banjo for outstanding breaking news coverage of  the murder of CEO Brian Thompson. (Anchor Tom Keene not pictured).