LOS ALTOS, Calif. — Two freelance journalists have won the first American Mosaic Journalism Prize for stories about the struggles of U.S. immigrants and others that the prize founders say have been underrepresented or misrepresented, it was announced Tuesday. Jaeah Lee of San Francisco and Valeria Fernandez of Arizona will each receive $100,000, making it one of the richest prizes for journalism. The prize was created by the Heising-Simons Foundation, a family-run charity in Silicon Valley. Her writing “gives readers a keen sense of the voices and concerns of those easily forgotten or neglected in the news,” the prize judges said. “I hope it will bring attention to the voices of the women and the communities that I have focused my reporting on.”The 10 judges include journalism professors and working journalists.

Source: National Post January 24, 2018 05:13 UTC