J Magazine Summer 2018
The magazine of the rebirth of Jacksonville's downtown
The magazine of the rebirth of Jacksonville's downtown
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When a young black man<br />
was stopped for jaywalking and<br />
threatened to be jailed by a<br />
Jacksonville Sheriff’s officer,<br />
investigative reporters Ben ConARck of<br />
The Florida Times-Union and Topher Sanders of ProPublica<br />
began examining jaywalking citations issued by JSO.<br />
For four months, the two reporters sidestepped an obstructive<br />
public agency, pored over thousands of police records and<br />
interviewed dozens of pedestrians, public officials and traffic experts.<br />
In the end, the journalism that came out of the tireless reporting –<br />
“Walking While Black” – exposed the problematic<br />
practices of a police force that routinely stopped black<br />
people who hadn’t broken any laws.<br />
Their work on the project has now been honored with two<br />
of the country’s most prestigious journalism awards.<br />
Ben ConARck<br />
The Florida Times-Union<br />
Topher Sanders<br />
ProPublica<br />
winners of:<br />
%<br />
» Columbia Journalism School’s «<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Paul Tobenkin<br />
Award<br />
for race reporting<br />
[Past winners include: The Washington Post,<br />
The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun]<br />
%<br />
» University of Colorado’s «<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Al Nakkula<br />
Award<br />
for police reporting<br />
[Past winners include: Minneapolis Star Tribune,<br />
USA TODAY, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]<br />
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