The MOLLY Investigative Journalism Prize is an annual award of $5,000, open to national print and digital outlets. For the second year, the Texas Democracy Foundation and the Texas Observer will also be presenting an award of $2,000 for Excellence in Political Commentary, in memory of the biting analysis Molly Ivins offered throughout her career.
2022 MOLLY Awards Winners
- The Molly Ivins National Journalism Prize for Political Commentary/Columns goes to Ross Ramsey of the Texas Tribune.
Analysis: Redistricting is boring, and that’s why it’s hazardous to voters
Texas government won’t represent the state’s population unless its political maps do
In the drive to get new Texas political maps, racial representation takes a back seat
Analysis: Texas’ population has changed much faster than its political maps
- The Molly Ivins National Journalism Prize for Investigative Journalism goes to Meribah Knight and Ken Armstrong of Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica.
Tennessee Children Were Illegally Jailed. Now Members of Congress Are Asking For an Investigation.
New Documents Prove Tennessee County Disproportionately Jails Black Children, and It’s Getting Worse
Tennessee Judge Who Illegally Jailed Children Plans to Retire, Will Not Seek Reelection
- Honorable Mentions: Bernice Yeung, et al. of ProPublica and Eli Hager and Joseph Shapiro of The Marshall Project and NPR.