For their watchdog project, Fatal Care, Gina Barton (’00) of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and colleagues Crocker Stephenson and Kristyna Wentz-Graff won the Casey Medal in the under-200,000-circ. category.
“This team went beyond the story of one child’s death in foster care to discover that 22 additional children died as a result of systemic neglect,” the Casey release states. “The series features in-depth reporting matched with a strong analysis. The sidebars, graphs, photographs and a review of thousands of records add to the stories’ impact. It’s a series that got results, including a new state law that holds welfare officials accountable for the children under their watch.”
