The Medill Justice Project wins Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

 

 

The Medill Justice Project won a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the college journalism category for our series of stories in 2014 on potentially wrongful convictions. Established in 1968, this national award honors investigative reporting on social justice and human rights issues. Entries are judged by more than 50 journalists who recognize winners in 12 domestic and international categories. Our stories in 2014 covered a wide range of topics including allegations of coerced confessions, questions about the reliability of eyewitness identification and the validity of expert medical testimony. 

  

 


Thank you again for all of your continued support. 

All the best, 

 
Prof. Alec Klein
Director of The Medill Justice Project
MEDILL | Northwestern University

The Medill Justice Project   
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The Medill Justice Project, founded at Northwestern University in 1999, is an investigative journalism enterprise that examines potentially wrongful convictions, probes national systemic criminal-justice issues and conducts groundbreaking research. 
As journalists, we advocate only for the truth.