| Denver Post investigative reporter Miles Moffeit, a 2004 Dart Center Ochberg Fellow and vice president of The Dart Society, has won John Jay College's 2007 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting for a series on evidence destruction he co-wrote with Denver Post reporter Susan Greene.
The four-part series, "Trashing the Truth," uncovers how authorities undermine justice by discarding and destroying criminal evidence. Starting with the Colorado Springs police department, they uncovered negligent evidence destruction nationwide.
Gary Fields of the Wall Street Journal also won the college's award for his article, "Tilted Scales," which examines the separate and unequal nature of justice for 1 million Native Americans living on reservations. Mr. Fields detailed how centuries of federal law and judicial precedent have diminished Indian tribes' control over reservation justice.
The awards are given out annually by the Center on Media, Crime and Justice to print journalists in two categories — single article and series. They were established to honor journalists whose reporting informs and enhances the public's understanding of issues related to crime in America. Each winner will receive a $1,000 prize at an awards luncheon Dec. 4 at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
Steve Handelman, director of the Center on Media, Crime & Justice, said, "What this shows more than anything else is that despite the economic constraints on journalism today, fantastic work is still being done by dedicated reporters and editors. Our judges had a hard time because so many of the submissions we received were top-quality."
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