![]() ![]() NATIONAL REPORTING: Caroline Kitchener, The Washington Post Phil Bryant and NFL legend Brett Favre worked together to channel at least $5 million of the state’s welfare funds to build a new volleyball stadium at University of Southern Mississippi, where Favre’s daughter played the sport. ![]() In one case, Wolfe wrote about how former Gov. Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe’s “The Backchannel” series detailed how state officials misspent millions in welfare money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the United States. The reporting freed people from jail, the outlet says, and resulted in resignations and new laws. The AL.com, Birmingham, reporters won for a series of stories exposing how the police force in the town of Brookside preyed on residents to inflate revenue. There were two winners they don’t share the category, but instead each receive the full prize amount of $15,000. LOCAL REPORTING: John Archibald, Ashley Remkus, Ramsey Archibald and Challen Stephens, AL.com Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today ![]()
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