RBC | The Herald Times and The Colorado Independent have been awarded the 2020 Freedom of Information award for their 2019 collaborative work on “Through the Cracks” by the Society of Professional Journalists — Colorado Pro Chapter.
According to the Colorado SPJ website, the contest “drew a record number of entries from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming.”
Journalist Susan Greene first received the Freedom of Information award in 2018. According to the SPJ website, the award “recognizes journalism that embodies the exercise of a free and fair press.”
“The piece was an impressive demonstration of journalistic collaboration and using journalism to shed light on a topic worthy of that investigation,” SPJ Colorado President Tony Flesor said.
Special to the Herald Times