feldman award
A Chicago Tribune reporter investigated how traffic accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists rarely lead to charges, despite the deep impact on families.
Finalists in CMCI-sponsored transportation safety competition examined underinvestments that led to disasters.
The competition honors the memory of Feldman, a journalism student who was killed by a distracted driver in 2009.
The winner of the 2022 Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Safety Reporting is Streetsblog NYC’s story “Always Scared: Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools Threaten Children.” It investigated data from more than 900,000 car crashes, many of which occurred near New York City schools.
The Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Safety Reporting is open for applications until Dec. 9. The award honors Casey Feldman, a journalism student at Fordham University who was killed in 2009 by a distracted driver.