CPI’s executive director Carla Minet accepted the award at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation in Cambridge, Mass., on behalf of her newsroom.
The fellows chose to honor CPI for its relentless drive in investigating the most pressing issues on the island, including the government’s mismanagement of public funds; the death count after Hurricane Maria; the ongoing debt crisis; and the secret communications among the island’s top political leadership in an encrypted messaging app, which when revealed by CPI, sparked protests and ultimately led to Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation from office.