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The entrance to a meat processing plant, dimly lit at night, with workers entering and leaving. The plant is one that Hannah Dreier found had been hiring teenagers to work the overnight cleaning shift. Photo courtesy The New York Times.

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2024 Winner, Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Alone and Exploited

Hannah Dreier, The New York Times

A “chain of willful ignorance” allowed for unaccompanied migrant children to be exploited and working in hazardous conditions across the United States. The reporting led to swift reforms at multiple levels, agencies, and corporations.

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