2021 Media for a Just Society Award Winners
Evident Change is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2021 Media for a Just Society Awards. These awards are given annually to media that excel in illustrating our social systems’ current realities or the promise of reform. We recognize media in the categories of book, film, journalism, media by a person who is incarcerated, podcast/radio, TV/video, and youth media.
The winners are:
BOOK
Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court
Matthew Clair
Stanford University
FILM
The Prison Within
Katherin Hervey and Erin Kenway
Gravitas Ventures/Raw Love Productions
JOURNALISM
“When Innocent Until Proven Guilty Costs $400 a Month—and Your Freedom”
Aaron Cantú and Steenz
Vice
MEDIA BY A PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED
“Little Gardens”
Nick Browning
Pen America
PODCAST/RADIO
“Escaping the Odds” Podcast (Episodes 5 and 6)
Aaron Smith
Escaping the Odds
TV/VIDEO
The Zo
Michael K. Williams and Molly Crabapple
The Marshall Project
YOUTH MEDIA
Unadopted
Noel Anaya
YR Media