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“‘It broke me’: Inside the FBI hunt for the online predators who persuaded a 13-year-old to die”

Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, honoring Ernie Pyle

The Washington Post, 2026

Author(s): William Wan

A searing narrative from The Washington Post details the FBI investigation into an online predatory group that coerced a vulnerable 13-year-old boy to livestream his own suicide.

Honoring Ernie Pyle
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During World War II, Ernie Pyle worked for Scripps-Howard as a journalist embedded with the troops he chronicled. Readers in America saw the war through Ernie’s eyes as he recounted in detail the dangers the soldiers experienced and the fears they felt while serving on the front line.