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Shedding light on traffic tragedies: Tribune reporter wins Feldman Award

Oct. 23, 2024

A Chicago Tribune reporter investigated how traffic accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists rarely lead to charges, despite the deep impact on families.

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Kansas City Star reporters win Feldman Award for report on dangerous rail crossings

March 8, 2024

Finalists in CMCI-sponsored transportation safety competition examined underinvestments that led to disasters.

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Driving change: Transportation safety journalists encouraged to apply to 2023 Casey Feldman Award

July 6, 2023

The competition honors the memory of Feldman, a journalism student who was killed by a distracted driver in 2009.

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Always Scared: Streetsblog NYC wins inaugural Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Safety Reporting

Feb. 22, 2023

The winner of the 2022 Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Safety Reporting is Streetsblog NYC鈥檚 story 鈥淎lways Scared: Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools Threaten Children.鈥 It investigated data from more than 900,000 car crashes, many of which occurred near New York City schools.

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Casey Feldman reporting award application opens

Nov. 21, 2022

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.