The Frontier was part of a team that won the Institute for Nonprofit News 2024 Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism for reporting on women who face criminal charges after using drugs during pregnancy.
The winning project was a collaboration with The Marshall Project, AL.com, The Post and Courier, Mississippi Today and The Guardian.
The Frontier joined with journalists in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina to report on how Oklahoma and other states are using the concept of “fetal personhood” to criminalize mothers who use drugs during their pregnancies, even if they give birth to healthy babies.
The project is “incredibly important journalism” with “impeccable reporting,” a judge said.
The Frontier’s reporting on women in Oklahoma who were criminally charged for using medical marijuana during pregnancy was part of the winning entry.
The Insight Award honors reporting “that provides insight and understanding of a significant and complex subject.”
