2009 Casey Medal Winner/2009 America's Promise Journalism Award Winner, Project/Series: "The Smokestack Effect: Toxic air and America’s schools" (video)

USA Today reporters Brad Heath and Blake Morrison talk about their eight-month investigation into the impact of industrial pollution on the air outside schools and its toxic effect on children.

They won a 2009 Casey Medal in the category, "project or series, 200,000 plus circulation." They also won the first-ever America's Promise Award for Action, which is presented to one outstanding Casey Medal winner.

JCCF video by Jon Sham.