"Home of Last Resort,"

A vividly drawn story of the unseen victims of urban renewal, told through a family that faces losing its home – a room in a rundown motel – to city redevelopment plans. Honorable mentions: Mary Ellen Flannery, The Palm Beach Post, Florida, “One Year Inside an F School.” Flannery examines the unique challenges facing teachers and students in a low-performing school in one poor community.