MPR News entry for Murrow Award for Overall Excellence
This entry begins with highlights from our reporting on one of the biggest stories of the year: The fatal police shooting of a young black man in north Minneapolis, the weeks-long protests that followed and the shooting of five protesters who were camped out at the police station.
It contains a portion of our groundbreaking investigation into Twin Cities teens lured by the terror group ISIS and our award-winning reporting on the effects of climate change in Minnesota. MPR News covered the debate over the use of police body cameras, racial disparities in arrests and rail safety. And our entry includes creative features on the collapse of the walleye fishery in the state's most popular lake, hospice care for terminally-ill children and the closure of the northern-most lock and dam on the Mississippi River.
Our entry concludes with the Dec. 23, 2015 All Things Considered newscast.
Here are links to the stories comprising the now award-winning entry:
• 3 arrested, 1 released in 4th Precinct shooting; #Justice4Jamar demonstrations continue
• Conflicting accounts: What happened the night Jamar Clark was shot?
• Police union chief says he had to counter Jamar Clark shooting witnesses
• From MN suburbs, they set out to join ISIS
• Climate Change in Minnesota: More heat, more big storms
• Police body cameras reveal Minnesota life laid bare
• Why walleye is Minnesota's 'holy grail of fish'
• Climate Cast at the fair: Year in review
• For Minnesota hazmat inspector, many railcars and not enough time
• Analysis finds minorities arrested at a higher rate than whites in Mpls.
• In MN, a quest for a place to say goodbye to terminally ill kids
• Upper St. Anthony lock closing after half a century; blame the carp
• Black Lives Matter protest disrupts MOA, airport travel; a dozen arrested
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