Mallory Shelbourne from USNI News awarded print media prize by Military Reporters & Editors
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 — During its annual conference for journalists who cover the military, Military Reporters & Editors presented awards to the winners of the 2024 MRE Journalism Contest. Mallory Shelbourne’s entry published by USNI News was singled out by judges as exceptional work in enterprise reporting.
Mallory Shelbourne Biography
Mallory Shelbourne is a reporter for USNI News. She previously covered the Navy for Inside Defense and reported on politics for The Hill.
Award Summary
Article “Another Summer In The South China Sea: A Guided Tour Of The World’s Most Contested Waters”
Prize Category: Best Enterprise Writing | Non-Deadline, Division 3, Print Media — The “Enterprise” award is designated for a single piece or series of pieces, containing numerous voices and sources of information/data that provide a deeper dive into a subject than a typical news story published by news organizations with less than 20 reporting staff.
Read the winning submission
Oct. 6, 2023 | USNI News
Another Summer In The South China Sea: A Guided Tour Of The World’s Most Contested Waters