The Center for Responsive Politics’ OpenSecrets Blog has won a 2013 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, in the category of Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent).

Our winning entry, “Dark Money Dealings,” is a set of investigative reports by CRP political nonprofits investigator Robert Maguire and editorial director Viveca Novak, including one collaboration with NPR’s Peter Overby. The reports, which chronicle the operations and networks of 501(c)(4) political nonprofits that pour millions of anonymous dollars into U.S. elections, are as follows:

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This investigative reporting is part of Shadow Money Trail, our exclusive series about the funding behind politically active nonprofits that do not disclose their donors.

We are excited and grateful to have won this prestigious award, and extend our congratulations to fellow honorees.



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