Dan Morrison

2021 - Finalist, Explanatory Journalism

"Covid in the Commonwealth," Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism

2020 - Winner: Newspaper Commentary

“Bloomberg’s Biggest Liability," New York Daily News

2020 - Bronze: Book, Documentary

Contributed the lead essay to photographer Anja Bruehling's "Brick Workers," which depicts the lives of the seasonal migrant laborers who underpin India's construction industry and housing boom. "Brick Workers" also won bronze in the Book, People category.

2018 - Finalist: Investigative Journalism

For a Page One story in The Guardian revealing microscopic plastic contamination in global tap water samples. With Christopher Tyree and Damian Carrington.

2018 - Honorable Mention: Explanatory Journalism

Judges' comments: "The sheer magnitude of effort in bringing original academic research into reporting to answer an important question about plastics in our drinking water is astounding. All the multimedia elements, including the quizzes, data, video and infographics worked well." "Invisibles: The Plastic Inside Us" by Christopher Tyree and Dan Morrison for www.orbmedia.org, The Guardian, Public Radio International, the Irish Independent, Bild, Deutsche Welle, SVK (Slovakia), La Repubblica, Cadena SER radio (Spain, Panama, Colombia, Argentina), El Universal (Mexico), Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), the East African, the Indian Express, Dhaka Tribune/Bangla Tribune, and Koran Tempo (Indonesia).

2017 - Readers' Choice

Plastic fibers pervasive in tap water worldwide, new study shows Orb Media/Deutsche Welle 7 September 2017

2014 - Finalist: Commentary

"When India Works," The New York Times

2013 - Finalist: Commentary

"The Dark Side of India's Mr. Clean," Al Jazeera

2013 - Public Health Journalism

2010

My first book, "The Black Nile," joined work by Milan Kundera, Patti Smith, and Jennifer Egan on the Village Voice's annual best-of list.