Bergstein Writing Award to be Awarded Nov. 16
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Team Valor International will reveal the winner of the $25,000 Stan Bergstein Writing Award Nov. 16 in a live video broadcast at noon ET. The live webcast will be available here and archived at the same address.
In addition to the award presentation, racehorse owner Andrew Cohen will headline a panel discussion on the state of investigative journalism related to horse racing. Cohen is the legal analyst for 60 Minutes and CBS Radio News and is commentary and analysis editor of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016, two years after it was founded with a stated mission of creating and sustaining "a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system."
Nine stories received nominations for the fifth annual award, named after the longtime harness racing executive and announcer and Daily Racing Form columnist. A five-judge panel consisting of racetrack announcer Trevor Denman, Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron, and long-time Turf writers Neil Milbert, Michael Veitch and Maryjean Wall decided on a winner.
Natalie Voss of the Paulick Report accounted for four nominations. Also nominated were stories by Frank Angst of the Blood-Horse, Bob Ehalt of Thoroughbred Commentary, Ray Paulick of the Paulick Report, Margaret Ransom of USRacing.com, and Gordon Waterstone of The Horseman.