Washington Post Guild members  Lyndsey Layton, Joe Stephens and  Lena H. Sun  were named one of six finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting at Harvard University.

The announcement was issued Friday (Jan. 29) by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 23 at Harvard Kennedy School.  The other five finalist will receive $10,000.

The announcement noted:

“Reporters from The Washington Post uncovered repeated lapses in safety in Washington’s Metro subway system and a systemic breakdown in safety oversight. As a result of the Post series, the Metro has instituted sweeping reorganization; there has been a congressional demand for reform, and in a historic step, the federal government announced it would move to take over regulation of subways and light rail systems across the nation.”

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