The University of Memphis

RESEARCHERS UNCOVER EVIDENCE OF LONG-LOST NILE TRIBUTARY

October 14, 2015

While in several parts of the world a dried-up riverbed is more often a cause for concern than celebration, a triad of researchers including a University of Memphis professor of Egyptology has uncovered evidence that

The University of Memphis’ Institute for Public Service Reporting won first place in this year’s Green Eyeshade Awards. Judges awarded the institute the top prize in the journalism contest’s online public service reporting category for its entry, “Unraveling Police Abuse That Led to Tyre Nichols’ Murder.”

Now in its 74th year, the Green Eyeshades is the nation’s oldest regional journalism contest. Sponsored by the Society for Professional Journalists, it is open to entries from news organizations in 11 Southeastern states.

The institute’s winning entry featured stories by staff writers Laura Kebede-Twumasi, David Waters and Marc Perrusquia along with contributions by freelance journalist Jessica Jaglois. Their stories explored the long history of brutality and abuse that surrounded Nichols’ January 2023 beating death by Memphis police.

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