Claire Bernard

Montana Kaimin • 23rd January 2025

Nine hundred seventy-five days

2025 Hearst Award — 1st Place, Personality/Profile
A sexual assault survivor waits nearly three years for her day in court.

Montana Journalism Abroad • 1st June 2025

‘The Thistle’ Under Pressure

SPJ Region 10 — 1st Place, Best Feature
Inside the U.K.'s first supervised drug injection site, fighting to save lives before the next election.

The Seattle Times • 2nd July 2025

WA's First Black Mayor Leaves a Legacy of Hard Work and Hope

A portrait of William Craven, the civil rights pioneer who became Washington's first Black mayor — and the small, mostly white town that embraced him.