MDDC Press Association
Founded in 1908
The MDDC (Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia) Press Association awards three separate A-Mark Prizes for Investigative Reporting, one for each region that it represents: Maryland, Delaware, and DC. The inaugural prizes were awarded in 2026.
A-Mark Prize Recipients
2026
First Place
Steve Thompson, “How D.C. developers made big money on a taxpayer-funded housing project,” The Washington Post (behind a paywall; PDF)
Second Place
Katie Mettler and Michael Brice-Saddler, “230 dead Black boys. A ‘secret cemetery.’ Officials knew, and didn’t act,” The Washington Post (behind a paywall)
Third Place
Olivia George, Meghan Hoyer, Steve Thompson, and Emma Uber, “Who was arrested in Trump’s D.C. crime emergency? We analyzed 1,273 records,” The Washington Post (behind a paywall)