North Dakota Newspaper Association
Founded in 1885
Since 2025, the North Dakota Newspaper Association (NDNA) has awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism in North Dakota. This contest is open to all narrative journalists (including freelance journalists) and non-broadcast news media organizations based in North Dakota and their staff members. The A-Mark Prize will recognize excellence in investigative reporting, defined by NDNA as the development of information about government, organizations, businesses, institutions or individuals that is not readily available to the public and required exceptional skill and effort by the journalist.
A-Mark Prize Recipients
2026
First Place
Jacob Orledge, “Extracted: How oil companies pull more money from North Dakota mineral owners,” North Dakota Monitor (Links: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Second Place
Hannah Shirley, “Mother seeks answers in police shooting,” Grand Forks Herald (behind a paywall; PDF)
Third Place
Joey Harris, “Loan to exempt Basin from $471M charge,” Bismarck Tribune (behind a paywall; PDF)
2025
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Jacob Orledge, “North Dakota’s likely next governor would regulate his own industry, testing ethics guardrails,” North Dakota Monitor