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Investigative reporters presented with 2026 Selden Ring Award

“The Poisonous Lead Trade” series exposes one of the dirtiest secrets of the automobile industry: Recycling lead for car batteries is poisoning people in Africa. Here, laborers work in a sort of bucket brigade to load batteries for delivery to the factories. (Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times.)
“The Poisonous Lead Trade” series exposes one of the dirtiest secrets of the automobile industry: Recycling lead for car batteries is poisoning people in Africa. Here, laborers work in a sort of bucket brigade to load batteries for delivery to the factories. (Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times.)
By Amy Contreras and Asiana Guang

The Examinations’ Taylor Turner and Will Fitzgibbon, and New York Times reporter, Peter Goodman, came to USC to speak about their inspiration and curiosity behind their award-winning investigative piece, “The Poisonous Lead Trade.”

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