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Overdrive last month won the
Grand Neal Award for its
series of stories and interac-
tive website on the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration's Compliance, Safety,
Accountability program. The
award represents a best of
show honor drawn from Jesse
H. Neal Awards given out in
the nation's most prestigious
business journalism competi-
tion. More than 600 entries
competed for honors.
Overdrive also was a finalist
in the Best Website category
for OverdriveOnline.com and
its corresponding daily email
newsletter.
The Grand Neal winner,
Overdrive's CSA's Data Trail
series, was a three-part series
authored by Senior Editor
Todd Dills. The government
data was compiled and sorted
for the series by Equipment
Data Associates, a division of
Overdrive's publisher, Ran-
dall-Reilly.
"Overdrive's Data Trail
struck the judges as both a
masterful service to its readers
and a master class in how to
use data to hold the federal
government accountable for a
safety system whose rankings
were inconsistent, often unfair,
and unacceptably opaque,"
said lead judge Trevor But-
terworth, editor of Stats.org.
"This is the kind of com-
mitted, analytical reporting
where the line between busi-
ness-to-business and public
service disappears into great
journalism."
— Overdrive staff
Overdrive's CSA
exposé wins top
journalism award
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