Outstanding Archival Investigation – World Press Photo Interactive of the Year

United States

Reconstructing Seven Days of Protests in Minneapolis After George Floyd’s Death

Reconstructing Seven Days of Protests in Minneapolis After George Floyd’s Death provides a full picture of the first week of protests in Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. An unprecedented use of user-generated content, which combines and maps out 147 live stream videos, Reconstructing Seven Days of Protests in Minneapolis After George Floyd’s Death presents a thorough overview of the protests, and acts as an archive of a time of international reckoning on issues of race, police brutality and social justice.

Graphics Reporter: Matt Daniels
Graphics Developer: Amelia Wattenberger
Graphics Developer: Jake Crump
Animator: Kolin Pope
Writer: Holly Bailey