Larson: Sound of Silence

Samantha Larson takes a trip to the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park to hear…nothing. In Crosscut, Samantha (@samantson) describes a quest to find the quietest spot in the country. Read what happens as she searches and how she reacts when she gets there....

Mapes: And the Winner Is…

…Lynda Mapes, for the series “Elwha: The Grand Experiment.” The multimedia project described the ecological effects of dam removal on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. In February, Lynda, Steve Ringman, and Genevieve Alvarez won an American Association for the...