Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun’s senior environmental reporter, was honored this week as a winner in the 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards for her investigation into Imperial County farmers’ water supply from the Colorado River, which was done in collaboration with ProPublica. Through their “Thirsty Valley” investigation, Wilson and ProPublica reporter Nat Lash won the award for excellence in innovation, which honors Roy W. Howard, the long-time chairman of the executive committee of the Scripps‐Howard newspaper chain who died in 1964. The judges also recognized the contributions of ProPublica reporters Mark Olalde and Ash Ngu.