2025 Dao Prize – Honorable Mention

Katelynn Richardson is a runner-up to the 2025 Dao Grand Prize with Megan Brock and received $10,000 for their series on the Biden Administration’s war on parents for the Daily Caller News Foundation

Katelynn Richardson is an investigative reporter with the Daily Caller News Foundation covering the courts, legal issues and culture. Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, she is now based in Washington, D.C.

Here are Megan and Katelynn’s reports:

EXCLUSIVE: Biden-Harris Admin Paves Way For Bureaucrats To Take Gender-Confused Kids From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents, Katelynn Richardson and Megan Brock, October 14, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Kids Are Being Taken From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents. Here’s One Family’s Fight To Get Their Son Back, Megan Brock, October 17, 2024

‘Break Up Family Relationships’: Biden-Harris Admin Pushes Judges To Bring Gender Ideology Into The Courtroom, Katelynn Richardson and Megan Brock, October 21, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Child Services Dept Working With Biden Harris-Admin Tracked ‘Trans Kids’ On Secret Database, Megan Brock, October 23, 2024