Ashley Balcerzak

Hidden at Home:

• IRE: Local Outstanding Print/Online winner, 2026

• Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism, 2026

• SABEW Best in Business Award, Government, 2026

• Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability, 2026

• Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting semifinalist, 2026

• State Impact Award - Corporation for New Jersey Public Media, 2025

• New Jersey Press Association: Public Service - Lloyd P. Burns Memorial Award, 1st place, 2026

The Silurians Press Club - 78th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards 2023

• What's lurking next door? Investigation reveals chemical hazards near North Jersey homes

• Aging in New Jersey: Benefit shortfalls can cost seniors their homes, and NJ shelters can't meet medical needs

Government Writing Portfolio - New Jersey Press Association, 2022

First Place, Best Continuing Coverage: New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists, 2022

Homelessness in New Jersey

• Living outside in the cold: NJ counties try to count, help those experiencing homelessness

• Code Blue helps NJ homeless when temps drop, but some still get left out in the cold

• It's tough for NJ's homeless to get IDs. But to access vital services, they must show IDs

Innovation Award - New Jersey Press Association, 2021

• Eviction Q&A: A panel discussion on navigating New Jersey's affordable housing rules

• Housing Q&A: A panel discussion on navigating NJ's pandemic aid for homeowners

• Housing Q&A: A panel discussion on rental assistance

• Housing Q&A: Got flood damage? Here's how renters and homeowners in NJ can recover

Public Service Lloyd P. Burns Memorial Award - New Jersey Press Association, 2021

• Saturation Point: NJ puts affordable homes in flood-prone areas — and residents at risk

Enterprise Reporting - New Jersey Press Association, 2021

• Knowing who police pull over can help end racial profiling. But few NJ towns track it

Business & Government Writing Portfolio - New Jersey Press Association, 2020

COVID’s looming crisis for renters, landlords

• 'I feel really, really helpless': NJ renters and landlords face looming eviction crisis

• Is NJ doing enough to help struggling small landlords?

• Should NJ eviction records be kept private if a tenant wasn't evicted? Housing experts say yes

First Place, General Coronavirus Coverage - New Jersey Press Association, 2020

• COVID-19 in your ZIP code: Race, income can double your chance of getting sick in NJ

First Place: Responsible Journalism - First Amendment - New Jersey Press Association, 2019

Double-dipping:

• One in three NJ Lawmakers get double paychecks from taxpayers

• 2 NJ lawmakers out of 119 showed us their tax returns

• Why it’s hard to see the government contracts that NJ legislators win

Radio Television Digital News Association’s Kaleidoscope Award for “outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity,” 2019

Abandoned in America:

• ‘Hope to Hopelessness’: Will government step up after second storm? (The Center for Public Integrity)