July 14, 2024  

2024 winners

Below are the results for the 74th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards. Our judges select the best from each main category, then recognize one winner of the Green Eyeshade.

Judges didn’t have to select a winner in any category if they believed the entries didn’t merit it. To correct errors or omissions, please email contest administrator Tim Dodson.

 

THE GREEN EYESHADE WINNER

64 Parishes

A Bar Called Charlene’s
by Robert W. Fieseler

Judges’ Comments: “An exhaustive profile of a fascinating and important person, and her bar. An inspiring story, wonderfully told.”

 

DIVISION WINNERS

Print Dailies Division

  • The State Media Co. – Staff, Toxic Deals

Print Non-Dailies Division

KFF Health News – Lauren Sausser, Deadly Denials: How Prior Authorization has Become a Maze for Patients

Print Magazines Division

  • 64 Parishes – Robert W. Fieseler, A Bar Called Charlene’s

Print Graphics Division

  • South Florida Sun Sentinel – Amy Beth Bennett, Pro-Palestine marcher arrested on FAU campus

Television Division

  • WESH 2 News – Marcie Golgoski, Jacob Wiklund & Staff, WESH 2 Chronicle: Witness to History

Radio Division

  • WLRN News – Daniel Rivero, Joshua Ceballos, Jessica Bakeman & Sergio Bustos, Unguarded

Digital Division

  • The Current – Margaret Coker, Joel Jacobs & Mollie Simon, The Title Pawn Trap

CATEGORY WINNERS

PRINT DAILIES DIVISION

Deadline Reporting / Large Dailies

  • First Place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Staff, March 31 tornado
  • Second Place: The Times-Picayune | The Advocate – Staff, “Superfog” Causes Terrifying, Deadly Crash on Interstate 55

Non-Deadline Reporting / Large Dailies

  • First Place: The Miami Herald – Linda Robertson, Linda Robertson Collection
  • Second Place: Tampa Bay Times – Lane DeGregory, Inside the Siege and other stories about Florida educators
  • Third Place: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Lautaro Grinspan, Lautaro Grinspan Collection Immigrant Communities

Investigative Reporting / Large Dailies

  • First Place: South Florida Sun Sentinel – David Fleshler, Ron Hurtibise, David Schutz & Brittany Wallman, Condo Wars
  • Second Place: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Carrie Teegardin, Danny Robbins & Lois Norder, Georgia Prison Corruption Series
  • Third Place: Miami Herald – Staff, Shakedown City

Feature Writing / Large Dailies

  • First Place: The Associated Press – Travis Loller, Endangered Species Act Anniversary
  • Second Place: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Matt Kempner, The Dancer (narrative feature)
  • Third Place: The Associated Press – Bianca Vázquez Toness, ‘Too much to learn’: Schools race to catch up kids’ reading

Deadline Reporting / Small Dailies

  • First Place: Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Zac Anderson, The Takeover of New College of Florida
  • Second Place: The Tennessean – Staff, The Covenant School Shooting
  • Third Place: Treasure Coast Newspapers/TCPalm.com – Corey Arwood, Will Greenlee, Melissa Holsman & Olivia MCKelvey, MLK mass shooting

Non-Deadline Reporting / Small Dailies

  • First Place: The Post and Courier – David Slade, Henry Taylor & Brandon Lockett, The Rentification
  • Second Place: Tallahassee Democrat – Alicia Devine, Black Lives in the Blue Line
  • Third Place: Orlando Sentinel – Leslie Postal & Annie Martin, Florida voucher school series

Investigative Reporting / Small Dailies

  • First Place: The State Media Co. – Staff, Toxic Deals
  • Second Place: The Courier Journal – Stephanie Kuzydym & Rob Byers, Safer Sidelines
  • Third Place: The Post and Courier – Hillary Flynn, Citadel cadets, faculty say there’s pervasive racism at the school

Feature Writing / Small Dailies

  • First Place: The Charlotte Observer – Theoden Janes, Theoden Janes Collection
  • Second Place: The Charlotte Observer – Adam Bell & Catherine Muccigrosso, Features arts and culture collection
  • Third Place: The Tennessean – Keith Sharon, Brad Schmitt, Vivian Jones & Kelly Puente, A collection of feature writing from The Tennessean reporters

Sports Reporting / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Associated Press – Teresa Walker, Teresa Walker Collection
  • Second Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press – Stephen Hargis & Mark Kennedy, Times Free Press sports writing
  • Third Place: The Tennessean – Staff, Sports reporting by The Tennessean

Sports Commentary / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Tennessean – Gentry Estes, For a collection of columns by Gentry Estes

Business Reporting / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Charlotte Observer – Catherine Muccigrosso & Gavin Off, Business reporting collection
  • Second Place: The Times-Picayune | The Advocate – Sam Karlin & Anthony McAuley, The Questionable Purchase of Avondale Shipyards by the Port of South Louisiana
  • Third Place: Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Brian Eason, John Perry, Zack Hansen & Michael Kanell, American Dream for Rent series/collectionTechnology

Reporting / All Dailies

  • No awards

Public Affairs Reporting / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Times-Picayune | The Advocate – Mike Smith, Jeff Adelson, Dan Swenson & Sophia Germer, Louisiana 2050: Our Vanishing Coast
  • Second Place: Miami Herald – Aaron Leibowitz, Aaron Leibowitz collection
  • Third Place: The Associated Press & The Advocate – Bianca Vázquez Toness, Sharon Lurye & Charles Lussier, Public Education Collection

Politics Reporting / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Greg Bluestein, Greg Bluestein Collection
  • Second Place: The Times-Picayune | The Advocate – Matt Sledge, Jeff Adelson, John Simerman & GordonRussell, The Campaign to Recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell
  • Third Place: Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Zachary Anderson, Watchdogging DeSantis

Courts & the Law Reporting / All Dailies

  • First Place: The News & Observer – Virginia Bridges, Virginia Bridges Collection
  • Second Place: Florida Today – John A Torres & Rob Landers, Monster on the Beach
  • Third Place: The (Fort Myers) News-Press & Naples Daily News – Dan Glaun, Dan Glaun collection

Disaster Reporting / All Dailies

  • First Place: Tallahassee Democrat – Staff, Hurricane Idalia Incoming and Aftermath
  • Second Place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Staff, Disaster March 31 tornado
  • Third Place: The Tennessean – Staff, Tornadoes slam Middle Tennessee

Consumer Reporting / All Dailies

  • First Place: Law360 – Daniel Connolly, Brandon Lowrey, Allison Grande & Emily Field, Debt Firm’s Flameout A Cautionary Tale For Consumers
  • Second Place: The (Fort Myers) News-Press & Naples Daily News – Kate Cimini, When will they pay?
  • Third Place: Miami Herald – Shirsho Dasgupta, Blood Timber

Travel Writing / All Dailies

  • First Place: South Florida Sun Sentinel – Mark Gauert, Travel stories by Mark Gauert

Criticism / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Charlotte Observer – Theoden Janes, Theoden Janes Collection

Serious Commentary / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Post and Courier – Brian Hicks, Brian Hicks columns
  • Second Place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Rex Nelson, Portfolio of columns by Rex Nelson
  • Third Place: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Nedra Rhone, Nedra Rhone Collection

Humorous Commentary / All Dailies

  • First Place: The Post and Courier – Brian Hicks, Brian Hicks humor columns
  • Second Place: The Tennessean – Brad Schmitt & Mackensy Lunsford, Eating Nashville dueling commentary
  • Third Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press – Dana Shavin, Dana Shavin Life Columns

Editorial Writing / All Dailies

  • First Place: Miami Herald – Isadora Rangel, Miami Dysfunction
  • Second Place: Miami Herald – Amy Driscoll, Isadora Rangel, Luisa Yanez & Nancy Ancrum, Lessons from Florida
  • Third Place: TCPalm / Treasure Coast Newspapers – Laurence Reisman, Blake Fontenay & Ed Killer, Editorial board collection

Public Service in Daily Journalism / All Dailies

  • First Place: TCPalm / Treasure Coast Newspapers – Laurence Reisman, Never give up
  • Second Place: The Associated Press & The Advocate – Bianca Vázquez Toness, Sharon Lurye & CharlesLussier, The Pandemic’s Missing Students
  • Third Place: The Times-Picayune | The Advocate – Andrea Gallo, Jeff Adelson, Dan Swenson & Chris Granger, For Dear Life: Louisiana’s Infant Mortality Crisis

PRINT NON-DAILIES DIVISION

General News Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: KFF Health News – Sarah Jane Tribble & Lauren Sausser, Gaps in the South’s Maternal Health Care for Black Women
  • Second Place: The Madison County Record – Dan Marsh, Poultry Company Shocks Growers with Shutdown
  • Third Place: INDY – Jasmine Gallup, Jasmine Gallup Collection

Investigative Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: Madison County Record – Ellen Kreth, Changes floated for land around Buffalo River
  • Second Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Kyle Hamrick, Dale Liesch & Brady Petree, The Death of Jawan Dallas
  • Third Place: INDY – Thomasi McDonald & Lena Geller, Durham City Council Reporting

Feature Writing / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: Out South Florida – Michael Anguille, Savannah Peifer & Michael Koretzky, DeSantis, Dogs &
  • Divorce
  • Second Place: Orlando Business Journal – Staff, Community Impact
  • Third Place: Tampa Bay Times – Lauren Peace, Lauren Peace Collection

Sports Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Tommy Hicks, Bringing Home the Blue Map – Coverage of Alabama High School Football Super 7
  • Second Place: 225 Magazine – Mark Clements, The Transfer Portal Puzzle
  • Third Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Tommy Hicks, Sports Reporting by Tommy Hicks

Sports Commentary / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Mark Bryant, Upon Further Review
  • Second Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Randy Kennedy, Sports Commentary
  • Third Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Tommy Hicks, One Man’s Opinion 

Business Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: KFF Health News – Lauren Sausser, Deadly Denials: How Prior Authorization has Become a Maze for Patients
  • Second Place: Triangle Business Journal – Staff, Triangle Business Journal staff coverage
  • Third Place: INDY – Lena Geller, Lena Geller Collection

Technology Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: INDY – Lena Geller, When a Durham Restaurant Received a Negative Review From a Popular Content Creator, the Comments Rolled In. So Did the Death Threats.
  • Second Place: Orlando Business Journal – Sarah Kinbar, Orlando Business Journal technology news
  • Third Place: Triangle Business Journal – Lauren Ohnesorge, Tech coverage

Public Affairs Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: KFF Health News & Cox Media Group – Fred Clasen-Kelly & David Hilzenrath (KFF Health News), Jodie Fleischer (Cox Media Group) & Ben Becker (ActionNewsJax), ‘I Am Just Waiting to Die’: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness
  • Second Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Kyle Hamrick, Scott Johnson, Dale Liesch & Brady Petree, State ABC signs ‘generous’ leases for liquor stores
  • Third Place: INDY – Lena Geller, SCAD Collection

Politics Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: Memphis flyer – Jackson Baker, Jackson Baker collection
  • Second Place: INDY – Matt Hartman, Durham Politics Series

Courts & the Law Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: INDY – Lena Geller, Henderson Atwater Case
  • Second Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Kyle Hamrick, Dale Liesch & Brady Petree, The Death of Jawan Dallas
  • Third Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Scott Johnson, Overtime: Mobile County Sheriff’s Deputies Spending Millions in Overtime by Scott Johnson

Disaster Coverage / Non-Dailies

  • No awards

Travel Writing / Non-Dailies

  • No awards

Consumer Reporting / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: KFF Health News – Fred Clasen-Kelly, A Mom Owed Nearly $102,000 for Hospital Care. HerState Attorney General Said to Pay Up

Criticism / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: INDY – Sarah Edwards, Brian Howe, Nick McGregor & Carr Harkrader, INDY Arts Criticism

Serious Commentary / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: Gambit – Robert W. Fieseler, ‘United We Stand’ Why the legacy of New Orleans’ 1973 Upstairs Lounge fire still resonates 50 years later
  • Second Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Ashley Trice, Serious Commentary
  • Third Place: Lagniappe – Rob Holbert, Damn the Torpedoes

Humorous Commentary / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Ashley Trice, Humorous Commentary 
  • Second Place: Lagniappe Weekly – Rob Holbert, Humorous Commentary

Editorial Writing / Non-Dailies

  • First Place: The Madison County Record – Ellen Kreth, A city and county in transition

Public Service in Non-Daily Journalism

  • First Place: Triangle Business Journal – Dane Huffman & Kayli Thompson, Downtown Raleigh struggles
  • Second Place: Madison County Record – Ellen Kreth, Changes floated for land around Buffalo River

PRINT MAGAZINES DIVISION

General News Writing / Magazines

  • First Place: Georgia Trend – Kenna Simmons, Ramping Up the Fight
  • Second Place: Georgia Trend – Michele Cohen Marill, Engineering a Better World

Investigative Reporting / Magazines

  • No awards

Feature Writing / Magazines

  • First Place: 64 Parishes – Robert W. Fieseler, A Bar Called Charlene’s
  • Second Place: The Atlantic – Ayurella Horn-Muller, Pack Your Memories Into Your Disaster Bag
  • Third Place: inRegister magazine – Kelli Bozeman, Sara Essex Bradley & Hoa Vu, Portrait Mode

Serious Commentary / Magazines

  • No awards

Humorous Commentary / Magazines

  • First Place: City & Shore magazine, the South Florida Sun Sentinel – Mark Gauert, Columns by Mark Gauert
  • Second Place: Georgia Trend – Brian Robinson, Swagger Justified

Public Service in Magazine Journalism

  • No awards

Spot News Photography / Newspapers

  • First Place: South Florida Sun Sentinel – Amy Beth Bennett, Pro-Palestine marcher arrested on FAU campus
  • Second Place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Stephen Swofford, Spot News collection
  • Third Place: South Florida Sun Sentinel – Joe Cavaretta, Record rainfall in Fort Lauderdale

Feature Photography / Newspapers

  • First Place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Colin Murphey, Feature Photography Collection
  • Second Place: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Thomas Metthe, Feature Photography Collection
  • Third Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press – Matt Hamilton, Times Free Press feature photography

Sports Photography / Newspapers

  • First Place: The Tennessean – Andrew Nelles, Last-Minute Titans Loss
  • Second Place: Tallahassee Democrat – Alicia Devine, Moments of Triumph
  • Third Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press – Matt Hamilton, Times Free Press sports photography

GRAPHICS DIVISION

Graphics / Newspapers

  • First Place: The Tennessean – Erin Crabb, Protect the Right to Read

Editorial Cartoon / Newspapers

  • First Place: Alabama Media Group – JD Crowe, Tough love in a red state
  • Second Place: Robert L. Ariail, 2023 Cartoons
  • Third Place: Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc./WRAL.com – Dennis Draughon, Editorial cartoons by Dennis Draughon for Capitol Broadcasting Co.

Feature Photography / Magazines

  • First Place: inRegister magazine – Collin Richie, Kelli Bozeman, Homegrown Harvest
  • Second Place: 225 Magazine – Collin Richie, Collin Richie Food Collection

Illustrations / Magazines

  • No awards

Graphics / Magazines

  • First Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press – Matt McClane, Chatter magazine Reason to Love Chattanooga
  • Second Place: 225 Magazine – Melinda Gonzalez, Keep Calm and Game-day On
  • Third Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press – Matt McClane, Chatter magazine A to Z

Best Cover / Magazines

  • First Place: inRegister magazine – Riley Bienvenu Bourgeois, Hoa Vu & Minette Hand, About Town
  • Second Place: 225 Magazine – Collin Richie, Melinda Gonzalez, Hoa Vu & Jennifer Alvarez, Breakfast Time
  • TELEVISION DIVISION

Best Newscast / Television

  • First Place: WESH 2 News – Staff, WESH 2 News at 11pm
  • Second Place: FOX Carolina – Staff, The Six O’clock News

Breaking News Coverage / Television

  • First Place: WESH-TV – Greg Fox & Tim Brown, Crystal River Tornadoes
  • Second Place: FOX Carolina – Staff, Alex Murdaugh Found Guilty

Investigative Reporting / Television

  • First Place: WWL-TV – David Hammer, Ramon Antonio Vargas & TJ Pipitone, Losing Faith Series
  • Second Place: WFTS-TF – Katie LaGrone & Matthew Apthorp, The Impact Check
  • Third Place: WLBT-TV – C.J. LeMaster, Karlos Sanders & Brenden Davis, 3 On Your Side Investigates: Side Hustle

Feature Reporting / Television

  • First Place: WTVI PBS Charlotte – Jeff Sonier & Doug Stacker, Carolina Impact / Charlotte in Black and White
  • Second Place: WTVI PBS Charlotte – Jeff Sonier & Doug Stacker, Carolina Impact / The Hundred Year Pier
  • Third Place: WTVI PBS Charlotte – Jeff Sonier & Russ Hunsinger, Carolina Impact / Saving Siloam School

Documentaries / Television

  • First Place: WESH 2 News – Marcie Golgoski, Jacob Wiklund & Staff, WESH 2 Chronicle: Witness to History
  • Second Place: WTVI PBS Charlotte – Jeff Sonier & Doug Stacker, Carolina Impact / Lucy’s Boys: Letters
  • From Vietnam
  • Third Place: Prep Legends Media – Keith Dunnavant, Jonathan W. Hickman, Joe Beamon & Maggie Hickman, Willie’s Gift

Public Service in Television Journalism

  • First Place: WLBT-TV – C.J. LeMaster, Anthony Warren & Keith Honore, 3 On Your Side Investigates: Taken for a Ride
  • Second Place: WWL-TV – David Hammer, Losing Faith Series: Mac’s Story
  • Third Place: ABC Action News – Kylie McGivern, Melanie Payne, Randy Wright & Matt McGlashen, Floridians Lose Out After Lottery Wins Series

RADIO DIVISION

Best Newscast / Radio

  • First Place: WABE news – Jim Burress, Christopher Alston, Melissa Feito & Staff, The Brief newscast 10/16
  • Second Place: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – Eric Hodge, Bradley George, WUNC News Staff &Brent Wolfe, WUNC Morning Edition Newscast
  • Third Place: WUSF – Craig Kopp, WUSF Morning Edition May 17, 2023

Breaking News Reporting / Radio

  • First Place: BPR – Helen Chickering, Lilly Knoepp & Laura Lee, Canton Voices: The effects of the Pactiv Evergreen paper mill closure on the community
  • Second Place: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – WUNC News Staff & Brent Wolfe, UNC-Chapel Hill Shooting

Investigative Reporting / Radio

  • First Place: WLRN News – Daniel Rivero, Joshua Ceballos, Jessica Bakeman & Sergio Bustos, Unguarded
  • Second Place: WABE news – Stephannie Stokes, Investigation: Fulton’s property tax collection ensnares Black families’ homes and wealth
  • Third Place: BPR – Laura Hackett & Laura Lee, Secret Sauce’ Expired: The Ramada Inn Conversion for Asheville’s Unhoused

Feature Reporting / Radio

  • First Place: WUSF – Stephanie Colombini, As Florida Bills Distress Transgender Community, Teen Flees For A Better Life
  • Second Place: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – Brent Wolfe & Jay Price, Alive Day’ sparks memoriesof a wartime brush with death and an extraordinary post-war life
  • Third Place: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – Will Michaels, Sascha Cordner & Brent Wolfe, On game day vs. Duke, a UNC fanatic tagged along with Rameses, the Tar Heels’ live mascot

Documentaries / Radio

  • First Place: Alabama Public Radio – Pat Duggins, Joe Moody, Lynn Oldshue, Taylor Phillips & Cori Yonge, Bad Chemistry
  • Second Place: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Shane Backler, Patricia Murphy & Greg Bluestein, Politically Georgia Podcast Special Edition Jimmy Carter
  • Third Place: WLRN News – Verónica Zaragovia & Jessica Bakeman, A battle over the soul of Miami Beach: Will developers destroy or save Art Deco?

Public Service in Radio Journalism

  • First Place: WLRN News – Staff, Waiting for America
  • Second Place: BPR – Lilly Knoepp & Laura Hackett, On the Edge: The issues facing families with children in Western North Carolina
  • Third Place: WUSF – Stephanie Colombini, Growing Up With Guns

DIGITAL DIVISION

Digital Media Presentation

  • First Place: The Associated Press – Bianca Vázquez Toness, Sharon Lurye, Peter Hamlin & Eunice Esomonu, The Pandemic’s Missing Students
  • Second Place: WLRN News – Jenny Staletovich, Laura Kurtzberg & Patrick Farrell, Bright Lit Place
  • Third Place: The Tennessean – Staff, The Covenant School shooting

Deadline Reporting / Online

  • First Place: Tennessee Lookout – Sam Stockard, Adam Friedman, Anita Wadhwani, Holly McCall & John Partipilo, Six killed in Covenant School shooting
  • Second Place: Chalkbeat Tennessee – Marta Aldrich, Marta Aldrich Collection
  • Third Place: The Daily Memphian – Julia Baker, Ben Wheeler, Bill Dries & Aarron Fleming, Tyre Nichols series

Non-Deadline Reporting / Online

  • First Place: Southern Science – Sydney Cromwell, Come together: Small towns need funding, partnership in the face of climate disasters
  • Second Place: Mississippi Today – Molly Minta, Turmoil in a small college’s music department
  • Third Place: Capital B – Adam Mahoney, The New Great Migration

Investigative Reporting / Online

  • First Place: The Tributary – Nichole Manna, Deaths in the Duval County jail
  • Second Place: Kentucky Lantern – Tom Loftus, Tom Loftus: Following the political money
  • Third Place: Mississippi Today – Julia James, Geoff Pender, Bobby Harrison, Taylor Vance & Adam Ganucheau, Gov. Tate Reeves’ donors and state contracts

Serious Commentary / Online

  • First Place: Alabama Reflector – Brian Lyman, Brian Lyman columns
  • Second Place: Roll Call – Mary C. Curtis, Mary C. Curtis Collection
  • Third Place: Tennessee Lookout – Holly McCall, Tennessee political commentary

Best Blog

  • First Place: Chattanooga Times Free Press – Andre James & Tierra Hayes, What to Eat Next
  • Second Place: Refresh Miami News – Nancy Dahlberg & Riley Kaminer, Refresh Miami #MiamiTech Collection

Sports Reporting / Online

  • First Place: The Daily Memphian – Drew Hill, Drew Hill Collection
  • Second Place: SaturdayRoad.com – Brett Friedlander, What if LeBron James had been a Blue Devil? A Tar Heel? A Buckeye? It could have happened …
  • Third Place: Prep Legends Media – Keith Dunnavant, Jonathan W. Hickman, Joe Beamon & Maggie Hickman, Hendersonville 1972

Sports Commentary / Online

  • First Place: SaturdayRoad.com – Brett Friedlander, Brett Friedlander sports commentary collection
  • Second Place: Mississippi Today – Rick Cleveland, Rick Cleveland sports commentary

Business Reporting / Online

  • First Place: The Current – Margaret Coker, Joel Jacobs & Mollie Simon, The Title Pawn Trap
  •  Second Place: Orlando Business Journal – Staff, Business news
  • Third Place: The Daily Memphian – Jane Roberts & Rob Moore, FedEx at 50 series

Politics Reporting / Online

  • First Place: Alabama Reflector – Ralph Chapoco, Alander Rocha, Jemma Stephenson & Brian Lyman, Congressional redistricting coverage
  • Second Place: The Florida Trident – Bob Norman & Michael Barfield, The Ziegler Affair
  • Third Place: Chalkbeat Tennessee – Marta Aldrich, Marta Aldrich Collection

Specialized Site

  • No awards

Public Service in Online Journalism

  • First Place: Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis – Marc Perrusquia, Jessica Jaglois, David Waters & Laura Kebede-Twumasi, Unraveling Police Abuse That Led To Tyre Nichols’ Murder
  • Second Place: The Tributary – Nichole Manna, Deaths in the Duval County Jail
  • Third Place: Capital B – Margo Snipe, Dangerous Deliveries

Videography / Online or Television

  • First Place: The Weather Company – Dan Wright & Andrea Rainone, The Last Ascent?: Ice Climbing In A
  • Warming World
  • Second Place: AL.com – Clay Yeager, Laura Goldman, Wesley Sinor & Patrick Greenfield, Clay Yeager Collection
  • Third Place: FOX Carolina – Enrique Salinas, The Celebration of “Los Quince”

STUDENT DIVISION

Best News Reporter

  • First Place: Fresh Take Florida – University of Florida – Troy Myers, University Accountability
  • Second Place: WUSF – Meghan Bowman, Meghan Bowman Collection
  • Third Place: Spinnaker – Carter Mudgett, Carter Mudgett Collection

Best Feature Writer

  • First Place: Atrium Magazine – Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira, Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira Collection
  • Second Place: Atrium Magazine – Elise Plunk, Elise Plunk Collection
  • Third Place: Elon News Network – Ryan Kupperman, Ryan Kupperman Collection

Best Sports Writer

  • First Place: Caplin News – Alfredo Banegas, Alfredo Banegas Collection
  • Second Place: The Daily Beacon – Caleb Jarreau, Caleb Jarreau Collection
  • Third Place: University Press – Mary Rasura, Mary Rasura Collection

Best Columnist

  • First Place: The Daily Beacon – Alayna Heifner, Alayna Heifner

Best Designer

  • First Place: SCAD HoneyDripper, SCAN Magazine & SCAD Radio – Gab K De Jesus, Gab K De Jesus
  • Second Place: Atrium Magazine – Matthew Cupelli & Diego Perdomo, Matthew Cupelli Designs
  • Third Place: The Daily Beacon – Emma Fingeret, Emma Fingeret Collection

Best Photographer

  • First Place: The Daily Beacon – Parker Phegley, Parker Phegley Collection
  • Second Place: The Daily Beacon – Cole Moore, Cole Moore Collection