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The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) would like to congratulate all winners of our 2022 Salute to Excellence Awards.
We deeply regret that winners in the categories “Television – Market 16 and Below” and “Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100” were omitted during the gala on Aug. 6. The winners who were not recognized during the ceremony will receive special recognition during our 2023 Convention in Birmingham, Ala.
Below is a listing of ALL Salute to Excellence winners. Mouseover and click on the titles below to view the winners’ promo videos (if available).
NABJ also thanks our event partner, Global Blood Therapeutics.
2022 Salute to Excellence Winners
COLLEGIATE
DIGITAL
Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online Feature Reporting
The Power of Social Media
Nhari Djan
The Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Digital Media – Graduate: Best Use of Multimedia – Special Project
Staff of Deconstructing the Divide
The Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online News Reporting
Our Poisoned Kids
Sydney Gold
The Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
NEWSPAPER
Newspaper – Graduate: General News Reporting
‘We Walk for Her’ March Brings Attention to Missing Black Girls and Women
Samantha Latson
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Newspaper – Undergraduate: Sports Reporting
Penn State Football Running Back Noah Cain’s Fight Through Adversity Rallies Hurricane-Damaged Hometown
Max Ralph
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Newspaper – Undergraduate: General Reporting
2nd ‘More Rivers to Cross’ Report Reveals Racism, Lack of Diversity at Penn State
Ella Castronuovo
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Newspaper – Undergraduate: Feature Reporting
Penn State Alumna Creates Oral History Project to ‘Share and Preserve’ Experiences of Black Alumni
Danny Gotwals
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography (Graduate Only): Multiple Images
Our Poisoned Kids
Jessica Ruiz
The Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
TELEVISION
Television – Undergraduate
Black Thursday 50th Anniversary
Harrison Hove, Pamela Comme
University of Florida
PROFESSIONAL
DIGITAL
Digital Media: Business
Prediction: Bias
Staffs of The Markup and Gizmodo
New York, NY
Digital Media: Commentary/Weblog
Collection of Columns by Mary C. Curtis
Mary C. Curtis
Roll Call, Washington, DC
Digital Media: Interactive: Feature
Tamara Shogaolu, Michelle Mizner, Collyn Stephens, Dan Nolan, Anthony DeLorenzo, FRONTLINE Staff
FRONTLINE (PBS) and Ado Ato Pictures
Digital Media: Interactive: News
A Crisis Within a Crisis
Nicquel Terry Ellis, Adrienne Broaddus
CNN, New York, NY
Digital Media: Online Project: Feature
Aftershocks
Lakeidra Chavis, Daniel Nass
The Trace in Partnership with Block Club Chicago, The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL and La Raza Chicago
Seven Days of 1961: Americans Stood Up to Racism in 1961 and Changed History. This is Their Fight, in Their Words
Deborah Berry, Wenei Philimon, Jasper Colt, Marc Ramirez, Melissa Brown
USA Today/ USA Today Network
Washington, DC
Digital Media: Online Project: News
What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed
The New York Times Staff
The New York Times, New York, NY
Digital Media: Online Project: Single Story: Feature
ABC News Digital Voices: Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams
ABC News
Digital Media: Online Project: Single Story: News
ABC News Digital – Green New Future: Mapping Racism
Janet Weinstein, JP Keenan, Shannon Sanders
ABC News, New York, NY
Digital Media: Online Project: Sports
“I Can’t Believe That You Chose Me”
Jerry E. Bembry
ESPN’s Andscape, Washington, DC
MAGAZINE
Magazine – Over 1 Million: General Reporting
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jon Saraceno
AARP The Magazine
Magazine – Over 1 Million: Specialty
Colletta Orr: The Fight Against Cancer
Yolanda McCutchen
HBCU Times
Magazine – Under 1 Million: Business
The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street
Susan Antilla
Type Investigations/The Nation, New York, NY
Magazine – Under 1 Million: Commentary/Essay
The Year of the Black Queer Revolution
Ernest Owens
Rolling Stone
Magazine – Under 1 Million: General Reporting
Baltimore Still Thinks It Can Defund the Police
J. Brian Charles
The Trace, New York, NY
In Partnership with Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore, MD
Magazine – Under 1 Million: Investigative
The Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland
Kathryn Joyce, Nathan Rosenberg, Bryce Stucki
Type Investigations/Mother Jones, New York, NY
Magazine – Under 1 Million: Specialty
The Accidental Black Nature Lover, Derrick Z. Jackson for A.T. Journeys
Derrick Zane Jackson
A.T. Journeys (The Official Magazine of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy)
Magazine – Under 1 Million: Sports
Changing Times: World War II and the Kansas City Monarchs
Dr. Milbert O. Brown, Jr.
About Time Magazine
NEWSPAPER
Newspaper – National: Business
The ‘whitewashing’ of Black Wall Street
Tracy Jan
The Washington Post
Newspaper – National: Feature: Single Story
Black Mothers are the Real Experts on Gun Violence
Arionne Nettles, Akoto Ofori-Atta
The Trace, New York Times Opinion, Flint Beat, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, The Oaklandside
Newspaper – National: Investigative
Racism in the Ranks
Aaron Morrison, Kat Stafford, Helen Wieffering, James LaPorta, Noreen Nasir
The Associated Press, New York, NY
Newspaper – National: News: Series
Corporate Racial Justice Promises
Tracy Jan, Jena McGregor, Meghan Hoyer
The Washington Post
Newspaper – National: News: Single Story
The County Where Black Women Hold Power — A Few Miles from the White House
Metro Staff
The Washington Post, Washington, DC
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below: Business
‘Small’ Businesses Outpace ‘Minority-Owned’ Firms in NGA Project Spending
Karen Robinson-Jacobs
St. Louis American, St. Louis, MO
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below: Commentary
A Toast with Strawberry Soda: What My Southern Grandparents Taught Me about Juneteenth Traditions
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below: Feature: Single Story
Eva D. Coleman
I Messenger Media LLC, Texas Metro News, Garland Journal, Dallas, Texas
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below: News: Series
‘We Don’t Take That:’ Why Illegal Discrimination Toward Section 8 Tenants Goes Unchecked in NJ
Kayla Canne
Asbury Park Press
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below: Sports
Too Much Magic: While the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games Might Have Its Share of Black Girl Magic, It’s Also Got a Level of Black Girl Scrutinization
Christopher Scott Murray
Philadelphia Sunday Sun, Philadelphia, PA
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100: Business
In Kankakee County’s Pembroke Township, Race, Poverty, Farming and a Proposed Nicor Gas Pipeline Converge
Brett Chase
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Couple Struggles to Hold on to Eatery — Their Story, That of Small Business America One Year Into COVID-19
Maudlyne Ihejirika
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100: Commentary
The Idea of Reparations is Not Controversial Until the Conversation Turns to Black People
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100: Feature: Series
Justice for Jelani Day
John W. Fountain
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100: Feature: Single Story
Timuel Black, Historian, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 102
Maudlyne Ihejirika
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago,IL
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100: News: Series
The Costly Toll of Dead-End Drug Arrests
Frank Main, Casey Toner, Jared Rutecki
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL; Better Government Association, Chicago, IL
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100: News: Single Story
Black Chicagoans Flock to Bisa Butler, Obama Portrait Exhibits as Museums Rise to Racial Reckoning
Maudlyne Ihejirika
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200: Feature: Single Story
Policing on LI: Inside Her Final Months: ‘She Really Felt Like She Was Going to Die’
Sandra Peddie
Newsday, Melville, NY
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200: Investigative
Poisoned
Corey G. Johnson, Eli Murray, Rebecca Woolington
Tampa Bay Times with Support from PBS Frontline
St. Petersburg, FL
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200: News: Single Story
Jim Baumbach
Newsday, Melville, NY
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200: News: Specialty
Black Snow: Big Sugar’s Burning Problem
Lulu Ramadan, Maya Miller, Ash Ngu, Nadia Sussman
The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Sports
Rocky and Remarkable: Celtics Great Paul Pierce’s Unbelievable Road to the Basketball Hall of Fame
Gary Michael Washburn
Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: News: Single Story
How a Racist Rant in Mount Laurel Sparked Neighbors to Fight Back and a Community to Press for Change
Melanie Burney
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: News: Series
‘This is Environmental Racism’: Three Stories from a Larger Series about Environmental Injustice in the United States
Brady Dennis, John Muyskens, Darryl Fears
The Washington Post, Washington, DC
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Investigative
Losing Conviction
Samantha Melamed
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Feature: Single Story
Choosing Blackness
Elizabeth Wellington
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Commentary
A Sampling of Columns that Draw on Reporting at the Grassroots Level and in the Corridors of Power
Helen Ubiñas
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Photojournalism: Photography: Multiple Images
How America Celebrated Vice President Kamala Harris’ Historic Moment in Photos
Andscape Staff
ESPN’s Andscape, Washington, DC
ESPN Creative Studio / Visual Storytelling, Bristol, CT
Photojournalism: Photography: Single Image
Cooling Off
Alejandra Villa Loarca
Newsday, Melville, NY
Photojournalism: Photography: Videography
Jarrad Henderson, Harrison Hill
USA TODAY
PODCAST
Podcast: Arts and Culture
Carla Wills, Amy Briggs, Eli Chen, Davar Ardalan, Hansdale Hsu
National Geographic, Washington, DC; Music by PUSH.Audio
Podcast: Commentary and Discussion
The ARC of Justice
Lindsay Foster Thomas, William Darity, Jr.
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio; Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
Podcast: Lifestyle
The Stoop: Invisible Scars
Leila Day, Hana Baba, Megan Tan, Natalie Peart, James Rowlands
The Stoop, San Francisco, CA
Podcast: Sports
Into America: Freedom in the Final Round
Trymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Into America Staff
MSNBC, New York, NY
PR & MARKETING
PR & Marketing Campaigns: Cause Related – Business – Products
Randy L. Jones, Vikki Hardy Brown
Culture Brands (on behalf of Hyundai Motor America)
PR & Marketing Campaigns: Government
Juneteenth Illinois: Unify, Educate, Illuminate
Wyn-Win Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL
PR & Marketing Campaigns: Online Media
The African Development Bank – Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation Digital Campaign
Alphonso Van Marsh
The Staff of the African Development Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
PR & Marketing Campaigns: TV
We Are CNN: The Work That Continues
Johnita Due
CNN, Atlanta, GA
RADIO
Radio – Market 16 and Below: Feature
Overlooked Trailblazer: Before Rosa Parks, Sarah Keys Refused to Back Down
Jay Price, Brent Wolfe, Lindsay Thomas
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
Radio – Market 16 and Below: News Series
The Killing of Andrew Brown, Jr.
Lindsay Thomas, Staff
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
Radio – Market 16 and Below: Public Affairs: Segment
‘Time To Go’: Faculty of Color Explain What Made Them Ready to Leave UNC Chapel Hill
Lindsay Foster Thomas, Liz Schlemmer, Dave DeWitt
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Commentary
Why Are There So Few Black Competitive Swimmers?
Callie Crossley
WGBH Radio & TV, Boston, MA
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Documentary
This Sand is My Sand: The Stolen Legacy of Bruce’s Beach
Corbin Carson
KFI News Los Angeles, Burbank, CA
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Feature
Black Bostonians Fled to Atlanta to Escape Racism. They’re Not Coming Back, No Matter Who’s Elected Mayor.
Phillip Martin, Kenneth Cooper
GBH News, Boston’s Local NPR
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Investigative
Student Loans Weigh Heavily on Black and Latino Borrowers in North Carolina
Gracyn Doctor
WFAE – Charlotte, NC
Radio – Top 15 Markets: News: Series
Unseen: The Boy Victims of the Sex Trade
Phillip Martin, Jenifer McKim, Paul Singer, Emily Judem, Meredith Nierman
GBH News, Boston’s Local NPR
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Segment
Faith & Race: A WHYY Conversation
Cherri T. Gregg, Malcolm Byrd
WHYY, Inc., Philadelphia, PA & Forum Philly
Radio – Network: Feature
Racial Covenants, a Relic of the Past, are Still on the Books Across the Country
Cheryl W. Thompson, Natalie Moore, Corinne Ruff, Cristina Kim, Roxana Popescu
NPR
TELEVISION
Television – Market 16 and Below: Documentary
Muhammad Ali’s Victory Away from the Ring
Steve Crump
WTVI, Charlotte, NC
Television – Market 16 and Below: Feature: Long Form
Newsday Staff
Melville, NY
Television – Market 16 and Below: Feature: Short Form
Shaynah Ferreira, Spencer Davis, Chuck Carter
WTNH, New Haven, CT
Television – Market 16 and Below: General Assignment News: Long Form
Police Body Camera Captures Near Shooting
Jatara McGee, Angela Johnson
WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, OH
Television – Market 16 and Below: General Assignment News: Short Form
Karla L Redditte
Spectrum News 1 Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Television – Market 16 and Below: Investigative
Robbery Conviction Investigation: Brian Faulcon’s Fight for Freedom
Jessica Larché
WTKR-TV Norfolk, Norfolk, VA
Television – Market 16 and Below: Public Affairs: Program
Aging Matters: Disparities & Health Equity
LaTonya Turner
WNPT-TV (Nashville Public Television), Nashville, TN
Television – Market 16 and Below: Public Affairs: Segment
Anthony Hamilton’s Soul Purpose: Tim Lampley Reports
Tim Lampley, Anthony Mueller
STL-TV, St. Louis, MO
Television – Market 16 and Below: Specialty
The Next 400 Presents: Housing Discrimination: Education Effects
Asedrick Thomas
WOIO/WUAB Television, Shaker Heights, OH
Television – Market 16 and Below: Sports
WVEC Breaking Barriers Triathlete
Alex Littlehales
WVEC, Norfolk, VA
Television – Top 15 Markets: Documentary
Juneteenth 1865-2021
Mia Gradney, Jennifer A. Moore, Nicole Jones, Len Cannon, Liz Roldan
KHOU, Houston, TX
Television – Top 15 Markets: Feature: Long Form
Nikole Hannah-Jones Dives Into the Origins and Language of ‘The 1619 Project’
Tarik Mahdi, Andy Schlachtenhaufen
Spectrum News One, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
Television – Top 15 Markets: Feature: Short Form
Decoded: The History That Made Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Marisa Palmer, Kaitlyn Wang, Adam Miller, Havovi Cooper, Barbara Corbellini Duarte
Insider, New York, NY
Television – Top 15 Markets: General Assignment News: Short Form
Black Artists Design Exhibit on Black Experience at Royal B.C. Museum
Ashley Moliere, Christian Amundson, Maggie MacPherson, and Michael McArthur
CBC Vancouver
Television – Top 15 Markets: Investigative
Appraising Prince George’s County
Larry Dobey Miller
WUSA 9-TV, Washington, DC; TEGNA, Inc.
Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion
Basic Black: The Power of Your Name
Delores Edwards, Callie Crossley, Kenrick Mercado, Robert Fagnant Jr., Robert Judge
GBH, Boston, MA
Basic Black: Racial Generational Trauma
Delores Edwards, Callie Crossley, Kavontae Smalls, Robert Fagnant Jr., Robert Judge
GBH, Boston, MA
Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Program
Policing Black America: A Matter of Life or Death
James Byrne, Shannon Diane, Jenna Converse, Bremante Bryant, Fran Murphy
DCW50-TV, Washington, DC
Television – Top 15 Markets: Specialty
It’s Not Normal. Period: The Truth About Uterine Fibroids
Delia Goncalves
WUSA 9-TV, Washington, DC; TEGNA, Inc.
Television – Top 15 Markets: Sports
Lori Pinson
WJBK-TV, Detroit, MI
Television – Network: Documentary
ABC News 20/20 – Nowhere to Run: The Ahmaud Arbery Story
ABC News 20/20
Television – Network: Feature: Long Form
CBS Sunday Morning: Jennifer Hudson & Aretha Franklin
Kelefa Sanneh, Robbyn McFadden, Remington Korper, Rand Morrison
CBS News Sunday Morning
Television – Network: Feature: Short Form
Black Indianapolis Owner’s Home Value More Than Doubles After Concealing Race
Priscilla Thompson, Douglas Forte, Jordan Malter, Joey Cole, Janelle Rodriguez
NBC News Now, New York, NY
Television – Network: General Assignment News: Long Form
Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt While Defending House Chamber Speaks Out
Lester Holt, Chris Strathmann, Kim Cornett, Mary Godie, Anna Schecter
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY
ABC News Soul of a Nation: Tulsa
Steve Osunsami, Jasmine L. Brown, Cindy Galli, Tonya Simpson, Keith Krimbel, Jenny Wagnon Courts
ABC News, New York, NY
Television – Network: General Assignment News: Short Form
Tommy’s Story
Gabriel Garcia Rosa, Ty Milburn
News12 Westchester, Yorkers, NY
Television – Network: International
ABC News World News Tonight with David Muir – Madagascar: The Children of Climate Change
David Muir, Almin Karamehmedovic, Esther Castillejo, Eric Noll, Nicolaas Deblois, Roy Garlisi
ABC News, New York NY
Television – Network: Investigative
60 Minutes: Race in the Ranks
David Martin, Mary Walsh, Jorge J. Garcia, Tadd J. Lascari
CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES
Television – Network: Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion
ABC News Soul of a Nation: Officer Dunn Speaks
Pierre Thomas, Melia Patria, Tonya Simpson, Ely Brown, Keith Krimbel, Victor Ordonez, Eliana Larramendia
ABC News, New York, NY
Television – Network: Public Affairs: Program
Justice Now: The Way Forward
Soledad O’Brien, Steven Ramey, Christine Monds, Jason Samuels, Chanel Joyles
Black Entertainment Television, New York, NY
Television – Network: Public Affairs: Segment
ABC News Soul of a Nation: Criminal Justice
Pierre Thomas, Jasmine K. Brown, Juan Mejia, Adriana Pachecho, Denny Thomas
ABC News
Television – Network: Specialty
CNN HEROES: Dr. Ala Stanford – On the Front Line Fighting COVID
Jim Mazzullo, Michelle Patterson, Christie O’Reilly, Kathleen Toner, Mark Doctrow
CNN, New York, NY
Television – Network: Sports
V Week: My Testimony
ESPN
Television – Network: Spot News
ABC News Nightline: A Reckoning of Force
Staff of ABC News Nightline
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