2024 NABJ Salute to Excellence Nominees Announced
Statement From NABJ on Media Reports Regarding Kim Godwin
05/04/2024
NABJ Announces 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees & Special Honors Recipients
05/07/2024
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has announced its nominees for the 2024 Salute to Excellence Awards.
Winners will be announced during a gala at the #NABJ24 Convention & Career Fair, July 31- August 4 in Chicago.
The Salute to Excellence Awards Gala, powered by Walmart, will be held on Saturday, Aug. 3. The full listing of winners will be posted online after the event this summer.
Convention registration is available at NABJConvention.com, where attendees can purchase tickets through the Attendee Service Center and checkout process.
Congratulations to our nominees!
Thank you for your impactful storytelling in 2023!
COLLEGIATE
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital Media – Graduate: Best Use of Multimedia – Special Project
The Newest New Yorkers
NYCity News Service Staff
NYCity News Service, New York, NY
Sounding the Alarm: The Case of Missing and Murdered Black and Brown Women
Samantha Latson
Chicago Crusader, Chicago, IL
America After Roe
Jada Respress, Peyton Brooks, Shelby Rae Wills
Carnegie-Knight News21, Phoenix, AZ
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Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online Feature Reporting
All Weapons are Lethal in the Hands of Police
Blue Miller, Nada Balsam Merghani
Indy Week, Durham, NC
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
The Belonging Gap: How BIPOC Professors Navigate an Anti-DEI Landscape
Jordyn Harrell
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
SHE IS NOT THE NORM: A Young Filmmaker’s Journey to Success
Melanie Jackson
The Daily Campus, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
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Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online News Reporting
Poisoned in Syracuse
April Santana
The NewsHouse, Syracuse, NY
NEWSPAPER
Newspaper – Undergraduate: Feature Reporting
Roadblocks and Resets on the Way to Redemption
Satchel Bunch-Wimberly, Nilea Cosley, Jalisa J. Jones
Clark Atlanta University, Panther Newspaper, Atlanta, GA
SMU Archives Reveal Painful Past
Emma McRae, Jacqueline Leigh Fellows
SMU Daily Campus, Dallas, TX
Black Hair on a White Campus
Jordyn Harrell
The DC, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
PHOTOGRAPHY (GRADUATE ONLY)
Photography (Graduate Only): Multiple Images
Community of Dance
Zakiyyah Woods
NYCity News Service, New York, NY
Disability Shouldn’t Equal Invisibility
James Year
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Photography (Graduate Only): Single Image
Stranded in Senegal
Mark Banchereau
NYCity News Service, New York, NY
TELEVISION (UNDERGRADUATE)
Television (Undergraduate): Best Newscast
New York Stories
219West Staff
219West TV News Magazine, New York, NY
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Television (Undergraduate): Feature: Short Form
Fashionable Bronx
Sunny Nagpaul, Yasmine Daas
219West TV News Magazine, New York, NY
Dandelion
Wendy Wang
PROFESSIONAL
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital Media – Business
Thousands of Black Women Claim Hair Relaxers Gave Them Cancer
Mike Spector, Richa Naidu, Kristina Cooke
Reuters, New York, NY
Borrowers Turned to Nonbank Lenders for Mortgages — And It’s Costing Them
Ann Choi, Caleb Melby, Raeedah Wahid, Polly Wahid, Nadia Lopez
Bloomberg News, New York, NY
Can Detroiters Afford More Dollar Stores?
Jena Brooker, Quinn Banks
BridgeDetroit, Detroit, MI
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Digital Media – Commentary/Weblog
A Collection of Columns by Mary C. Curtis
Mary C. Curtis
Roll Call, Washington, D.C.
Race in America
Garrison Hayes
Mother Jones, Nashville, TN
‘Shoplifting the Truth’ — Derrick Z. Jackson Commentary for the Root
Derrick Z. Jackson
The Root, Cambridge, MA
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Digital Media – Interactive: Feature
The Black Elders Project
Nate File, Danese Kenon, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Jacqueline Wiggins, Marilyn Kai Jewett
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Land of Broken Promises
April Simpson, Camille Petersen, Joe Yerardi, Mc Nelly Torres
Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
Pushkin Industries, New York, NY
50 Years of Philly Hip-Hop
Elizabeth Wellington, Jamila Robinson, Tara Miller, Heather Khalifa, Gabe Coffey
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
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Digital Media – International Reporting: Single Story Feature
Adrift
Renata Brito, Felipe Dana
Associated Press, New York, NY
Trans Resilience in an African Fashion Capital
Kamari Romeo, Milena Mikael Debass, Jika Gonzalez, Evelyn Adeyinka, Rik Slujik, Simpa Samson
VICE News, Brooklyn, NY
Away From Threat of Islamist Violence or Floods, Health Risks for Pregnant Women in Nigeria’s Refugee Camps Remain High
CNN As Equals Team
CNN Worldwide
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Digital Media – International Reporting: Single Story News
Indian Companies Are Bringing One of the World’s Most Toxic Industries to Africa
Will Fitzgibbon
The Examination, Chicago, IL
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Digital Media – Online Project: Feature
When Gun Violence Ends Young Lives, These Men Prepare the Graves
Cara Anthony, Zach Dyer, Hannah Norman
KFF Health News, Washington, D.C.
Broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered. Distributed via NPR’s Shots.
Buffalo: Healing From Hate, Healing Ourselves
Bill Hutchinson, Alysha Webb, Jade Lawson, Shannon Sanders and Staff of ABC News Digital
ABC News Digital, New York, NY
Survivors Share Insights, Memories of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Asedrick Thomas, Tamu Thomas, Melanie Eversley
Make It Memorable Productions, Cleveland, OH
Black News & Views, College Park, MD
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Digital Media – Online Project: News
Corporate America Promised to Hire a Lot More People of Color. It Actually Did.
Jeff Green, David Ingold, Raeedah Wahid, Cedric Sam, Daniela Sirtori-Cortina, Rebecca Greenfield
Staff of Bloomberg News, New York, NY
Uprooted: How Public Universities in Virginia and Across the Nation Expanded by Displacing Black Communities
Brandi Kellam, Louis Hansen, Gabriel Sandoval
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO, Norfolk, VA
ProPublica, New York, NY
Slavery’s Descendants
Tom Lasseter, Donna Bryson, Tom Bergin, Nicholas Brown, Lawrence Delevingne, Staff at Reuters
Reuters, New York, NY
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Digital Media – Single Story: Feature
This Writer Just Traced His Enslaved Ancestors All the Way to Africa. Here’s How.
Rodney A. Brooks
National Geographic, Washington, D.C.
How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.
Jennifer Berry Hawes
ProPublica, New York, NY
California’s Earliest Black Settlers Bought Land Only for It to Be Stolen. Their Descendants Want It Back.
Curtis Bunn
NBC News Digital, NBCBLK, New York, NY
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Digital Media – Single Story: News
Hope and Disenchantment as Police Flood Philly’s Most Violent Areas
Mensah Dean
The Trace, Brooklyn, NY
The Department of Health and Human Services Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into the Treatment of Black Women Giving Birth at a Los Angeles Hospital
Stephanie Elam, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kathryn Jaeger, Gary Crook, Chris Audick
CNN Worldwide, Los Angeles, CA
The Painful Pandemic Lessons Mandy Cohen Carries to the CDC
Fred Clasen-Kelly, Rachana Pradhan, Holly K. Hacker
KFF Health News, Washington, D.C.
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Digital Media – Sports
‘For Black Athletes, March Madness Has Much Higher Stakes.’ — Derrick Z. Jackson Commentary for the Root
The Root, Cambridge, MA
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Hank Aaron — Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron: ‘I Had Threats All Day’
Lisa Melillo, Victor Limjoco, Ashley Parrish, Ebonne Ruffins, Anthony Werhun
Comcast NBCUniversal, Philadelphia, PA
5 Black Coaching Candidates Texans Should Consider
Terrance Harris
Houston Defender Network, Houston, TX
MAGAZINE
Magazine – Over 1 Million – General Reporting
The March That Made History
Michael Grant, Barbara Leap, Pamela Mathieson, Marilyn Milloy, Niamh Rowe, and Leslie Quander Wooldridge
AARP The Magazine, Washington, D.C.
America Is the World Leader in Locking People Up. One City Found a Fix.
Fola Akinnibi, Sarah Holder
Bloomberg Businessweek, New York, NY
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Magazine – Under 1 Million – Business
Hollywood Ignored Tyler Perry, So He Built His Own Empire
Brett Pulley
Bloomberg Businessweek, New York, NY
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Magazine – Under 1 Million – General Reporting
Getting Across Baltimore
Gabrielle Gurley
The American Prospect, Washington, D.C.
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Magazine – Under 1 Million – International
What Girls in Malawi Gain – And Give Up – By Choosing Education
Xanthe Scharff
Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA
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Magazine – Under 1 Million – Single Topic Series
The Great Fertility Divide
Lauren Williams, Lisa Armstrong, Katti Gray, Christina Coleman Mullen
The Guardian US, New York, NY
NEWSPAPER
Newspaper – National – Business
Hail to the Chief Diversity Officers
Sheree Curry
USA TODAY, USA TODAY NETWORK, STUDIO Gannett, Minneapolis, MN
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Newspaper – National – Feature: Single Story
‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met
Alexandra Eaton, Caroline Kim, Eliot deBruyn, Bron Moyi, Natalie Reneau
The New York Times, New York, NY
One Father’s Desperate Plan to Rescue His Son From America
Michael M. Phillips
The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
Their Sons’ Lives Ended in Gunfire. In Grief, They Found a Second Act.
Jasmine Hilton
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – National – News: Series
The Backlash Against Corporate Diversity
Ray A. Smith, Vanessa Fuhrmans, Te-Ping Chen, Lauren Weber, Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
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Newspaper – National – News: Single Story
The New Selma? Activists Say Under DeSantis Florida is ‘Ground Zero’ in Civil Rights Fight
Deborah Berry
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
Black Community Cut Off by Akron’s ‘Road to Nowhere’ Seeks to Undo Damage
Kris Maher
The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
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Newspaper – National – Special Project
The South Got Something To Say
DeAsia Page, Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne, Sandra Brown, Ernie Suggs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA
From Birth to Death
Kat Stafford
Associated Press, New York, NY
An Oral History of the March on Washington, 60 Years After MLK’s Dream
The Staff of The Washington Post
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – Business
Harlon’s Bar-B-Que and Two Generations of Female Trailblazers Making History in the Food Service Industry
Jeffrey L. Boney
Forward Times Publishing Co., Houston, TX
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – Commentary/Essay
West Side Stories, Chicago
John Fountain
Chicago Crusader, Chicago, IL
The Unapologetic Assault on Black History in America
Jeffrey L. Boney
Forward Times Publishing Co., Houston, TX
OpEd: One White Woman’s Tears Are Washing Away Black History
ReShonda Tate
Houston Defender Network, Houston, TX
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – Feature: Series
A Four Part Series on Health Outcomes Affecting Black Minnesotans
Ava Kian
MinnPost, Minneapolis, MN
Houston Teacher Shortage
Tannistha Sinha
Houston Defender Network, Houston, TX
The Tulsa Project
Katherine Gilyard
The 19th* News, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – Feature: Single Story
Life as a Shadow
John Fountain
Chicago Crusader, Chicago, IL
The Fight for Liberation: Modern Abolitionists Seek to End Police and Prisons
Ariama Long, Tandy Lau
New York Amsterdam News, New York, NY
From America to Africa: Hip-Hop in the Motherland 50 Years Later
Anthony Todd Carlisle, Lamont Jones
New Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, PA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – Investigative
Delaware Forcibly Sterilized Her Mother. She’s Now Ready to Share the State’s Dark Secret.
Meredith Newman
Delaware Online/The News Journal, Wilmington, DE
The Price of Freedom: How Bail Reform is Changing Justice
Damaso Reyes
New York Amsterdam News, New York, NY
Land Fraud Nightmare: It Could Happen to You!
Jeffrey L. Boney
Forward Times Publishing Co., Houston, TX
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – News: Series
Anti-Blackness
Alan “Aswad” Walker
Houston Defender Network, Houston, TX
Gun Legislation in Texas That Could Negatively Affect the Black Community
Jeffrey L. Boney
Forward Times Publishing Co., Houston, TX
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – Specialty
Black Autistic Women and Girls
Katherine Gilyard
The 19th* News, Washington, D.C.
The Heat is Killing Us: Climate Change & Rising Temps Are Increasing Gun Violence
Helina Selemon
New York Amsterdam News, New York, NY
Black Houston, We Have a Problem: Asthma
Alan “Aswad” Walker
Houston Defender Network, Houston, TX
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 50 & Below – Sports
‘I’m Gonna Be in the Big Leagues’
Jeffrey L. Boney
Forward Times Publishing Co., Houston, TX
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Commentary/Essay
Toriano Porter Opinion Entries
Toriano Porter
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
Melinda Henneberger, Kansas City Star
Melinda Henneberger
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Feature: Single Story
Autism Has a Face
Jeffrey L. Boney
Forward Times Publishing Co., Houston, TX
Haiti Gangs Take Aim at Disabled Children: ‘Put Those Kids Out of Their Misery or We Will’
Jacqueline Charles
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Investigative
The Foreclosure Franchise
Ben Wieder, Shirsho Dasgupta, Sheridan Wall, Amelia Winger
Miami Herald, Miami, FL
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – News: Series
Black Businesses Thrive in South Florida
Michael Butler
Miami Herald, Miami, FL
Voices of Kansas City
Mara Rose Williams, Hannah Wise, Monty Davis
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – News: Single Story
The Shooting of Ralph Yarl
Glenn E Rice, Bill Lukitsch, Anna Spoere, Andrea Klick
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Business
Exodus of Major Full-Service Grocers Offering Healthy Variety Paints a Bleak Picture of Food Access for Some in Chicago
Mariah Rush, Alden Loury
Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Commentary/Essay
A Collection of Columns by Darren Nichols on Various Detroit Issues
Darren Anthony Nichols
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
A Collection of Commentary on Race in America
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
Lee Bey, Three Columns
Lee Bey
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Feature: Series
The Dancer Documentary and Narrative Feature
Ryon Horne, Sandra Brown, Tyson Horne, Matthew Kempner, Colleen McMillar
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Feature: Single Story
Are Guaranteed-Income Programs Working?
Elvia Malagón, Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
‘Football Was Everything’ for This Chicago Peewee Coach. Even After He Became Blind.
Anthony Vazquez
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Investigative
Corruption, Backroom Deals, Local Politics Mire N.J.’s Legal Weed Rollout, Businesses Say
Jelani Gibson
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – News: Series
Extremism in the Ranks
Dan Mihalopoulos, Tom Schuba, Kevin G. Hall
Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ Chicago, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Chicago, IL
Chicago’s Mass School Closings’ Aftermath
Sarah Karp, Nader Issa, Lauren FitzPatrick, Alden Loury
Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ Chicago, Chicago, IL\
An Apartment Complex Threatened a 98-Year-Old Tenant With Eviction. Legal Experts Say It Was Improper.
Tamia Fowlkes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – News: Single Story
N.J. Is Becoming More Diverse. So, Why Aren’t There More Teachers of Color?
Tina Kelley
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Specialty
What the Three-Fifths Clause Tells Us About Strokes and Other Health Disparities for Black Americans
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Sports
Ghanaian Grace
Kevin Armstrong
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – Business
Cannabis Delays, Financing Constraints Could Hamper New York’s Goals for Pot Industry
Sarina Trangle
Newsday, Melville, NY
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – Commentary/Essay
Michelle Singletary: Crypto and the Family Home Is Not the Way to Leave a Legacy of Black Wealth
Michelle Singletary
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
American Contagion by Suzette Hackney
Suzette Hackney
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
Renee Graham
Composite
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – Feature: Series
Following the Ancestors to France
Elizabeth Wellington, Heather Khalifa, Joseph Hernandez
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Not So Fast, Fashion
Kimberly Atkins Stohr
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – Feature: Single Story
Reclaiming Black Masculinity: An L.A. Father’s Journey Toward Healing Himself, Building Community
Jason Armond
Los Angeles Times, El Segundo, CA
Black Churches in Florida Buck Desantis: ‘Our Churches Will Teach Our Own History.’
Deborah Berry
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
Breaking the Silence: A Black L.A. Mother’s Journey With Grief After Losing a Son to Suicide
Jason Armond
Los Angeles Times, El Segundo, CA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – Investigative
Crumbling City
Samantha Melamed, Dylan Purcell
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – News: Series
Four Decades Later, NAACP Delegates Return to Boston, Finding a City Longing to Recover From Its Racial Strife
Tiana Woodard, Sahar Fatima, Milton Valencia, Mike Damiano, Alyssa Guffey
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – News: Single Story
Teen Sleuths Target Stop & Shop
Tiana Woodard
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Churches Change
Bart Jones
Newsday, Melville, NY
Black History ‘Underground Railroad’ Forms Across U.S. After Increase of Book Bans
Deborah Berry
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – Specialty
Old World, Young Africa
Staff of The New York Times
The New York Times, New York, NY
How Doula Care Can Save Mothers’ Lives
Tiffany Cusaac-Smith
Newsday, Melville, NY
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 & Above – Sports
He Faced Food Insecurity as a High Schooler. Now, This Philly Native Looks to Make It in Pro Football With His Mother by His Side
Aaron Carter
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Inside Jalen Carter’s Circle
EJ Smith
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Wes Hopkins Punished Receivers for the Eagles’ Great Kelly Green Defenses. Life Returned the Favor.
Mike Sielski
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Photojournalism – Photography: Single Image
The Soul of the Game
Thomas A. Ferrara
Newsday, Melville, NY
Reclaiming Black Masculinity: An L.A. Father’s Journey Toward Healing Himself, Building Community
Jason Armond
Los Angeles Times, El Segundo, CA
Josiah Brown
Thomas A. Ferrara
Newsday, Melville, NY
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Photojournalism – Photography: Multiple Images
Reclaiming Black Masculinity: An L.A. Father’s Journey Toward Healing Himself, Building Community
Jason Armond
Los Angeles Times, El Segundo, CA
West Indian Day Parade
Alejandra Villa Loarca
Newsday, Melville, NY
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Photojournalism – Photography: Videography
Down Went Joe Frazier 50 Years Ago in a Loss to George Foreman That Altered Lives. Philly Would Rise Again.
Jenna Miller, Kerith Gabriel
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
‘Football Was Everything’ for This Chicago Peewee Coach. Even After He Became Blind.
Anthony Vazquez
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
At 99 Years Old, Marshall Allen Is Still Exploring Sun Ra’s ‘Space Music.’
Jenna Miller
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
PODCAST
Podcast – Arts and Culture
Into America: Street Disciples, Part 1: The Concrete Jungle
Trymaine Lee, Into America Team
MSNBC, New York, NY
Beyond Black History Month
Jill Webb, Anddy Thorpe, Dempsey Pillot, Femi Redwood
1010 WINS, WCBS NewsRadio 880, 94.7 The Block, Audacy
New York, NY
The Stoop: Diaspora Dilemmas
Leila Day, Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong, James Rowlands, Hana Baba, Natalie Peart
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Podcast – Commentary & Discussion
Cotton Capital: Episode 3: The Sea Islands: Journalist DeNeen L. Brown Travels to the Sea Islands in the U.S. and Meets the Gullah Geechee People
DeNeen L. Brown, Staff of the Guardian
London, UK
Into America: Healing in Buffalo
Trymaine Lee, Into America Team
MSNBC, New York, NY
Are Black Voters Leaving Democrats Behind?
Astead W. Herndon, Anna Foley, Elisa Gutierrez
The New York Times, New York, NY
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Podcast – Lifestyle
The Stoop: You Trippin’?
Hana Baba, Leila Day, Natalie Peart, Kristina Loring, James Rowlands
Into America: I’m Trym(AI)ne Lee
Trymaine Lee, Into America Team
MSNBC, New York, NY
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Podcast – Limited Series
Sugar Land
Brittney Martin, Naomi Reed and the Sugar Land Team
The Texas Newsroom, The Texas Newsroom, Austin, TX
Into America Presents: Street Disciples
Trymaine Lee, Into America Team
MSNBC, New York, NY
The Africas vs. America
Matthew Amha, Jessica Linzey
Staff of CBC Podcasts, Toronto, ON
Staff of Confluential Films, Los Angeles, CA
Murder in Boston: The Untold Story of the Charles and Carol Stuart Shooting
Adrian Walker, Evan Allen, Elizabeth Koh, Andrew Ryan, Brendan McCarthy, Kristin Nelson
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
PR & MARKETING CAMPAIGNS
PR & Marketing Campaigns – Cause Related Business – Services
Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited
Wyn-Win Communications, Chicago, IL
African Development Bank Group and Microsoft Philanthropies Present: Coding for Employment Digital Ambassadors — Equipping Youth With Digital Skills
Alphonso Van Marsh, Staff of African Development Bank Group
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Intuit to Launch IDEAS Program in Partnership With the Los Angeles Urban League
Ron H. Carter, Tania Mercado, Jamecca Marshall, Michael Lawson, Cynthia Mitchell-Heard
The Carter Agency, Pasadena, CA; The Los Angeles Urban League, Los Angeles, CA; Intuit Inc., Woodland Hills, CA
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PR & Marketing Campaigns – Government
Air Combat Command: Building Bridges — Continuing Conversations
Karen Eure Wilson
Air Combat Command Public Affairs, U.S. Air Force
Joint Base Langley, Eustis, VA
Savannah State University, Savannah, GA
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PR & Marketing Campaigns – Online Media
Fentanyl/Xylazine PSA Digital Ad
SRB Communications, Washington, D.C.
African Development Bank Group: International Women’s Day and Month of Gender in Focus Campaign
Staff of African Development Bank Group
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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PR & Marketing Campaigns – Print
Visionary Leadership Meets Tradition in Annual Report
Richelle Payne, James E. Parker, Jr., Franklin Fitzgerald, O’Shay Jelks, Marcia Perry-Dix
Hampton University, Hampton, VA; Franklin Fitzgerald Videography, Hampton, VA; Perry Media, Hummelstown, PA
RADIO
Radio – Market 16 & Below – Feature
Influential Portland Band ‘Pleasure’ Returns to the Stage
Paul Marshall II
OPB – Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, OR
JCSU Exhibit Focuses on Negro National Baseball League — An Often Forgotten Part of American History
Gwendolyn Glenn
WFAE 90.7, Charlotte, NC
How Mississippi Historians Are Preserving Emmett Till’s Story
Maya Miller
Gulf States Newsroom, Birmingham, AL
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Radio – Market 16 & Below – News: Series
IAAM: The New International African American Museum
Gwendolyn Glenn
WFAE 90.7, Charlotte, NC
Another View: The Confederate Statue Debate (Edenton)
Lisa Godley, Barbara Hamm Lee, Jordan Christie
WHRO Public Media, Norfolk, VA
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Radio – Market 16 & Below – Public Affairs: Segment
Another View: Natural Hair — The Crown Act
Barbara Hamm Lee, Lisa Godley, Jordan Christie
WHRO Public Media, Norfolk, VA
Another View: Race and Higher Education (How VA Colleges Have Erased Black Neighborhoods)
Barbara Hamm Lee, Lisa Godley, Jordan Christie
WHRO Public Media, Norfolk, VA
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Radio – Network: Feature
The Sunday Magazine — A Soul Revival: The Story and Legacy of Soul Magazine
Peter Mitton
CBC Radio, Toronto, Ontario
SPARK: The Enduring Cultural Impact of the Mixtape
Michelle Parise, Nora Young, Samraweet Yohannes, McKenna Hadley-Burke
CBC Radio, Toronto, Ontario
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Radio – Top 15 Markets: Commentary
Callie Crossley’s Commentaries: From Patrick Mahomes to Lebron James, Let’s Celebrate Modern Makers of Black History; Remembering a Treasured New Year’s Tradition With Dad
Callie Crossley
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Radio – Top 15 Markets: Feature
A Conversation With Trailblazing Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Angela Davis Drew, Samantha Matsumoto
Minnesota Public Radio, KNOW-FM, St. Paul, MN
Coretta Scott: The Other ‘King’ of Boston: Two Stories
Phillip Martin
GBH-News, Boston, MA
Coach Stanley Gets Net Results for Young Tennis Players of Color in Atlanta
Lisa Rayam, Lily L. Oppenheimer
WABE, 90.1, Atlanta, GA
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Radio – Top 15 Markets: Investigative
A Lowell College Baseball Player Was Kicked Off the Team. He Believes Racism Is at the Root of It.
Phillip Martin
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Radio – Top 15 Markets: News: Series
Hip-Hop at 50: A History of Explosive Musical and Cultural Innovation
Juana Summers, Kat Lonsdorf, Noah Caldwell, Patrick Jarenwattananon
All Things Considered, National Public Radio (NPR), Washington, D.C.
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Radio – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Segment
Right-Leaning Groups Opposed to Diversity Efforts Find Unlikely Allies in Newton’s Parents
Phillip Martin
GBH-News, Boston, MA
TELEVISION
Television – Market 16 & Below: Documentary
Del Paso Heights: Cracking an Epidemic
Jason Marks, Tamara Richter, Jack Noonan
KCRA, Sacramento, CA
Wisconsin in Black and White
Frederica Freyberg, Murv Seymour, Nathan Denzin, Tom Micksch, Ethan Freel, Lina Soblyte
Wisconsin Public Media, PBS Wisconsin, WHA-TV, Madison, WI
Buffalo Remembers Mass Shooting: Hope & Healing
Claudine Ewing, Pete Gallivan, David Szafranski, Kelsey Kaufmann
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY
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Television – Market 16 & Below: Feature: Long Form
The Story of Jamestown
Derrion Henderson, George Hansen
WMBF News, Myrtle Beach, SC
In Search of Her African Roots — A Milwaukee Woman Finds Her Nation and Tribe, Through a DNA Test
Shannon W. Sims, Andrew Huggins, Bryce Richards
TMJ4 News, Milwaukee, WI
Freedom Riders
Sabrina Wilson, Lance Washington
WVUE-TV (FOX 8), New Orleans, LA
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Television – Market 16 & Below: Feature: Short Form
Virginia Historians Shine Light on Lesser-Known Black History at Bacon’s Castle in Surry County
Jessica Larche
WTKR-TV, Norfolk, VA
The Murder of a Sister She Never Knew: Lisa McNair Reflects on the 16th Street Church Bombing — 60 Years Later
Rod Carter
WNCN – CBS 17, Goldsboro, NC
African American Landowners in North Carolina: A Fight to Hold on to Their Piece of the American Dream
Rod Carter
WNCN CBS 17, Goldsboro, NC
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Television – Market 16 & Below: General Assignment News: Long Form
Years of Police Misconduct Caught Up to LMPD
Gilbert Corsey
WDRB News, Louisville, KY
Cross Burning in Conway, South Carolina
Makayla Evans, Anya Carney, Loren Korn, Derrion Henderson
WMBF News, Myrtle Beach, SC
Own It — Building Black Wealth
Murv Seymour, Mike Barron, Ethan Freel, Zack Whitford
Wisconsin Public Media, PBS Wisconsin, WHA-TV
Madison, WI
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Television – Market 16 & Below: General Assignment News: Short Form
Indy’s Unsolved
Cierra Putman, Susan Batt, Steve Rhodes
WTHR, Indianapolis, IN
Young, Black and Missing
Claudine Ewing, J Dooley O’Rourke, Justin Wahowski
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY
The Brick House: Efforts Underway to Preserve House That Formally Housed Slaves
Emani Payne, Laura Gemmett
WRGB TV, Albany, New York
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Television – Market 16 & Below: Investigative
STOPPED
Brandi Cummings, Tamara Richter, Jack Noonan, Victor Nieto
KCRA 3, Sacramento, CA
Kids Who Kill
Jatara McGee, Angela Johnson
WLWT, Cincinnati, OH
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Television – Market 16 & Below: Public Affairs: Program
CommUNITY: Black Buffalo Remains Resilient
Claudine Ewing, Pete Gallivan, Scott May, Adam Benigni, Heather Ly, Kelly Dudzik
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY
A Turning Point: Seeking Solutions to the Lingering Effects of Redlining
Asedrick Thomas
WKYC Television, Cleveland, OH
Project CommUNITY: Black History Month
Brandi Cummings, Ty Steele, Jailyn Anderson, Danielle Wilburn
KCRA 3, Sacramento, CA
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Television – Market 16 & Below: Public Affairs: Segment
Learning Loss: VPM News Focal Point
Angie Miles, Zach Keifer, Billy Shields, Shawn Freude
VPM News Focal Point, Richmond, VA
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Television – Market 16 & Below: Specialty
Dying While Giving Life
Ashlei King
KLRT, Little Rock, AR
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Television – Market 16 & Below: Sports
27 Strong: Black Girl in a White World
Jasmine Minor
WISH-TV, Indianapolis, IN
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Television – Network: Documentary
Tyre Nichols: Never Made It Home
Byron Pitts, Eman Varoqua and Staff of IMPACT x Nightline
ABC News Studios, IMPACT x Nightline, New York, NY
Homebirth Journey: Saving Black Moms for The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
Abby Phillip, The Whole Story Team
CNN Worldwide, New York, New York
Blindsided
CNN FlashDocs & Max
CNN Worldwide, New York, New York
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Television – Network: Feature: Long Form
A Tale of Two Mayors
Steve Osunsami, Brianti Downing, Nathan R. Smith, Brittany Gaddy, Darrel Calhoun, Eric Ortega
ABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davis, New York, NY
CBS Mornings: Myrlie Evers: A Legacy of Civil Rights
Gayle King, Shawna Thomas, Alicia Alford, Gisela Perez, Katie Smith, Allison Brown
CBS Mornings Network: CBS
New York, NY
Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas
Catherine McKenzie, Tine, Margie Merrit, Brad Billington, Brianti Downing, Matt Claiborne
ABC News Studios, New York, NY
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Television – Network: Feature: Short Form
CBS Mornings: A Fighting Chance
Jericka Duncan, Lete Childs, Tony Furlow, Shawna Thomas, Brian Bingham, Michael Cesario
CBS Mornings Network: CBS
New York, NY
Ten Million Names
Michael Strahan, Brianti Downing, Terri Martin, Erin Brady, Melia Patria, Seniboye Tienabeso
ABC News, New York, NY
The 96-Year-Old Guitarist Still Making History
Shaquille Brewster, Mohammed Syed, Todd Cole, David Hall, Steve Azzato, Adam Zletz
NBC News NOW/MSNBC/NBC News Group, New York, NY
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Television – Network: General Assignment News: Long Form
Through the Cracks: Black Farmers
Rachel Scott, Briana Stewart, Gabriella Abdul Hakim, Imtiyaz Delawala, Michael Hanna, Adam Harris
ABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davis, New York, NY
The History of Tap
Michelle Miller, Debby Chapnick, Sierra Danielle Morris
CBS Saturday Morning, New York, NY
The Power of Water: Waterproof, Louisiana
Steve Osunsami, Tonya Simpson, Jared Kofsky, Howard Tate, Cindy Galli, Eric Ortega
ABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davis, New York, NY
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Television – Network: General Assignment News: Short Form
The CBS Evening News With Norah O’Donnell: Eye on America — Disparities in Heart Disease Risk and Care
Adam Verdugo, Adriana Diaz, Kim Harvey, Sandra Temko, Cassandra Gauthier, Deborah Rubin
The CBS Evening News With Norah O’Donnell, New York, NY
President Biden Designates Emmett Till National Monuments
Blayne Alexander, Janelle Richards, Mary Godie, Charlie Gile
NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt
New York, NY
Teach the Truth
Trymaine Lee, Stefanie Cargill
NBC News, New York
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Television – Network: Investigative
Shiloh — Our Inheritance is Washing Away
Steve Osunsami, Jared Kofsky, Maia Rosenfeld, Tonya Simpson, Faith Jones, Cindy Galli
ABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davis, New York, NY
American Vets: Benefits, Race & Inequality
Staff of NBC News, New York, NY
Staff of NBCU Local Stations, New York, NY
Toxic Town: Black Residents and Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Cynthia McFadden, Katie Reimchen, Michelle Melnick
NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt
New York, NY
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Television – Network: International
CBS Sunday Morning: At What Cost?
Seth Doane, Sari Aviv, Ed Givnish, Thorsten Hoefle, Anton Van Der Merwe, Rand Morrison
CBS Sunday Morning, New York, NY
CBS Sunday Morning: Bittersweet
Seth Doane, Sari Aviv, Ed Givnish, Thorsten Hoefle, Anton Van Der Merwe, Rand Morrison
CBS Sunday Morning, New York, NY
CBS News: Sweet Little Lies
Debora Patta, Sarah Carter, Meshack Dube, Shawna Thomas, Adam Verdugo, Brian Robbins
CBS News, New York, NY
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Television – Network: Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion
Tyre Nichols’ Family Speaks
Elwyn Lopez, Stephanie Wash, Sabina Ghebremedhin, Emily Lippiello, Brianti Downing, Eric Ortega
ABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davis, New York, NY
Chris Eubanks Talks to CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield About His Breakout Performance at the 2023 Wimbledon Tennis Championships and What’s Next for His Career
Fredricka Whitfield, Pamela Steffey, Heather Sinclair, Will Edmonds
CNN Worldwide, Atlanta, GA
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Television – Network: Public Affairs: Program
Autism, Race and Policing
Deborah Roberts, Marjorie McAfee, Deborah Kim, Lisa Zoebel, Eman Varoqua, and Staff of Nightline
ABC News Nightline, New York, NY
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Television – Network: Public Affairs: Segment
CBS News: America in Black, Maternal Mortality
Julie Anderson, Danya Bacchus, CBS News Race & Culture Staff, BET News Staff
CBS News, BET News, New York, NY
CBS News: America in Black, War on Black History
Marc Lamont Hill, Beein Gim, CBS News Race & Culture Staff, BET News Staff
CBS News, BET News, New York, NY
CBS News: America in Black, Unnecessary Amputations
Wesley Lowery, Alyse Shorland, CBS News Race & Culture Staff, BET News Staff
CBS News, BET News, New York, NY
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Television – Network: Specialty
The Toxic Legacy of Highway Pollution
Bryon Pitts, Meagan Redman, Evan Simon, Eman Varoqua, Cindy Galli, and Staff of Nightline
ABC News Nightline, New York, NY
America’s Maternal Healthcare Divide
Rehema Ellis, Zinhle Essamuah, Antonia Hylton, Janelle Richards, Mary Godie, Micki Fahner
NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt, New York, NY
In Real Life: Waiting to Live
Hailey Gavin, Amber Strong, Jacqueline Baylon, Claire Molloy
Scripps News Staff, Washington, D.C.
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Television – Network: Sports
SC Featured: One Percent Chance
Craig T. Lazarus, José Morales, Benjamin Webber, John Fornaro, Jen Lada, Jason Morris
ESPN, Bristol, CT
Fisk Becomes First HBCU to Compete in NCAA Gymnastics
Priscilla Thompson, Debra Jones, Nia Phillips, Karen Trosset
NBC News – TODAY, New York, NY
SportsCenter: Bigger Than Us
Craig T. Lazarus, José Morales, Greg Jewell, Sandarvis Duffie, Kimberly A. Martin
ESPN, Bristol, CT
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Television – Network: Spot News
Mysterious Disappearance of Alabama Woman, Carlee Russell
Priscilla Thompson
NBC News, New York, NY
January 27: A Painful Day in Memphis
Staff of ABC News
ABC News, New York, NY
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Documentary
March on Washington: 60 Years Later
Marissa Mitchell, Ama Arthur-Asmah, Tim Whaley
WTTG-TV, Bethesda, MD
Stories 2 Tell: John White — Always in Flight James Williams, Cornelius Mack, Edie Kasten, Robert Thompson
WBBM-TV, CBS Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Feature: Long Form
Ones To Watch — Inspirational Black Youth
Gwen A. Tolbart
WTTG Fox5DC, Washington, D.C.
The Deuces — Exploring Florida’s Historically Black Neighborhoods: If Streets Could Talk
Javanté Ingram, Rob Born
WTSP, Tampa, FL
African American Heritage Association of St. Pete, St. Petersburg, FL
A Moment of Color: How Arizona’s First Black Anchors Built a Lifetime of Friendship
Chris Latella, Roberto Duarte, Jonathan McCall
KPNX-TV 12News; Phoenix, AZ; TEGNA
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Feature: Short Form
Engine Company 21: The First Black Fire Company in the Chicago Fire Department
Jasmine Cooper, Brandon Pope, Patrick Payne, Rebecca Shrode, Alicia Sitz, Afua S. Owusu
WCIU-TV, Weigel Broadcasting Co., Chicago, IL
‘If I Don’t Run, I’m Going to Die’
Rick Yarborough, Steve Jones, Tracee Wilkins
NBC4 Washington (WRC), Washington, D.C
Two Schools, One Story: Dallas’ Booker T. Washington High School Celebrates 100 Years
Demond Fernandez
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX
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Television – Top 15 Markets: General Assignment News: Short Form
Speaking for the Silenced
Molly Oak, Jojo Johnson, Jefferson Cochran
11Alive/WXIA, Atlanta, GA
Convicted Felon Becomes Fulton Prosecutor
Jonathan Martin, David Hunter Joyce
11Alive/WXIA, Atlanta, GA
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Investigative
Investigating Injustice: Black Women at Risk
Dorothy Tucker, Elliott Ramos, Carol Thompson, Tim Viste, Tamott Wolverton, Brad Johnson
WBBM-TV, Chicago, IL
In Plane Sight
Brendan Keefe
Atlanta News First (WANF), InvestigateTV, Atlanta, GA
Battle Over Black History
Emerald Morrow, Jenna Bourne, Dennis Hollingsworth
WTSP-TV, St. Petersburg, FL
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion
11Alive Uninterrupted
Neima Abdulahi, Darrell Pryor, Mike Nicolas, Meredith Sheldon, Erin Peterson
11Alive/WXIA, Atlanta, GA
Basic Black: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
Delores Edwards, Callie Crossley, Kenrick Mercado, Bill Francis, Jack Doyle
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Program
Basic Black: BIPOC Women Surviving Breast Cancer
Delores Edwards,, Crystal Haynes, Kenrick Mercado, Bill Francis, Jack Doyle
GBH-News, Boston, MA
11Alive’s Black Youth Town Hall
Neima Abdulahi, Meredith Sheldon, Erin Peterson, Jeff Sprott, Mike Nicolas, Darrell Pryor
11Alive/WXIA, Atlanta, GA
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Specialty
New York’s Black Breast Cancer Crisis
Tara Rosenblum, Audrey Gruber, Jean Salzarulo, Alan Flamenhaft, James DiGregorio, Lee Danuff
News 12, Yonkers, NY
Bald & Beautiful: Unmasking Alopecia, Overcoming Shame, and Embracing the Power of Authenticity
Aziza Shuler
CBS News Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Television – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Sports
Forgotten Brilliance: Rube’s Baseball Empire
Newy Scruggs, Noah Bullard
KXAS-TV, Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Trop Troubles
Emerald Morrow
WTSP-TV, St. Petersburg, FL
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