2025 NABJ Salute to Excellence Nominees Announced
NABJ Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees & Special Honors Recipients
05/07/2025
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has announced its nominees for the 2025 Salute to Excellence Awards.
Winners will be announced during the Salute to Excellence Gala at the #NABJ25 Convention & Career Fair on Saturday, August 9 in Cleveland.
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!
Please send corrections/updates to awards@nabj.org by May 14, 2025, MIDNIGHT | 12:00 a.m. ET.
Thank you for your impactful storytelling in 2024!
COLLEGIATE
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital Media – Graduate: Best Use of Multimedia – Special Project
Election ‘24: New Yorkers Look to the Future
NYCity News Service Staff
NYCity News Service, Craig Newmark
Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, New York, NY
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Digital Media – Graduate: Online Sports Reporting
From Starting Line to Starting Over: The Path to Launch a Sports Radio Network
Truth Headlam
NYCity News Service, Craig Newmark
Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, New York, NY
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Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online Feature Reporting
Five Generations Strong: Howard University’s Legacy of Black Excellence Through My Family’s Eyes
Zoe Cummings
Howard University News Service, Washington, D.C.
90 Years of Life, Love and Resilience: Elizabeth Chillious’ Story
Vida Poyner-Chillious
Howard University News Service, Washington, D.C.
“We Choose Hope”: How These Oakwood University Student Leaders are Tackling Mental Health on Campus
A’lauren Maureen Gilchrist
Historically Black Since (HBCU Since), Atlanta, GA
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Digital Media – Undergraduate: Online News Reporting
Chipped Away
John Perik, Lilli Iannella, Finn Lincoln, Julieanne Gilchrest
NCC News Spotlight Team
Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
‘Disappointed But Not Surprised,’ Harris-Walz Supporters Mourn During the Vice President’s Concession Speech
Jordyn Britton
Howard University News Service, Washington, D.C.
President Biden Establishes National Monument for 1908 Springfield Race Riot
Asia Alexander
Howard University News Service, Washington, D.C.
NEWSPAPER
Newspaper – Graduate: General News Reporting
Black Harris Voters Disavow ‘POC’ Language and Even People Post-election
Randi Richardson
New York University, New York, NY
Newspaper – Undergraduate: Feature Reporting
Howard University’s Student Newspaper, The Hilltop, Covers Historic 2024 Presidential Election
The Hilltop Staff, 2024-2025, Washington, D.C.
Newspaper – Undergraduate: Sports Reporting
“Yeah, That Looks Bad”: Eric Stokes, Black Teammates Describe Dreadlock Maintenance During Packers Season
Wynton Jackson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography – Graduate Only: Single Image
Children’s Reading Book Lounge Opens to Increase Literacy Rates in the Bronx
Jonathan Calixto
NYCity News Service
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, New York, NY
PODCAST
Podcast – Commentary and Discussion
How Kamala Harris Built Bonds for Life
Trinity Webster-Bass
Howard University News Service, Washington, D.C.
TELEVISION
Television – Undergraduate – Best Newscast
News That Matters To YOU: The Fall 2024 NewsVision Newscast
Juan Benn, Danilo Wrightsell, Skyler Winston, Trinity Webster-Bass
Staff of Fall 2024 NewsVision Capstone “The Skillful Seven”
Prof. Jennifer Thomas, EP
WHUT Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Television – Undergraduate – Feature: Short Form
Kamala Harris Makes History: Supporters Leave DNC Ready to Work
Trinity Kinslow
Howard University News Service, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSIONAL
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital Media – Business
Leaders at Globe Life Division Traded Racist Memes
Susan Antilla
Business Insider, New York, NY
What Happened in Alabama: Episode 4, Black Land Loss
Lee R Hawkins, Staff of American Public Media Studios
American Public Media Studios, New York, NY
Don’t Assume Big Mama’s House Will Stay in the Family
Tamara E. Holmes, Claire R. McIntosh
Sisters From AARP, Washington, D.C.
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Digital Media – Commentary/Weblog
Frankie Beverly Brought Black People Together Like No Other Musician Could
Jarvis DeBerry
MSNBC Digital, New York, NY
Black Republicans; and Beyonce’s Cover of “Blackbird”
Garrison Hayes, Mark Helenowski, Ashley Cleek, Jenny Casas, Sam Van Pykeren, Jamilah King
Mother Jones, Reveal, PRX, San Francisco, CA
Collection of Columns by Roger Chesley
Roger Chesley
Virginia Mercury, Richmond, VA
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Digital Media – Interactive: Feature
Where Would Hampton Roads Be Without Wrap?
Cortez Grayson
Norfolk, VA
Atlanta LGBTQ Ballroom Performers Strut for Visibility
Akilah Winters, Makayla Richards, Karys Belger
WXIA-TV/11Alive, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta LGBTQ Ballroom Performers Strut for Visibility
Akilah Winters, Makayla Richards, Karys Belger
WXIA-TV/11Alive, Atlanta, GA
My Group Chat
Daysi Calavia-Robertson
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
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Digital Media – International Reporting: Single Story Feature
“The NBA, Rwanda and Sportswashing”
Mark Fainaru-Wada, William Weinbaum, Lyndsey Armacost, Jason Morris, Rayna Banks, Mike Drago
ESPN, Bristol, CT
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Digital Media – International Reporting: Single Story News
CBC Hamilton: Jamaican Widow Wants “Better” Treatment of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Wake of Husband’s Death
Desmond Brown
CBC, Toronto Ontario, Canada
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Digital Media – Online Project: Feature
Sixty Years After the Unwinding of Jim Crow, a Historic US Election
Kevin Wurm, Donna Bryson
Reuters, New York NY
Systemic Sickness
Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam, Lauren Sausser, Arthur Allen, Angela Hart, Daniel Chang
KFF Health News, Washington, D.C.
Segregation Academies
Jennifer Berry Hawes, Mollie Simon, Nat Lash
ProPublica, New York, NY
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Digital Media – Online Project: News
Unsolved
Rachel Lippmann, Tom Scheck, Alysia Santo, Jennifer Lu, Brian Munoz
St. Louis Public Radio, KWMU, St. Louis, MO
APM Reports, Saint Paul, MN
The Marshall Project, New York, NY
Restoring Democracy in Newbern, Alabama
Dwayne Fatherree
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL
The Black Ballot: NewsOne Debuts Video Series Documenting The History Of African Americans Voting
Luke Burke, Tyrese Styles, Keyon Williams, Kathryn Hood-Moore. Tarek Kanaan
Staff of iONE Digital, NEWSONE, New York, NY
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Digital Media – Single Story: Feature
The Last Gullah Sermon
Oliver Laughland, Tom Silverstone
The Guardian US, New York, NY
Historic Justice: The Story of First Baptist Church Williamsburg
Lisa Godley, Neil Grochmal, Brandon Nance
WHRO Public Media – Norfolk, VA
Beyond the Battlefield: Double V and Black Americans’ Fight for Equality
Jill Rosenbaum, Brian Kamerzel, Cara Anthony, Rebecca Losick, Sylvia Cahill, Mimi Pfahler
Retro Report, KFF Health News and WORLD, New York, NY
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Digital Media – Single Story: News
An 11-Year-Old Denied Making a Threat and Was Allowed to Return to School.Tennessee Police Arrested Him Anyway
Aliyya Swaby, Paige Pfleger
ProPublica, New York, NY
WPLN-News/Nashville Public Radio, Nashville, TN
“What Corruption Gets You”: How Utility Companies Bought Support in the Black South
Mario Alejandro Ariza, Adam Mahoney, Kristi E. Swartz
Floodlight, Washington, D.C.
Capital B, New York, NY
Lloyd Austin’s Private Battle: Prostate Cancer, Stigma and the Impact on Black Men
Joseph Williams
The Counter Narrative Project, The Reckoning, Atlanta, GA
Tyre Nichols was Brutally Killed by Five Black Police Officers. How Did We Get Here?
Sean K Campbell
The Guardian US, New York, NY
Mother, Son Fight Back Against Discriminatory School Discipline in Georgia
Rhonda Sonnenberg
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery AL
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Digital Media – Sports
Hoop Dreams and Fields of promises; How Black College Athletes Get Cheated
Amaya McDonald
NABJ Black News & Views, College Park, MD
The Walkout
Howard Bryant, Nicole Noren, Jessica Foster, Rayna Banks, Jena Janovy, Chris Buckle
ESPN, Bristol, CT
With Heart, Humanity and a Killer Kick, C.J. Nickolas Eyes Men’s Taekwondo Gold
Curtis Bunn, Elise Wrabetz, Jiachuan Wu
NBC News BLK, New York, NY
MAGAZINE
Magazine – Over 1 Million – General Reporting
“I Will Never Forget Any of It”: Brittany Griner Is Ready to Talk
J Wortham
The New York Times, New York, NY
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Magazine – Over 1 Million – Specialty
The Relaxer Reckoning: Hair Products Marketed Aggressively to Black Women—And Linked to Many Reproductive Disorders—Remain on the Market With Little Oversight. Why?
Linda Villarosa
New York Times Magazine, New York, NY
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Magazine – Under 1 Million – Single Topic Series
40 Acres and A Lie
Alexia Fernandez Campbell, April Simpson, Pratheek Rebala, Jennifer LaFleur, Cynthia Rodriguez, Nadia Hamdan
Center for Public Integrity
Mother Jones
Reveal, San Francisco, CA
NEWSPAPER
Newspaper – National – Commentary/Essay
A Fractured America in Black and White: A Collections of Columns from USA TODAY National Columnist Suzette Hackney
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – National – Feature: Single Story
A Pageant Queen Took Her Own Life. Her Mom Continues to Write Her Story
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
A Soldier’s Final Journey Home
Kenny Holston
The New York Times, New York, NY
A Stunning Find in His Family Tree: The Bushes’ Ancestors Enslaved His Relatives
Tara Bahrampour
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – National – News: Series
Brown v. Board: School Segregation Coverage
Annie Ma, Sharon Lurye, Cheyanne Mumphrey, Heather Hollingsworth, Eunice Esomonu, Kimberlee Kruesi
The Associated Press, New York, NY
Three Generations, One Mission: Inside Three Women’s Quest to Protect the Vote
Deborah Berry, Riley Beggin, Andrea Brunty
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
Memorial Service Honors First Tulsa Race Massacre Victim Identified from Mass Graves
On Tuesday, six years after Tulsa’s Mayor G.T. Bynum (R) reopened the city’s investigation into a search for mass
DeNeen L. Brown
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – National – News: Single Story
Historic, Violent Juvenile Crime in the Nation’s Capital: Annie Mae Brown Chose to Keep the Casket of Her 64-Year-Old Son—Beaten by a Group of Teen Girls—Open During His Funeral
Keith L. Alexander
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
The Invisible Toll of Opioid Overdoses on a Generation of Black Men in America
Frank Main, Elvia Malagón, Erica Thompson, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz, Nick Thieme
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Illinois
The Baltimore Banner, Baltimore, MD
The New York Times, New York, NY
America’s Top Archivist Puts a Rosy Spin on U.S. History—Pruning the Thorny Parts
Andrew Restuccia, Rebecca Ballhaus
The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
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Newspaper – National – Special Project
Making the Dream Real: The Past, Present and Future of Reparations
Herb Boyd, Ariama C. Long, Karen Carrillo, Damaso Reyes
New York Amsterdam News, NY, NY
Her Ancestors Left in Chains. She Came Back as a Guest of the President
Deborah Berry, Karen Weintraub, Marc Ramirez, Andrea Brunty, Josh Morgan
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
A Visual History of the Harlem Renaissance
Staff of The New York Times
The New York Times, New York, NY
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff of 50 & Below – Commentary/Essay
Tyre Nichols Had a Beautiful Life
Zandria F. Robinson
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Memphis, TN
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff of 50 & Below – Feature: Series
Climate Change and the Legacy of Racism in Queens, NY
Roxanne Scott
New York Amsterdam News, New York, NY
Can There Be Police-Community Reconciliation Without “Acknowledgment Of Harm?” It’s Time To Pay Attention To How Police Violence Harms Community Health
Katherine Burgess, Sono Motoyama
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Memphis, TN
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff of 50 & Below – Feature: Single Story
How Minyon Moore Helped Create A More Inclusive Democratic Party
Candice Norwood
The 19th, Washington, D.C.
At This Summer School, Students Learn About Liberation and Leadership
Rebecca Cadenhead
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Memphis, TN
Brain Injury Survivor Briana Rice: Living With an Invisible Disability
Breanna Reeves, Aryana Noroozi
Black Voice News, Riverside, CA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff of 50 & Below – Investigative
Lead Makes Us Sicker and Less Safe. So Why Do Leaders Overlook It?
Jacob Steimer
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Memphis, TN
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff of 50 & Below – News: Series
Tennessee’s Blended Sentencing Law Will Lock Up More Kids
Rebecca Cadenhead
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Memphis, TN
Thousands of Virginia K-12 Students Remain in Intensely Segregated Schools, Decades After Brown
Karen Robinson, Sean Jones, Anna Bryson
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff of 50 & Below – News: Single Story
New California Black Doula Directory Launched by Frontline Doulas
Breanna Reeves
Black Voice News, Riverside, CA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff of 50 & Below – Specialty
HIV Criminalization Laws
Candice Norwood
The 19th, Washington, D.C.
More Than Others, Black Women Die From All Types Of Breast Cancer. Survivors Are Fighting To Reverse The Trend
Katti Gray
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, Memphis, TN
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Business
Chicago’s Answer to Food Deserts Has Left a Trail of Debts, Lawsuits, and “Can’t Pay” an $800 Utility Bill
Mariah Rush, Lauren FitzPatrick
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Commentary/Essay
Trump Repeatedly and Effortlessly Lied. Undecided Voters Have a Simple Question About the Truth. Project 2025 Spells Out a Second Trump Term in Alarming Detail. That Is No Stretch
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee, WI
Detroit Children in Peril
Darren A. Nichols
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
For Martin Luther King Jr., The Conversation On Political Violence Was Very Different
Ken Makin
The Christian Science Monitor
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Feature: Single Story
These Black Veterans Served In Multiple Wars. Now They Meet Daily At A Miami Mcdonald’s
Michael Butler
Miami Herald, Miami, FL.
Comeback College: How Morris Brown Kept Its Doors Open
Ira Porter
The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA
“She’s Put Us All on a Platform”: Black Country Artists on Beyoncé’s New Album Open Up
Caché J McClay, Marcus Dowling
The Tennessean, Nashville, TN
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Investigative
Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence
Shannon Chaffers, Helina Selemon, Damaso Reyes
The New York Amsterdam News, New York, NY
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – News: Single Story
7 Black Women Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Talking Beyoncé and Country Music
Caché J McClay, Marcus Dowling
The Tennessean, Nashville, TN
The Untold Story of Black Cowboys
J.M. Banks, Dominick Williams
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 51-100 – Specialty
Take It From Me: Getting This Medical Test Can Save Your Life
James Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
Pregnant Black Women Feel Lost in the Medical System. Doulas Offer Guidance—and a Voice
Cameron Trey Pugh
The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, MA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Business
In Chicago’s Black History, Kitty and the Haywoods Hit All the Right Notes in Advertising
Erica Thompson
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Commentary/Essay
Alden Loury Columns
Alden Loury
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Columns by Daysi Calavia-Robertson
Daysi Calavia-Robertson
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Feature: Series
Greentree: The Ties That Bind
Angela Peterson
Milwaukee (WI) Journal Sentinel
O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Feature: Single Story
Mr. Duncan’s Disciples
Lauren FitzPatrick
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Inside N.J.’s Booming Black Roller Skating Scene
Nyah Marshall
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
“Can I Tell My Story?” Previously Incarcerated People Find Their Voice on Stage in New Program
Murjani Rawls
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Investigative
At Wisconsin’s Largest Technical College, Staff Complaints of a ‘Hostile’ Environment for People of Color Persist
Tamia Fowlkes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – News: Single Story
Inside the Controversial Program That ‘Forced Confessions’ From Shoplifters in This N.J. City
Jelani Gibson
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
Smooth and Straight — and Now Sick?
Andy Grossman, Peter Grimm, Natalie Moore
Chicago Public Media: Chicago Sun-Times, WBEZ Chicago, Chicago, IL
Remember My Brother
Susan K. Livio
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 101-200 – Specialty
Black Women Struggle to Find Black Sperm Donors
Erica Thompson
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Business
Pharmacy Deserts
Diti Kohli, Tiana Woodard, Daigo Fujiwara-Smith, Thomas Lee
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Feature: Single Story
Some Black Churches Are Leaving Boston, Citing Changing Neighborhoods, Higher Costs
Tiana Woodard
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Rock The Vote (Literally): Pastor Preaches The Gospel Of Voting At A Go-Go Club.
Deborah Berry, Megan Smith
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
The State of Gospel Music on Long Island
Rafer Guzman
Newsday, Melville, NY
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Investigative
Sex Trafficking on Long Island
Sandra Peddie
Newsday, Melville, NY
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: News: Series
A Former Student Has Alleged Sexual Abuse For Years By Current Camden Advisory School Board President
Melanie Burney
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope
Mike Damiano, Milton J. Valencia, Christopher Huffaker, Ivy Scott
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: News: Single Story
A South Jersey High School Student Was Kicked Out for Fighting. Her Mother Has Spent the Year Trying to Overturn the Suspension
Melanie Burney
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Black Women Are in Charge at This Year’s DNC. Expect a Different Kind of Convention
USA TODAY, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Specialty
She Threw a ’70s-Themed ‘Cancerversary’ to ‘Dance in Death’s Face’
Drea Cornejo
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
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Newspaper – Newsroom Staff 201 and Above: Sports
On and Off the Court, the Celtics’ Indispensable Jrue Holiday Is Guided by His Faith
Gary Washburn
Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Cheltenham Football Coach Troy Gore Mourns His Son’s Loss As The Community Wraps Its Arms Around Him
Aaron Carter
Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Photojournalism – Photography: Multiple Images
Voices of Wards 7 and 8: Meet Kokamoe, Southeast D.C.’s Famous X2 Bus Rapper
WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.
Caring for Aging Adults
Aryana Noroozi
Black Voice News, Riverside, CA
Photographer’s Notebook: Black Rodeo Rides into Prince George’s County
Tyrone Turner
WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.
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Photojournalism – Photography: Single Image
Greentree: The Ties That Bind
Angela Peterson
Milwaukee (WI) Journal Sentinel
O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
WBA Champions
J. Conrad Williams, Jr.
Newsday, Melville, NY
Happy Fans
J. Conrad Williams, Jr.
Newsday, Melville, NY
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Photojournalism – Photography: Videography
N.J.’s Black Roller Skating Scene Is Thriving
Lauren Raposa, Nyah Marshall
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
We Were Sent to Desegregate a High School in Boston
Tami Nguyen, Rhon Flatts, Amber Payne
The Emancipator, Boston MA
Brother of Abuse Victim Faheem Williams Speaks Out
Dwayne Uzoaru
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com, Iselin, NJ
PODCAST
Podcast: Arts and Culture
Making Noise: How a Sunday Night Party Changed Nashville
Jewly Hight
Staff of WPLN-FM, Nashville Public Radio
Nashville, TN
This Ain’t Texas, It’s Africa
Hana Baba, Kristina Loring, James Rowlands
The Stoop Podcast, from Radiotopia/PRX, San Francisco, CA
Eau de Probleme
Hana Baba, Kristina Loring, James Rowlands
The Stoop from Radiotopia/PRX, San Francisco, CA
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Podcast: Commentary and Discussion
Black in the Sunshine State
Al Letson, Ashley Cleek, Brett Myers
Reveal, PRX, San Francisco, CA
Red, Black, and Blue
Garrison Hayes, Ashley Cleek, Jenny Casas, Jamilah King
Mother Jones, Reveal, PRX, San Francisco, CA
Into America: Uncounted Millions
Aisha Turner, Trymaine Lee, Max Jacobs, Janmaris Perez
MSNBC & NBCU Audio Team, New York, N.Y.
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Podcast: Limited Series
Silence in Sikeston
Cara Anthony, Taunya English, Simone Popperl, Zach Dyer, Taylor Cook, Christopher Hastings
KFF Health News, Washington, DC
WORLD, Boston, MA
Retro Report, New York, NY
40 Acres and A Lie
Alexia Fernandez Campbell, April Simpson, Pratheek Rebala, Roy Hurst, Nadia Hamdan, Cynthia Rodriguez
Center for Public Integrity
Reveal
Mother Jones
PRX
The Harvard Plan
Staffs of The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
On the Media, WNYC, New York, NY
PR & MARKETING CAMPAIGNS
PR & Marketing Campaigns: Online Media
#BlackWomenLead 2024 GOTV Tour
Aprill O. Turner, Glynda Carr, Shannon Arthur, Eboni Taylor, Ashley Bryant Bailey
Staff of Higher Heights for America, Brooklyn, NY
RADIO
Radio – Market 16 And Below – Feature
Can Maryland’s Growing African Population Shape State Politics?
Maryland Woman Mobilizes Emerging African Voting Bloc For Harris-Walz
Wambui Kamau
Baltimore Public Media
WYPR 88.1 FM, Baltimore, MD
Three Black Students in OPB’s Class of 2025 Take Three Different Paths Toward Graduation
Elizabeth Miller
Oregon Public Broadcasting (KOPB), Portland, OR
New Program Connects Baltimore Kids With Arabbing Past
Emily Hofstaedter
Baltimore Public Media/ WYPR 881.5, Baltimore, MD
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Radio – Market 16 And Below – News: Series
Reflections of Representation
Nadya Kelly
WUWM 89.7 FM Milwaukee’s NPR, Milwaukee, WI
America Amplified Election 2024: Alabama’s District 2
Maya Miller
Gulf States Newsroom, WBHM 90.3, Birmingham, AL
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Radio – Market 16 And Below – Public Affairs: Segment
A Day in the Life of Terri Sewell
Pat Duggins
Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa, AL
“…A U.S. House Seat, If You Can Keep It”
Pat Duggins
Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa, AL
Blacks and Baseball
Barbara Hamm Lee, Lisa Godley, Jordan Christie
WHRO Public Media, Norfolk, VA
Hanover Historic Group Takes Wegmans Lawsuit to Appeal
Lyndon German
VPM News, Richmond, VA
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Radio – Network – Feature
SPARK: Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo on Digital Blackface
Michelle Parise, Samraweet Yohannes, Nora Young, Carty Magan
CBC Radio-Canada, Toronto Ontario, Canada
Reckoning With Racial Integration at the University of Mississippi
Walter Ray Watson, Debbie Elliott, Russell Lewis
NPR, Washington DC
Trench Collapses Have Killed Hundreds of Workers in the U.S. Over the Last Decade
Cheryl W Thompson, Robert Benincasa, Josh Peck, Avery Chapnick, Connie Hanzhang Jin
National Public Radio/NPR
Texas Public Radio, San Antonio, TX
WAMU/1A, Washington, D.C.
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Radio – Top 15 Markets – Commentary
Callie Crossley – Commentaries
Memorial Day Audiogram, Juneteenth Audiogram, Santa Audiogram
Callie Crossley, Andrea Asuaje
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Radio – Top 15 Markets – Documentary
IDEAS – A Life-giving Chord: The Power of Gospel Music
Alisa Siegel, Greg Kelly
CBC Radio One IDEAS,Toronto Ontario, Canada
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Radio – Top 15 Markets – Feature
Malik Yakini and Detroit’s New Black-owned Food Co-op Aim to Build Food Sovereignty
Briana V. Rice
Michigan Public – WUOM, Ann Arbor, MI
The Unsung Legacy of Margaret Burroughs
Tiara Hicks, Susie An
Curious City, WBEZ Chicago 91.5FM, Chicago Public Media, Chicago, IL
Invisible Institute, Chicago, IL
Voices of Wards 7 and 8: Meet Kokamoe, Southeast D.C.’s famous X2 Bus Rapper
Kayla Hewitt, Elliot Williams
WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.
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Radio – Top 15 Markets – Investigative
Residents of Chicago’s South Suburbs Deal With Crushing Tax Increases
Adora Namigadde, Alden Loury
Chicago Public Media, WBEZ Chicago 91.5FM, Chicago, IL
To Build Housing, Boston Gives Away Land Black and Brown Families Once Owned
Paul Singer, Jenifer McKim
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Radio – Top 15 Markets – News: Series
What The Vote?: Gen Z and The Divine Nine
“What The Vote?” Team at Michigan Public
WUOM, WFUM, WRSX, WLNZ, WVGR, Ann Arbor, MI
A Fire at the Conyers BioLab and the Black Community Left to Breathe It In
Pamela Kirkland, Amanda Andrews, Orlando Montoya, Ellen Eldridge
Georgia Public Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA
Superintendents in Boston’s Suburbs Confront Claims That DEI Programs Are Antisemitic
Phillip Martin, Megan Woolhouse
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Radio – Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Segment
The Enduring Legacy of Miles Davis’ Iconic Album Kind of Blue
Callie Crossley, Andrea Asuaje
GBH-News, Boston, MA
The Sunday Magazine: New project Aims to Fill Gaps in Black History Education Across Canada
Orondé Williams, Piya Chattopadhyay, Brian Coulton
CBC Radio-Canada, Toronto Ontario, Canada
What Does the Future of Hip-Hop Sound Like? These Cambridge Kids Are Creating It
James Bennett III, Jennifer Moore
GBH-News, Boston, MA
TELEVISION
Television – Market 16 And Below – Documentary
THE UNTOLD TRUTH
Keitha Nelson-Williams
First Coast News, WTLV-WJXX, FCN+
Jacksonville, FL
Against the Current
Lisa Godley, Neil Grochmal, Brandon Nance, Sheryl Jeffries
WHRO Public Media, Norfolk, VA
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Feature: Long Form
On The Block: Why the Black Vote is Key This Election Year
Brandon Pope, Brian Troutman, Afua Owusu, Patrick Payne, N/V Moore
WCIU-TV Weigel Broadcast, Chicago, IL
Roots Recovered: Reclaiming Our Names
Adrian Pedro Guerra, Jason Ruel
WVEC TV 13, Norfolk, VA
STOPPED
Andrew Faulk, Miguel Solorio, Tamara Richter, Brandi Cummings
KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Feature: Short Form
10 Million Names + 1
Kelli Cook
WMC Action News 5, Memphis, TN
Freedom House Ambulance Service
Jatara McGee, Ryan Minutello
WPXI, Pittsburgh, PA
Freedom Fuels Ko-Thi Dance Company
Aaron Maybin
FOX6 News, Milwaukee, WI
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Television – Market 16 And Below – General Assignment News: Long Form
History in Focus: AP African American Studies
Matt Franklin, Eric Fletcher
WJRT, Flint, MI
Black Nouveau: The Atkins Family
Justin Migliano, Chris Michalski, Jason Pinkowski
Milwaukee PBS, Channel 10 WMVS
Channel 36, WMVT, Milwaukee, WI
A Candid Conversation With Bishop Curry: “Hatred Kills”
Claudine Ewing, Franco Ardito
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY
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Television – Market 16 And Below – General Assignment News: Short Form
Logansport
Ryan Thedwall
WTHR, Indianapolis, IN
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Television – Market 16 And Below – International
Mission Flight Delivers Relief & Critical Supplies to Haiti
Tania C Francois
WFOR CBS News, Miami, FL
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Investigative
Affirmative Action Fallout
Adrian Pedro Guerra
WVEC TV 13, Norfolk, VA
The Billionaire Broke Girls
George Hansen, Derek Harrison, Dana Tilley, Hunter Boenau, Derrion Henderson
WMBF News, Myrtle Beach, SC
Suspended NAACP President Speaks Out
Andrew Faulk, Tamara Richter, Brandi Cummings
KCRA 3, Sacramento, CA
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion
Eric “E Will” Williams, Music Producer: “It’s Not How You Start, ut How You Turn Out”
Scott May, Claudine Ewing
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Public Affairs: Program
Dr. King: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers
Asedrick Thomas
WKYC Television, Cleveland, OH
Project CommUNITY: Black History Month
Jailyn Anderson, Gulstan Dart, Brandi Cummings
KCRA 3, Sacramento, CA
Racial Identity
VPM News Focal Point, Richmond, VA
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Public Affairs: Segment
For Sale at Auction
Angela Miles, Shawn Freude, Martin Montgomery, Steve Hobbs, Karen Maslich-Russell
VPM News Focal Point, Richmond, VA
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Specialty
“Your Life Is Meaningful”: Rising Suicide Rates Disproportionately Affect Black Women
Jessica Larche
WTKR-TV News 3, Norfolk, VA
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Television – Market 16 And Below – Sports
Passion into Purpose: The Death of Charlie Batch’s Sister Sparks Foundation
Chandi Chapman
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, PA
Coach Lindsey Harding: Breaking Barriers on the Court
Miguel Solorio, Brandi Cummings
KCRA 3, Sacramento, CA
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Television – Network – Documentary
TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture: Kanye Breaks the Telethon
CNN FlashDocs Staff
CNN Worldwide, CNN Original Series, New York, NY
Local, USA: American Problems, Trans Solutions
Imara Jones, Nazenet Habtezghi, Tiler Wilson, Chelsi Bullard, Caroline Berler, Robert Cauble
TransLash Media, New York, NY
The WNET Group, New York, NY
Vice News Presents: When Black Women Go Missing
Alexis Johnson, Arlissa Norman, Hendrik Hinzel, Nicole Bozorgmir, Jika Gonzalez, Ilaria Polsonetti
Vice Media Acquisition LLC – Brooklyn, NY
Tubi, Los Angeles, CA
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Television – Network – Feature: Long Form
CBS 60 Minutes: St. Mary’s
Bill Whitaker, Sara Kuzmarov, Daniel J Glucksman, Mariah J Campbell, Bill Owens, Tanya Simon
Paramount, CBS News, 60 Minutes, New York, NY
CBS Sunday Morning: Civil War Veteran Honored
Jack Weingart, Bill Whitaker, Ed Givnish
CBS News, New York, N.Y.
CBS Sunday Morning: Houston 1917
David C Martin, Mary C Walsh, Steven Tyler, Rand Morrison, Amy Rosner, Jason Sacca
CBS News, New York, N.Y.
Sunday Sitdown with Sheryl Lee Ralph
Willie Geist, Matthew Carluccio, Hannah Van Winkle, Joseph Andre, Sarah Talent, Maya Patrose
NBC News, Sunday Today with Willie Geist, New York, NY
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Television – Network – Feature: Short Form
Uncounted Millions
Trymaine Lee, Melissa Mack, Stefanie Cargill
MSNBC podcast
NBC News, New York, NY
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis: Black Cotton
Steve Osunsami, Eric Ortega, Brianti Downing, Janice News McDonald, Osej Serratos, Jesse Bekas
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis
ABC News, New York, NY
CBS Mornings: Eastside Golf
Jericka Duncan, Ricky Irving, Darrall Johnson, Cathy Landers, Makanga Njagi, Chris Stover
CBS News, New York, NY
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Television – Network – General Assignment News: Long Form
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis – Wilmington 1898: The White Supremacy Campaign
Steve Osunsami, Osej Serratos, Janice News McDonald, Sara Avery, Victoria Moll-Ramirez
ABC News, New York, NY
ABC News Nightline: Black Women in Academia
Janai Norman, Jessica Hopper, Constance Johnson, Staff of ABC News Nightline
ABC News, New York, NY
CBS Sunday Morning: For the Children
Erin Moriarty, Sari Aviv, George Pozderec, Maria Barrow, Rand Morrison
CBS Sunday Morning, New York, NY
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Television – Network – General Assignment News: Short Form
GMA3 What You Need to Know: The Story of Betty Kilby
Steve Osunsami, Kara Thomas, Olga Delauz, Lataya Rothmiller, Teresa Kim, Kevin Freeman
ABC News, New York, NY
The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell: 70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
Adam Verdugo, Janet Shamlian, Brian Bingham, Alicia Hastey, Matt Tureck, Alyson Pelura
CBS News, New York, NY
CBS News: Haiti Crisis
Adam Verdugo, Shawna Thomas, Cristian Benavides, T. Sean Herbert
CBS News, New York , NY
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Television – Network – International
Chocolate Prices Rise as Climate Change Threatens the Cocoa Harvest in Ghana While Demonstrators Demand a Crack Down on Illegal Gold Mining in the Country
Zinhle Essamuah, Kori Lynch, Janelle Richards, Arleen Aguasvivas, Jordan Malter, Comfort Woode
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY
ABC News Live – Last Lands: Forest Elephants
Bob Woodruff, Osej Serratos, Victor Ordonez, Tommy News Brooksbank
ABC News, New York, NY
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Television – Network – Investigative
ABC News Live Prime With Linsey Davis: No One to Turn To — Who Guards the Guards?
Linsey Davis, Eric Ortega, Chiara Sottile, Jessica Velmans, Sarah Baniak, Alyssa Pone
ABC News, New York, NY
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis – Shiloh Revisited: The Transportation Secretary Comes to Alabama
Steve Osunsami, Jared Kofsky, Maia Rosenfeld, Cindy Galli, Eric Ortega, Howard Tate
ABC News, New York, NY
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Television – Network – Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion
ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis and GMA3 – LZ Granderson: Ending the Stigma of HIV
Steve Osunsami, Nathan Smith, Robert Zepeda, Catherine McKenzie, Seni Tienabeso
ABC News, New York, NY
ABC News 20/20 Prisoner in Russia: The Brittney Griner Interview
Robin Roberts, Janice Johnston, Joseph Diaz, Susan Welsh, Denise Martinez-Ramundo
ABC News, New York, NY
CBS Sunday Morning: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Norah O’Donnell, Dustin Stephens, Julie Morse, Callie Teitelbaum, George Pozderec, Rand Morrison
CBS News, New York, NY
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Television – Network – Public Affairs: Program
ABC News 20/20: The Girl Who Looked Like Me
Deborah Roberts, Joseph Diaz, Denise Martinez-Ramundo, Susan Welsh, Stephanie McBee, Staff of 20/20
ABC News, New York, NY
ABC News Live – Severed: Diabetes, Denial and Mistrust
Steve Osunsami, Lindsey Griswold, Janice News McDonald, Brianti Downing
ABC News, New York, NY
ABC News Nightline: Black Men and the Ballot
Byron Pitts, Jessica Hopper, Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, Briana Stewart, Gabe Rivera
ABC News, New York, NY
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Television – Network – Public Affairs: Segment
Impossible to be Biracial in America: Mixed-race Voters React to Presidential Election Rhetoric
Deanna Donovan, Morgan Radford, Aaron Franco, Kevin Bond, Becka Byrd, Melissa Mack
MSNBC, New York, NY
ABC News – Protecting Your Vote: Vanishing Voting Sites
Steve Osunsami, Peter Charalambous, Tomas Navia, Maia Rosenfeld, Kaitlyn Morris, Cindy Galli
ABC News, New York, NY
Undervalued: Black Homeowners Fight For Unbiased Appraisals
Caresse Jackman, Michael Estrabillo, Emily Featherston, Brandon Wissbaum, Jamie Grey
Gray Media, InvestigateTV, New Orleans, LA
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Television – Network – Specialty
ABC News Nightline: Invisible Gas
Byron Pitts, Laura Coburn, Sally Hawkins, Sasha Pezenik, Staff of ABC News Nightline
ABC News, New York, NY
Women Sue Companies That Make Hair Relaxers, Claiming Cancer Risks
Zinhle Essamuah, Arleen Aguasvivas, Michelle Melnick, Yasmine Salam, Micki Fahner
NBC Nightly News and NBC News NOW, New York, NY
The Naked Truth About Hair Relaxers
Zinhle Essamuah, Yasmine Salam, Alexandra Turcios-Cruz, Michelle Melnick, Micki Fahner, Arleen Aguasvivas
NBC News Now and NBC News Nightly News with Lester Holt, New York, NY
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Television – Network – Sports
Good Morning America Digital: Why Don’t We Remember Willie Thrower?
Steve Osunsami, Chris News Cirillo, Asher May-Corsini, Lauren Sher, Luis Yordan
ABC News, New York, NY
Visionaries: Simone Biles & Jordan Chiles x Coy Wire
CNN Staff
CNN Worldwide, New York, NY
Monday Night Countdown: The Book of Demeco
Craig T. Lazarus, José Morales, Denny Wolfe, Michelle Beisner-Buck, Tory Roy
ESPN, Bristol, CT
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Documentary
Misdeeds
Luke Carter, Ciara Cummings, Lindsey Basye, Bailey Williams, Eric Carlton
Atlanta News First, Atlanta, GA
Cannabis Contest: The Great Licensing Adventure
Tara Rosenblum, Audrey Gruber, Alan Flamenhaft, Jean Salzarulo, Lee Danuff, James Digregorio
News 12 Network, New York, NY
Never Cried: Boston’s Busing Legacy
Emily Judem, Stephanie Leydon, Rob Tokanel, Nick Benevenia, Lance Douglas, Howard Powell
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Feature: Long Form
Cookie & Zo’e: Segregation 60 Years Apart
Liz Moughon, Almudena Toral, Jennifer Berry Hawes, Mauricio Rodríguez Pons, Mara Shalhoup, Sarahbeth Maney
ProPublica, New York, NY
Georgia Public Broadcasting – GPB, Atlanta, GA
Is The Black Vote Still Relevant? A Look at Civic Engagement, The Black Church and Finances
Darryl Golden, Brittani Moncrease
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX
Across Continents, Two Sisters Work Together to Serve Haitians in Crisis
Tori Bedford, Rob Tokanel, Stephanie Leydon, Howard Powell, Nick Benevenia
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Feature: Short Form
Bugg Farm
Christine Sperow
WAGA-TV/FOX 5, Atlanta, GA
The Name[d] Remains
Alex Whittler
WAGA-TV/FOX 5, Atlanta, GA
Ugly Truths: Beauty & Colorism in the Black Community
Devin Fitzpatrick Fehely
CBS News Bay Area/KPIX 5, San Francisco, CA
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Television – Top 15 Markets – General Assignment News: Long Form
What Does Justice Look Like When Kids Kill?
Trymaine Lee, Doug Forte, Alana Miller, Jordan Malter, Jill Billante, Janelle Rodriguez
NBC, New York, NY
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Investigative
Black Families Find the Ugly Side of Beauty Supply
Rebecca Lindstrom, Ciara Bri’d Frisbie, Darrell Pryor
11Alive/WXIA, Atlanta, GA
A Mother’s Quest for Justice Leads Her From Tragedy to Advocacy
Brittany Johnson
WCVB Channel 5, Boston, MA
Delivering Dylan
Emerald Morrow, Carter Schumacher
WTSP-TV, Tampa, FL
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion
Boston’s Black History:The Path Forward
Rachel Keller, Bob Dumas
WFXT – Boston 25
Boston 25, Dedham, MA
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Program
Startup Success
Karyn Greer, Fred Blankenship, Brian Lazaro, Leona Nascimento, Renee Bottie-Wheeler
WSB-TV, Atlanta, GA
Dream X Disrupt: Black Atlanta’s Bold Movement
Neima Abdulahi, Gabriella Núñez, Paul Sacco, Mike Nicolas, Darrell Pryor, Makayla Richards
WXIA, Atlanta, GA
Don’t Judge Me
Rob Tokanel, Stephanie Leydon, Jenifer McKim, Paul Singer, Nick Benevenia, Haley Alvarez-Lauto
GBH-News, Boston, MA
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Specialty
The Racial Disparities of NEC
Savannah Levins, Mike Nicolas, Ciara Bri’d Frisbie, Kristie Anderson
11Alive/WXIA, Atlanta, GA
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Television – Top 15 Markets – Sports
Georgia Gym Teaches Girls to Have ‘Champion Mindset’
Neima Abdulahi, Darrell Pryor, Kristie Anderson
11Alive/WXIA, Atlanta, GA
Remembering Hank Aaron
Karyn Greer, Leona Nascimento, Brian Ferguson, Brian Lazaro
WSB-TV, Atlanta, GA
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