 WFIU Public Radio, WTIU Public Television, and Indiana Public Broadcasting News (IPB News) earned 16 awards at the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best in Indiana Journalism Contest on April 21. The awards recognize the most outstanding work of the year in Indiana in print, broadcast, and online journalism. IPB News was awarded the Slaymaker Service to Journalism Award for covering a wide variety of issues including climate change, elections, and housing. IPB News is a collaboration of the state’s nine public media newsrooms and a shared statewide team, which includes journalists from the WFIU/WTIU newsroom. IPB News was also honored with four first-place awards for environmental reporting, radio continuing coverage, and best online multimedia, and two second-place awards for coverage of children’s issues. The WFIU-WTIU News team won eight awards, including a first-place award for a radio feature story on the Goldfish Capital of the World; three second-place awards for environmental reporting, radio in-depth reporting, and radio public affairs; and four third-place awards for coverage of social justice issues, election and campaign coverage, radio in-depth reporting, and radio feature story.
WTIU received one first-place award for best feature story on Kopelov Cut Stone that appeared on WTIU’s TV series Journey Indiana. The judges called the story “a visually stunning homage to old world architecture” and said it was an “overall a pleasure to watch.” Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best in Indiana Journalism Contest SLAYMAKER SERVICE TO JOURNALISM AWARD Indiana Public Broadcasting News COVERAGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES (Any Indiana station) 3RD PLACE – PAT BEANE WFIU/WTIU News ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN COVERAGE (Any Indiana station) 3RD PLACE – WTIU NEWS Young voters showed up for the 2020 election. Can they keep it up? ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (Any Indiana station) 1ST PLACE – REBECCA THIELE and ALAN MBATHI Indiana Public Broadcasting News With so much support, who wants to phase out rooftop solar incentives? Answer: Indiana utilities 2ND PLACE – WTIU NEWS One year later: Clear Creek residents worry about future flooding ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (Publication circulation above 10,000, news services and digital media) 1ST PLACE – REBECCA THIELE and ALAN MBATHI Indiana Public Broadcasting News With so much support, who wants to phase out rooftop solar incentives? Answer: Indiana utilities RADIO IN-DEPTH REPORTING 2ND PLACE – WFIU NEWS Travel nurses thrive as hospitals budget third-party staffing fees RADIO IN-DEPTH REPORTING (con’t) 3RD PLACE – WFIU NEWS One year later: Clear Creek residents worry about future flooding RADIO FEATURE STORY 1ST PLACE – WFIU NEWS The “Goldfish Capital of the World” might be closer than you think 3RD PLACE – SARAH VAUGHAN WFIU/WTIU News “BioBlitz” finds new inhabitants at Beanblossom preserve RADIO CONTINUING COVERAGE 1ST PLACE – INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING NEWS Coverage of Indiana’s abortion debate 2022 RADIO PUBLIC AFFAIRS 2ND PLACE – BOB ZALTSBERG, SARA WITTMEYER, NATHAN MOORE, and CATHY KNAPP WFIU/WTIU News Air pollution, rising temperatures and more have many asking what can we do COVERAGE OF CHILDREN’S ISSUES (Any Indiana station) 2ND PLACE – JEANIE LINDSAY and ALAN MBATHI Indiana Public Broadcasting News Rural Hoosier communities rally as COVID-19 worsens childcare crisis for parents, providers COVERAGE OF CHILDREN’S ISSUES (Publication circulation 10,000+, news services and digital media) 2ND PLACE – JEANIE LINDSAY and ALAN MBATHI Indiana Public Broadcasting News Rural Hoosier communities rally as COVID-19 worsens childcare crisis for parents, providers BEST ONLINE MULTIMEDIA 1ST PLACE – LAUREN CHAPMAN Indiana Public Broadcasting News 2022 Indiana Voting Guide FEATURE STORY (Outside Indianapolis market) 1ST PLACE – SADDAM ABBAS AL-ZUBAIDI WTIU Carved to Last
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