 WFIU Public Radio, WTIU Public Television, and Indiana Public Broadcasting News (IPB News) earned 24 awards at the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best in Indiana Journalism Contest on April 26. The awards recognize the most outstanding work of the year in Indiana in print, broadcast, and online journalism. The WFIU-WTIU News team won 18 awards, including five first-place awards for best radio newscast, best TV newscast for Indiana Newsdesk, radio breaking news coverage of the death of Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight, radio sports reporting, and environmental reporting; five second-place awards for radio breaking news coverage, radio sports reporting, radio continuing news coverage, best podcast for Rush to Kill, and election and campaign coverage; and eight third-place awards for radio feature story, best online multimedia for Paper Cuts, serious feature story, best documentary/special for IU Women’s Basketball: Rising to the Top, business/consumer affairs reporting, coverage of children’s issues, coverage of social justice issues, and medical/science reporting. WTIU received three first-place awards for its TV series Journey Indiana. The program was honored with best general news/sports videography for a story on The National Model Aviation Museum and best features news videography and best light feature story for a segment on 16mm film. IPB News received one second-place award for environmental reporting and two third-place awards for radio in-depth reporting and radio continuing coverage. 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. Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Best in Indiana Journalism ContestRADIO BEST NEWSCAST
1st Place Sara Wittmeyer, WFIU/WTIU News RADIO BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE 1st Place Hall of Fame basketball coach Bobby Knight dies at 83 Pat Beane, WFIU/WTIU News 2nd Place Deadly storms hit south central Indiana George Hale, WFIU/WTIU News RADIO SPORTS REPORTING 1st Place 100 years at the Bloomington Speedway Ethan Sandweiss, WFIU/WTIU News 2nd Place Coverage of Bobby Knight’s death at age 83 Pat Beane, WFIU/WTIU News RADIO IN-DEPTH REPORTING 3rd Place What fueled Indiana’s slate of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in 2023? Lauren Chapman, Indiana Public Broadcasting News RADIO FEATURE STORY 3rd Place End-of-life doulas are working to make conversations about death easier Sara Wittmeyer, WFIU/WTIU News RADIO CONTINUING COVERAGE 2nd Place State lawmakers target funding for IU’s Kinsey Institute Ethan Sandweiss, WFIU/WTIU News 3rd Place Coverage of the ripple effects in Indiana of the UAW strikes Adam Yahya Rayes and Tony Sandleben, Indiana Public Broadcasting News BEST ONLINE MULTIMEDIA 3rd Place Paper Cuts: When private equity firms control local newspapers Staff, WFIU/WTIU News BEST PODCAST 2nd Place Rush to Kill George Hale, Cathy Knapp and Sara Wittmeyer, WFIU/WTIU News BEST NEWSCAST (Outside Indianapolis market) 1st Place Indiana Newsdesk WTIU News SERIOUS FEATURE STORY (Outside Indianapolis market) 3rd Place Billboard ban would be a big loss for Bloomington man Cali Lichter, WFIU/WTIU News DOCUMENTARY OR SPECIAL (Outside Indianapolis market) 3rd Place IU Women’s Basketball: Rising to the Top Pat Beane and WTIU News BUSINESS OR CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORTING (Outside Indianapolis Market) 3rd Place Digital coupons leave seniors and low-income shoppers behind Sara Wittmeyer and Devan Ridgway, WFIU/WTIU News GENERAL NEWS OR SPORTS VIDEOGRAPHY (All Indiana Stations) 1st Place The National Model Aviation Museum Saddam Abbas Al-Zubaidi, WTIU FEATURES NEWS VIDEOGRAPHY (All Indiana Stations) 1st Place A Timeless Medium: A Century of 16mm Saddam Abbas Al-Zubaidi, WTIU COVERAGE OF CHILDREN’S ISSUES (All Indiana Stations) 3rd Place New standards for treating childhood obesity published, but advocates call for more Bente Bouthier, WFIU/WTIU News COVERAGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES (All Indiana Stations) 3rd Place Uncertainty lingers around Indiana’s abortion ban as litigation continues Bente Bouthier, WFIU/WTIU News ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN COVERAGE (All Indiana Stations) 2nd Place 2023 Bloomington Democratic Mayoral Debate WFIU/WTIU News ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING (All Indiana Stations) 1st Place Aquaculture beneficial for farmers and environment, yet growth stagnates domestically Clayton Baumgarth, WFIU/WTIU News 2nd Place Lack of data leaves Indiana doctors unprepared for tick diseases Rebecca Thiele and Alan Mbathi, Indiana Public Broadcasting News MEDICAL OR SCIENCE REPORTING (All Indiana Stations) 3rd Place Dealers mix fentanyl with horse tranquilizer, adding more risk to deadly drug Ethan Sandweiss, WFIU/WTIU News LIGHT FEATURE STORY (Outside Indianapolis market) 1st Place A Timeless Medium: A Century of 16mm Saddam Abbas Al-Zubaidi, WTIU
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