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Journalists at WFYI and IPB News earned more than a dozen awards from the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for their audio and multimedia reporting in 2022. Award-winners, named Friday night, were recognized for covering a wide range of issues including the state’s abortion ban, juvenile detention and the cultural impact of Black history in Indianapolis.
Reporters, editors and producers for IPB News and WFYI were recognized by out-of-state judges, selected by SPJ.
IPB News was awarded the Slaymaker Service to Journalism Award for commitment to 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 based at WFYI.
Categories in the "Best in Indiana Journalism" contest highlight outstanding coverage across multiple platforms: radio, digital, television, and social media. The IPB News and WFYI winners are:
First place:
Dylan Peers McCoy and Katrina Pross: Coverage of Children’s Issues for the “Juvenile detention in Indiana” series.
Lee V. Gaines and Elizabeth Gabriel with Chalkbeat Indiana’s Amelia Pak-Harvey and Cam Rodriguez: Radio Public Affairs for the “Politics and non-partisan school board elections collide” series.
Herman "Butch" Slaughter and Kyle Long: Best Podcast for Echoes of Indiana Avenue.
Rebecca Thiele and Alan Mbathi: Environmental Reporting for “With so much support, who wants to phase out rooftop solar incentives? Answer: Indiana utilities.”
Rebecca Thiele and Alan Mbathi: Television Environmental Reporting for “With so much support, who wants to phase out rooftop solar incentives?”
Lauren Chapman: Best Online Multimedia for “2022 Indiana Voting Guide.”
IPB News Staff: Radio Continuing Coverage: “Coverage of Indiana's abortion debate 2022.”
Second place:
Elizabeth Gabriel: Radio Continuing Coverage for “Indianapolis Public Schools' major overhaul faces opposition.”
WFYI Staff: Best Use of Social Media for WFYI Twitter Spaces, weekly conversations on Statehouse policy.
Jeanie Lindsay and Alan Mbathi: Coverage of Children’s Issues for “Rural Hoosier communities rally as COVID-19 worsens child care crisis for parents, providers.”
Jeanie Lindsay and Alan Mbathi: Television Coverage of Children’s Issues for “Rural Hoosier communities rally as COVID-19 worsens child care crisis for parents, providers.”
Third place:
Lee V. Gaines: Education Reporting for 'Indiana education coverage 2022."
A full list of the 2022 Best in Indiana Journalism contest recipients is here.
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