Radio – Top 15 Markets

Radio – Top 15 Markets – Feature

American Anthem: This Little Light of Mine

Eric Charles Deggans – St. Petersburg, FL

WNYC, New York, N.Y.

Radio – Top 15 Markets – News: Series

Chicago’s Black Communities Hit Hardest in Opioid Overdoses

Lakeidra D. Chavis, Robert Wildeboer

WBEZ Chicago Public Media

Special Series: Black Infant Mortality

Priska Neely

KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, Pasadena, KPCC-FM, LAist

Radio – Top 15 Markets – Investigative

Where’s Granny?: Exposing the Cracks in Pennsylvania’s Guardianship System
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

KYW News Radio, Philadelphia, PA

Radio – Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Segment

The Florida Roundup: How Racism Persists In Latin American Communities

Jessica Bakeman, Nadege Green, Brenda Medina, Bridget O’Brien

WLRN News, Miami, FL

“No One Feels Safe:” How Gun Violence Affects Local Students

Ingalisa Schrobsdorff, Jeremy Bernfeld, The Kojo Nnamdi Show

WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Investigative

Toxic City: Sick Schools

Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Dylan Purcell

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Squatter City

Jennifer Dixon, Junfu W. Han

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Specialty

Sex Ed and Young Black Women

Aneri Pattani

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Sports

To Those Who Knew Reggie Lewis Best, Fond Memories are Always Front and Center

Gary Michael Washburn

Boston Globe, Boston, MA

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Single Story

Residents Around Detroit’s ‘Red Zone’ Want Better for Community

Nicquel Terry Ellis

The Detroit News

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – News: Series

HBCUs: A Threatened Heritage

A RE:Race Project Studying the Health of the Country’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Ernie Suggs, Eric Stirgus

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Special Project

Detroit’s Demolition Program Under Fire for Lack Of Diversity

Katrease Stafford

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Business

Only Natural

Tory Parrish

Newsday, Melville, NY

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Commentary

Rochelle Riley’s Commentary

Rochelle Riley

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Feature: Single Story

Bringing a Dark Chapter to Light: Maryland Confronts its Lynching Legacy

Jonathan M. Pitts

The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – International

Cancer in Haiti

Jacqueline L. Charles

The Miami Herald/ Pulitzer Center, Miami, FL

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Copy Editing

Headlines by Janet Graham, Detroit Free Press

Janet Graham

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Feature: Series

This is Corktown

John Carlisle

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

The Road to a Rhodes

Susan Snyder

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Television Top 15 Markets

Television Top 15 Markets – Sports

Impact: Rosedale Tigers

Lesli Foster, Sarah Gahagan, James Hash, Darlene Dyer, Skye Beitler

WUSA9, Washington, D.C.

Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs Program

Boston’s Black History: Inspiring our Future

Crystal Haynes

Boston 25 WFXT, Dedlham, MA

Television Top 15 Markets – Specialty

From Prison to Purpose: A Mother’s Path to Redemption

Adrienne Broaddus

KARE TV, Minneapolis, MN

Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Segment

Fresh Food, Health Needs Meet in Mattapan

Tina Martin, Stephanie Leydon, Howard Powell

WGBH News, Boston, MA

Television Top 15 Markets – Investigative

Exclusive: Alleged Coverup by Public Housing Staff

Janelle Burrell

WCBS-TV, New York, N.Y.

Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs Interview/Discussion

Bounce Detroit – Spotlight on the News: Inside Michigan’s African American Vote

Pravin Sitaraman, Wesley Heath, Mike Batey, Chuck Stokes

WXYZ/Channel 7, Southfield, MI

Television Top 15 Markets – General Assignment News: Long From

The Changing Face of Tampa

Emerald Sierra Morrow, Gene Yagle, Marcus Grayson, Jim Glynn, Eric Bungay

WTSP-TV (CBS), St. Petersburg, FL

Television Top 15 Markets – General Assignment News: Short From

Atlanta Remembers Aretha Franklin

Marissa Mitchell

WAGA-TV, Atlanta, GA

Television Top 15 Markets – Feature: Short Form

Through a Glass Darkly: 1001 Black Men

Devin Fitzpatrick Fehely

KPIX 5, San Francisco, CA

Television Top 15 Markets – Feature: Long Form

Ms. Tibbs: The Journey for Food

Larry Dobey Miller

WUSA 9-TV, Alexandria, VA

Television Top 15 Markets – Documentary

Mothers Matter

Jeremy Campbell, Erin Peterson, Matt Livingston, Ciara Frisbie, Donesha Aldridge

WXIA 11Alive News, Atlanta, GA

Radio – Network

Radio – Network – News: Series

Memorializing the Queen of Soul – Aretha Franklin

Pink Cadillacs Line up for Aretha Franklin’s Funeral- Correspondent Cheryl Corley

Cheryl Corley, Debbie Elliott, Denice Rios

NPR, Chicago, IL, Orange Beach, AL, Culver City, CA

Radio – Network – Documentary

1968 – How We Got Here: Special Series Marking 50 Years Since the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Debbie Elliott, Vickie Walton-James, Walter Ray Watson, Laura Smitherman

NPR, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National

Newspaper – National – Feature: Series

Overlooked No More

New York Times Staff

The New York Times, New York, N.Y.

Newspaper – National – Photo Story

Voices of Black Voters

Wayne Lawrence, Allison Pasek, Elissa Curtis, Lucy Gilmour

The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.

Newspaper – National – Special Project

A Reporting Team Compiled a Database of More than 50,000 Homicides in 50 of the Nation’s Largest Cities over 10 Years and Found Neighborhoods in America Where Murder was Common but Arrests Were Rare

Wesley Lowery, Kimbriell Kelly, Steven Rich, Ted Mellnik

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National – Investigative

“The Gatekeeper:” Manager for Black Actresses Accused of Sexual Harassment

Tracy Jan

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National – Business

The Forgotten Ferguson

Tracy Jan

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National – Commentary

A Young Athlete, a Politician, and a Group of Black Journalists: The Plights of African Americans Throughout 2018

Carron J. Phillips – Atlanta, GA

New York Daily News

Newspaper – National – Feature: Single Story

How Doctors Deal With Racist Patients

Sumathi Reddy

The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY

Newspaper – National – News: Single Story

Black Women Candidates for Congress Say They’re Reclaiming their Time

Deborah Barfield Berry

USA Today, Washington, D.C.

Television Network

Television Network – Specialty

Changing the Face of Medicine

Jenn Suozzo, Katie Boyle, Lester Holt, Eric Salzman, Elissa Candiotti

NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Sports

B/REAL: Race On

Matt Sullivan, Carmelo Anthony, Pace Bowden, Rachel Roderman, Eric Yeboah

Bleacher Report, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Investigative

Undercover with Nigeria’s Pushermen

Nima Elbagir, Lillian Leposo, Dominique Van Heerden, Hassan John, Nick Migwi

CNN, Atlanta, GA

Television Network – Public Affairs: Segment

The Legacy of Lynching (Password – museum)

Oprah Winfrey, Denise Schrier Cetta, Megan Kelty, Terry Manning

CBS News 60 Minutes, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Public Affairs: Program

BET News Presents: Angela Rye’s Midterm Election Special: Our Vote. Our Power.

Angela Rye, Mikael Moore, Jason Samuels , Steve Ramey, Angela Chambers

BET News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Feature: Short Form

CBS Evening News – On The Road: Four-year-old Superhero has the Power to Feed the Homeless

Steve Hartman, Mosheh Oinounou, Jeff Glor, Katie Brennan

CBS Evening News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Feature: Long Form

Becoming Michelle: A First Lady’s Journey with Robin Roberts

ABC News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – General Assignment News: Long Form

Nightline: Stand Your Ground

Steve Osunsami

ABC News, Atlanta, GA

Television Network – General Assignment News: Short Form

Nearly 750 Charter Schools are Whiter than the Nearby District Schools

Emmanuel Felton, Rehema Ellis

NBC Nightly News, The Hechinger Report, Type Investigations, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – International

A Difficult Childhood Forced CNN Hero Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin to Become Self-Reliant, and She Eventually Built a Successful Career in IT

Kathleen Toner, Jimmy Mazzullo, Michelle Genece Patterson, Christie O’Reilly, Mark Doctrow

CNN, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Documentary

SC Featured: Respect

ESPN Features

Photojournalism

Photojournalism: Videography

USA & Main

Jarrad Henderson

USA Today, McLean, VA

Photojournalism: Single Image

Into the Blue

J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Newsday, Melville, N.Y.

Photojournalism: Multiple Images

The Women’s Final

J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Newsday, Melville, N.Y.

Podcast

Podcast – Lifestyle

The Realness – WNYC

Christopher Johnson, Christopher Werth

WNYC News, New York, N.Y.

Mary Harris

Slate, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jared Paul

New York, N.Y.

Podcast – Commentary and Discussion

Scroll Down: Where’s Grandma?: Exposing Cracks in Pennsylvania’s Guardianship System

Cherri Gregg, Tom Rickert

KYW News Radio, Philadelphia, PA

Podcast – Arts and Culture

Monumental Lies

Brian Palmer, Seth Freed Wessler, Esther Kaplan

Type Investigations, New York, N.Y.

Stan Alcorn, Fernanda Camarena

Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, CA, PRX

PR & Marketing Campaigns

PR & Marketing Campaigns – Government

District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency’s First Risk Share Deal Closes, Preserving 176 Units of Affordable Housing in D.C.’s Ward 8

Multi Family Biz

Yolanda McCutchen

D.C. Housing Finance Agency, Washington, D.C

PR & Marketing Campaigns – Cause Related-Business-Product

Lincoln Partners with Superstar NE-YO

Chene Park One

Randy L Jones, APR

1 Voice Communications, Macomb, MI

Lincoln Motor Company

PR & Marketing Campaigns – Business Services

NIKE Chicago’s Summer of Basketball Campaign

NIKE Summer Hoops-Chicago

Flowers Communications Group and Nike

PR & Marketing Campaigns – Online Media

Fashionomics Africa Masterclass by African Development Bank

Jennifer Blanke , Vanessa Moungar, Victor Oladokun, Emanuela Gregorio, Alphonso Van Marsh

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

PR & Marketing Campaigns – TV

Behind The Movement

TV One

Silver Spring, MD

Magazine – Under 1 Million

Magazine – Under 1 Million – General Reporting

Dining While Black: Race and the Philly Food Scene

Ernest Owens

Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia, PA

Magazine – Under 1 Million – Business

Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield

YES! Magazine, Bainbridge Island, WA

Magazine – Under 1 Million – Commentary/Essay

Racism and the Trump Administration

Adam Serwer

The Atlantic, San Antonio, TX

Magazine – Under 1 Million – Specialty

What Is Barbershop Therapy?

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

YES! Magazine, Bainbridge Island, WA

Magazine – Under 1 Million – International

Blood, Sweat, and Batteries

Vivienne Walt

Fortune, New York, N.Y.

Magazine – Over 1 Million

Magazine – Over 1 Million – Specialty

When Racism Anchors Your Health

George Johnson, Rajul Punjabi

VICE, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Magazine – Over 1 Million – Sports

Most Dominant Athlete of 2018: Simone Biles

Danyel Smith

ESPN The Magazine/Undefeated, Bristol, CT

Magazine – Over 1 Million – Art & Design: Page Design

State of the Black Athlete

ESPN Staff

ESPN, Bristol, CT

Magazine – Over 1 Million – General Reporting

How the Warriors Became the Wokest Team in Pro Sports

Marc Spears, Lonnae O’Neal

ESPN the Magazine/Undefeated, Bristol, CT

Magazine – Over 1 Million – International

In Senegal, Female Empowerment, Prestige and Wealth Is Measured in Glittering Gold

Allison J. Keyes

Smithsonian Magazine, Washington, D.C.

Magazine – Over 1 Million – Commentary/Essay

For NFL Players, One Daunting Question Looms

Dominique Foxworth

ESPN the Magazine/Undefeated, Bristol, CT

Magazine – Over 1 Million – Single Topic Series

Motown at 60: A Celebration

Gerri Hirshey, Touré

AARP The Magazine, Washington, D.C.

Magazine – Over 1 Million – Investigative

Six Black Girls Were Brutally Murdered in the Early ’70s. Why Was This Case Never Solved?

Cheryl W. Thompson

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Radio – Market 16 and Below

Radio Market – Market 16 and Below – News: Series

Race, Slavery, Lynching, Memory and Monuments

Most People At Raleigh Public Hearing Want To Keep Confederate Monuments

American Universities, Monuments And Slavery Topic Of Discussion At Duke

Leoneda Inge

WUNC – N.C. Public Radio, Durham, N.C.

Radio Market – Market 16 and Below – Documentary

“The King of Alabama”

Alabama Public Radio

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Sports

Can ‘Relentless’ Freshman Emoni Bates Jump Straight to NBA?

John Niyo

The Detroit News, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Single Story

A Texas-Sized Tragedy: Horrific Convict-Leasing System Exposes Dark Truths About American History

Jeffrey L. Boney

Forward Times Publishing Co. / Houston Forward Times

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Commentary

Race in Louisiana’s Past and Not-So-Distant Past

Jarvis DeBerry

NOLA.com / The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Specialty

Rental Enforcement Lags in Detroit’s Lead Hot Spots

Christine MacDonald

The Detroit News, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – News Series

A Broken System: Behind the Bars of Texas Prisons

Mike McGee

The Dallas Examiner, Dallas, TX

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Feature Single Story

Kaleb’s Christmas Wish: A Gravestone for His Friend

George Hunter

The Detroit News, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Art & Design: Page Design

MLK50: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Karen Carter Richards, Grace Boateng

Forward Times Publishing / Houston Forward Times, Houston, TX

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Business

Roxbury Businesses Seek Revitalization Through Cultural District

Robin Washington

Boston Business Journal, Boston, MA

Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Investigative

Protecting the Shield

Asbury Park Press, USA Today Network, New Jersey

Television Market 16 and Below

Television Market 16 and Below – Public Affairs: Segment

“Black Nouveau: We Got This!”

(starts approx. 22:04 into program)

Everett Lee Marshburn

Milwaukee Public Television, Milwaukee, WI

Television Market 16 and Below – Public Affairs: Program

Stephon Clark: A Call for Change

Derek Schnell

KCRA3, Sacramento, CA

Television Market 16 and Below – Public Affairs: Specialty

“Black Nouveau: Amazing Grace Chorus”

(starts approx. 7:43 into program)

Liddie Collins

Milwaukee PBS, Milwaukee, WI

Hope and Healing: Fighting Fibroids

Kimberly Holmes-Wiggins

WBOC-TV, Salisbury, MD

Television Market 16 and Below – General Assignment News: Long Form

Valentino Dixon: Wrongfully Convicted – Finally Free 27 Years Later

Claudine Ewing, Andy DeSantis, Bob Mancuso

WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, N.Y.

Television Market 16 and Below – Feature: Long Form

Jalen and Joanna: A Lead Paint Story

Kendall Moore

WSBE-Rhode Island PBS, University of Rhode Island

28th Street 50 Years Later

Steve Crump

WBTV, Charlotte, N.C.

Television Market 16 and Below – General Assignment News: Short Form

Asheville School: 50 Years Later

Justin Hinton, Jordan Powell

WLOS, Asheville, N.C.

Television Market 16 and Below – Documentary

Orangeburg Fifty Years Later

Steve Crump

WBTV, Charlotte, N.C.

Television Market 16 and Below – Feature: Short Form

The Golden Girls

Tisha Powell

WTVD, Durham, N.C.

COLLEGIATE AWARDS

Digital Media – Undergraduate

Digital Media Undergraduate – Online Feature Reporting

“Finally Free”

Gabrielle Calise

University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL

Digital Media – Graduate

Digital Media – Graduate – Best Use of Multimedia – Special Project

Hate in America

Carnegie-Knight News21

Digital Media – Graduate – Online Feature Reporting

We Need to Include Black Women’s Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault

The Nation and Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University

Digital Media – Graduate – Best Use of Multimedia – Online Sports Reporting

Jackson State, Alcorn State Battle in Soul Bowl for SWAC East Crown

Wilton Charles Jackson

Louisiana State University

HBCU Gameday

Photography – Graduate

Photography – Graduate – Multiple Images

In Picture and Sound: First Annual Black Joy Parade Takes Over Downtown Oakland

Drew Costley

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA

Newspaper – Undergraduate

Newspaper – Undergraduate – Feature Reporting

Financial Strain Discourages Those Who Need to Get Checked for Breast Cancer

Alyssa Burr – Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Photography – Graduate

Photography – Graduate – Multiple Images

In Picture and Sound: First Annual Black Joy Parade Takes Over Downtown Oakland

Drew Costley

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA

Radio – Undergraduate

Radio Undergraduate News Reporting

Anti-Confederate Protesters Disrupt Independence Day Celebration in St. Augustine

Shamarria Morrison

University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL

Radio Undergraduate – Radio Feature Reporting

Cemetery Restoration After Hurricane Irma

Restoration Begins For Private Cemeteries Affected By Hurricane Irma

Matthew Arrojas, Luke Sullivan

University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL

Radio Undergraduate – Radio Sports Reporting

Overcoming Adversity Through Archery

Meredith Sheldon

University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL

Television – Undergraduate

Television Undergraduate – Television Sports Reporting

Blind Brophy Football Player has Vision for Success

Matt Lively

Cronkite News, Phoenix, AZ

Television Undergraduate – General Assignment News: Short Form

Michigan Central Train Station Gets a Makeover: “Old Train Station Heading In a New Direction”

Tony Maurice Betton, Jr.

NABJ Monitor 2018

Television Undergraduate – Television Feature Reporting

The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Makes Sure Kids Don’t Strike Out

Evan Brooks

Howard University News Service

Television Undergraduate – General TV News Reporting

March for Our Lives Brings Hundreds of Thousands to Nation’s Capital

Tayler Adigun

Howard University News Service

Television Undergraduate – Best Newscast

NewsVision Newscast Fall 2018

Sommer Hill, Bria Patterson, Evan Brooks, Bre’onna Richardson

Howard University News Service

Television Undergraduate – Documentary

How the Sickle Shapes

Kalynne Wilson

Regent University

Digital Media

Digital Media – Single Story News

Chaos After Chicago Police Shoot Harith Augustus

Nader Issa

Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL

Digital Media – Sports

How J.R. Smith Bounced Back from Game 1

Jesse Washington

The Undefeated, Washington, D.C.

An Endless Fight, A Defining Choice

David Steele

Sporting News, Laurel, MD

Digital Media – Online Project: News

Detroit Free Press Coverage of the Death and Funeral of Aretha Franklin

Staff of the Detroit Free Press

Digital Media – Online Project: Feature

No Ceilings: How African American Female Athletes Use Community to Navigate Negative Images

Lonnae O’Neal, Maya Jones, The Undefeated Staff

The Undefeated, Washington, D.C./ Bristol, CT

Digital Media – Interactive: Feature

Existing While Black

Taryn Finley, Paul Josephson, Jennifer Kho, Marc Janks, Ivylise Simones

HuffPost, New York, N.Y.

Christy Havranek, Chris McGonigal

Digital Media – Interactive: News

Trooper Tases Teen on ATV, Police Video Reveals What Happens Next

Elisha W. Anderson, Ann Zaniewski, John Wisely, Brian Kaufman

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Digital Media – Commentary/Weblog

All the Ways I Did Not Die

Michael Harriot

Gizmodo Media Group

The Root, New York, N.Y.

Digital Media – Single Story: Feature

“I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother”

Joe Sexton

ProPublica/The Frontline Dispatch, New York, N.Y.