Public Narrative is excited to announce additional winners and finalists of the 28th Annual Community Media Awards.
Following the announcement of the Studs Terkel winners, the Uplifting Voices and the Ripple Effect Awards winners have also been selected.
"These awards help provide a well-rounded acknowledgment of community journalists whose work has influenced our city in different ways," says Public Narrative president and executive director Jhmira Alexander.
"As journalists' approaches to journalism continue to evolve, so will how we recognize them in future awards."
Since 2014, the Uplifting Voices Award has honored an individual journalist or changemaker who elevates the voices of people in Chicago communities. Past winners include Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, Aurie Pennick and Tonika Lewis-Johnson.
The winner of the 2023 Uplifting Voices Award is:
- Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago
The Ripple Effect Award was created in 2019 to recognize a journalist anywhere in the United States whose work has impacted Chicago and beyond. Past winners include Michelle Duster, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jamie Kalven.
The winner of the 2023 Ripple Effect Award is:
- Craig Dellimore, WBBM Newsradio
The Community Media Awards also recognizes a new category: People's Choice. One emerging journalist and an established journalist will be named People's Choice.
The finalists of the 2023 People's Choice Award are:
- Josh McGhee and Ola Giwa, MindSite News
- Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago
- Jorge Martinez, Cicero Independiente
- Sylvia Snowden, CAN TV
We will announce the winners of the People's Choice Award at the Community Media Awards ceremony.
Read more of the announcement.
Learn more about this year's categories:
THE STUDS TERKEL
Louis B. “Studs” Terkel was not just a name to us. He was a mentor and a guiding star. For years, Studs Terkel himself helped choose the recipients. Today the Terkel Award honorees are chosen by the people that Studs recognized for their exceptional journalism: A committee of past Terkel Award winners.
The 2023 Studs Terkel winners have been announced! Learn more.
THE UPLIFTING VOICES
Created in 2014, the Uplifting Voices Award is presented to a journalist or otherwise who elevates the voices of people in communities in their work. Past Uplifting Voices Awardees include Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, Aurie Pennick and Tonika Lewis-Johnson.
The Uplifting Voices winner has been announced! Learn more.
THE RIPPLE EFFECT
The Ripple Effect Award began in 2019 and is granted to a journalist anywhere in the U.S. whose work has impacted Chicago and beyond. Past Ripple Effect Awardees include Michelle Duster, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jamie Kalven.
The 2023 Uplifting Voices winner has been announced! Learn more.
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Who are the Chicago media makers that have positively impacted your community with their reporting or storytelling? The People's Choice will recognize one emerging media maker and one established media maker. This new category will be up to the public's nominations.
The People's Choice finalists have been announced! Learn more.
See you at the 28th Annual Community Media Awards Thursday, May 11. Make sure to purchase your tickets today!
