WTTW NOMINATED FOR 16 LISAGOR AWARDS

The Chicago Headline Club has announced that WTTW has been nominated for 16 Peter Lisagor Awards for 2023. The finalists were selected by an independent chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists from across more than 100 categories including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and digital media.

WTTW is recognized for:

Best Feature or Human Interest Single Story
Chicago Stories: The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor
Daniel Andries, Anna Gardner, Ken Lumb, Shuling Yong, Sharon Zurek, Anthony Fleming III

Best Social or Short-Form Video
WTTW News Explains
WTTW News Team and The Banditry

Best Digital Design
Firsthand: Homeless
Justin Henderson

Best Food or Restaurant Coverage
“The Journey of a Loaf of Bread from a Farm to Your Table“
Daniel Hautzinger, Sandy Noto

Best Headline From a Small Print/Online Publication
“What the Fluff? It’s a ‘Holy Cow’ Year for Cottonwood, and Here’s Why”
Patty Wetli

Best Feature Reporting Single Story/Episode – Video
Chicago Stories: Candy Capital
Eddie Griffin, Anna Gardner, Lauren Drell, Tim Boyd, Oral User, Scott Holoubek, Anthony Fleming III, Geoffrey Baer

Best Feature Reporting Single Story/Episode – Video
Chicago Stories: The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor
Daniel Andries, Anna Gardner, Ken Lumb, Shuling Yong, Sharon Zurek, Anthony Fleming III

Best Reporting on Crime and Justice – Video
“Elder Parole”
Brandis Friedman

Best Education Reporting – Video
“Teachers, Parents Plead for Hope Learning Academy to Keep Its Doors Open Following Sudden Closure Announcement”
Amanda Vinicky, Acacia Hernandez

Best Reporting on Race and Diversity – Video
Chicago Stories: Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion
Rachel Pikelny, Anna Gardner, Brendan Walsh, Brian Wingert, Oral User, Brian Clark, Lucia Agajanian

Best Reporting on Race and Diversity – Video
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Brandis Friedman, Erica Gunderson, Crystin Immel, Angel Idowu

Best Reporting on Race and Diversity – Video
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Joanna Hernandez, Erica Gunderson, Acacia Hernandez, Crystin Immel, Emily Soto

Best Science and Technology Reporting – Video
Chicago Stories: The Race to Reverse the River
Eddie Griffin, Robert Loerzel, Anna Gardner, Lauren Drell, Tim Boyd, Oral Berat User, Paul Thornton, Anthony Fleming III

Best Political and Government Reporting – Video
“Pritzker Quickly Signs Illinois Assault Weapons Ban Into Law: ‘We Got it Done’”
Amanda Vinicky

Best Political and Government Reporting – Video
“Analyzing Lori Lightfoot’s Legacy: A Combative Mayor Whose Reform Push Faltered Amid Pandemic Woes, Self-Inflicted Wounds”
Heather Cherone

Best Deadline Reporting
“Lightfoot Campaign Asks CPS Teachers to Encourage Students to Help Her Win Reelection in Return for Credit”
Heather Cherone

The Chicago Headline Club established the Lisagor Awards in 1977 to inspire Chicago-area journalists to follow his outstanding example and to recognize truly superior contributions to journalism. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday, May 10, 2024.

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