The Indianapolis Recorder won 14 awards at the Society of Professional Journalists Best in Indiana Journalism Contest. The awards ceremony was April 22.
Non-Deadline Story or Series (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Tyler Fenwick, Breanna Cooper, Oseye Boyd
- Poverty: ‘It takes a toll’
- 1st place
Education Reporting (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Tyler Fenwick
- Incident with district police officer left Black teacher ‘stressed and anxious’
- 3rd place
Coverage of Children’s Issues (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Farah Yousry
- To raise kids around here, ‘It takes a little love, lots of prayer’ and a football coach who cares
- 1st place
Coverage of Children’s Issues (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Tyler Fenwick
- ‘I hate COVID’: Younger children roll up their sleeves for vaccine
- 2nd place
Features Writing (Magazines and non-daily newspapers)
- Tyler Fenwick, Breanna Cooper, Oseye Boyd
- Diabetes: A crisis in plain sight
- 3rd place
Features Writing (Magazines and non-daily newspapers)
- Breanna Cooper
- Possible son of Thomas Jefferson called Indiana home
- 2nd place
Arts and Entertainment Writing (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Breanna Cooper
- Film review: ‘Mass’ a haunting, powerful slow burn
- 1st place
Editorial writing (All publications and digital media)
- Oseye Boyd
- It’s on you, white America
- 2nd place
Arts and Entertainment Writing (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Breanna Cooper
- Civic Theatre production features first all-Black ensemble in 30 years
- 2nd place
Sports Reporting (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Tyler Fenwick
- ‘I still had stuff to achieve’: Indianapolis sprinter readies for Paralympics
- 3rd place
Coverage of Social Justice Issues (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Breanna Cooper
- ‘The library is run like a plantation;’ Indianapolis Public Library leadership accused of racism
- 2nd place
Coverage of Social Justice Issues (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Breanna Cooper
- ‘It makes our jobs harder’: police in emergency rooms
- 3rd place
Sports Photography (Publication circulation below 30,000)
- Jeff Brown
- Colts pour it on 49ers
- 1st place
Best Newsletter
- Breanna Cooper
- Indianapolis Recorder newsletter
- 2nd place
