Place | Category | Division | Credit | Organization | Entry |
First | Best Kentucky Derby coverage | Broadcast | Josh Gaines, Shaquille Lord, Drew Gardner, Jon Black, Mark Vanderhoff Pete Longton | WLKY | Derby in September 2020 |
Second | Best Kentucky Derby coverage | Broadcast | David Guildford, Jamilah Muhammad | Spectrum News 1 | Derby Day Protest |
Third | Best Kentucky Derby coverage | Broadcast | Staff | WAVE 3 TV | Kentucky Derby With No Fans |
First | Business/technology reporting | Broadcast | Travis Ragsdale, Hobie Crase | WDRB | CLOSE CALLS Plane-drone encounters on rise near Louisville airports |
Second | Business/technology reporting | Broadcast | Valerie Chinn, Doug Smith | WDRB | Drones on the Mexico border |
Third | Business/technology reporting | Broadcast | Drew Stahlman, Rebekah Dow, Tim Hannigan | WLKY | UPS Delivers Vaccine |
First | Continuing coverage/series reporting | Broadcast | Valerie Chinn, Doug Smith | WDRB | Reporting from the Mexico border in Arizona |
Second | Continuing coverage/series reporting | Broadcast | Jess Clark, Eleanor Klibanoff, Jacob Ryan | WFPL | David McAtee shooting |
First | Crime/courts/criminal justice reporting | Broadcast | Valerie Chinn, Zach Crabtree | WDRB | Pandemic speeding investigation |
First | Enterprise/investigative reporting | Broadcast | Travis Ragsdale, Jacob Ryan | WDRB and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting | Judges evade accountability for search warrants |
Second | Enterprise/investigative reporting | Broadcast | Andrea Stahlman, Scott Eckhardt, Rick Van Hoose | WLKY | KIVA Remembers: Loss & Legacy |
First | Environmental reporting | Broadcast | David Guildford | Spectrum News 1 | Christmas Tree Fish Habitat |
First | Feature reporting | Broadcast | Stephon Dingle, Scott Eckhardt | WLKY | The Ali Stingrays |
Second | Feature reporting | Broadcast | Tom Lane | WDRB | Tom Lane on TikTok family, Suprise wedding reception and Nurse dealing with COVID |
Third | Feature reporting | Broadcast | Khyati Patel | Spectrum News 1 | Feature reporting Composite |
First | General/spot news reporting | Broadcast | Khyati Patel | Spectrum News 1 | An Unexpected Embrace |
Second | General/spot news reporting | Broadcast | WDRB News | WDRB | The Moment the Breonna Taylor protests started |
First | Government/politics reporting | Broadcast | Valerie Chinn, Doug Smith | WDRB | How customs officers find contraband in packages |
First | Newscast | Broadcast | WDRB News | WDRB | WDRB News at 10 |
Second | Newscast | Broadcast | Erin Pryor, Cara Catlett, Chris Sutter, Valerie Chinn | WDRB | WDRB News at 11:30 |
Third | Newscast | Broadcast | WLKY News Team | WLKY | WLKY Morning News / WLKY 6pm News |
First | Public affairs reporting | Broadcast | Valerie Chinn, Doug Smith | WDRB | Parents question if JCPS is doing enough as suspensions rise |
Second | Public affairs reporting | Broadcast | Andrea Stahlman, Stephon Dingle, Betty Winston Baye, Scott Eckhardt | WLKY | Project CommUNITY – WLKY |
Third | Public affairs reporting | Broadcast | Jewel Jackson | WFPL | Racial Trauma and #SayHerName |
First | Sports reporting | Broadcast | John Lewis | WDRB | John Lewis features Louisville Field Hockey, Boxer training and Blitzball |
Second | Sports reporting | Broadcast | Tom Lane | WDRB | Tom Lane on Olympics training, Bellarmine tennis and virtual basketball lessons |
Third | Sports reporting | Broadcast | David Guildford | Spectrum News 1 | Lexington Polo Club |
First | Team coverage | Broadcast | Staff | WAVE 3 TV | Breonna Taylor’s Death Sparks Louisville Protests |
Second | Team coverage | Broadcast | WLKY News Team, , Andrew , | WLKY | Breonna Taylor Protests |
Third | Team coverage | Broadcast | Staff | WFPL | Louisville protests |
First | Journalist of the Year | Journalist of the Year | Darcy Costello, Tessa Duvall | The Courier Journal | The slaying of Breonna Taylor |
First | Feature writing | Magazines | Cary Stemle | LEO Weekly | The revolution will be streamed / More than 500 protest arrests / Protesters in arms: Guns as plentiful at protests as the reasons people carry them |
First | Personality/profile writing | Magazines | Chris Kenning | Louisville Magazine | Changing Courses: How Louisville chef Ed Lee found rebirth amid a collapsing restaurant industry |
First | Best breaking story | Metro Louisville | Darcy Costello, Tessa Duvall | The Courier Journal | Grand jury indicts 1 of 3 officers in Breonna Taylor shooting. But not for her death |
Second | Best breaking story | Metro Louisville | Tessa Duvall, Darcy Costello | The Courier Journal | 911 call from Breonna Taylor shooting: ‘Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend’ |
Third | Best breaking story | Metro Louisville | Deborah Yetter | The Courier Journal | State Supreme Court upholds Gov. Andy Beshear’s power to issue emergency COVID-19 orders |
First | Best interactive/multimedia | Metro Louisville | Allison Stines | Louisville Business First | Louisville’s wealthiest zip codes; Louisville loses public companies |
First | Best Kentucky Derby story | Metro Louisville | Eric Crawford | WDRB | Derby Week Dawns to Disappointment |
First | Best picture story | Metro Louisville | Michael Clevenger | The Courier-Journal | Say Her Name. Protests in Louisville |
Second | Best picture story | Metro Louisville | Eric Crawford | WDRB | Downtown Louisville: Boarded Up |
Third | Best picture story | Metro Louisville | Christopher Fryer | Louisville Business First | Hush Hour |
First | Best podcast | Metro Louisville | Chris Otts | WDRB | Uncovered by WDRB News |
First | Best sound mixing/creative use of sound | Metro Louisville | Ryan Van Velzer, Amina Elahi | WFPL | Louisville Metro Council Approves Ban On No-Knock Warrants |
First | Best special section | Metro Louisville | Jennifer Williams | The Courier Journal | Kentucky Derby 146 |
First | Best use of data | Metro Louisville | Suhail Bhat | WFPL | Suhail Bhat data stories |
Second | Best use of data | Metro Louisville | Allison Stines | Louisville Business First | Back to School; Fast 50; and The New Normal at Work |
Third | Best use of data | Metro Louisville | Chris Larson | Louisville Business First | Layoffs increase; Churches get CARES Act money; Billion dollar Medicaid contracts |
First | Best video (non-broadcast) | Metro Louisville | Eric Crawford | WDRB | A spring without a Kentucky Derby |
Second | Best video (non-broadcast) | Metro Louisville | Jeff Faughender | The Courier Journal | The Courier Journal staff reflects on 100 days of racial justice protests in Louisville |
First | Business/technology reporting | Metro Louisville | Marty Finley | Louisville Business First | Oldham County’s opportunity; Downtown’s tough road forward |
Second | Business/technology reporting | Metro Louisville | Chris Otts | WDRB | Kentucky’s job subsidies + Lessons from Papa John’s exit |
Third | Business/technology reporting | Metro Louisville | David Mann | Louisville Business First | Launching a liquor brand is a fiery hellscape — You should try it |
First | Column writing | Metro Louisville | Eric Crawford | WDRB | Protests, Kentucky Derby racism and COVID |
Second | Column writing | Metro Louisville | Pat McDonogh | The Courier Journal | From ventriloquist dummies to a fork in the road, explore these 7 wacky wonders of Kentucky |
Third | Column writing | Metro Louisville | Lennie Omalza | The Courier Journal | Inside the homes of Kentucky’s horse country |
First | Continuing coverage | Metro Louisville | Jason Riley, Marcus Green, Travis Ragsdale | WDRB | Exclusive reporting and follow-ups on the search warrant in the Breonna Taylor case |
Second | Continuing coverage | Metro Louisville | Joe Sonka | The Courier Journal | Mark Taylor near pardon |
Third | Continuing coverage | Metro Louisville | Sarah Shadburne | Louisville Business First | Paycheck Protection Program: Community banks, a problem for OVRDRIVE, and preparing the next round |
First | Crime/courts/criminal justice reporting | Metro Louisville | Darcy Costello, Tessa Duvall | The Courier Journal | Did Louisville investigators go too easy on police officers in Breonna Taylor shooting? |
Second | Crime/courts/criminal justice reporting | Metro Louisville | Jason Riley | WDRB | Breonna Taylor search warrant, the plea offer to implicate Breonna Taylor and Kentucky jail booking fees |
Third | Crime/courts/criminal justice reporting | Metro Louisville | Kala Kachmar | The Courier Journal | David McAtee’s barbecue stand was a safe haven. But one deadly night changed everything |
First | Editorial cartoons | Metro Louisville | Marc Murphy | The Courier Journal | Mitch McConnell, Breonna Taylor and health insurance |
First | Editorial writing | Metro Louisville | Aaron Yarmuth | LEO Weekly | A Series On The LMPD By Aaron Yarmuth |
Second | Editorial writing | Metro Louisville | Scott Jennings | The Courier Journal | Trump, election results and debate analysis |
First | Education reporting | Metro Louisville | Mandy McLaren | The Courier Journal | Mental health evaluations, remote learning and racial disparities across the district’s PTA bank account |
Second | Education reporting | Metro Louisville | Olivia Krauth | The Courier Journal | 45 years after Louisville’s busing riots, could a proposal cause schools to resegregate? |
Third | Education reporting | Metro Louisville | Jessica Able | The Record newspaper | Bellarmine partners with JCTC to open new student transfer pathway |
First | Enterprise/investigative reporting | Metro Louisville | Hayes Gardner, Bailey Loosemore | The Courier Journal | BEYOND BREONNA: Systemic racism simmered in Louisville for generations. Then Breonna Taylor died |
Second | Enterprise/investigative reporting | Metro Louisville | Mandy McLaren | The Courier Journal | JCPS is pulling hundreds of kids from class for psych evaluations and threatening parents |
Third | Enterprise/investigative reporting | Metro Louisville | Darcy Costello, Tessa Duvall | The Courier Journal | Breonna Taylor was briefly alive after police shot her. But no one tried to treat her |
First | Environmental reporting | Metro Louisville | James Bruggers | Inside Climate News via Courier-Journal and WFPL | Environment and Politics: Environmental justice and a Year of Decisions |
Second | Environmental reporting | Metro Louisville | Chris Otts | WDRB | LG&E’s solar farm: Bright idea or a ripoff? |
First | Feature photography | Metro Louisville | Christopher Fryer | Louisville Business First | Donald Lassere portrait |
First | Feature writing | Metro Louisville | Maggie Menderski | The Courier Journal | Inches from death, La Grange man spends 95 days in the hospital battling COVID-19 |
Second | Feature writing | Metro Louisville | Chris Kenning | The Courier Journal | 39 miners went in, only 1 came out: 50 years of pain from a Kentucky coal mine disaster |
Third | Feature writing | Metro Louisville | Dahlia Ghabour | The Courier Journal | Haunted bars and a rebirth of the arts industry |
First | General news photography | Metro Louisville | Michael Clevenger | The Courier-Journal | Together. Forever. |
Second | General news photography | Metro Louisville | Christopher Fryer | Louisville Business First | Lynn Family Stadium with green lights |
Third | General news photography | Metro Louisville | Michael Clevenger | The Courier-Journal | First Vaccine |
First | Government/Politics reporting | Metro Louisville | Morgan Watkins | The Courier Journal | From apartheid to affirmative action: Sen. Mitch McConnell’s complicated history on race |
Second | Government/Politics reporting | Metro Louisville | Travis Ragsdale, Chris Otts | WDRB | The Braidy Industries saga |
Third | Government/Politics reporting | Metro Louisville | Olivia Krauth | The Courier Journal | Bill would dramatically alter how Kentucky identifies and supports low-performing schools |
First | Graphic/illustration | Metro Louisville | Jennifer Williams | The Courier Journal | Suicide and Secrets: The false cure of conversion therapy and how I accepted myself as gay |
Second | Graphic/illustration | Metro Louisville | Brooke Timmons | Louisville Business First | Design of the times |
Third | Graphic/illustration | Metro Louisville | Brian Gray | The Courier Journal | VALENTINE’S DAY GIFT IDEAS: 5 LOUISVILLE-INSPIRED GIFTS THAT ARE SURE TO PLEASE EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOUR PUP |
First | Health reporting | Metro Louisville | Sarah Ladd | The Courier Journal | ‘It’s unbelievable’: 39-year-old veteran and father among Kentucky’s youngest COVID-19 deaths |
Second | Health reporting | Metro Louisville | Deborah Yetter | The Courier Journal | COVID-19 in Kentucky |
Third | Health reporting | Metro Louisville | Pat McDonogh | The Courier Journal | From France to Louisville, this epic WWII love story of 71 years was cut short by COVID-19 |
First | Minority/women’s affairs reporting | Metro Louisville | Marty Finley | Louisville Business First | Why funding is the key to success for West Louisville |
Second | Minority/women’s affairs reporting | Metro Louisville | LBF Staff | Louisville Business First | What is our way forward |
Third | Minority/women’s affairs reporting | Metro Louisville | Bailey Loosemore | The Courier Journal | ‘We know how to fight’: Why Black women are leading Louisville’s racial justice movement |
First | Page design – News/business | Metro Louisville | Kyle Slagle | The Courier Journal | Women of the Movement |
Second | Page design – News/business | Metro Louisville | Brooke Timmons | Louisville Business First | Endeavor’s Impact |
Third | Page design – News/business | Metro Louisville | Brooke Timmons | Louisville Business First | What is our way forward |
First | Page design – Sports/features | Metro Louisville | Brian Gray | The Courier Journal | John Prine wrote the perfect farewell in ‘WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN’ |
Second | Page design – Sports/features | Metro Louisville | Katelyn Rowe | The Courier Journal | CANCELED: On Thursday, the sports world as we knew it changed changed as the coronavirus pandemic grew |
First | Personality/profile writing | Metro Louisville | Kirby Adams | The Courier Journal | Paralympians, bourbon experts and a 500-mile walk |
Second | Personality/profile writing | Metro Louisville | Chris Kenning | The Courier Journal | ‘Hurry, he’s dying’: A chaplain’s journal chronicles a pandemic’s private wounds |
Third | Personality/profile writing | Metro Louisville | Haley Cawthon | Louisville Business First | Jesus Martinez, Nikkia Rhodes and Kent Taylor |
First | Review/criticism | Metro Louisville | Dana McMahan | The Courier Journal | Dry January, the Trouble Bar and touring Bourbon Country |
First | Sports action photography | Metro Louisville | Michael Clevenger | The Courier Journal | Derby 146 |
Second | Sports action photography | Metro Louisville | Eric Crawford | WDRB | Louisville bench celebration at Duke |
First | Sports column writing | Metro Louisville | Tim Sullivan | The Courier Journal | Carlos Dixon, Bob Knight and Scott Satterfield |
Second | Sports column writing | Metro Louisville | Eric Crawford | WDRB | Kentucky gaming, Remembering Paul Hornung and Derby Week doldrums |
First | Sports feature photography | Metro Louisville | Michael Clevenger | The Courier Journal | Under Water |
Second | Sports feature photography | Metro Louisville | Christopher Fryer | Louisville Business First | Mowing at Lynn Family Stadium |
Third | Sports feature photography | Metro Louisville | Eric Crawford | WDRB | Sunrise at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day |
First | Sports feature writing | Metro Louisville | Dominique Yates | The Courier Journal | From foster care to football star: How this DeSales star shaped himself into a DI recruit |
Second | Sports feature writing | Metro Louisville | Tim Sullivan | The Courier Journal | The mystery of Man O’ War’s missed race and U of L legend Wes Unseld |
Third | Sports feature writing | Metro Louisville | David Kim | The Courier Journal | Romeo Langford, Zen Michalski and Jeroy Ellis |
First | Sports reporting | Metro Louisville | Jon Hale | The Courier Journal | Kentucky cheerleading coaching staff fired, What if Alabama star quarterback Mac Jones had stayed committed to Kentucky football? and Why did it take so long for Adolph Rupp to sign a Black player? |
Second | Sports reporting | Metro Louisville | Jason Frakes | The Courier Journal | After ‘brutal’ season amid pandemic, prep football coaches and players ‘can just exhale’ |
Third | Sports reporting | Metro Louisville | David Kim | The Courier Journal | Esports interest exploding in Kentucky high schools with college scholarships now in play |
First | Spot news photography | Metro Louisville | Marcus Green | WDRB | Breonna Taylor protests |
Second | Spot news photography | Metro Louisville | Michael Clevenger | The Courier-Journal | The Fearless Five |
First | Best news story | Regional/community | Sam Draut | The Oldham Era | La Grange man returns home after nearly 100 days in hospital with COVID-19 |
Second | Best news story | Regional/community | Jessica Able | The Record newspaper | Schools transition to remote learning |
Third | Best news story | Regional/community | Marnie McAllister | The Record | Pandemic Help |
First | Best video (non-broadcast) | Regional/community | Sam Draut | The Oldham Era | 2020 in Oldham County |
First | Continuing coverage | Regional/community | Marnie McAllister | The Record | For Peace & Justice |
Second | Continuing coverage | Regional/community | Ruby Thomas | The Record Newspaper | Faith helps local couple fight coronavirus |
Third | Continuing coverage | Regional/community | Jessica Able | The Record newspaper | Schools delay opening as case numbers rise |
First | Editorial writing | Regional/community | Marnie McAllister | The Record | Death, Covid and racism |
First | Feature writing | Regional/community | Sam Draut | The Oldham Era | ‘Respond with love,’ protesters stand in La Grange for more than 40 nights |
Second | Feature writing | Regional/community | Jessica Able | The Record newspaper | Holy Trinity adopts a canine counselor |
Third | Feature writing | Regional/community | Ruby Thomas | The Record Newspaper | https://therecordnewspaper.org/beekeeping-helps-teen-overcome-struggles/ |
First | Feature/sport photography | Regional/community | Jessica Able | The Record newspaper | Canine counselor |
First | General news photography | Regional/community | Marnie McAllister | The Record | “No Justice, No Peace” |
Second | General news photography | Regional/community | Jessica Able | The Record newspaper | Catholics pray, walk for racial justice |
Third | General news photography | Regional/community | Ruby Thomas | The Record Newspaper | Archdiocese unveils Daniel Rudd memorial marker in Bardstown cemetery |
First | Page design | Regional/community | Sam Draut | The Oldham Era | Page designs |
First | Public affairs writing | Regional/community | Ruby Thomas | The Record Newspaper | https://therecordnewspaper.org/filters-for-navajo-aim-to-ease-suffering/ |
Second | Public affairs writing | Regional/community | Jessica Able | The Record newspaper | Catholic Charities uses grants to offer assistance |
First | Rookie of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Grace Hayba | WDRB | Grace Hayba for Rookie of the Year |
Second | Rookie of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Sarah Shadburne | Louisville Business First | Sarah Shadburne |
First | Best news story | Student | Satchel Walton, Cooper Walton | Manual RedEye | KSP Training slideshow quotes Hitler, advocates “ruthless” violence |
Second | Best news story | Student | Dalila Bevab, Mariah Allison | Knights Media Network | Bellarmine Honors Breonna Taylor |
Third | Best news story | Student | Maggie Vancampen, Eli Hughes | The Louisville Cardinal | U of L community upset over anti-LGBTQ literature |
First | Best picture story | Student | Mia Leon | On the Record | Breonna’s Louisville |
Second | Best picture story | Student | Molly Gregory | Manual RedEye | BHM: Manual showcases their annual Black History Month celebration, “Anchored Roots†|
First | Best podcast | Student | Dakota Waldridge | Thorobred News | Dave and Abraham |
First | Best short run podcast | Student | Lyric Hill | Thorobred News | The Lights – Front and Center |
First | Best special section | Student | Staff | On the Record | Louisville Gone Viral |
First | Best use of data | Student | Payton Carns | Manual RedEye | OPINION: Support your friends a little extra this winter |
Second | Best use of data | Student | Maddie Gamertsfelder, Andrew Meiners | Manual RedEye | It’s official, Trump vs. Biden |
First | Best video (non-broadcast) | Student | Marilyn Buente, Jacob Hamm, Ella Metzmeier | On the Record | Distant & Distracted |
Second | Best video (non-broadcast) | Student | Kate Benton | Manual RedEye | VIDEO: Students react to COVID-19, last day before closure |
Third | Best video (non-broadcast) | Student | Donald Rand | Knights Media Network | Student Works Out at Home |
First | Column writing | Student | Ella Treinen | On the Record | Dear High School Senior |
Second | Column writing | Student | Lily Wobbe | On the Record | It’s Our Turn To Lead. |
Third | Column writing | Student | Kayleigh Knight | Manual RedEye | OPINION: Black Lives Matter vs All Lives Matter |
First | Continuing coverage | Student | Staff | Manual RedEye | Bigoted Badges |
Second | Continuing coverage | Student | Staff | On the Record | All Eyes On Us |
Third | Continuing coverage | Student | Staff | On the Record | COVID-19 Coverage |
First | Editorial writing | Student | Zachary Baker | The Louisville Cardinal | RAVE Alerts show administrators lack racial sensitivity |
Second | Editorial writing | Student | Katie Cummins | On the Record | Musings From A Fellow Crimson |
Third | Editorial writing | Student | Jessica Carney-Perks | Manual RedEye | The romanticization of the ghetto in Louisville |
First | Enterprise/investigative reporting | Student | Satchel Walton, Cooper Walton | Manual RedEye | KSP training slideshow quotes Hitler, advocates ‘ruthless’ violence |
First | Feature photography | Student | Molly Gregory | Manual RedEye | Crimsons go crazy at Homecoming pep rally |
First | Feature writing | Student | Justin Price | On the Record | The Price Isn’t Right |
Second | Feature writing | Student | Wynn McDonald | Knights Media Network | Wynn McDonald Feature Stories |
Third | Feature writing | Student | Logan Clark | Knights Media Network | Faculty Finding Fun Features Stories by Logan Clark |
First | General news photography | Student | Molly Gregory | Manual RedEye | Manual celebrates Black history |
First | Government/politics reporting | Student | Satchel Walton | Manual RedEye | Kentucky law enforcement training used video with Nazi symbol |
Second | Government/politics reporting | Student | Molly Gregory, KC Ciresi, Liv Bohler | Manual RedEye | Black Lives Matter at Manual |
Third | Government/politics reporting | Student | Kate Benton | Manual RedEye | FEATURE: Shock factor |
First | Graphic/illustration | Student | Jessica Carney-Perks | On the Record | Our Hair At Home |
Second | Graphic/illustration | Student | Grant Stromquist, James Jean-Marie, Marilyn Buente, Lainey Holland | On the Record | Louisville Gone Viral – Cover |
Third | Graphic/illustration | Student | James Jean-Marie | On the Record | A History Lesson |
First | Page design – Sports/features | Student | Grant Stromquist | On the Record | All Eyes On Us |
Second | Page design – Sports/features | Student | James Jean-Marie | On the Record | Lost in the Maze |
Third | Page design – Sports/features | Student | Marilyn Buente | On the Record | Behind the Screens |
First | Public affairs reporting | Student | Justin Price | On the Record | The Price Isn’t Right |
Second | Public affairs reporting | Student | Norah Crothers | On the Record | Split City |
Third | Public affairs reporting | Student | Madelin Shelton | The Louisville Cardinal | University releases Strategic Plan progress report |
First | Sports action photography | Student | Cesca Campisano | Manual RedEye | Last week’s Homecoming festivities |
First | Sports feature photography | Student | Molly Gregory | Manual RedEye | Girls soccer finds a new coach |
First | Sports writing | Student | Dalila Bevab | Knights Media Network | What will Bellarmine’s D-1 Renovations Look Like? |
Second | Sports writing | Student | Adrienne Sato | Manual RedEye | Addison Evers: Aiming for the goal(ball) |
Third | Sports writing | Student | Cole Emery | The Louisville Cardinal | NCCA sends U of L a Notice of Allegations |
First | Spot news photography | Student | Joseph Garcia | The Louisville Cardinal | “Breonna’s Life Mattered” |