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Student journalists from the Indiana Daily Student and the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism placed in 13 categories of this weekend’s Best of Indiana journalism contest sponsored by the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Media School-supported professional publication — the Indiana Environmental Reporter — also won nine awards, and master’s student Kayan Taraporevala won an award for reporting for WFHB Community Radio.

Indiana Student Journalist of the Year

Cate Charron, BAJ’22, Indiana Daily Student

Chapter College Scholarship Recipients

Marissa Meador and Ryan Costello

Investigative Reporting (Publication circulation below 10,000)

First place: Enrique Saenz, “Digging into PFAS and GHGs,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Coverage of Government or Politics (Publication circulation below 10,000)

First place: Enrique Saenz, “State Decisions, Local Effect,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Business or Consumer Affairs Reporting (Publication circulation below 10,000)

First place: Enrique Saenz, “The Environmental Side of Business Decisions,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Coverage of Social Injustices (Publication circulation below 10,000)

First place: Enrique Saenz, “Hoosiers Facing Environmental Injustice,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Medical or Science Reporting (Publication circulation below 10,000)

First place: Enrique Saenz, Indiana Environmental Reporter

Environmental Reporting (Publication circulation below 10,000)

First place: Enrique Saenz, “Tracking the Hoosier State’s Environmental Problems and Decisions,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Graphics and Illustrations (Publication circulation below 10,000)

• First place: Melanie Roberts, “PFAS Sources,” Indiana Environmental Reporter
• Second place: Melanie Roberts, “Monarch Butterfly Waystations,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Best Podcast

Third place: Michael Roberts, Enrique Saenz, “On Air with IER,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Student: Print and Digital Division Student Breaking News Reporting

First place: Daily student staff, “Man identified, charged after hours long underground barricade,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Non-Deadline News

First place: Nic Napier, “We have seen the worst: Bloomington nurses face pandemic burnout, pushing some to leave,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Investigative Reporting

First place: Cate Charron, “Dissonance in due process,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Feature Story

Second place: Lauren Ulrich, “She dreams of Afghanistan,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Sports Reporting

• First place: Nic Napier and Nadia Scharf, “Big Bucks, Big Buyouts: Big Ten schools spend millions clearing coaching rosters,” Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism
• Second place: Evan Gerike, “The program is doomed: Players say Indiana volleyball coach Steve Aird created a culture of fear,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Editorial Writing

First place: Kaitlyn Radde, “Shame on their lawyers IU’s violations of public access laws show contempt for transparency,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Graphics or Illustration

Third place: Juliette Albert, “Mellow teenage rebellion,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Best Journalism Website

First place: Daily Student Staff, idsnews.com, Indiana Daily Student

Student Best Use of Social Media

First place: Daily Student Staff, “Man identified, charged after hours long underground barricade,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Best Newsletter

• First place: Daily Student Staff, “IDS IU Basketball Newsletter,” Indiana Daily Student
• Second place: Daily Student Staff, “IDS Daily Rundown,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Radio Features Reporting

First place: Kayan Tara, “Ongoing complications with rezoning potential new jail leaves little hope,” WFHB Community Radio