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Student journalists from the Indiana Daily Student, “IU NewsNet” and the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism placed in 14 categories of this weekend’s Indy Pro Society of Professional Journalists awards.

Two Media School-supported professional publications — the Indiana Environmental Reporter and “In This Climate” podcast — also won awards, and master’s student Kayan Taraporevala won a student award for reporting for WFHB Community Radio.

Indiana Student Journalist of the Year

Enterprise Desk, Indiana Daily Student

Student Coverage of Minority, Diversity and Inclusion

• First place: Matt Cohen, “Indignity in death,” Indiana Daily Student
• Second place: Lizzie Kaboski, “Being heard,” Indiana Daily Student
• Third place: David Wolfe Bender, Phyllis Cha and Kaitlyn Radde, “Anger, grief as city votes down protections for homeless camps,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Television News Reporting

• First place: Ella Rhoades, “Black Mold at the Dillon: Part 1,” IU NewsNet
• Second place: Mary Claire Molloy, “The Red Zone: Part 1,” IU NewsNet, in partnership with the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism

Student Feature Story

• First place: Phyllis Cha and Hannah Dailey, “After the Audition,” Indiana Daily Student
• Second place: Emma Uber, “The Scarlet ‘E’: How eviction can haunt tenants forever,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Non-Deadline News

• First place: Kaitlyn Radde and Carson TerBush, “In the dark: Transparency rule fails to shed light on costs for IU Health Bloomington patients,” Indiana Daily Student
• Third place: Phyllis Cha, “Fentanyl-laced prescription counterfeits a life-or-death gamble,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Best Journalism Website

First place: Indiana Daily Student

Student Television Best Newscast

First place: Griffin Gonzalez, Ella Rhoades, Derek Decker and Anna Black, IU NewsNet Sept. 30, IU NewsNet

Student Sports Reporting

First place: Matt Cohen, “‘Worth the risks’: An inside look at IU football’s pandemic season,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Column Writing

First place: Jaclyn Ferguson, Black Voices columns, Indiana Daily Student

Student News Photography

First place: Alex Deryn and Mallorey Daunhauer, Indianapolis mourns, Indiana Daily Student

Student Best Online Multimedia

First place: Phyllis Cha, Hannah Dailey, Izzy Myszak and Ethan Levy, “After the audition,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Radio News Reporting

First place: Kayan Tara, “Indiana University Graduate Workers Continue Fight to Unionize,” WFHB Community Radio

Student Investigative Reporting

• Second place: Matt Cohen, “Former members of Bloomington church allege abuse, cover-up,” Indiana Daily Student
• Third place: Tyler Tachman, “The Pursuit of Light and Truth: Law professor battles IU over reporting on presidential search process,” Indiana Daily Student

Student Best Design Other Than P1 or Cover

Second place: Abby Carmichael, Indiana Daily Student

Student Graphics or Illustration

Second place: Vivek Rao and Carson TerBush, “The president’s speeches, Indiana Daily Student”

Environmental Reporting (publication circulation below 30,000)

• First place: Enrique Saenz, “Tracking Indiana Environmental Policies,” Indiana Environmental Reporter
• Third place: Beth Edwards, Indiana Environmental Reporter

Coverage of Social Justice Issues (publication circulation below 30,000)

First place: Enrique Saenz, “Tracking how HUD failed East Chicago residents,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Radio Documentary or Special

First place: Emily Miles, “Winter Food,” In This Climate

Personality Profile (publication circulation below 30,000)

Second place: Beth Edwards, “Kharbanda to Step Down from Hoosier Environmental Council,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Investigative Reporting (publication circulation below 30,000)

Second place: Enrique Saenz, “Tracking how HUD failed thousands of needy residents,” Indiana Environmental Reporter

Business or Consumer Affairs Reporting (publication circulation below 30,000)

Third place: Enrique Saenz, “Tracking the Business Side of Environmental Affairs,” Indiana Environmental Reporter