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IU students won 25 awards in the print/digital, television and online categories in the 2020 Society of Professional Journalists Best in Indiana Journalism Competition.

Awards were announced Monday at the chapter’s virtual banquet.

Print and digital

Non-deadline News

First place: Matt Cohen, IU’s great big COVID-19 experiment, Indiana Daily Student

Investigative reporting

First place: Emily Isaacman, ‘A concerning pattern,’ Indiana Daily Student

Second place: Vivek Rao, Carson TerBush, ‘S’ for success; Pandemic playbook, Indiana Daily Student

Coverage of minority, diversity and inclusion issues

Second place: Emily Isaacman, Softening Stigma, Indiana Daily Student

Feature story

First place: Caroline Anders, Live and learn, Indiana Daily Student

Second place: Peter Talbot, Test of survival: A young woman wrestles with drugs, life and a year on the edge, Indiana Daily Student

Sports reporting

First place: Matt Cohen, The General comes home, Indiana Daily Student

Third place: Caleb Coffman, The General’s shadow, Indiana Daily Student

Editorial writing

Second place: Rebekah Amaya, Brian Hancock, Allyson McBride, Kyle Linder, IU President Michael McRobbie ignored student needs. It will cost him his legacy, Indiana Daily Student

Column writing

First place: Jaclyn Ferguson, Another Kelley professor’s comments make Black students feel unwelcome, Indiana Daily Student

Sports photography

First place: Claire Livingston, Grace Berger, Indiana Daily Student

Feature photography

Second place: Elle Kreamer, Test of survival: A young woman wrestles with drugs, life and a year on the edge, Indiana Daily Student

Page one or cover design

Second place: Tristan Jackson, Bicentennial, General returns, Classes suspended, Indiana Daily Student

Graphics or illustration

Third place: Juno Martin, A little bit of dread, Indiana Daily Student

Online

Best journalism website

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

Best online multimedia

First place: Madison Smalstig, Izzy Myszak, Carson TerBush, Steve Moore almost died, Indiana Daily Student

Best use of social media

First place: Emily Isaacman and staff, ‘A concerning pattern,’ Indiana Daily Student

Television

Student Television Best Newscast

First place: Staff, IU Newsnet

Student Television News Reporting

First place: Andrew Lamparski, Indiana University COVID-19 update, Hoosier News Source

Second place: Holden Abshier, Breonna Taylor protests, IU Newsnet

Third place: Meredith Struewing and Andrew Lamparski, Enough Is Enough rally, Hoosier News Source

Student Television Sports Reporting

Third place: Connor Hines, IU soccer goes fishing, IU Newsnet

Student Television Features Reporting

First place: Lexi Vennetti, Ken Beckley speaks out on loss of his wife to COVID-19, IU Newsnet

Second place: Andrew Lamparski, Distracted driving, IU Newsnet

Third place: Jack Bassett, Charlie Bird, Hoosier News Source