The Chicago Journalists Association (CJA) is excited to announce the finalists for its 2022 Sarah Brown Boyden Awards. This year’s contest once again saw a record number of submissions. The Sarah Brown Boyden Awards honor the best of the best journalism in Chicago and Northern Indiana across 18 different categories. The winners will be announced at CJA’s 83rd Anniversary Awards Ceremony on Friday, November 11, 6:30-9:30 p.m., in Rettinger Hall of the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St.
To get tickets, visit chicagojournalists.net/donations. Congratulations to all of our finalists!
Finalists for the 2022 Sarah Brown Boyden Awards
ARTS
- Stefano Esposito, Chicago Sun-Times
- Joseph Pete, The Times of Northwest Indiana
- Tiffany Walden and Morgan Elise Johnson, The TRiiBE
BEST SERIES
- Kelly Bauer, Block Club Chicago
- “COVID-19 Testing Chain Opened Pop-Ups Across The US. Now, It’s Temporarily Closing Amid Federal Investigation And Mounting Complaints”
- “Yet Another COVID-19 Testing Company That Got Millions From The Feds Being Investigated After Patients Say Their Results Were Flawed”
- “Center For COVID Control Gets Sued By Another State, Which Alleges Local Owners Funneled Millions To Themselves While Doing Faulty Testing”
- Judith Crown, Crain’s Chicago Business
- Frank Main, Chicago Sun-Times and Casey Toner and Jared Rutecki, Better Government Association
BREAKING NEWS
- Melissa Sanchez and Anna Clark, ProPublica
- Staff, Block Club Chicago
- “After Young Man Killed On Deadly NW Side Stretch, Advocates Ask: What Will It Take For City To Fix Milwaukee Ave.?”
- “After Driver Hits, Kills 2 Year Old In Lincoln Square, Neighbors Donate Thousands To Support Boy’s Family”
- “West Side Street Where Hit-And-Run Driver Killed 11-Year-Old ‘Like A Drag Strip,’ Neighbors Say”
- Lynn Sweet, Manny Ramos, Elvia Malagón, Sophie Sherry and Paul Saltzman, Chicago Sun-Times
BUSINESS
- Amy Qin and Quinn Myers, Block Club Chicago
- Amy Yee, Bloomberg Chicago Bureau
- Stephanie Zimmermann and Tom Schuba, Chicago Sun-Times
COLLABORATIONS
- Block Club Chicago and WCIU
- Frank Main, Chicago Sun-Times and Casey Toner and Jared Rutecki, Better Government Association
- Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune and Carlos Ballesteros, Injustice Watch
EDUCATION
- Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago
- Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune
- “The Price Kids Pay: Schools and Police Punish Students With Costly Tickets for Minor Misbehavior”
- “Black Students in Illinois Are Far More Likely to Be Ticketed by Police for School Behavior Than White Students”
- “A Teen Was Ticketed at School for a Theft She Says Didn’t Happen. Years Later, She’s Still Fighting.”
FEATURES
- Susan Cosier, Chicago Health
- Katie Prout, Chicago Reader
- Mary Wisniewski and Joanna Marszałek, for Chicago Magazine
HEALTH/SCIENCE
- Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica
- Joseph Pete, The Times of Northwest Indiana
- Mike Sula, Chicago Reader
INVESTIGATIONS
- Kelly Bauer, Block Club Chicago
- “COVID-19 Testing Chain Opened Pop-Ups Across The US. Now, It’s Temporarily Closing Amid Federal Investigation And Mounting Complaints”
- “Yet Another COVID-19 Testing Company That Got Millions From The Feds Being Investigated After Patients Say Their Results Were Flawed”
- “Center For COVID Control Gets Sued By Another State, Which Alleges Local Owners Funneled Millions To Themselves While Doing Faulty Testing”
- Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune
- “The Price Kids Pay: Schools and Police Punish Students With Costly Tickets for Minor Misbehavior”
- “Black Students in Illinois Are Far More Likely to Be Ticketed by Police for School Behavior Than White Students”
- “A Teen Was Ticketed at School for a Theft She Says Didn’t Happen. Years Later, She’s Still Fighting.”
- Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
- “Cops Rarely Pull Over Drivers In Their Own Neighborhoods, Data Shows. Motorists In Black Neighborhoods Aren’t So Lucky”
- “West Side Drivers Are Stopped By Cops The Most In Chicago. But 94% Of Stops Don’t Lead To Tickets”
- “Chicago Police Pull Over Black Drivers 7 Times More Often Than White Drivers, State Report Shows”
NEWS/SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
- Karie Angell Luc, for images of July 4, 2022 in Highland Park and Northbrook (various publications)
POLITICS
- Frank Main, Chicago Sun-Times and Casey Toner and Jared Rutecki, Better Government Association
- Tim Novak, Lauren FitzPatrick and Caroline Hurley, Chicago Sun-Times
- Stephanie Zimmermann and Lauren FitzPatrick, Chicago Sun-Times
PUBLIC SERVICE
- Kelly Bauer, Block Club Chicago
- “COVID-19 Testing Chain Opened Pop-Ups Across The US. Now, It’s Temporarily Closing Amid Federal Investigation And Mounting Complaints”
- “Yet Another COVID-19 Testing Company That Got Millions From The Feds Being Investigated After Patients Say Their Results Were Flawed”
- “Center For COVID Control Gets Sued By Another State, Which Alleges Local Owners Funneled Millions To Themselves While Doing Faulty Testing”
- Alma Campos, Sarah Conway and Phoebe Mogharei, City Bureau
- Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune
- “The Price Kids Pay: Schools and Police Punish Students With Costly Tickets for Minor Misbehavior”
- “Black Students in Illinois Are Far More Likely to Be Ticketed by Police for School Behavior Than White Students”
- “A Teen Was Ticketed at School for a Theft She Says Didn’t Happen. Years Later, She’s Still Fighting.”
RADIO/PODCASTS
- Staff, Block Club Chicago
SPORTS
- Lee Edwards, The Triibe
- Mack Liederman, Block Club Chicago
- Matthew Ritchie, Chicago Reader
STUDENT JOURNALISM
- Kallie Cox, Southern Illinois University
- Camryn Cutinello and Noah Jennings, Columbia College Chicago
- Dylan Smith, Western Illinois University
TECHNOLOGY
- Alexandria Jacobson, Built In
- Joseph Pete, The Times of Northwest Indiana
TRANSPORTATION
- Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago
- “Cops Rarely Pull Over Drivers In Their Own Neighborhoods, Data Shows. Motorists In Black Neighborhoods Aren’t So Lucky”
- “West Side Drivers Are Stopped By Cops The Most In Chicago. But 94% Of Stops Don’t Lead To Tickets”
- “Chicago Police Pull Over Black Drivers 7 Times More Often Than White Drivers, State Report Shows”
- Dorothy Tucker and Carol Thompson, CBS 2 Chicago
- Stephanie Zimmermann and Lauren FitzPatrick, Chicago Sun-Times