WDET And WWJ/Detroit, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Michigan Radio Win SPJ Detroit Excellence In Journalism Awards

Winners

The DETROIT Chapter of the SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS handed out its Excellence in Journalism Awards at an awards banquet on THURSDAY (5/6) in TROY, MI.

First place winners from radio outlets included:

Breaking/Spot News Reporting: AUDACY News WWJ-A/DETROIT, DAN JENKINS, BRIAN LARSEN, TONY ORTIZ, JACKIE PAIGE, JON HEWETT, OXFORD School Shooting
Consumer/Watchdog/Investigative Reporting: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY News-Talk WDET/DETROIT, ELI NEWMAN, Grieving Mother Seeks Answers After DETROIT Police Investigation of Daughter's Shooting Death
Education Reporting: WDET, SASCHA RAIYN, Black Homeschoolers
Newscast: WDET, PAT BATCHELLER, 6a news
Racial Justice Reporting: WDET, ELI NEWMAN, How DETROIT's Case Against Black Lives Matter Protesters Fell Apart
Collaborative Coverage: GREAT LAKES NEWS COLLABORATIVE (MICHIGAN RADIO, DETROIT PUBLIC TELEVISION, BRIDGE MICHIGAN, CIRCLE OF BLUE), LESTER GRAHAM, KELLY HOUSE, BRETT WALTON, KEITH SCHNEIDER, NATASHA BLAKELY, Climate change in the GREAT LAKES region
Editorial Cartoon: MICHIGAN RADIO, JOHN AUTCHER

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