Professional Winners
Audio
Best Coverage of a Single or Ongoing Breaking News Story
620 WTMJ News Team
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Bob Uecker passes away
620 WTMJ News Team
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Historic flooding hits Southeast Wisconsin
Susan Bence
WUWM
Shorewood resident takes right to enjoy Lake Michigan shoreline to court
Best Long Hard Feature Story
Julia Fello; John Mercure
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: The Search for Travis Decker
Maria Peralta-Arellano,
Jimmy Gutierrez
WUWM
Dewey’s road to healing: A Wisconsin Native American
boarding school survivor’s story
Sam Woods, Joy Powers, Emily Files, Becky Mortensen
WUWM
Ethics v. Money
Best Long Soft Feature Story
Michele Fiore, Mark Cherek
CBS58
“He’s my buddy!” Caledonia’s emotional farewell to their beloved K9 Officer Louie
Mackenzie Krumme
Wisconsin Public Radio
‘The miracle zone’: This Wisconsin family adopts terminally ill children
Maayan Silver
WUWM
Milwaukee conguera, Bony Benavides, is shaping music one drum strike at a time
Best Original Podcast
Dusty Weis; Matt
Covarrubias
Podcamp Media
Lead Balloon Ep 64 –
The Wikipedia Prank:
Why the Internet
Mistakenly Thought the Movie
Good Luck Chuck was
Based on Ben Kollenbroich
Sam Woods, Joy Powers,
Emily Files, Becky Mortensen
WUWM
Swing State of the Union
WUWM Staff
WUWM
Status Pending
Best Regularly-Scheduled Audio Program
Greg Matzek; Jessica Tighe; Gina Cuccio
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Wisconsin’s Midday News
Carolann Grzybowski
Radio Milwaukee
DJ Takeover
Lake Effect Team
WUWM
Lake Effect 12/23/25
Best Series Reporting
Danielle Kaeding, Joe Schulz, Evan Casey and Nick Rommel
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Data Center Development
Eddie Morales, Maayan Silver
WUWM
Yemeni Coffee in Brew City
Maria Peralta-Arellano
WUWM
Feeding the City: The People Powering Local Food
Best Short Hard Feature Story
A.J. Bayatpour; Kobe MacDonald
WDJT-TV CBS 58
Milwaukee’s Race to Read
Katherine Kokal
WUWM
‘A lifeline’ lost: Trump
admin cuts program for WI students who are deaf and blind
Teran Powell
WUWM
Project by student journalists
at UW-Milwaukee highlight cases of missing people of color
Best Short Soft Feature Story
Dominic Cotroneo
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Brewers pull rare Pokémon card
Joe Schulz
Wisconsin Public Radio
Surfing culture makes Sheboygan the ‘Malibu of the Midwest.’ A WPR reporter tried it himself.
Katherine Kokal
WUWM
Students shy away from disagreement in class. One Marquette program is changing that
Best Use of Audio Within a Report
Debbie Lazaga
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Since Lake Superior’s Greatest Mystery
Beatrice Lawrence
Wisconsin Public Radio
A dance of 3,000 bats: Watching the morning swarm at Nelson Dewey State Park
Maayan Silver
WUWM
Milwaukee musicians take to the roof for jazz impressions of ‘Fiddler’
Best Writing in an Audio Story
Debbie Lazaga
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Digging Out and Pushing Forward: Life on the I-94 worksite
Jimmy Gutierrez, Paula Lovo
WUWM
An artist’s love letter to Milwaukee paleteros
Susan Bence
WUWM
Keeping family apple orchard afloat – a labor of love and contending with climate change
Magazine Design
Best Overall Design
Melissa Moody, Meredith Johnson, Shayna Mace
BRAVA Magazine
September/October 2025, November/December 2025, May/June 2025
Chelsea Mamerow; Bianca Cabral; Sophie Yufa; Katy Woods
Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine
Danielle Lawry, Danielle Lamberson Philipp, Christine Knorr, Jaime Espinoza, Bryce Richter
On Wisconsin
On Wis
Best Single Cover Design
Alex Schneider
BizTimes Media
February 24, 2025
Chelsea Mamerow; Joe Darrow
Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine – April
Danielle Lamberson Philipp
On Wisconsin
AI Goes to College
Best Single Story or Feature Design
Alex Schneider
BizTimes Media
Led by an engineer-turned-
lawyer-turned-manufacturer
-turned-developer, Cobalt
Partners tackles the region’s most
complex suburban projects
Chelsea Mamerow;
Marty Peters
Milwaukee Magazine
The Best Burgers
Danielle Lamberson Philipp
On Wisconsin
How to Win a Nobel Prize
Online
Best Blog
Anna Lardinois
MKEStartup.News
MKEStartup.News
Joshua M. Miller;
Alex M. Theel
Scummy Water Tower
Scummy Water Tower
Hailey Kunz, Rachel Ryan,
Aly Prouty, Anthony
DaBruzzi, Mandy Hague
Spectrum News 1
Live Updates: The Trial of
Judge Hannah Dugan
Best Business or Consumer Story or Series
Hunter Turpin; Sonia Spitz; Samantha Dietel
BizTimes Media
Five years after COVID
Tom Kertscher and
Paul Kiefer
Wisconsin Watch
As energy-hungry data
centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants
Jenna Sachs; Tim Primeau, Dave Michuda; Sara Smith
WITI FOX 6
Contact 6
Best Columnist
Dan Shafer
The Recombobulation Area, Civic Media
The Recombobulation Area
Tom Kilian
Wausau Pilot & Review
Wausau’s Independent: Tom Kilian
Ruth Conniff
Wisconsin Examiner
Ruth Conniff columns: 2025
Best Coverage of a Single News Topic or Event Including Breaking News
Rich Kirchen
Milwaukee Business Journal
Tariff coverage
Anthony DaBruzzi
Spectrum News 1
Housing our Heroes: Providing Support for Veterans
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
Public schools and the struggle over Wisconsin’s budget
Best Critical Review
Kyle Nabilcy
Isthmus
Sern Sapp is something new in Madison’s Lao scene
Robert Chappell
Madison365
REVIEW: “Planets as Stars” is part poetry reading, part stage play, all brilliance
Jessica McBride
Wisconsin Right Now
I Watched Meghan Markle’s Insufferable Netflix Show So You Don’t Have To
Best Explanatory Story or Series
Dan Simmons
Milwaukee Magazine
Waves of Controversy:
Inside the Latest Battle on Wisconsin’s Waterways
Isiah Holmes
Wisconsin Examiner
Biodiversity in Wisconsin amidst the 6th great mass extinction
Larry Sandler and Hongyu Liu
Wisconsin Watch
Supreme Costs
Best Investigative Story or Series
Peter Cameron
The Badger Project
Sheriff pocketed K9 payments after quitting trainings
Isiah Holmes
Wisconsin Examiner in partnership with Type Investigations
How the Milwaukee
Investigative Team protects officers when investigating police shootings
Margaret Shreiner
Wisconsin Watch
Three years and more than
10,000 lawyer calls after
being charged, this Wisconsin mother still doesn’t have a defense attorney
Best Local News or Feature Website
Chris Murphy;
Mark Treinen;
Keegan Kyle;
Lindsay Christians
Cap Times
captimes.com
Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine
milwaukeemag.com
Kristian Knutsen,
Here & Now staff
PBS Wisconsin
pbswisconsin.org/news
Best Long Hard Feature Story
Miranda Dunlap and Natalie Yahr
Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes. First, teachers must go back to school.
Bridget Fogarty
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Too old for foster housing, young men find home in Milwaukee nonprofit’s apartments
Erik Gunn
Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin legislators pause to remember former colleague Jonathan Brostoff
Best Long Soft Feature Story
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
From Major League Dreams to Life’s Final Innings at Rainbow
Isiah Holmes
Wisconsin Examiner
UW psilocybin study gives man second chance after 10-year opioid addiction
Rob Ferrett and Beatrice Lawrence
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien’s fantasy world
Best Multi-Story Coverage of a Single Feature Topic or Event
Ashley Smart;
Maredithe Meyer
BizTimes Media
DEI and discrimination
issues in Wisconsin workplaces
Alexander Shur
Votebeat Wisconsin
Coverage of Madison’s 2024 ballot debacle
Ruth Conniff
Wisconsin Examiner
Midwest-Mexico Connections
Best Personal Profile
Anthony DaBruzzi,
Mandy Hague
Spectrum News 1
“I don’t consider myself
to be a hero”: Assembly honors Wisconsin woman
who ensures neighbors
have enough to eat
Peter Cameron
The Badger Project
Professional clown serving in Wisconsin Legislature
Tom Kertscher
Wisconsin Watch
The rise and fall of Michael Gableman
Best Public Service Story or Series
Peter Cameron
The Badger Project
Sheriff continued taking
K9 payments after quitting
trainings
Andrew Kennard
and Frank Zufall
Wisconsin Examiner
Shredding of legal
mail by Wisconsin
prisons worries
advocates
wisconsinrightnow
Wisconsin Right Now
Fred Smith
Best Short Hard Feature Story
Omar Waheed
Madison365
Honorary doctorate for Sensenbrenner, legislator behind anti-immigrant legislation, sparks backlash
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
‘What is the bar?’: Wisconsin Legislature divided as it passes resolution honoring Charlie Kirk
Erik Gunn
Wisconsin Examiner
People with autism and their families find Trump-Kennedy autism message harmful and wrong
Best Short Soft Feature Story
Joshua M. Miller
Scummy Water Tower
Musical Persistence: Tee Templeton’s Dreams Become A Reality on Debut Album
Rachel Ryan
Spectrum News 1
Milwaukee all-female boxing gym gives women a chance to find ‘their power’
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin Democrats want to say ‘Bye Bye Baby’ to unfair ticket selling practices
Best Single Editorial, Statement of Editorial Position or Opinion
Emily Mills
The Recombobulation Area, Civic Media
How AI is harming Wisconsin’s path to renewable energy
Shereen Siewert
Wausau Pilot & Review
Editorial: Wausau is at a crossroads. Professional management is the path forward
Ruth Conniff
Wisconsin Examiner
We need a populist, pro-democracy movement, not more gerrymandering
Best Sports Story
Nicholas Garton
Madison365
Months after tragedy,
Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School turns the
page —
through basketball
Rich Rovito
Milwaukee Magazine
Sweden’s Maja Stark Won the 80th U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
Goslings ready to take flight at Bryant & Stratton College
Best Use of Multi-Platform Reporting
Murv Seymour; Mark Riechers
PBS Wisconsin
A Milwaukee gun violence survivor embraces firearms training
Anthony DaBruzzi, Mandy Hague, Aly Prouty
Spectrum News 1
Why repairs and renovations aren’t enough for Milwaukee’s outdated courthouse complex
Ryan Burk, Rachel Ryan
Spectrum News 1
Rising Insurance Rates Contribute to Tough Housing Market
Best Use of Multimedia
Ruthie Hauge, Kristin
Hauge, Erin McGroarty
Cap Times
Former Nirvana producer,
Garbage drummer revisits old Madison studio
Here & Now staff
PBS Wisconsin
“Here & Now” shorts
Mandy Hague, Hailey Kunz,
Rachel Ryan
Spectrum News 1
WIAA State Football
Championships bring exciting victories
Best Website Design
Joshua M. Miller;
Alex M. Theel
Scummy Water Tower
ScummyWaterTower.com
Hailey Kunz, Rachel Ryan,
Aly Prouty
Spectrum News 1
Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin
Video
Best Coverage of a Breaking News Story
Adam Rife
WDJT (CBS 58 News)
in Milwaukee
Adam Rife MPC submission
for best coverage of a breaking
news story
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Historic Flooding
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
MPD Officers Shot in “Ambush”
Best Documentary
Earl Arms and the Staff of Milwaukee PBS
Milwaukee PBS Channel 10 WMVS
Milwaukee’s Migration Families
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Finding Justice for Sade Robinson
Andrew Severson; Craig Sween; William Chappie; Luke Shaheen; Cassandra Hager
WITI FOX6 Milwaukee
Gales of November: The Final Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Best Editing
Susanne Barthel
CBS 58
Susanne Barthel
Zack Whitford
PBS Wisconsin
Welcome Poets
Nathan Rybakowicz
WISN TV
Face ID: Risk to Rights?
Best Individual Reporting of News
Charlotte Scott,
Leonardo Brito
Spectrum News 1
Wisconsin Congressmen
Exchange Insults in
Capitol Hill Confrontation
Jenna Rae
TMJ4 News
Jenna Rae
Derrick Rose
WISN 12 News
Derrick Rose: On Assignment
Best Individual Reporting of Sports
Lance Allan
CBS 58
Lance Allan
Scott Grodsky
CBS 58
Scott Grodsky
Dario Melendez
WISN TV
Dario Melendez – WISN 12
Sports Director
Best Investigative Report or Series
Marisa Wojcik
PBS Wisconsin
Rx Uncovered
Nick Bohr
WISN TV
Tire Dump “Mountain”
Ben Jordan, Ashley Luthern,
Ariel Campos, Andrew Huggins,
Jeremy Dunk, Nicole Buckley
WTMJ-TV,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Wisconsin Watch
Duty to Disclose
Best Long Hard Feature Story
Steven Potter
PBS Wisconsin
How farmers at risk for suicide can find mental health help
Miguel Ramirez; Salvador Gomez
Telemundo Wisconsin
“Sonrisas Sin Fronteras” Misión Médica de Wisconsin llega a Colombia
Montse Ricossa;
Susanne Barthel
Telemundo Wisconsin
Víctima del tiroteo en la escuela cristiana Abundant Life sale del hospital con un largo camino de recuperación por delante
Best Long Soft Feature Story
Mike Curkov; Jerry Imig
CBS 58
Hope Kittel’s remarkable journey to world champion
Scottie Meyers; Darin Malkowski; Justin Migliano; Chris Michalski; Brian Ewig; Jason Piekarz
Milwaukee PBS
From Westlawn to the World Cup: How Jimmy Banks Changed Milwaukee Soccer
Joel Waldinger; Zack Whitford; Alma Garcia Bello; James Runde
PBS Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Iconic Loons
Best Multi-Day Coverage of an Ongoing Story
Jenna Rae; Ariel Campos;
Andrew Huggins;
Manny Espino
TMJ4 News
UNCOVERING THE TRUTH:
UNQUALIFIED LEAD CRISIS
LEADER AT MPS
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Historic Flooding
WISN 12 News
WISN-TV
NFL Draft in Green Bay
Best Newscast
CBS 58 News Team
CBS 58
CBS 58 News at 5 PM –
Historic Flooding
CBS 58 News Team
CBS 58
CBS 58 News at 9 PM –
Maxwell Anderson’s Verdict
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Historic Flooding
Best One-Time Special
Patricia Gomez, Yvonne Sanchez, Erica Drehfal, Jason Piekards, Grant Martin, Adam Lilly
Milwaukee PBS
Powerful Marches
Scottie Lee Meyers; Darin Malkowski; Justin Migliano; Brian Ewig; Jason Piekarz; Chris Michalski,
Milwaukee PBS
Movers and Shakers: Milwaukee Changemakers
Derrick Rose; Kristin Pierce; Gerron Jordan; Bella Van Lanen
WISN 12 News
Project CommUNITY: Celebrating Black History
Best Regularly-Scheduled News or Sports Program
Jarek Andrzejewski; Mike Strehlow; Susanne Barthel; CBS 58 News Team
CBS 58
CBS 58 Sunday Morning – November 9th, 2025
Frederica Freyberg; Marisa Wojcik; Here & Now staff
PBS Wisconsin
Here & Now for March 21, 2025
Dario Melendez; Stephanie Sutton; Drew Olson, Tyler Weid, Dwight Moss
WISN TV
Big 12 Sports Saturday: Remembering a Legend, Bob Uecker
Best Short Hard Feature Story
Alyson Bruner
Spectrum News
A Neighbor’s Message:
Secure Your Guns
Alyson Bruner
Spectrum News 1
Turning Tragedy into Purpose
Susan Kim; Andrew Huggins
TMJ4 News
Honoring Fallen Heroes
Best Short Soft Feature Story
Mike Curkov; Jerry Imig
CBS 58
Gene Wagner Never Misses a Shift
Kyra Lyons; Zack Whitford; Kelly Saran
PBS Wisconsin
Keeping a Swedish candle tradition alive
James Groh
TMJ4 News
St. Francis teenager
losing hearing creates bucket list of sounds
Best Writing in a Video Story
Duaa Israr; Brandon Seffrood
CBS 58
A life changing pairing
Montse Ricossa; Jon Jenkins
CBS 58
Wisconsin’s real-life Lorax
Derrick Rose
WISN TV
Wisconsin’s “Black Church” Roots
Visual Journalism
Best Feature Photograph
Adam Roberts
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Last Dance
on the “Deep Thought”
Jonathan Aguilar
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Day of the Dead in Milwaukee
Joe Timmerman
Wisconsin Watch
Anonymous teenager
Best Illustration, Cartoon or Animation
Haley Schulz
BRAVA Magazine
“Give Where You Live”
Megan Stout
Isthmus Community
Media, Inc.
Hippie Christmas
Danielle Lamberson Philipp
On Wisconsin
A New Era for College Sports
Best News Photograph
Ruthie Hauge
Cap Times
‘The faith that wasn’t lost’
Omar Waheed
Madison365
Take Up Your Cross protest photo
Timothy P Snopek
www.timsnopek.com
Spring Fire
Best Photo Essay or Series
Adam Roberts
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Capturing the Removal of “Deep Thought” from the Milwaukee Lakefront
Angela Peterson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Too old for foster housing, young men find home at Bridge to Brighter
Jonathan Aguilar
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Hooked on the city: Angel Perez finds solace in urban fishing
Writing
Best Business or Consumer Story or Series
Hunter Turpin
BizTimes Media
Next in line: Jefferson County positioned for growth, but will execution meet expectations?
Hunter Turpin
BizTimes Media
Under pressure: Wisconsin immigrant workforce feels the weight of Washington
Sonia Spitz
BizTimes Media
Welcome to ambitious: Culver’s new CEO plans growth and evolution while retaining core values
Best Column
James E. Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
James E. Causey columns
Kristin Brey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kristin Brey columns
Bill Lueders
The Progressive
First Things First
Best Coverage of a Single News Topic or Event Including Breaking News
Erin McGroarty and Natalie Yahr
Cap Times and Wisconsin Watch
Miguel Jerez Robles’ ICE nightmare
Mary Spicuzza, Daniel Bice,
Quinn Clark, Angela Peterson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Firings and social media backlash follow online criticism of Elon
Musk, Charlie Kirk
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin veterans lose housing in budget standoff
Best Critic
Lindsay Christians
Cap Times
Lindsay Christians
Jim Higgins
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jim Higgins – performing arts and books editor
Dominique Paul Noth
Urban Milwaukee
‘The Children’ Toys With AI and generation gap
Best Explanatory Story or Series
Brittney Kenaston, Ilana Bar-Av
In Business Madison
Powering up the Midwest
Sophie Carson; Jovanny Hernandez
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Life after deportation in El Salvador
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
The Long Road Back: Rainbow Nurse Shares COVID-19 Story
Best Investigative Story or Series
Danielle DuClos
Cap Times
High-speed chases
Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel;
Ben Jordan, TMJ4;
Mario Koran,
Wisconsin Watch
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
TMJ4, Wisconsin Watch
Duty to disclose: Investigating
Milwaukee County’s secretive Brady list
Annie Pulley
The Badger Project
Investigating police misconduct in Wisconsin
Best Long Hard Feature Story
Jeff Oloizia
Madison Magazine
Return to Sender
Madeline Heim;
Laura Schulte
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Pollution from Army
ammunition plant has plagued Sauk County residents for
decades
Patricia Gomez, Yvonne
Sanchez, Erica Drehfal, Jason Piekards, Grant Martin,
Adam Lilly
Milwaukee PBS
Carmen de la Paz and The Waukesha Parade Tragedy Tile Project
Best Long Soft Feature Story
Liam Beran
Isthmus Community Media
Epic employees flood Madison’s dating scene
Jody Clowes, Niki Denison, John Allen
On Wisconsin magazine
Paper Magic
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
Shared love of Springsteen music helps family honor late father
Best Multi-Story Coverage of a Single Feature Topic or Event
Erin Gretzinger; Erin McGroarty; Olivia Herken
Cap Times
Abundant Life Christian School shooting — one year later
Judith Davidoff; Jason Joyce
Isthmus Community Media
Story pulled for errors, unauthorized use of AI
Claudia Levens, Frankie Pica,
Jessie Opioen and Alex Garner
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Regional debates ignite after
$15 billion AI data center for OpenAI and Oracle lands in Port Washington
Best Personal Profile
Emma Waldinger
Madison Magazine
Finding Ida
Piet Levy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
How my teenage son, a
nonspeaker with autism,
became a radio host on SiriusXM The Beatles Channel
Chris Drosner;
Archer Parquette; Ashley Abramson; Evan Musil;
Adam Rogan; Rich Rovito
Milwaukee Magazine
Who Runs This Town? 47 of Milwaukee’s Movers,
Shakers & Policy Makers
Best Public Service Story or Series
Danielle DuClos
Cap Times
Dismissed
Liam Beran; Judith Davidoff;
Linda Falkenstein;
Lauren Hafeman; Mike Ivey
Isthmus Community Media
The Nonprofit Issue 2025
David Clarey; Cleo Krejci
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Lost Class
Best Short Hard Feature Story
Becky Jacobs
Cap Times
Like learning in a garage
Doug Moe
Madison Magazine
Weathering the Storm
Larry Sandler
Milwaukee Magazine
A Boulevard of Dreams: The I-794 Debate
Best Short Soft Feature Story
Kelly Meyerhofer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He came from Japan to hike
the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail. Wisconsin hikers fully embraced him
Ricardo Torres,
Tony Xiao
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For one night, international
soccer game in Madison helped fans forget immigration anxiety
Chesnie Wardell
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
“The Shop in 310”
Best Single Editorial, Statement of Editorial Position or Opinion
John Nichols; Dave Zweifel; Steve Elbow
Cap Times
If you want a better budget, elect a better Legislature
John Nichols; Dave Zweifel; Steve Elbow
Cap Times
WPR and PBS Wisconsin sustain Wisconsin democracy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Board
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Elon Musk’s despicable disinformation tampers with WI Supreme Court election
Best Sports Story
Becky Jacobs
Cap Times
Badger sports prepare
for new era of paid
college athletes
Alyssa Choiniere
Milwaukee Magazine
The Longest Race
Preston Schmitt
On Wisconsin
A New Era for College Sports
Collegiate Winners
Audio
Best Feature Story
Carmella D’Acquisto
Media Milwaukee
Fat Body Hotties Clothing
Swap, Where Every Body Fits
Jocelyn Cabuyadao
Media Milwaukee
The Business Major and the Union Piano
Stephanie Perez,
Ivy Skarda
Media Milwaukee
Faces of a Farmer’s Market
Best News Story Single or Ongoing
Caleb Rose
Media Milwaukee
A Community Tries to Recover Its Tight-Knit Feel
Natalie Chudzik
Media Milwaukee
Weather Forecasting and Related Careers Hit by Federal Cuts
Sky Abner
Media Milwaukee
What Happened to Black Friday? America’s Biggest Shopping Day Is Changing.
Best Original Podcast
Sky Abner
Media Milwaukee
A Sunday Kind of Love Story
Anna-Hope Davis
Mount Mary University
A Young Adult’s Guide: What to Do When You Experience Heartbreak
Ted Hyngstrom; Ella Hanley
The Daily Cardinal
Cardinal Call: The UW-Madison information ecosystem and how students perceive the news
Online
Best Blog
2025 Multimedia Journalism Class
Mount Mary University
Surprise! A Young Adult’s Guide
Best Investigative Reporting
Carter Evenson; Summer Fisher; Stephanie Perez; Akira Quinn; Caleb Rose; Ivy Skarda; Alex Stahl
Media Milwaukee
Mountain Strong
Olivia Davis, Jonathan Joseph, Jack Laude, Briceon Monk, Alex Stahl and William Stauber Soik
Media Milwaukee
Data Center Rush
Anna Kristoff
The Badger Herald
Behind the scenes at UW: How staff manages communication on visa terminations
Best Local News or Feature Website
The Staff of Curb Magazine
Curb Magazine
Curb Currents
The Staff of Madison Commons
Madison Commons
Madison Commons
Media Milwaukee staff
Media Milwaukee
Media Milwaukee
Best Long Hard Feature Story
Whitney West
Madison Commons
One hold at a time:
Recovering alcoholic
uses rock climbing
to aid her recovery journey
Caleb Rose
Media Milwaukee
Wind and Fire
Avery Chheda
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin’s new AI
data centers spark
transparency, environmental concerns
Best Long Soft Feature Story
Sage Pollack
Curb Magazine
Speed Queens
Charles Butler
Media Milwaukee
How Emmitt James
makes Grassroots Art
Grown and Sexy
Anna Kleiber
The Daily Cardinal
2025 marks 50 years of
Hmong diaspora.
Wisconsin’s community
is still healing
Best News Story
Ben Kapp
Madison Commons
Madison’s CARES program survives potential budget cuts, set to expand
Noah Maze
Madison Commons
Wisconsin lawmakers take aim at AI pricing in rental housing, joining national antitrust fight
Colton Pemble
UWM Post
Uplift Wisconsin Mental Health Hotline Shuts Down due to Federal Funding Cuts
Best Short Hard Feature Story
Akira Quinn
Media Milwaukee
Notes of a Teacher
Stephanie Serrano
Media Milwaukee
International Students
in Milwaukee Fear
Visa Changes, Deportation
Audrey Lopez-Stane
The Daily Cardinal
While Trump deports
immigrants, this Wisconsin
farm can’t run without them
Best Short Soft Feature Story
Akira Quinn
Media Milwaukee
From Boys to Men
Anja Breiehagen
The Badger Herald
The Madison-grown
Onion: How college
newspaper evolved
into global satirical empire
Sonia Bendre
The Daily Cardinal
‘Trailblazers in Motion’
exhibit unveils progressive
history of UW-Madison
women’s physical education program
Best Sports Story
Jacob Szczap
The Daily Cardinal
Sean West grew up
a Badger fan. His rise to standout punter has been
more steadfast than improbable.
Ben Hanson
The Marquette Wire
Alexa Maletis is chasing
soccer dreams she’s had
since 4 years old. They brought her to Austria
Jack Albright
The Marquette Wire
Tom Mendoza is always attacking
Best Use of Multi-Media
Carter Evenson;
Summer Fisher;
Stephanie Perez;
Akira Quinn; Caleb Rose; Ivy Skarda;
Alex Stahl
Media Milwaukee
Palisades Strong
Grace MacKinnon
Mount Mary University
A Young Adult’s Guide: What to Do When You Swipe Right
Ethan Ainley
UWM Post
Milwaukee Zine Fest: A Celebration of Local Artistry
Best Website Design
MATC Times Staff
MATC Times
MATC Times Online
Alyssa Petcoff;
Grace MacKinnon;
Kaela Martin
Mount Mary University
Surprise! A Young Adult’s Guide
The Daily Cardinal
The Daily Cardinal
The Daily Cardinal Website
Video
Best Feature Story
Akira Quinn
Media Milwaukee
Royal Ramey
Shannon Knowski
Media Milwaukee
25 Years Behind the Badge
Kiesen Williams
The Badger Herald
Drag in the Age of
Trump: Bianca Lynn Breeze’s
Bingo Rebellion
Best News Story Single or Ongoing
Cameron Schneider
The Daily Cardinal
Port Washington data center
forum
Cameron Schneider
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin’s Capitol Tree Lighting
Ceremony 2025
Best Newscast
Adrian Fraga; Jake Dale;
Brian Wilson;
Nate Bradley; Hunter
Tempel; Rylie Sandler
Marquette University Television
(MUTV)
Golden Eagle Sports Report
Best Program, Documentary or Special
Ashley Harrison
Media Milwaukee
Surviving Covid and
Trump 2.0 as a Queer Bookstore
Maggie Baisley
Media Milwaukee
Shared Journeys: A Documentary
William Stauber Stoik
Media Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s Fight for Public Power
Best Sports Story
Crystal Williams
MATC Times
Jayden Hackett talks hoops and heart
Jack Laude
Media Milwaukee
Thousands Cheer on Brewers at Davidson Park
for NLDS Watch Party
Gabi Hartlaub; Jacob Szczap; and Jake Piper
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin volleyball advances in NCAA tourney
Visual Journalism
Best Photo Essay or Series
Jonás Tijerino
Curb Magazine
Scenes from Wisconsin’s
waters
Carter Evenson;
Summer Fisher;
Caleb Rose
Media Milwaukee
Palisades Strong
Jake Piper
The Daily Cardinal
Blk Pwr Coalition Vigil
Best Still Photograph
Shari Wszalek
MATC Times
Milwaukeeans
remember Bob Uecker
Carter Evenson
Media Milwaukee
Paleteron on the Beach
Charlie Clark
Royal Purple
Warhawks soar under
Friday night lights
Writing
Best Editorial or Commentary
The Daily Cardinal
Editorial Board
The Daily Cardinal
Cardinal View: Conservatives
say they’re silenced at UW-Madison. What they really want is immunity from
criticism
The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board
The Daily Cardinal
Cardinal View: The Cardinal stands with the Indiana Daily Student
Rachel Lopera
The marquette Tribune
New federal hemp ban is blowing smoke
Best Investigative Reporting
Aiden Mellon
The Badger Herald
UW fails to uphold
multiple terms of its agreement
with Students for Justice in Palestine
Gabriella Hartlaub;
Ella Hanley
The Daily Cardinal
‘Do you dabble in live lobsters?’:
Behind UW-Madison’s $36,000
lobster feast
Best Long Hard Feature Story
Elijah Pines
The Daily Cardinal
Native Americans are underrepresented across
the UW System. Educators are working to change that
John Ernst; Kayla Dembiec
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin’s latest data center battleground
Lilly Peacock
The Marquette Tribune
Local voices respond to ICE’s recent violence: MU students react to deaths in Minnesota
Best Long Soft Feature Story
Catherine Getty
The Badger Herald
Behind lab doors: How accessibility for students in STEM actually works at UW
Evan Randle
The Badger Herald
“Cost of Cuts: How UW humanities persevere amidst national challenges”
John Ernst
The Daily Cardinal
Trump suspended refugee resettlement programs. Now refugees and their advocates face unstable futures
Best News Story
Anna Kristoff
The Badger Herald
‘No grad student makes
a living wage in Madison’:
Inside UW graduate worker union’s fight for better pay
Ella Hanley
The Daily Cardinal
Is this the end of campus-area bar raids?
Joseph Panzer
The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison leans on lobbying amid federal pressure, budget strain
Best Short Hard Feature Story
Annika Bereny
The Daily Cardinal
Blue books are back: The revival of pen and paper exams
Vanessa Gavilan
The Daily Cardinal
Madison homeless population in limbo amid ongoing policy, funding decisions
Lance Schulteis
The Marquette Tribune
Med Lab Science braces for closure
Best Short Soft Feature Story
Mahdia Bita
Arches, print magazine,
Mount Mary University
Turning the Corner Between
Worlds
Madalyn Scharrer
Curb Magazine
Books in Bloom
Jacob Szczap
The Daily Cardinal
Best Sports Story
Taylor Kaufmann
The Badger Herald
Title IX violations: Planned football facility could leave UW athletic funding, opportunities lopsided
Jacob Szczap
The Daily Cardinal
Column: Badgers are in the darkest days of the Fickell era. Firing him seems inevitable
Josh Murphy
The Daily Cardinal
Keeping things light: Inside the mindset of Badger volleyball star Charlie Fuerbringer
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