Contest Winners

GOLD
620 WTMJ News Team
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Bob Uecker passes away

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Susan Bence
WUWM
Shorewood resident takes right to enjoy Lake Michigan shoreline to court

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620 WTMJ News Team
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Historic flooding hits Southeast Wisconsin

GOLD
Julia Fello; John Mercure
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: The Search for Travis Decker

SILVER
Maria Peralta-Arellano, Jimmy Gutierrez
WUWM
Dewey’s road to healing: A Wisconsin Native American boarding school survivor’s story

BRONZE
Sam Woods, Joy Powers, Emily Files, Becky Mortensen
WUWM
Ethics v. Money

GOLD
Mackenzie Krumme
Wisconsin Public Radio
‘The miracle zone’: This Wisconsin family adopts terminally ill children

SILVER
Michele Fiore, Mark Cherek
CBS58
"He's my buddy!" Caledonia's emotional farewell to their beloved K9 Officer Louie Division: Professional

BRONZE
Maayan Silver
WUWM
Milwaukee conguera, Bony Benavides, is shaping music one drum strike at a time

GOLD
WUWM Staff
WUWM
Status Pending

SILVER
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

BRONZE
Sam Woods, Joy Powers, Emily Files, Becky Mortensen
WUWM
Swing State of the Union

GOLD
Lake Effect Team
WUWM
Lake Effect 12/23/25

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Greg Matzek; Jessica Tighe; Gina Cuccio
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Wisconsin's Midday News

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Carolann Grzybowski
Radio Milwaukee
DJ Takeover

GOLD
Danielle Kaeding, Joe Schulz, Evan Casey and Nick Rommel
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Data Center Development

SILVER
Maria Peralta-Arellano
WUWM
Feeding the City: The People Powering Local Food

BRONZE
Eddie Morales, Maayan Silver
WUWM
Yemeni Coffee in Brew City

GOLD
A.J. Bayatpour; Kobe MacDonald
WDJT-TV CBS 58
Milwaukee's Race to Read

SILVER
Katherine Kokal
WUWM
'A lifeline' lost: Trump admin cuts program for WI students who are deaf and blind

BRONZE
Teran Powell
WUWM
Project by student journalists at UW-Milwaukee highlight cases of missing people of color

GOLD
Katherine Kokal
WUWM
Students shy away from disagreement in class. One Marquette program is changing that

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Dominic Cotroneo
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Brewers pull rare Pokémon card

BRONZE
Joe Schulz
Wisconsin Public Radio
Surfing culture makes Sheboygan the ‘Malibu of the Midwest.’ A WPR reporter tried it himself.

GOLD
Debbie Lazaga
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Since Lake Superior’s Greatest Mystery

SILVER
Beatrice Lawrence
Wisconsin Public Radio
A dance of 3,000 bats: Watching the morning swarm at Nelson Dewey State Park

BRONZE
Maayan Silver
WUWM
Milwaukee musicians take to the roof for jazz impressions of 'Fiddler'

GOLD
Jimmy Gutierrez, Paula Lovo
WUWM
An artist's love letter to Milwaukee paleteros

SILVER
Susan Bence
WUWM
Keeping family apple orchard afloat - a labor of love and contending with climate change

BRONZE
Debbie Lazaga
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Digging Out and Pushing Forward: Life on the I-94 worksite

GOLD
Chelsea Mamerow; Bianca Cabral; Sophie Yufa; Katy Woods
Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine

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Danielle Lawry, Danielle Lamberson Philipp, Christine Knorr, Jaime Espinoza, Bryce Richter
On Wisconsin
On Wis

BRONZE
Melissa Moody, Meredith Johnson, Shayna Mace
BRAVA Magazine
September/October 2025, November/December 2025, May/June 2025

GOLD
Danielle Lamberson Philipp
On Wisconsin
AI Goes to College

SILVER
Chelsea Mamerow; Joe Darrow
Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine - April

BRONZE
Alex Schneider
BizTimes Media
February 24, 2025

GOLD
Chelsea Mamerow; Marty Peters
Milwaukee Magazine
The Best Burgers

SILVER
Alex Schneider
BizTimes Media
Led by an engineer-turned-lawyer-turned-manufacturer-turned-developer, Cobalt Partners tackles the region’s most complex suburban projects

BRONZE
Danielle Lamberson Philipp
On Wisconsin
How to Win a Nobel Prize

GOLD
Hailey Kunz, Rachel Ryan, Aly Prouty, Anthony DaBruzzi, Mandy Hague
Spectrum News 1
Live Updates: The Trial of Judge Hannah Dugan

SILVER
Anna Lardinois
MKEStartup.News
MKEStartup.News

BRONZE
Joshua M. Miller and Alex M. Theel
Scummy Water Tower
Scummy Water Tower

GOLD
Tom Kertscher and Paul Kiefer
Wisconsin Watch
As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants

SILVER
Jenna Sachs; Tim Primeau, Dave Michuda; Sara Smith
WITI FOX 6
Contact 6

BRONZE
Hunter Turpin; Sonia Spitz; Samantha Dietel
BizTimes Media
Five years after COVID

GOLD
Tom Kilian
Wausau Pilot & Review
Wausau's Independent: Tom Kilian

SILVER
Ruth Conniff
Wisconsin Examiner
Ruth Conniff columns: 2025

BRONZE
Dan Shafer
The Recombobulation Area, Civic Media
The Recombobulation Area

GOLD
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
Public schools and the struggle over Wisconsin's budget

SILVER
Anthony DaBruzzi
Spectrum News 1
Housing our Heroes: Providing Support for Veterans

BRONZE
Rich Kirchen
Milwaukee Business Journal
Tariff coverage

GOLD
Robert Chappell
Madison365
REVIEW: “Planets as Stars” is part poetry reading, part stage play, all brilliance

SILVER
Jessica McBride
Wisconsin Right Now
I Watched Meghan Markle's Insufferable Netflix Show So You Don't Have To

BRONZE
Kyle Nabilcy
Isthmus
Sern Sapp is something new in Madison's Lao scene

GOLD
Larry Sandler and Hongyu Liu
Wisconsin Watch
Supreme Costs

SILVER
Dan Simmons
Milwaukee Magazine
Waves of Controversy: Inside the Latest Battle on Wisconsin’s Waterways

BRONZE
Isiah Holmes
Wisconsin Examiner
Biodiversity in Wisconsin amidst the 6th great mass extinction

GOLD
Isiah Holmes
Wisconsin Examiner in partnership with Type Investigations
How the Milwaukee Investigative Team protects officers when investigating police shootings

SILVER
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

BRONZE
Peter Cameron
The Badger Project
Sheriff pocketed K9 payments after quitting trainings

GOLD
Chris Murphy; Mark Treinen; Keegan Kyle; Lindsay Christians
Cap Times
captimes.com

SILVER
Kristian Knutsen, Here & Now staff
PBS Wisconsin
pbswisconsin.org/news

BRONZE
Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee Magazine
milwaukeemag.com

GOLD
Erik Gunn
Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin legislators pause to remember former colleague Jonathan Brostoff

SILVER
Bridget Fogarty
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Too old for foster housing, young men find home in Milwaukee nonprofit's apartments

BRONZE
Miranda Dunlap and Natalie Yahr
Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes. First, teachers must go back to school.

GOLD
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
From Major League Dreams to Life's Final Innings at Rainbow

SILVER
Isiah Holmes
Wisconsin Examiner
UW psilocybin study gives man second chance after 10-year opioid addiction

BRONZE
Rob Ferrett and Beatrice Lawrence
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien’s fantasy world

GOLD
Ruth Conniff
Wisconsin Examiner
Midwest-Mexico Connections

SILVER
Alexander Shur
Votebeat Wisconsin
Coverage of Madison's 2024 ballot debacle

BRONZE
Ashley Smart; Maredithe Meyer
BizTimes Media
DEI and discrimination issues in Wisconsin workplaces

GOLD
Tom Kertscher
Wisconsin Watch
The rise and fall of Michael Gableman

SILVER
Peter Cameron
The Badger Project
Professional clown serving in Wisconsin Legislature

BRONZE
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

GOLD
Andrew Kennard and Frank Zufall
Wisconsin Examiner
Shredding of legal mail by Wisconsin prisons worries advocates

SILVER
Peter Cameron
The Badger Project
Sheriff continued taking K9 payments after quitting trainings

GOLD
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
‘What is the bar?’: Wisconsin Legislature divided as it passes resolution honoring Charlie Kirk

SILVER
Omar Waheed
Madison365
Honorary doctorate for Sensenbrenner, legislator behind anti-immigrant legislation, sparks backlash

BRONZE
Erik Gunn
Wisconsin Examiner
People with autism and their families find Trump-Kennedy autism message harmful and wrong

GOLD
Joshua M. Miller
Scummy Water Tower
Musical Persistence: Tee Templeton’s Dreams Become A Reality on Debut Album

SILVER
Rachel Ryan
Spectrum News 1
Milwaukee all-female boxing gym gives women a chance to find 'their power'

BRONZE
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin Democrats want to say ‘Bye Bye Baby’ to unfair ticket selling practices

GOLD
Emily Mills
The Recombobulation Area, Civic Media
How AI is harming Wisconsin’s path to renewable energy

SILVER
Ruth Conniff
Wisconsin Examiner
We need a populist, pro-democracy movement, not more gerrymandering

BRONZE
Shereen Siewert
Wausau Pilot & Review
Editorial: Wausau is at a crossroads. Professional management is the path forward

GOLD
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
Goslings ready to take flight at Bryant & Stratton College

SILVER
Nicholas Garton
Madison365
Months after tragedy, Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School turns the page — through basketball

BRONZE
Rich Rovito
Milwaukee Magazine
Sweden’s Maja Stark Won the 80th U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills

GOLD
Murv Seymour; Mark Riechers
PBS Wisconsin
A Milwaukee gun violence survivor embraces firearms training

SILVER
Anthony DaBruzzi, Mandy Hague, Aly Prouty
Spectrum News 1
Why repairs and renovations aren't enough for Milwaukee's outdated courthouse complex

BRONZE
Ryan Burk, Rachel Ryan
Spectrum News 1
Rising Insurance Rates Contribute to Tough Housing Market

GOLD
Here & Now staff
PBS Wisconsin
"Here & Now" shorts

SILVER
Ruthie Hauge, Kristin Hauge, Erin McGroarty
Cap Times
Former Nirvana producer, Garbage drummer revisits old Madison studio

BRONZE
Mandy Hague, Hailey Kunz, Rachel Ryan
Spectrum News 1
WIAA State Football Championships bring exciting victories

GOLD
Joshua M. Miller and Alex M. Theel
Scummy Water Tower
scummywatertower.com

SILVER
Hailey Kunz, Rachel Ryan, Aly Prouty
Spectrum News 1
Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin

GOLD
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
MPD Officers Shot in "Ambush"

SILVER
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Historic Flooding

BRONZE
Adam Rife
WDJT (CBS 58 News) in Milwaukee
Adam Rife MPC submission for best coverage of a breaking news story

GOLD
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Finding Justice for Sade Robinson

SILVER
Earl Arms and the Staff of Milwaukee PBS
Milwaukee PBS Channel 10 WMVS
Milwaukee's Migration Families

BRONZE
Andrew Severson; Craig Sween; William Chappie; Luke Shaheen; Cassandra Hager
WITI FOX6 Milwaukee
Gales of November: The Final Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald

GOLD
Nathan Rybakowicz
WISN TV
Face ID: Risk to Rights?

SILVER
Susanne Barthel
CBS 58
Susanne Barthel

BRONZE
Zack Whitford
PBS Wisconsin
Welcome Poets

GOLD
Jenna Rae
TMJ4 News
Jenna Rae

SILVER
Derrick Rose
WISN 12 News
Derrick Rose: On Assignment

BRONZE
Charlotte Scott, Leonardo Brito
Spectrum News 1
Wisconsin Congressmen Exchange Insults in Capitol Hill Confrontation

GOLD
Scott Grodsky
CBS 58
Scott Grodsky

SILVER
Dario Melendez
WISN TV
Dario Melendez - WISN 12 Sports Director

BRONZE
Lance Allan
CBS 58
Lance Allan

GOLD
Ben Jordan, Ashley Luthern, Ariel Campos, Andrew Huggins, Jeremy Dunk, Nicole Buckley
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Watch
Duty to Disclose

SILVER
Marisa Wojcik
PBS Wisconsin
Rx Uncovered

BRONZE
Nick Bohr
WISN TV
Tire Dump "Mountain"

GOLD
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

SILVER
Steven Potter and Brandon Sveum
PBS Wisconsin
How farmers at risk for suicide can find mental health help

GOLD
Mike Curkov; Jerry Imig
CBS 58
Hope Kittel's remarkable journey to world champion

SILVER
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

BRONZE
Joel Waldinger; Zack Whitford; Alma Garcia Bello; James Runde
PBS Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Iconic Loons

GOLD
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Historic Flooding

SILVER
WISN 12 News
WISN-TV
NFL Draft in Green Bay

BRONZE
Jenna Rae; Ariel Campos; Andrew Huggins; Manny Espino
TMJ4 News
UNCOVERING THE TRUTH: UNQUALIFIED LEAD CRISIS LEADER AT MPS

GOLD
CBS 58 News Team
CBS 58
CBS 58 News at 9 PM - Maxwell Anderson's Verdict

SILVER
WISN 12 News
WISN TV
Historic Flooding

BRONZE
CBS 58 News Team
CBS 58
CBS 58 News at 5 PM - Historic Flooding

GOLD
Patricia Gomez, Yvonne Sanchez, Erica Drehfal, Jason Piekarz, Grant Martin, Adam Lilley
Milwaukee PBS
Powerful Marches

SILVER
Scottie Lee Meyers; Darin Malkowski; Justin Migliano; Brian Ewig; Jason Piekarz; Chris Michalski,
Milwaukee PBS
Movers and Shakers: Milwaukee Changemakers

BRONZE
Derrick Rose; Kristin Pierce; Gerron Jordan; Bella Van Lanen
WISN 12 News
Project CommUNITY: Celebrating Black History

GOLD
Jarek Andrzejewski; Mike Strehlow; Susanne Barthel; CBS 58 News Team
CBS 58
CBS 58 Sunday Morning - November 9th, 2025

SILVER
Dario Melendez; Stephanie Sutton; Drew Olson, Tyler Weid, Dwight Moss
WISN TV
Big 12 Sports Saturday: Remembering a Legend, Bob Uecker

BRONZE
Frederica Freyberg; Marisa Wojcik; Here & Now staff
PBS Wisconsin
Here & Now for March 21, 2025

GOLD
Alyson Bruner
Spectrum News
A Neighbor's Message: Secure Your Guns

SILVER
Susan Kim; Andrew Huggins
TMJ4 News
Honoring Fallen Heroes

BRONZE
Alyson Bruner
Spectrum News 1
Turning Tragedy into Purpose

GOLD
James Groh
TMJ4 News
St. Francis teenager losing hearing creates bucket list of sounds

SILVER
Kyra Lyons; Zack Whitford; Kelly Saran
PBS Wisconsin
Keeping a Swedish candle tradition alive

BRONZE
Mike Curkov; Jerry Imig
CBS 58
Gene Wagner Never Misses a Shift

GOLD
Derrick Rose
WISN TV
Wisconsin's "Black Church" Roots

SILVER
Montse Ricossa; Jon Jenkins
CBS 58
Wisconsin's real-life Lorax

BRONZE
Duaa Israr; Brandon Seffrood
CBS 58
A life changing pairing

GOLD
Adam Roberts
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Last Dance on the "Deep Thought"

SILVER
Joe Timmerman
Wisconsin Watch
Anonymous teenager

BRONZE
Jonathan Aguilar
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Day of the Dead in Milwaukee

GOLD
Danielle Lamberson Philipp
On Wisconsin
A New Era for College Sports

SILVER
Haley Schulz
BRAVA Magazine
"Give Where You Live"

BRONZE
Megan Stout
Isthmus Community Media, Inc.
Hippie Christmas

GOLD
Timothy P Snopek
www.timsnopek.com
Spring Fire

SILVER
Omar Waheed
Madison365
Take Up Your Cross protest photo

BRONZE
Ruthie Hauge
Cap Times
'The faith that wasn't lost'

GOLD
Angela Peterson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Too old for foster housing, young men find home at Bridge to Brighter

SILVER
Jonathan Aguilar
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Hooked on the city: Angel Perez finds solace in urban fishing

BRONZE
Adam Roberts
620 WTMJ
620 WTMJ: Capturing the Removal of “Deep Thought” from the Milwaukee Lakefront

GOLD
Hunter Turpin
BizTimes Media
Under pressure: Wisconsin immigrant workforce feels the weight of Washington

SILVER
Sonia Spitz
BizTimes Media
Welcome to ambitious: Culver’s new CEO plans growth and evolution while retaining core values

BRONZE
Hunter Turpin
BizTimes Media
Next in line: Jefferson County positioned for growth, but will execution meet expectations?

GOLD
Kristin Brey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kristin Brey columns

SILVER
James E. Causey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
James E. Causey columns

BRONZE
Bill Lueders
The Progressive
First Things First

GOLD
Erin McGroarty and Natalie Yahr
Cap Times and Wisconsin Watch
Miguel Jerez Robles' ICE nightmare

SILVER
Mary Spicuzza, Daniel Bice, Quinn Clark, Angela Peterson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Firings and social media backlash follow online criticism of Elon Musk, Charlie Kirk

BRONZE
Baylor Spears
Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin veterans lose housing in budget standoff

GOLD
Dominique Paul Noth
Urban Milwaukee
‘The Children’ Toys With AI and generation gap

SILVER
Jim Higgins
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jim Higgins - performing arts and books editor

BRONZE
Lindsay Christians
Cap Times
Lindsay Christians

GOLD
Sophie Carson; Jovanny Hernandez
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Life after deportation in El Salvador

SILVER
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
The Long Road Back: Rainbow Nurse Shares COVID-19 Story

BRONZE
Brittney Kenaston, Ilana Bar-Av
In Business Madison
Powering up the Midwest

GOLD
Annie Pulley
The Badger Project
Investigating police misconduct in Wisconsin

SILVER
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

BRONZE
Danielle DuClos
Cap Times
High-speed chases

GOLD
Patricia Gomez, Yvonne Sanchez, Erica Drehfal, Jason Piekarz, Grant Martin, Adam Lilley
Milwaukee PBS
Carmen de la Paz and The Waukesha Parade Tragedy Tile Project

SILVER
Madeline Heim; Laura Schulte
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Pollution from Army ammunition plant has plagued Sauk County residents for decades

BRONZE
Jeff Oloizia
Madison Magazine
Return to Sender

GOLD
Jody Clowes, Niki Denison, John Allen
On Wisconsin magazine
Paper Magic

SILVER
Kenyon Kemnitz
Watertown Daily Times
Shared love of Springsteen music helps family honor late father

BRONZE
Liam Beran
Isthmus Community Media
Epic employees flood Madison’s dating scene

GOLD
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

SILVER
Erin Gretzinger; Erin McGroarty; Olivia Herken
Cap Times
Abundant Life Christian School shooting — one year later

BRONZE
Judith Davidoff; Jason Joyce
Isthmus Community Media
Story pulled for errors, unauthorized use of AI

GOLD
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

SILVER
Emma Waldinger
Madison Magazine
Finding Ida

BRONZE
Piet Levy
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
How my teenage son, a nonspeaker with autism, became a radio host on SiriusXM The Beatles Channel

GOLD
Danielle DuClos
Cap Times
Dismissed

SILVER
David Clarey; Cleo Krejci
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Lost Class

BRONZE
Liam Beran; Judith Davidoff; Linda Falkenstein; Lauren Hafeman; Mike Ivey
Isthmus Community Media
The Nonprofit Issue 2025

GOLD
Larry Sandler
Milwaukee Magazine
A Boulevard of Dreams: The I-794 Debate

SILVER
Becky Jacobs
Cap Times
Like learning in a garage

BRONZE
Doug Moe
Madison Magazine
Weathering the Storm

GOLD
Chesnie Wardell
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
“The Shop in 310”

SILVER
Kelly Meyerhofer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He came from Japan to hike the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail. Wisconsin hikers fully embraced him

BRONZE
Ricardo Torres, Tony Xiao, Jovanny Hernandez Caballero
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For one night, international soccer game in Madison helped fans forget immigration anxiety

GOLD
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Board
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Elon Musk’s despicable disinformation tampers with WI Supreme Court election

SILVER
John Nichols; Dave Zweifel; Steve Elbow
Cap Times
If you want a better budget, elect a better Legislature

BRONZE
John Nichols; Dave Zweifel; Steve Elbow
Cap Times
WPR and PBS Wisconsin sustain Wisconsin democracy

GOLD
Alyssa Choiniere
Milwaukee Magazine
The Longest Race

SILVER
Preston Schmitt
On Wisconsin
A New Era for College Sports

BRONZE
Becky Jacobs
Cap Times
Badger sports prepare for new era of paid college athletes

GOLD
Carmella D'Acquisto
Media Milwaukee
Fat Body Hotties Clothing Swap, Where Every Body Fits

SILVER
Jocelyn Cabuyadao
Media Milwaukee
The Business Major and the Union Piano

BRONZE
Stephanie Perez, Ivy Skarda
Media Milwaukee
Faces of a Farmer's Market

GOLD
Jade Rose
Media Milwaukee
A Community Tries to Recover Its Tight-Knit Feel

SILVER
Natalie Chudzik
Media Milwaukee
Weather Forecasting and Related Careers Hit by Federal Cuts

BRONZE
Sky Abner
Media Milwaukee
What Happened to Black Friday? America’s Biggest Shopping Day Is Changing.

GOLD
Anna-Hope Davis
Mount Mary University
A Young Adult's Guide: What to Do When You Experience Heartbreak

SILVER
Sky Abner
Media Milwaukee
A Sunday Kind of Love Story

BRONZE
Ted Hyngstrom; Ella Hanley
The Daily Cardinal
Cardinal Call: The UW-Madison information ecosystem and how students perceive the news

GOLD
2025 Multimedia Journalism Class
Mount Mary University
Surprise! A Young Adult's Guide

GOLD
Carter Evenson; Summer Fisher; Stephanie Perez; Akira Quinn; Jade Rose; Ivy Skarda; Alex Stahl
Media Milwaukee
Mountain Strong

SILVER
Olivia Davis, Jonathan Joseph, Jack Laude, Briceon Monk, Alex Stahl and William Stauber Soik
Media Milwaukee
Data Center Rush

BRONZE
Anna Kristoff
The Badger Herald
Behind the scenes at UW: How staff manages communication on visa terminations

GOLD
Media Milwaukee staff
Media Milwaukee
Media Milwaukee

SILVER
The Staff of Madison Commons
Madison Commons
Madison Commons

BRONZE
The Staff of Curb Magazine
Curb Magazine
Curb Currents

GOLD
Jade Rose
Media Milwaukee
Wind and Fire

SILVER
Avery Chheda
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin's new AI data centers spark transparency, environmental concerns

BRONZE
Whitney West
Madison Commons
One hold at a time: Recovering alcoholic uses rock climbing to aid her recovery journey

GOLD
Anna Kleiber
The Daily Cardinal
2025 marks 50 years of Hmong diaspora. Wisconsin’s community is still healing

SILVER
Sage Pollack
Curb Magazine
Speed Queens

BRONZE
Charles Butler
Media Milwaukee
How Emmitt James makes Grassroots Art Grown and Sexy

GOLD
Noah Maze
Madison Commons
Wisconsin lawmakers take aim at AI pricing in rental housing, joining national antitrust fight

SILVER
Ben Kapp
Madison Commons
Madison’s CARES program survives potential budget cuts, set to expand

BRONZE
Colton Pemble
UWM Post
Uplift Wisconsin Mental Health Hotline Shuts Down due to Federal Funding Cuts

GOLD
Akira Quinn
Media Milwaukee
Notes of a Teacher

SILVER
Audrey Lopez-Stane
The Daily Cardinal
While Trump deports immigrants, this Wisconsin farm can’t run without them

BRONZE
Stephanie Serrano
Media Milwaukee
International Students in Milwaukee Fear Visa Changes, Deportation

GOLD
Anja Breiehagen
The Badger Herald
The Madison-grown Onion: How college newspaper evolved into global satirical empire

SILVER
Akira Quinn
Media Milwaukee
From Boys to Men

BRONZE
Sonia Bendre
The Daily Cardinal
‘Trailblazers in Motion’ exhibit unveils progressive history of UW-Madison women’s physical education program

GOLD
Jack Albright
The Marquette Wire
Tom Mendoza is always attacking

SILVER
Ben Hanson
The Marquette Wire
Alexa Maletis is chasing soccer dreams she's had since 4 years old. They brought her to Austria

BRONZE
Jacob Szczap
The Daily Cardinal
Sean West grew up a Badger fan. His rise to standout punter has been more steadfast than improbable.

GOLD
Ethan Ainley
UWM Post
Milwaukee Zine Fest: A Celebration of Local Artistry

SILVER
Grace MacKinnon
Mount Mary University
A Young Adult's Guide: What to Do When You Swipe Right

BRONZE
Carter Evenson; Summer Fisher; Stephanie Perez; Akira Quinn; Jade Rose; Ivy Skarda; Alex Stahl
Media Milwaukee
Palisades Strong

GOLD
The Daily Cardinal
The Daily Cardinal
The Daily Cardinal Website

SILVER
MATC Times Staff
MATC Times
MATC Times Online

BRONZE
Alyssa Petcoff; Grace MacKinnon; Kaela Martin
Mount Mary University
Surprise! A Young Adult's Guide

GOLD
Shannon Knowski
Media Milwaukee
25 Years Behind the Badge

SILVER
Akira Quinn
Media Milwaukee
Royal Ramey

BRONZE
Kiesen Williams
The Badger Herald
Drag in the Age of Trump: Bianca Lynn Breeze’s Bingo Rebellion

GOLD
Adrian Fraga; Jake Dale; Brian Wilson; Nate Bradley; Hunter Tempel; Rylie Sandler
Marquette University Television (MUTV)
Golden Eagle Sports Report

GOLD
Cameron Schneider
The Daily Cardinal
Port Washington data center forum

SILVER
Cameron Schneider
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin's Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony 2025

GOLD
Ashley Harrison
Media Milwaukee
Surviving Covid and Trump 2.0 as a Queer Bookstore

SILVER
Maggie Baisley
Media Milwaukee
Shared Journeys: A Documentary

BRONZE
William Stauber Stoik
Media Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s Fight for Public Power

GOLD
Crystal Williams
MATC Times
Jayden Hackett talks hoops and heart

SILVER
Gabi Hartlaub; Jacob Szczap; and Jake Piper
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin volleyball advances in NCAA tourney

BRONZE
Jack Laude
Media Milwaukee
Thousands Cheer on Brewers at Davidson Park for NLDS Watch Party

GOLD
Jonás Tijerino
Curb Magazine
Scenes from Wisconsin’s waters

SILVER
Jake Piper
The Daily Cardinal
Blk Pwr Coalition Vigil

BRONZE
Carter Evenson; Summer Fisher; Jade Rose
Media Milwaukee
Palisades Strong

GOLD
Shari Wszalek
MATC Times
Milwaukeeans remember Bob Uecker

SILVER
Charlie Clark
Royal Purple
Warhawks soar under Friday night lights

BRONZE
Carter Evenson
Media Milwaukee
Paleteron on the Beach

GOLD
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

SILVER
The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board
The Daily Cardinal
Cardinal View: The Cardinal stands with the Indiana Daily Student

BRONZE
Rachel Lopera
The marquette Tribune
New federal hemp ban is blowing smoke

SILVER
Gabriella Hartlaub; Ella Hanley
The Daily Cardinal
‘Do you dabble in live lobsters?’: Behind UW-Madison’s $36,000 lobster feast

BRONZE
Aiden Mellon
The Badger Herald
UW fails to uphold multiple terms of its agreement with Students for Justice in Palestine

GOLD
Lilly Peacock
The Marquette Tribune
Local voices respond to ICE's recent violence: MU students react to deaths in Minnesota

SILVER
John Ernst; Kayla Dembiec
The Daily Cardinal
Wisconsin’s latest data center battleground

BRONZE
Elijah Pines
The Daily Cardinal
Native Americans are underrepresented across the UW System. Educators are working to change that

GOLD
Catherine Getty
The Badger Herald
Behind lab doors: How accessibility for students in STEM actually works at UW

SILVER
John Ernst
The Daily Cardinal
Trump suspended refugee resettlement programs. Now refugees and their advocates face unstable futures

BRONZE
Evan Randle
The Badger Herald
"Cost of Cuts: How UW humanities persevere amidst national challenges"

GOLD
Joseph Panzer
The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison leans on lobbying amid federal pressure, budget strain

SILVER
Anna Kristoff
The Badger Herald
‘No grad student makes a living wage in Madison’: Inside UW graduate worker union’s fight for better pay

BRONZE
Ella Hanley
The Daily Cardinal
Is this the end of campus-area bar raids?

GOLD
Annika Bereny
The Daily Cardinal
Blue books are back: The revival of pen and paper exams

SILVER
Lance Schulteis
The Marquette Tribune
Med Lab Science braces for closure

BRONZE
Vanessa Gavilan
The Daily Cardinal
Madison homeless population in limbo amid ongoing policy, funding decisions

GOLD
Madalyn Scharrer
Curb Magazine
Books in Bloom

SILVER
Mahdia Bita
Arches, print magazine, Mount Mary University
Turning the Corner Between Worlds

GOLD
Taylor Kaufmann
The Badger Herald
Title IX violations: Planned football facility could leave UW athletic funding, opportunities lopsided

SILVER
Josh Murphy
The Daily Cardinal
Keeping things light: Inside the mindset of Badger volleyball star Charlie Fuerbringer

BRONZE
Jacob Szczap
The Daily Cardinal
Column: Badgers are in the darkest days of the Fickell era. Firing him seems inevitable