Journalists for Alabama Media Group are being recognized with awards for news, features, sports, video, social media, podcasting, business, editorial and other categories by the 2021 Alabama Press Association Media Awards.
The awards will be presented Saturday at an awards dinner at the APA’s summer convention in Orange Beach.
The South Carolina Press Association membership judged this year’s 1,852 entries.
Winners from Alabama Media Group, including AL.com, The Birmingham News, Mobile Press-Register and The Huntsville Times were honored with the following awards:
Best Spot News Story:
1st place in Division A for “The only corona here is the one I’m drinking - Spring break kids mob Alabama beaches despite fears” by Chris Harress
Best In-Depth News Coverage:
1st place in Division A for “Police wanted ‘a dog that would bite a Black person’” by Challen Stephens
3rd place in Division A for “Little-known Alabama law says felons must carry special ID or go to jail” by Connor Sheets
Best Business Story of Column:
1st place in Division A for “‘I’m watching it tank: The struggles of reimagining an Alabama buffet during coronavirus” by John Sharp
Best Feature Story Coverage:
1st place in Division A for “Some in Alabama were ready: “People say, ‘Well what are you prepping for?’” by Sarah Whites-Koditschek
Best News Feature Story Coverage:
1st place in Division A for “Coronavirus shrunk his Alabama congregation to 10. Then six got sick.” by Amy Yurkanin
2nd place in Division A “‘Don’t let me die’: Inside the Alabama prison system’s COVID-19 quarantine ward” by Connor Sheets
Best Editorial:
1st place in Division A for “Johnson on George Floyd killing: This is what happens when your knee has been on my neck” by Roy S. Johnson
2nd place in Division A “Drones help police pollution in Alabama. Lawmakers want to make that a crime.” by Kyle Whitmire
Best Humorous Column:
1st place in Division A for “‘I don’t see color’ and other things white people must stop saying to Black people” by Roy S. Johnson
Best Human Interest Column:
1st place in Division A for “Johnson: 93-year-old poll chief, who’s worked every election since 1963, embodies why we must vote” by Roy S. Johnson
2nd place in Division A “In grief for normal life” by Kyle Whitmire
3rd place in Division A for “May we embrace 2021 with the ‘faith’ and ‘hope’ that sustain amputee through immeasurable loss” by Roy S. Johnson
Best Editorial Column or Commentary:
1st place in Division A for “Alabama’s black doulas aim to affect racial disparities in health care and infant mortality” by Roy S. Johnson
2nd place in Division A for “I’m a straight middle-aged white man. I didn’t know I owed RBG, too.” by Kyle Whitmire
Best Sports News In-Depth Coverage:
1st place in Division A for “Inside college football’s coronavirus information war” by John Talty
2nd place in Division A for “Alabama used an app to keep students at football games. How did it work?” by Michael Casagrande
Best Sports Single Event Story:
2nd place in Division A for “Inside the SEC’s decision to leave CBS for ESPN” by John Talty
Best Sports Feature Story:
2nd place in Division A for “Auburn commit Wesley Steiner overcomes abuse and fear to forge a better life through football” by Giana Han
3rd place in Division A for “The story behind the wild 2019 Iron Bowl’s lasting image” by Tom Green
Best Local Sports Column:
1st place in Division A for “Where football is essential even during a pandemic” by Joseph Goodman
2nd place in Division A for “Eli Gold endures pain, surgeries to broadcast Alabama games” by Joseph Goodman
Best Use of Graphics or Illustration:
1st place in Division A for “The Angel of Mercy triptych” by J.D. Crowe
2nd place in Division A for “What are the chances someone at your gathering in Alabama will have coronavirus?” by Ramsey Archibald
3rd place in Division A for “3 counties account for half of Alabama growth in last year, new Census reports show” by Ramsey Archibald
Best Headline:
1st place in Division A for “‘The only corona here is the one I’m drinking’ - Spring break kids mob Alabama beaches despite fears” by Chris Harress
2nd place in Division A for “I was brave: Alabama 4-year-old’s story of 48 hours lost in woods with dog” by Jeremy Gray
Creative Use of Multimedia:
2nd place in Division A “Reckon: Commissary” by Connor Sheets
Online Breaking News Coverage:
1st place in Division A for “The Long Arc of the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama” by staff
2nd place in Division A for “The Death of Royta Giles” by Carol Robinson
Best Use of Social Media:
1st place in Division A for “Ivana’s Lunch Break Live” by Ivana Hrynkiw
2nd place in Division A for “The Black Magic Project” by Jonece Starr Dunigan
Best Podcast Series:
1st place in Division A for “Unjustifiable” by John Archibald, Roy S. Johnson, John Hammontree
2nd place in Division A for “Outbreak Alabama” by Ben Flanagan, Division
3rd place in Division A for “The Reckon Interview” by John Hammontree, RL Nave
Best Use of Video:
1st place in Division A for “Money Talks” by staff
2nd place in Division A for “Students Uncover Black History for Themselves” by staff
Best Community Event:
1st place in Division A for “Reopening Alabama: A Mayoral Town Hall Series” by Ivana Hrynkiw, Izzy Gould
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