RELEASE: Public Narrative Announces Winners of the 2023 Uplifting Voices and Ripple Effect Awards, Finalists for the People's Choice Award for the 28th Annual Community Media Awards
CHICAGO, Ill. — Public Narrative is excited to announce additional winners and finalists of the 28th Annual Community Media Awards.
Following the announcement of the Studs Terkel winners, the Uplifting Voices and the Ripple Effect Awards winners have also been selected.
"These awards help provide a well-rounded acknowledgment of community journalists whose work has influenced our city in different ways," says Public Narrative president and executive director Jhmira Alexander.
"As journalists' approaches to journalism continue to evolve, so will how we recognize them in future awards."
Since 2014, the Uplifting Voices Award has honored an individual journalist or changemaker who elevates the voices of people in Chicago communities. Past winners include Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, Aurie Pennick and Tonika Lewis-Johnson.
The winner of the 2023 Uplifting Voices Award is:
Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago
The Ripple Effect Award was created in 2019 to recognize a journalist anywhere in the United States whose work has impacted Chicago and beyond. Past winners include Michelle Duster, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jamie Kalven.
The winner of the 2023 Ripple Effect Award is:
Craig Dellimore, WBBM Newsradio
The Community Media Awards also recognizes a new category: People's Choice. One emerging journalist and an established journalist will be named People's Choice.
The finalists of the 2023 People's Choice Award are:
Josh McGhee and Ola Giwa, MindSite News
Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago
Jorge Martinez, Cicero Independiente
Sylvia Snowden, CAN TV
We will announce the winners of the People's Choice Award at the Community Media Awards ceremony.
All of the 2023 Community Media Awards winners will be honored at an in-person ceremony at 5:30 P.M. CDT onThursday, May 11, at Northeastern Illinois University’s historic Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood.
Admission for the Community Media Awards is $150. Students can attend for free with proof of current school enrollment.
Go to the following link to register for the awards ceremony: https://publicnarrative.org/events/
If you are a student or are purchasing tickets on a student’s behalf, please email Public Narrative’s team at info@publicnarrative.org with the subject “Student RSVP: 2023 Community Media Awards.” Again, you will be required to provide proof of enrollment.
Interviews with Public Narrative or the winners may be arranged by contacting Olivia Obineme at oobineme@publicnarrative.org.
If you are interested in sponsoring or becoming a media partner of the 2023 Community Media Awards, please contact Jhmira Alexander at jalexander@publicnarrative.org.
About Public Narrative
Founded in 1989 as the Community Media Workshop, Public Narrative has been elevating community voices in journalism for more than 30 years. Building on that legacy, the organization facilitates training, programming and resource-building focused on cultivating media literacy, uplifting community voices in media, and shifting narratives around public health, public safety, and public education. For more information, visit www.publicnarrative.org or call 312-585-8633.
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