The Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2023 Diamond Journalism Awards, a regional competition that recognizes journalism excellence among professionals and students from Arkansas and six bordering states.
Arkansas SPJ will present the winners at an awards ceremony on June 27 at Brewski’s Pub & Grub, 315 Main St., Little Rock. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here. The reception starts at 5:30 p.m. with Alan Leveritt, publisher of the Arkansas Times, speaking at 6 p.m., followed by the awards presentation.
This year’s competition for work published or broadcast in 2022 drew 363 entries in more than 80 categories, including Diamond Journalist of the Year and Outstanding New Journalist, the Robert S. McCord FOI Award, the Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder Public Service Award, and the Garrick Feldman Community Journalism Award.
Judges were members of the Washington D.C. SPJ chapter.
Finalists for the 2023 Diamond Journalism Awards listed by the outlet in which their work appeared:
225 Magazine
Maggie Heyn Richardson, Olivia Deffes, Zane Piontek, Mark Clements
501 Life Magazine
Tammy Keith
Arkadelphian.com
Joel Phelps
Arkansas Catholic
Dwain Hebda
Arkansas Now News
Hannah Campbell
AY Magazine
Austin Castrellon, Mike Bedgood, Dwain Hebda
Arkansas Advocate
Sonny Albarado, Tess Vrbin, Hunter Field,
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Michael R. Wickline, Teresa Moss, Joseph Flaherty, Sean Clancy, Rex Nelson, Nick Popowitch, Staci Vandagriff, Thomas Metthe, David Barham, Alexandria Brown, Remington Miller, Lisa Hammersly, Jenn Terrell, Will Langhorne, Frank Lockwood, Bill Bowden, Dwain Hebda, Democrat-Gazette Staff, Colin Murphey
Arkansas Money & Politics (AMP) Magazine
Lora Puls, Dwain Hebda
Arkansas Times
Dwain Hebda, Mandy Keener
The Arkansas Traveler (University of Arkansas)
Sarah Komar,
The Associated Press
Andrew DeMillo
Black Vitality
Dwain Hebda
The Commercial Appeal/The Tennessean
Daniel Connolly, Duane Gang, Arriel Cobert, Joe Rondone, Mel Fronczek, Ana Hurler
The Daily Citizen
Greg Geary
Do South Magazine
Dwain Hebda
The Echo (University of Central Arkansas)
Sarah Smythe, Madison Ogle, Courtney Shepherd, Delaney Van Wilpe, Anna Yanosick, Bennett Tinnermon, Emilee Hagewood, Mia Waddell, Maci England, Emily Kennard
Fort Worth Weekly
Edward Brown, Anthony Mariani
InRegister Magazine
Kelli Bozeman, Hoa Vu, Jordan Hefler, Collin Richie, Sean Gasser
KARK 4 News
Caitrin Assaf, Lauren Swaim
KHBS/KHOG (40/29)
Brett Rains, Katie Hamner, Colleen Clement, 40/29 TV Staff
KLRT-FOX 16
Kevin Kelly, Stephen Goodale, Lauren Swaim, Ashlei King, Julian Jones
KLSU-FM
Patricia Caputo, Liam Haley
KNWA-TV
Chelsea Helms
KTHV (THV11)
Skot Covert, Kelly Tibbit, Zach Keast
KUAR Public Radio
Daniel Breen, Josie Lenora, J. Bradley Minnick, Mary Ellen Kubit, Joseph Fuller
Leader Newspapers
Rick Kron
Mississippi Free Press
Nick Judin, Donna Ladd, Grace Marion, Torsheta Jackson, Aliyah Veal, Ashton Pittman, DeAnna Tisdale Johnson, Acacia Clark, Kristin Brenemen, Kayode Crown, William Pittman, Lukas Flippo
Missouri-Kansas Super Lawyers Magazine
Nancy Henderson
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
Jacob Steimer, Mikhaila Markham, Andrea Morales, Brittany Brown, Wendi C. Thomas, Carrington Tatum, Andrea Morales, Ashli Blow
New Lines Magazine
Sarah Komar
Reveille (Louisiana State University)
Josh Archote, Reveille Editorial Board, Claire Sullivan, Katy-Ann McDonald, Will Nickel, Patricia Caputo, Brandon Poulter, Ally Kadlubar, Piper Hutchinson, Connor Barney, Henry Huber
St. Louis Public Radio
Avery Lea Rogers, Danny Wicentowski
Stuttgart Daily Leader
Kelly Connelly, Kristen Siler
Tiger TV (Louisiana State University)
Ava Borskey, Aria Pons
The Trucker
Dwain Hebda
World Christian Broadcasting
Paul Ladd
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