2019 STE Winners: Large Market Radio, TV, Newspaper Winners

Radio - Top 15 Markets

Radio - Top 15 Markets – Feature

American Anthem: This Little Light of Mine

Eric Charles Deggans - St. Petersburg, FL

WNYC, New York, N.Y.

Radio - Top 15 Markets – News: Series

Chicago’s Black Communities Hit Hardest in Opioid Overdoses

Lakeidra D. Chavis, Robert Wildeboer

WBEZ Chicago Public Media

Special Series: Black Infant Mortality

Priska Neely

KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, Pasadena, KPCC-FM, LAist

Radio - Top 15 Markets – Investigative

Where's Granny?: Exposing the Cracks in Pennsylvania's Guardianship System

KYW News Radio, Philadelphia, PA

Radio - Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Segment

The Florida Roundup: How Racism Persists In Latin American Communities

Jessica Bakeman, Nadege Green, Brenda Medina, Bridget O'Brien

 WLRN News, Miami, FL

"No One Feels Safe:" How Gun Violence Affects Local Students

Ingalisa Schrobsdorff, Jeremy Bernfeld, The Kojo Nnamdi Show 

WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Investigative

Toxic City: Sick Schools

Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Dylan Purcell

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Squatter City

Jennifer Dixon, Junfu W. Han

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Specialty

Sex Ed and Young Black Women

Aneri Pattani 

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Sports

To Those Who Knew Reggie Lewis Best, Fond Memories are Always Front and Center

Gary Michael Washburn

Boston Globe, Boston, MA

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Single Story

Residents Around Detroit’s ‘Red Zone’ Want Better for Community

Nicquel Terry Ellis

The Detroit News

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – News: Series

HBCUs: A Threatened Heritage

A RE:Race Project Studying the Health of the Country's Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Ernie Suggs, Eric Stirgus

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Special Project

Detroit's Demolition Program Under Fire for Lack Of Diversity

Katrease Stafford 

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Business

Only Natural

Tory Parrish

Newsday, Melville, NY

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Commentary

Rochelle Riley's Commentary

Rochelle Riley

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Feature: Single Story

Bringing a Dark Chapter to Light: Maryland Confronts its Lynching Legacy

Jonathan M. Pitts

The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – International

Cancer in Haiti

Jacqueline L. Charles

The Miami Herald/ Pulitzer Center, Miami, FL

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Copy Editing

Headlines by Janet Graham, Detroit Free Press

Janet Graham

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Feature: Series

This is Corktown

John Carlisle

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI

The Road to a Rhodes

Susan Snyder

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA

Television Top 15 Markets

Television Top 15 Markets – Sports

Impact: Rosedale Tigers

Lesli Foster, Sarah Gahagan, James Hash, Darlene Dyer, Skye Beitler 

WUSA9, Washington, D.C.

Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs Program

Boston's Black History: Inspiring our Future

Crystal Haynes

Boston 25 WFXT, Dedlham, MA

Television Top 15 Markets – Specialty

From Prison to Purpose: A Mother’s Path to Redemption

Adrienne Broaddus 

KARE TV, Minneapolis, MN

Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Segment

Fresh Food, Health Needs Meet in Mattapan

Tina Martin, Stephanie Leydon, Howard Powell

WGBH News, Boston, MA

Television Top 15 Markets - Investigative

Exclusive: Alleged Coverup by Public Housing Staff

Janelle Burrell

WCBS-TV, New York, N.Y.

Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs Interview/Discussion

Bounce Detroit - Spotlight on the News: Inside Michigan's African American Vote

Pravin Sitaraman, Wesley Heath, Mike Batey, Chuck Stokes

WXYZ/Channel 7, Southfield, MI

Television Top 15 Markets – General Assignment News: Long From

The Changing Face of Tampa

Emerald Sierra Morrow, Gene Yagle, Marcus Grayson, Jim Glynn, Eric Bungay 

WTSP-TV (CBS), St. Petersburg, FL

Television Top 15 Markets – General Assignment News: Short From

Atlanta Remembers Aretha Franklin

Marissa Mitchell

WAGA-TV, Atlanta, GA

Television Top 15 Markets – Feature: Short Form

Through a Glass Darkly: 1001 Black Men

Devin Fitzpatrick Fehely

KPIX 5, San Francisco, CA

Television Top 15 Markets – Feature: Long Form

Ms. Tibbs: The Journey for Food

Larry Dobey Miller

WUSA 9-TV, Alexandria, VA

Television Top 15 Markets - Documentary

Mothers Matter

Jeremy Campbell, Erin Peterson, Matt Livingston, Ciara Frisbie, Donesha Aldridge

WXIA 11Alive News, Atlanta, GA

Radio - Network

Radio – Network – News: Series

Memorializing the Queen of Soul - Aretha Franklin

Cheryl Corley, Debbie Elliott, Denice Rios

NPR, Chicago, IL, Orange Beach, AL, Culver City, CA

Radio – Network – Documentary

1968 – How We Got Here: Special Series Marking 50 Years Since the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Debbie Elliott, Vickie Walton-James, Walter Ray Watson, Laura Smitherman

NPR, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National

Newspaper – National – Feature: Series

Overlooked No More

New York Times Staff

The New York Times, New York, N.Y.

Newspaper – National – Photo Story

Voices of Black Voters

Wayne Lawrence, Allison Pasek, Elissa Curtis, Lucy Gilmour

The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.

Newspaper – National – Special Project

A Reporting Team Compiled a Database of More than 50,000 Homicides in 50 of the Nation’s Largest Cities over 10 Years and Found Neighborhoods in America Where Murder was Common but Arrests Were Rare

Wesley Lowery, Kimbriell Kelly, Steven Rich, Ted Mellnik

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National – Investigative

"The Gatekeeper:" Manager for Black Actresses Accused of Sexual Harassment

Tracy Jan

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National – Business

The Forgotten Ferguson

Tracy Jan

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

Newspaper – National – Commentary

A Young Athlete, a Politician, and a Group of Black Journalists: The Plights of African Americans Throughout 2018

Carron J. Phillips - Atlanta, GA

New York Daily News

Newspaper – National – Feature: Single Story

How Doctors Deal With Racist Patients

Sumathi Reddy

The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY

Newspaper – National – News: Single Story

Black Women Candidates for Congress Say They're Reclaiming their Time

Deborah Barfield Berry

USA Today, Washington, D.C.

Television Network

Television Network – Specialty

Changing the Face of Medicine

Jenn Suozzo, Katie Boyle, Lester Holt, Eric Salzman, Elissa Candiotti

NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Sports

B/REAL: Race On

Matt Sullivan, Carmelo Anthony, Pace Bowden, Rachel Roderman, Eric Yeboah

Bleacher Report, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Investigative

Undercover with Nigeria's Pushermen

Nima Elbagir, Lillian Leposo, Dominique Van Heerden, Hassan John, Nick Migwi

CNN, Atlanta, GA

Television Network – Public Affairs: Segment

The Legacy of Lynching

Oprah Winfrey, Denise Schrier Cetta, Megan Kelty, Terry Manning

CBS News 60 Minutes, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Public Affairs: Program

BET News Presents: Angela Rye's Midterm Election Special: Our Vote. Our Power.

Angela Rye, Mikael Moore, Jason Samuels , Steve Ramey, Angela Chambers

BET News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Feature: Short Form

CBS Evening News - On The Road: Four-year-old Superhero has the Power to Feed the Homeless

Steve Hartman, Mosheh Oinounou, Jeff Glor, Katie Brennan

CBS Evening News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Feature: Long Form

Becoming Michelle: A First Lady’s Journey with Robin Roberts

ABC News, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – General Assignment News: Long Form

Nightline: Stand Your Ground

Steve Osunsami

ABC News, Atlanta, GA

Television Network – General Assignment News: Short Form

Nearly 750 Charter Schools are Whiter than the Nearby District Schools

Emmanuel Felton, Rehema Ellis

NBC Nightly News, The Hechinger Report, Type Investigations, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – International

A Difficult Childhood Forced CNN Hero Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin to Become Self-Reliant, and She Eventually Built a Successful Career in IT

Kathleen Toner, Jimmy Mazzullo, Michelle Genece Patterson, Christie O'Reilly, Mark Doctrow 

CNN, New York, N.Y.

Television Network – Documentary

SC Featured: Respect

ESPN Features