Michigan Radio was presented with 13 awards from the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors on Wednesday. These awards recognize excellence in news coverage throughout 2021.
The station was honored with seven First Place awards, including Best Documentary, Best Investigative Reporting and Best Multimedia Storytelling. The station also received six Second Place awards.
Michigan Radio competes in the large market radio category, which includes both public and commercial radio stations that serve Michigan’s largest market of Detroit.
Here is the complete list of Michigan Radio winners:
First Place
- Best Documentary: Lester Graham, Michigan Radio: “Great Lakes in Peril”
- Best Investigative Reporting: Dustin Dwyer and Nisa Khan, Michigan Radio: “A year after 'defund' protests, most large Michigan cities spending more on police, not less”
- Best Sports Coverage: Stateside Staff, Michigan Radio: "John Vaughn’s vigil for survivors”
- Best Multimedia Storytelling: Dustin Dwyer and Brad Gowland, Michigan Radio: “Minutes podcast and meeting tracker project”
- Best Digital Presence: Michigan Radio
- Best Use of Photography: Lester Graham, Michigan Radio: Body of work
- Best Use of Sound: Laura Weber Davis, Michigan Radio: “Mornings In Michigan: Back to the Barn”
Second Place
- Best Documentary: Stateside, Michigan Radio: “Stateside Special: Oxford, MI”
- Best Investigative Reporting: Tyler Scott and Nisa Khan, Michigan Radio: “White neighborhoods received PPP loans at twice the rate of Latino communities in metro Detroit”
- Best Newscast: Christina Shockley, Michigan Radio: Dec 1, 2021 5:30 PM
- Best Reporter/Anchor: Beenish Ahmed, Michigan Radio
- Best Public Service: Kate Wells, Michigan Radio: “As more teens are hospitalized for eating disorders, here's what parents need to know”
- Best Continuing Coverage: Tracy Samilton, Michigan Radio: “Michigan’s new auto insurance law”
The Michigan Associated Press Media Editors competition features reports, feature stories, documentaries, and photography, as well as newscasts and sportscasts that aired in 2021 from newspapers, TV, and radio stations across Michigan.
