These awards were received by Michigan Radio in 2023 for news coverage in 2022.
Michigan Associated Press Media Editors
Statewide Awards:
- Best Reporter/Anchor: Beenish Ahmed, Michigan Radio
- Rising Star, Broadcast: Rachel Ishikawa, Michigan Radio
First Place
- Best Continuing Coverage: Kate Wells, Tracy Samilton, and Sarah Cwiek for their coverage of abortion on the ballot, including “Nine Days in a Michigan Abortion Clinic, as election looms”
- Best Documentary: Kate Wells, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Mercedes Mejia, Lauren Weber Davis and Paulette Parker “Nine Days in a Michigan Abortion Clinic, as election looms”
- Best Public Service: Nisa Khan and the Amplify Team, “How to Escrow your rent in Michigan”
- Best Investigative Reporting: Beenish Ahmed, Nisa Khan, Sarah Hulett and Lindsey Smith: “At least 120 inmates locked up in Wayne County for 18 months or more without trials, conviction”
- Best Sports Coverage: Tracy Samilton and Stateside Staff, Michigan Radio: “Collision Course”
- Best Multi-media Storytelling: Zoe Clark and Jodi Westrick “It’s Just Politics” Tiktok
- Best Digital Presence: Michigan Radio
- Best Feature: Lauren Talley, Nisa Khan: “Mornings in Michigan: During Ramadan’s Early hours, thousands gather for food, faith and community”
Second Place
- Best Continuing Coverage: Tracy Samilton, “Victims of auto no-fault reform”
- Best Documentary: Tracy Samilton and Stateside, Michigan Radio: “Collision Course”
Public Media Journalists Association
First Place
- Continuing Coverage:Kate Wells, Tracy Samilton, Sarah Cwiek, April Baer, April Van Buren, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, “Abortion Rights on Michigan Ballot.”
- Enterprise: Kate Wells, “Nine Days in a Michigan Abortion Clinic, as Election Looms.”
- News and Public Affairs Program: Stateside, “Oxford, One Year Later.”
Radio Television Digital News Association - Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards
- News Documentary Category : Kate Wells “Nine days in a Michigan abortion clinic, as election looms.”
- Podcast Category: Tracy Samilton, Rachel Ishikawa, Stateside, “Collision Course”
- Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Stateside, “Malcolm X was from Michigan”
Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
- SPJ Young Journalist of the Year: Briana Rice
- Sojourner Truth Award in Topical Reporting: Beenish Ahmed, Jamie Simmons, Nisa Khan, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Amplify Team
Asian American Journalists Association
- Excellence in Audio Storytelling, News Feature: Rachel Ishikawa, “The story of Kinuko Yada DeVee.”
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
- Finalist in Audio Reporting: Kate Wells, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Laura Weber-Davis, Paulette Parker, “Nine Days in a Michigan Abortion Clinic, as Election Looms.”
Association of Health Care Journalists - 2022 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism
Audio Reporting (large division)
- Second Place: Inside a Michigan clinic, patients talk about abortion, by Kate Wells, Sarah Hulett and Lindsey Smith
Michigan Press Association
News Media-Statewide - Special Section
- Second Place: Water's True Cost, Great Lakes News Collaborative (Michigan Radio, Bridge Michigan, DPTV and Circle of Blue)
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Best in Category
- Hard News & Current Events Story: Kate Wells, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, Mercedes Mejia, Laura Weber Davis, “Nine days in a Michigan abortion clinic, as election looms”
- Mini-Documentary or Series: Kate Wells, Tracy Samilton, Sarah Cwiek, April Baer, April Van Buren, Sarah Hulett, Lindsey Smith, “Abortion Rights on the Michigan Ballot”
- News Special or Public Affairs Program: Stateside team, “Oxford, One Year Later”
- Special Interest & Cultural Programming: Stateside (Abortion Coverage and Whitmer Trial)
- Community Involvement: Enterprise Team events – Michigan Radio Amplify Team
Merit Awards
- Newscast: 6 a.m., Aug. 2, 2022 by Lauren Talley
- Use of New Media: Zoe Clark, Michigan Radio Digital team, “It’s Just Politics” TikTok
- Community Involvement: Local Lives event, Michigan Radio Marketing
- Station Excellence: Michigan Radio
Finalist
- Station of the Year
