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Chicago, IL - March 28, 2025
The Chicago Headline Club has announced that WTTW has been nominated for 17 Peter Lisagor Awards for 2024. The finalists were selected by an independent chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists from across more than 100 categories including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and digital media.
WTTW is recognized for:
Best Feature or Human Interest Single Story
A Celebration of Hanukkah
Rachel Pikelny, Geoffrey Baer, Kateryna Sazonova, Joe Winston, Tim Ferrin, Shelley Spencer
Best Feature or Human Interest Series
Firsthand: Homeless
Mario Tharpe, Dan Protess, Anne Gleason, Teresa Crawford, Ines Sommer, Edgar Vargas, Teresa White
Best Digital Design
Firsthand: Homeless
Justin Henderson
Best Social or Short Form Video
WTTW News Explains
WTTW News, The Banditry Co.
Best Community Reporting – Video
Chicago Stories: The Young Lords of Lincoln Park
Tania Lindsay, Anna Gardner, Alicia Soller, David Fortney, Felix Mendez, Scott Holoubek, Anthony Fleming III, Shelley Spencer
Best Arts and Entertainment Reporting – Video
- Chicago Stories: Amusement Parks
Rachel Pikelny, Anna Gardner, Ian Bertorelli, Michael Buhrow, Shuling Yong, Anthony Fleming III, Shelley Spencer - Chicago Stories: House Music – A Cultural Revolution
Barbara Allen, Gail Baker, Anna Gardner, Keisha Chavers, Alicia Soller, David Fortney, Joe Williams, Anthony Fleming III
Best Sports Reporting – Video
Chicago Stories: The Black Sox Scandal
Eddie Griffin, Michael Harvey, Anna Gardner, Lauren Drell, Patty Kaniff, Brendan Walsh, Anthony Fleming III, Shelley Spencer
Best Reporting on Race and Diversity – Video
Chicago Stories: When the West Side Burned
Daniel Andries, John Owens, Anna Gardner, Tylen Elliott, Patty Kaniff, Eric Seals, Mary Pat Cross, Anthony Fleming III
Best Science and Technology Reporting – Video
Chicago's Archaeopteryx
Nicole Cardos, Patty Wetli; WTTW News
Best Reporting on Crime and Justice – Video
- Waiting for Grace: Incarcerated People Hope Pritzker Addresses More Petitions for Clemency
Brandis Friedman; WTTW News - Illinois Doesn't Have Parole. A Group of Incarcerated Men is Working to Change That
Brandis Friedman; WTTW News - Chicago Stories: Al Capone's Bloody Business
Heidi Zersen, Anna Gardner, Marcy Marzuki, Alanna Schmelter, David Fortney, Brendan Walsh, Anthony Fleming III, Shelley Spencer
Best Education Reporting – Video
CPS Leadership Coverage
WTTW News Team
Best Business Reporting – Video
Chicago Stories: The Making of Playboy
Peter Marks, Anna Gardner, Bianca Lozano, Brian Clark, Tim Boyd, Anthony Fleming III, Shelley Spencer
Best Feature Reporting: Single Story/Episode – Video
- Chicago Stories: Deadly Alliance – Leopold and Loeb
Tania Lindsay, Anna Gardner, Alicia Soller, David Fortney, Brendan Walsh, Anthony Fleming III, Shelley Spencer - Chicago Mysteries
Sean Keenehan, Geoffrey Baer, Matthew Shimmel, Joe Winston, Tim Boyd, Oral User, Shelley Spencer
The Chicago Headline Club established the Lisagor Awards in 1977 to inspire Chicago-area journalists to follow his outstanding example and to recognize truly superior contributions to journalism. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday, May 9, 2025.
WTTW is the PBS member station in Chicago, committed to creating and presenting unique media content across distinct television and digital channels – WTTW, WTTW Prime, WTTW Create, WTTW World, WTTW/PBS Kids 24/7, wttw.com, and the PBS app. Recognized for award-winning journalism and local productions – such as Chicago Stories, Chicago Tonight, Chicago by ‘L’, digital series Firsthand and Urban Nature; and national productions Prehistoric Road Trip and Nature Cat – WTTW presents the very best in public affairs, arts and culture, nature and science, history and documentary, and children’s public media content. Connect with WTTW on Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube.
