Matthew Terrell, ArtsATL

Arts Journalism

Story/Series: Disney, Pride and the Power of Song: A Magical Night with the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus

 

Kim Saxon & ANF Staff, WANF Atlanta News First

Breaking News

Story/Series: Ice Storm: All Hands on Deck

 

Staff Reports, The Red & Black | The University of Georgia

Collegiate News

Story/Series: One year later: A look at the legacy of Laken Riley’s murder

 

Jake Shore, The Current GA

Digital Enterprise

Story/Series: Georgia DFCS relied on controversial laboratory for drug tests crucial to custody decisions

 

Anatassia Olmos, Luke Carter, Dimitri Lotovski, Bailey Williams, Lindsey Basye, Tim Darnell, WANF Atlanta News First

Documentary/Series

Story/Series: HOA Nightmares

 

Fiza Pirani, 285 South

Entertainment Journalism

Story/Series: 808s and heartbreaks: Atlanta rapper Phay sits down with 285 South and talks Palestine, faith, and finding joy amid grief

 

Henri Hollis & Ligaya Figueras, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Food, Travel or Culture Journalism

Story/Series: The Atlanta 50

 

Beau Evans, State Affairs

Investigative Reporting

Story/Series: Killed While Crossing

 

Lindsey Basye, Tim Darnell, Brendan Keefe, Anastassia Olmos, WANF Atlanta News First

Narrative Podcast/Series

Story/Series: Special prosecutor investigating Georgia sheriff after ANF investigation | Behind the Investigation

 

Sarra Sedghi, Rough Draft Atlanta

Narrative Writing/Reporting

Story/Series: After back-to-back hurricanes, Georgia’s pecan farmers brace for the future

 

Jerry Grillo, Georgia Trend

Print News

Story/Series: Fighting for Farm Futures

 

Marisa Mecke, WABE

Radio Reporting

Story/Series: Data center use a lot of water. Georgia counties and conservationists are looking for solutions.

 

Shane Backler, Natalie Mendenhall, Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Regularly Released Podcast

Story/Series: Politically Georgia

 

Sophia Qureshi, 285 South

Reporting on Civil and Human Rights

Story/Series: Detention of reporter Mario Guevara hits Atlanta’s Hispanic community: “Nobody does what he does”

 

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting

Single Image

Story/Series: South Georgia ICE arrests reveal a new reality of immigration enforcement 

 

Ken Sugiura, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sports Journalism

Story/Series: Coordinator hiring history has shortchanged Black coaches, including at Georgia, Georgia Tech

 

Dina Temple-Raston, Megan Detrie, Sean Powers, Erika Gajda, Karen Duffin, Jesse Nighswonger and Jake Cook, Click Here Podcast / Recorded Future News and PRX

Tech and Business Reporting

Story/Series: AI + Morality

 

WABE Staff, WABE

The News Innovation Award

Story/Series: Gold Dome Tracker

 

Tyrik Wynn, 41NBC

The Rising Star

Tyrik Wynn

 

Justin Gray, Justin Crate, Sheila Schutt, WSB-TV

TV Reporting

Story/Series: Consumer 2025

 

Najja Parker (Producer), Koralie Barrau (Producer),  Miasarah Lai (DP), Robyn Hutson (DP), Colbie Inez (DP)  Keola Racela (Video Editor), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Use of Video

Story/Series: How an Atlanta marching band plans to dominate HBCUs in the South

 

Julien Virgin, WABE

Video Short

Story/Series: Librarians may be at risk