2018 Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest Awards Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018
Special Awards Category: 01 Division 3 Best News Coverage Under First Freedom Award Deadline Pressure Third Mark Alesia, Tim Evans, Katie Clontz Marisa Kwiatkowski Division 1 The Courier-Times Indianapolis Star Police officer shot Third Second Staff Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Scott Slade The Commercial Review Trust Environmental Award The Times-Post Destruction Seth Slabauggh Missing couple’s bodies found The Star-Press First Second Staff Charlie Biggs Commitment to Rob Hunt The Tribune (Seymour) Community Award The Times-Post Crash leads to chemical fire Ken de la Bastide High school bans Confederate flag The Herald-Bulletin Division 4 First Frank O’Bannon Sunshine Award Ashton Brellenthin Third Ty Bibbs Hendricks County Flyer Caitlin VanOverberghe Anderson City Council Avon shooting leaves one dead, one Daily Reporter critical ‘You’re just watching your dreams burn down’ Division 2 Second Third Danielle Grady Chandra L. Mattingly The News and Tribune The Journal-Press (Aurora) ‘Don’t end up like me’ Purple Heart recipient, daughter found dead First Caitlin VanOverberghe Second Daily Reporter Joe Awad One dead in house fire Dearborn County Register Firefighters battle snow, ice to reach Division 5 cabin Third First Ken de la Bastide & Stu Hirsch Sara Clifford The Herald Bulletin Brown County Democrat Lapel couple found Vehicle explodes in motel parking lot Second Douglas Walker & Jordan Kartholl The Star Press Full confession by bloody killer
First Ken de la Bastide & Stu Hirsch The Herald Bulletin Tragedy on Ice Division 6 First Kokomo Tribune Suzannah Couch, Sara Clifford & Staff A blessing and a burden Third Brown County Democrat Joseph S. Pete Addicted & Dying series Division 6 The Times (Munster) Two children die, one rescued in fire. Division 3 Third Mark Alesia Second Third The Indianapolis Star Doug Ross Lance Gideon Are America’s surgery centers safe? The Times (Munster) The Reporter Times Bombing Case Led to Child Porn Pattern of ‘noncompliance’ Second Charges Ashley Sloboda, Matthew LeBlanc Second & Sherry Slater First Wesley Dehne The Journal Gazette Staff The Rochester Sentinel Special Education Project-8 stories South Bend Tribune Wind Farm Coverage South Bend Flooding First First Tim Evans & Ryan Martin Zach Spicer The Indianapolis Star Category: 02 The Tribune (Seymour) Witness intimidation Best News Coverage With No “Second chances” Deadline Pressure Division 4 Category: 03 Division 1 Best Ongoing News Coverage Third Third Aprile Rickert Division 1 Justin Kiel The News and Tribune The Regional News (LaCrosse) SAVING GRACE: Defibrillators in Third The Great Flood of 2018 schools ‘critically important’ Debbie Blank & Diane Raver The Herald-Tribune Second Second Hurricanes’ impacts on Hoosiers Sara Nahrwold Annie Goeller Hendricks County Flyer Daily Journal Second BEMS students alleging sexual as- A State of Confusion Chelsea Boulrisse saults by classmate The Greater Fort Wayne Business First Weekly First Caitlin VanOverberghe Medical Marijuana Millicent Martin Emery Daily Reporter Western Wayne News Mourning a hero First Opioid Epidemic Staff Division 5 The Greater Fort Wayne Business Division 2 Weekly Third Electric Works Third George Myers Kate Wehlann Kokomo Tribune The Salem Leader ‘This is wrong’ Deaton Sentenced to 1,095 Days for Fatality Second Douglas Walker & Keith Roysdon Second The Star Press Sara Clifford Cold Case: Muncie Brown County Democrat Child support court First George Myers Division 2 Division 5 Division 2
Third Third Third Sara Clifford and Suzannah Couch Staff Kate Wehlann Brown County Democrat The Republic The Salem Leader Maple Leaf Performing Arts Center Death of Sgt. Hunter Second Second Second Joe Awad Stephanie Taylor Ferriell Rebecca R. Bibbs The Journal-Press (Aurora) The Salem Leader The Herald Bulletin Classes for inmates Elwood police controversy First Bryce Mayer First First The North Vernon Sun Staff Kirk Johannesen & Mark Webber Brown County Democrat The Republic Division 3 #DoSomething Children Removed Third Division 3 Division 6 Staff The Herald Republican (Angola) Third Third Amy Oberlin Staff Second The Herald Republican (Angola) The Indianapolis Star Dave Kurtz Steuben County Antibullying Com- Dr. Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics The Star (Auburn) mittee Second First Second Staff Jack Ronald Jeff Jones The Indianapolis Star The Commercial Review The Star (Auburn) Fatal shooting of an unarmed black Downtown Butler fire man Division 4
First First Third Dave Kurtz, Kathryn Bassett Jeff Parrott Sarah Einselen & Mark Murdock South Bend Tribune Pharos-Tribune The Star (Auburn) Transpo CEO fired Eckhart Public Library arson fire Second Jason Thomas The News and Tribune Division 4 Category: 04 Best General Commentary First Third Kevin Burkett Staff Division 1 Pharos-Tribune Daily Reporter Hospital hack Third Chandra L. Mattingly Second The Rising Sun Recorder & The Ohio Danielle Grady & Aprile Rickert County News The News and Tribune Jeffboat closes Second Debbie Blank The Herald-Tribune First Annie Goeller First Daily Journal Janice Barniak Jail overcrowding South Gibson Star-Times Division 5 First First Stuart Cassidy Karen Francisco Third Perry County News The Journal Gazette Scott Underwood The Herald Bulletin Division 3 Category: 06 Second Third Best Business/Economic News Ken de la Bastide Dave Kurtz Coverage The Herald Bulletin The Star (Auburn) Division 1 First Second Harry McCawley Jack Ronald Third The Republic The Commercial Review Diane Raver The Herald-Tribune Division 6 First “Port would benefit Batesville Staff economy” Third The Tribune (Seymour) Doug Ross Second The Times (Munster) Division 4 Doug LeDuc The Greater Fort Wayne Business Second Second Weekly Marc Chase David Penticuff Techstars evaluates entrepreneurial The Times (Munster) Chronicle-Tribune ecosystem
First First First Suzette Hackney Bob Bridge Linda Lipp The Indianapolis Star Times-Mail The Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly Free speech Category: 05 Division 5 Best Editorial Writer Division 2 Third Division 1 Scott Underwood Third The Herald Bulletin Stuart Cassidy Second Perry County News Janice Barniak Second Business Model South Gibson Star-Times Max Jones Tribune-Star Second First Sara Clifford & Suzannah Couch Erik Deckers First Brown County Democrat The Times-Post Heather Bremer Broadband to Brown County The Herald Bulletin Division 2 First Division 6 Sara Clifford Third Brown County Democrat Bryce Mayer Third Living small in Brown County North Vernon Plain Dealer Alesia Redding South Bend Tribune Second Shannon Williams Second The Indianapolis Recorder Tim Harmon The Journal Gazette Division 3 Division 6 Division 2
Third Third Third Allie Kirkman Joseph S. Pete Denise Freitag Burdette The Commercial Review The Times (Munster) The Journal-Press (Aurora) Shopping around Strack & Van Til buys back company Get the scoop on turtle soup//What is a pergola? Take a seat and find Second Second out//Hueseman roadside no longer Ray Cooney Thomas B. Langhorne slippin’, slippin’ into the creek The Commercial Review Evansville Courier & Press 57 Turbines Mystery, confusion surround Second properties Denise Freitag Burdette First Dearborn County Register Mark Miller First If the key fits//Tow, tow, tow your The News-Banner Giles Bruce boat//Lifting himself up: Powerlifter Which way do we grow? The Times (Munster) breaks barriers Residents concerned that hospital Division 4 merger would limit health care First Staff Third Brown County Democrat Steve Garbacz Category: 07 Away games // Otterly successful // The News Sun Headline Writing Speaking in code What’s tax reform worth to you? Division 1 Division 3 Second Steve Garbacz Third Third The News Sun Sara Nahrwold Stephen Crane & Andrew Crowley Tax cut caveats Hendricks County Flyer The Reporter Times Flower Power: Random Acts of Flow- Grin and brrrr it//Soaring with the First ers marks one-year anniversary//Rock Eagles//Finger pickin’ good Mitchell Kirk on: fun, inspirational rocks being Pharos-Tribune found// Free falling: Eighty-year-old Second lives out bucket list dream Andrea Howe Wind turbines in Cass County Princeton Daily Clarion Second Cadence for Kaydence//Miles and Division 5 Linda Lipp Milestones//Pete can’t tweet The Greater Fort Wayne Business Third Weekly First Cody Neuenschwander, George The pain in the brain comes mainly Donna Cronk Myers & Carson Gerber from the strain//Metal man: Artists The Courier-Times Kokomo Tribune finds bread and butter in one-of-kind Fair weather for fowl show//4-Hers Tariffs hit Kokomo at its heart pieces// Elevated: Partnership to spur share hare-raising experiences//Sew- local entrepreneurs ing participants hope for the blues Second Kurt Christian First The Herald-Times Linda Lipp “A monumental undertaking” The Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly First Food for thought: Restaurants seek Traci Miller recipe for success//Mixed-use mar- The Herald Bulletin vels//Area business celebrate Gound- Pet food pantry operating ‘illegally’ hog’s Day with various forecasts. Division 4 Second Division 3 Agnes Geiger & Fred Dodd Third South Bend Tribune Third Staff License, registration, saliva, please// Lindsay Owens Daily Journal Aluminum price hike may not can Washington Times-Herald What’s Left is Right//There Goes the brewers//Rising to the occasion When a Kennedy came to town Neighborhood//Shifting Sorrows First Second Second Staff Daniel Riordan Quiche Matchen Daily Journal The Times (Munster) Princeton Daily Clarion In it for the long run//Faces behind Whoa zone now a no-go zone//Dyer Love at the pump your fear//All the Stops barber still razor sharp//Moon to star in show First First Jack Ronald Staff The Commercial Review Daily Journal Category: 08 Witness Where the road work ends//In the Best Short Feature Story midst of history//Over and out Division 4 Division 1 Division 5 Third Third Samm Quinn Third Don Steen Daily Reporter Staff The Spencer County Journal-Demo- ‘Quite a privilege’ The Republic crat Reel passion: Risk paying dividends Inspiration finds a home on the farm Second for movie’s director//Clockwork Navar Watson Orange: East coasts past Terre Haute Second Chronicle-Tribune North, moves on to semistate Chelsea Boulrisse Coffee house regular returns The Greater Fort Wayne Business Second Weekly First Staff Due dates and drug abuse Mitchell Kirk & Kevin Burkett The Republic Pharos-Tribune Got their goat: Annual 4-H exhibition First Remembering RFK makes for one baa-d day//Heat wave Rachel Sheeley throws road crews a 90-degree cur- Western Wayne News Division 5 ve//O Henrys: Father, son to compete ’68 Explosions in triathlon World Championships Third Division 2 Laura Lane First The Herald-Times Scott Underwood Third The Perfect Room The Herald Bulletin Denise Freitag Burdette Stopped by a train a familiar refrain// The Journal-Press (Aurora) Second Is Messer a Hoosier or a Swamp This is war Brittani Howell Thing? You decide// The cold, hard The Herald-Times fact: A dog isn’t just a dog Second Bloomington’s bird Division 6 Jo Ann Spieth-Saylor The Corydon Democrat First Division 6 Bailey’s ‘made for this’ life Brittani Howell Third The Herald-Times Jeanette Lach First “Let’s make some noise” The Times (Munster) Stephanie Taylor Ferriell Santa comes back to town//Sweet! The Salem Democrat Maple Sugar Time in Chesterton//C.P. Pekin’s Fourth eighth-grader is spelling bee w-i-n-n-e-r Division 6 Division 3 Division 6
Third Third Third Megan Allie Kirkman Mark Wilson Erbacher The Commercial Review Evansville Courier & Press Evansville Courier & Press ‘Freedom is not free’ Daughter strives for simple, happy Part of the Family life Second Second Ashlee Hoos Second Tori Fater The Herald Republican (Angola) Mike Vorel Evansville Courier & Press Medics, bystanders honored for sav- South Bend Tribune Vetter retires ing life with CPR A ‘special’ bond beyond football
First First First Amy Bartner Ashlee Hoos Shari Rudavsky The Indianapolis Star The Herald Republican (Angola) The Indianapolis Star Meet Pirate Cat Karlie Hutchins giving back 500-pound loss brings big troubles
Division 4 Category: 09 Category: 10 Best Profile Feature Third Best In-Depth Feature Kim Dunlap Or Feature Package Division 1 Pharos-Tribune Overcoming addiction Rob Hunt Division 1 The Times-Post Second Spirit to Survive: Miracle mile Third Kelly Lynch Deb Patterson The News Sun The Mail-Journal Second First one in, last one out Janice Barniak Attempt to create sewer conservancy South Gibson Star-Times First Where is Dick Wolfe? Second Evan Myers Louis Wyatt Daily Reporter Northwest News First Sign of the Times Casey Uebelhor Still afloat Spencer County Leader Division 5 Saint Meinrad artist Kazhia Kolb First Justin Kiel Third Division 2 The Regional News (LaCrosse) Ryan O’Gara The Great American Road Trip The Star Press Third The boy who lived Stephanie Taylor Ferriell Division 2 The Salem Leader Second Third You can’t live your life for someone Audrey Kirby else Andy Heuring The Star Press The Press-Dispatch A Scout is always brave Second Cody Cannon at Ground Zero of world conflict Ross Schulz First The Corydon Democrat Kelly Lafferty Gerber Junkmeister’s wares ‘explode’ Second Kokomo Tribune Denise Freitag Burdette Bill Roe, Santa of Kokomo First Dearborn County Register Stephanie Taylor Ferriell Special Olympics Athletes Go to The Salem Democrat Nationals ‘I got this’ First Division 6 First Staff Brian Smith Brown County Democrat Third The Corydon Democrat Yesteryear Giles Bruce The Unthinkable The Times (Munster) Division 3 Four Northwest Indiana cousins die Division 3 of heroin overdoses Third Third Patti Danner Second Ray Cooney Greene County Daily World Mark Wilson The Commercial Review Jimmy Beasley: ‘I’ve got your six’ Evansville Courier & Press Pure attitude Road sees no cars, plenty of snakes Second Second Lindsay Owens First Pete Swanson Washington Times-Herald Jessie Higgins Princeton Daily Clarion Cattle create legacy for Dove Farms Evansville Courier & Press Young’s late-game plays set stage for Mexico Series Irish’s championship First Zach Spicer First The Tribune (Seymour) Category: 11 Will Willems Ride of his life Best Sports Event Coverage The Lebanon Reporter County comes together as Tigers top Division 4 Division 1 Mounties
Third Third Division 4 Ryan Trares Will Fehlinger Daily Journal Third Learning to Fight The Herald-Tribune Ryan O’Leary Football sectional Daily Journal Second Victory Lap Staff Second Daily Reporter Steve Page Second Opioids in Hancock County The Mooresville-Decatur Times Rich Torres Ivey’s softball slam sinks Pioneers Daily Reporter First Run to remember Steve Garbacz First The News Sun Will Willems First West Lakes recovery Zionsville Times Sentinel Rich Torres Worth the Wait Daily Reporter Division 5 Champs at last Division 2 Third Jordan Kartholl Third The Star Press Ed Cahill One dog’s journey through shelter The Press-Dispatch Chargers seal first-ever PAC title Second Brian Blair & Julie McClure Second The Republic Ross Schulz Columbus movie The Corydon Democrat NH outlasts Brownstown in OT First Rebecca R. Bibbs The Herald Bulletin Something’s in the water Division 5 First Second Evan Myers Brice Vance Daily Reporter Third The Garrett Clipper Forever a Royal Mike Miller Ready to fill some big shoes The Herald-Times First Hoosiers eliminated in a New York Division 2 Jesus Jimenez minute Palladium-Item Third ‘Miracle child’ unleashes football Second Suzannah Couch potential Jon Blau Brown County Democrat The Herald-Times Former Eagles return as coaches Division 5 IU fights to the finish Second Third First Jim Buchberger Ted Schultz Nathan Baird The Journal-Press (Aurora) The Republic Journal & Courier Silver medal for Nick Goepper at Jonah Wichman Sweet, Not Sour Pyeong Chang Second Division 6 First Jon Blau Jim Buchberger The Herald-Times Third Dearborn County Register “No Limits” Eric Hansen L’burg will miss those ‘Lee-isms’ South Bend Tribune First Brian Kelly’s ‘someday’ team arrives Division 3 Mike Miller The Herald-Times Second Third The strength of Simmie Tom Noie James Howell Jr. South Bend Tribune Greensburg Daily News Division 6 WoNDerful GCHS graduate making strides on college sidelines Third First Chad Lindskog Kyle Sokeland Second Evansville Courier & Press Evansville Courier & Press Steve Page Defying All Odds Southridge wins state title The Reporter Times Strietelmeier diving through her Second battle with cancer Pat Hickey Category: 12 Evansville Courier & Press Best Sports News Or First A Little Slice of Heaven Feature Coverage James Howell Jr. Greensburg Daily News First Division 1 State Bound; Hanna runs like parents, John Martin qualifies for state Evansville Courier & Press Third Remembering the Aces Will Willems Division 4 Zionsville Times Sentinel Sisterhood key to team’s success Third Chuck Landis Second Chronicle-Tribune Kristy Deer Games won’t be the same without The Times-Post ‘Mr. Argyll’ ‘You’ve got to bring it’ Category: 13 Division 5 Division 2 Best Sports Commentary Third Third Division 1 Jeremy Price Andy Heuring The Herald-Times The Press-Dispatch Third Fire destroys building at Azalea Path Dylan Trimpe Second Hendricks County Flyer Rob Hunt Second The Herald Bulletin Jo Ann Spieth-Saylor Second The Corydon Democrat Dylan Trimpe First Snowman building Hendricks County Flyer Todd Golden Tribune-Star First First Kate Wehlann Dylan Trimpe Division 6 The Salem Leader Hendricks County Flyer Support Like a Brother Third Division 2 Mike Vorel Division 3 South Bend Tribune Second Third Brian Smith Second Ashlee Hoos The Corydon Democrat Tom Noie The Herald Republican (Angola) South Bend Tribune Firefighters help rescue trapped swan First Jim Buchberger First Second Dearborn County Register Gregg Doyel Glen Werling The Indianapolis Star The News-Banner Division 3 Devastating house fire
Third Category: 14 First Chris Pruett Best Spot News Photo Sherri Madison Greene County Daily World The Paper of Montgomery County Division 1 Madison New Market Fire Second Steve Page Third Division 4 The Reporter Times Lisa Hoppenjans Ferdinand News Third First Ashes to ashes Mickey Shuey John O. Marlowe Palladium-Item The Paper of Montgomery County Second SWAT moves in Chandra L. Mattingly Division 4 The Rising Sun Recorder & The Ohio Second County News Mickey Shuey Third It’s a headless squirrel? Palladium-Item Scott Hunt Through the rubble Chronicle-Tribune First Tom Russo First Second The Times-Post Patrick Redmond Chris Reed Car fire closes exit ramp The News Sun The News Sun Crash
First Bob Bridge Times-Mail Division 5 Division 2 Division 5
Third Third Third Jordan Kartholl Joe Awad Joseph C. Garza The Star Press Dearborn County Register Tribune-Star Blood-soaked suspect So Begins the Task Saying Goodbye
Second Second Second Austen Leake Ross Schulz Tim Bath Tribune-Star The Corydon Democrat Kokomo Tribune Crash scene Solar eclipse Veterans
First First First Tim Bath Andy Heuring Jeremy Hogan Kokomo Tribune The Press-Dispatch The Herald-Times Drug Overdose Blast off! Meeting Shutdown
Division 6 Division 3 Division 6
Third Glen Werling Third Robert Franklin The News-Banner Rachel Von South Bend Tribune Parade night flip The Journal Gazette Saving Kawi Kid-designed robots Second Second Stephen Crane Second Michael Caterina The Reporter Times Marlena Sloss South Bend Tribune Goss laid to rest Evansville Courier & Press Cooling off Survivor First First Glen Werling First Cathie Rowand The News-Banner Lauren Cross The Journal Gazette Eclipse in Wells The Times (Munster) Giraffe escapes Black Lives Matter Division 4
Category: 15 Third Category: 16 Best General News Photo Jeff Morehead Best Sports Feature Photo Chronicle-Tribune Division 1 Sweet Memories Division 1
Third Second Third Deb Patterson Patrick Redmond Dorian McDaniel The Mail-Journal The News Sun Hendricks County Flyer No entry here Rubble Champagne Shower
Second First Second Deb Patterson Josh Hicks Eric Tretter The Mail-Journal The News and Tribune Ferdinand News Surrounded My Mistake Ranger hopes
First First Zach Spicer Will Willems The Jackson County Banner Zionsville Times Sentinel Colors! Worth the Wait Division 2 Division 5 Division 2
Third Third Third Jim Buchberger Corey Ohlenkamp Ed Cahill The Journal-Press (Aurora) The Star Press The Press-Dispatch Quarterback whoops it up Fans go crazy Demi Croak
Second Second Second Sandy Mahoney John Terhune Josh Lewis Dearborn County Register Journal & Courier The Salem Democrat Home Run Celebration Tears Look Out
First First First Josh Lewis Joseph C. Garza Ed Cahill The Salem Leader Tribune-Star The Press-Dispatch Final Moments Look! Chloe Roy
Division 3 Division 6 Division 3
Third Third Third Chris Schanz Mike Moore Chris Schanz The Commercial Review The Journal Gazette The Commercial Review Repping at regional Komets rally after Cyclones’ fluke goal Short ride
Second Second Second Will Willems Mykal McEldowney Aaron Piper The Lebanon Reporter The Indianapolis Star The Tribune (Seymour) Invite Title Joe Thomas cools off Hand wave
First First First Ray Cooney Denny Simmons Chris Schanz The Commercial Review Evansville Courier & Press The Commercial Review Alex attitude Nailbiter Soaring Schlechty
Division 4 Division 4 Category: 17 Third Best Sports Action Photo Third Rich Janzaruk Tom Russo Times-Mail Division 1 Daily Reporter Celebration Hug Goal! Third Second Eric Tretter Second Mickey Shuey Ferdinand News Rich Janzaruk Palladium-Item Rangers run out of gas Times-Mail Defeated Racing home Second First Brittney Lundy First Tyler Stewart Ferdinand News Fran Ruchalski The News and Tribune Collision Pharos-Tribune Spoils of War Wrestling First Jeremy Nichols Springs Valley Herald Snowy slide into home Division 5 Division 2 Division 5
Third Third Third Don Knight Joe Awad Tim Bath The Herald Bulletin The Journal-Press (Aurora) Kokomo Tribune Reversal Drifting Along Puddle Jumper
Second Second Second John Terhune Joe Awad Mike Wolanin Journal & Courier Dearborn County Register The Republic Loose Ball Fishing Derby Judge Face Full of Water
First First First Jeremy Hogan Kate Wehlann Jordan Kartholl The Herald-Times The Salem Democrat The Star Press Little 500 Wrecked Hand Dogs are a Girl’s Best Friend Bubble fun
Division 6 Division 6 Division 3 Third Third Michael Caterina Third Mike Lawrence South Bend Tribune Glen Werling Evansville Courier & Press Taking Flight The News-Banner Sunset splash Carefree days of summer Second Second Mykal McEldowney Second Cathie Rowand The Indianapolis Star Ray Cooney The Journal Gazette Flip and catch The Commercial Review 4-H Fair auction Wake up First First Rachel Von First Cathie Rowand The Journal Gazette Glen Werling The Journal Gazette Reeling K’s feel Toledo’s wrath The News-Banner Get in the hole! Out for a ride
Category: 18 Category: 19 Best Feature Photo Division 4 Best Portrait
Division 1 Third Division 1 Rich Janzaruk Third Times-Mail Third Janice Barniak Work Horse Eric Tretter South Gibson Star-Times Spencer County Leader Eggstatic Hunting Rich Janzaruk Wonders of Love Times-Mail Second Robin Snack Second Eric Tretter Ashton Brellenthin Spencer County Leader First Hendricks County Flyer Appaloosa with Rider in St. Meinrad Jeff Morehead Safety first Chronicle-Tribune First Predator and Prey First Sue Carpenter Clayton Doty The Garrett Clipper The Benton Review Face painting Flavored Ice Division 2 Division 5 First Eric Tretter Third Third Ferdinand News Suzannah Couch Joseph C. Garza Cinderella at Forest Park Brown County Democrat Tribune-Star Dan Reuter Silhouette Division 2
Second Second Third Suzannah Couch Corey Ohlenkamp Ross Schulz & Jo Ann Spieth-Saylor Brown County Democrat The Star Press The Corydon Democrat Joy family’s loss Governor Davis Living History
First First Second Joe Awad Joseph C. Garza Megan O’Bryan Dearborn County Register Tribune-Star Brown County Democrat Not Camera Shy Armed Holiday Light Parade
Division 3 Division 6 First Suzannah Couch Third Third Brown County Democrat Zach Spicer Michelle Davies July 4 The Tribune (Seymour) The Journal Gazette Seniors Child homicides put heat on state Division 3 agency Second Third Aaron Piper Second Zach Spicer The Tribune (Seymour) Robert Franklin The Tribune (Seymour) Diver South Bend Tribune Balloon Glow Healing Smoke First Second Mike Marturello First Stephen Crane The Herald Republican (Angola) Marlena Sloss The Reporter Times Nicky Ball Evansville Courier & Press A day of healing Funster rookie Division 4 First Aaron Piper Third Category: 20 The Tribune (Seymour) Tom Russo Best Multiple Picture Group Scale Masters Daily Reporter All that remains Division 1 Division 4
Second Third Second Steve Garbacz Don L. Hurd Tom Russo The News Sun The News & Review Daily Reporter Goof Fish Fry Magic Champions at last
First Second First Jeff Morehead Eric Tretter Tom Russo Chronicle-Tribune Ferdinand News Daily Reporter Hello Regional memories Hancock County Jail: A crowded house Division 5 Division 2 First Seth Tackett & Jon Blau Third Third The Herald-Times Jordan Kartholl Brian Smith No Limits The Star Press The Corydon Democrat Drug dealer sweep Chase Burton Division 6
Second Division 3 Third Jordan Kartholl David Lindquist The Star Press Third The Indianapolis Star The boy who lived Kristi Sanders Dave’s Old Interview Tapes Washington Times-Herald First New company Second Kelly Lafferty Gerber Cathie Rowand & Ashley Sloboda Kokomo Tribune Second The Journal Gazette Bill Roe, Santa of Kokomo Jessica Bricker & Glen Werling Duck parade The News-Banner Division 6 School fire anniversary First Robert Scheer Third First The Indianapolis Star Mykal McEldowney Jessica Bricker Not even people smoking roach The Indianapolis Star The News-Banner spray can surprise these firefighters A year of photos capture America ‘Everybody knows you better watch it’
Second Division 4 Category: 22 Mykal McEldowney Best Editorial Page The Indianapolis Star Third She’s a new teen mom and refuses Rich Janzaruk Division 1 to fail Times-Mail Christmas Around the Square Third First Staff Sam Owens Second The Times-Post Evansville Courier & Press Elizabeth DePompei & Josh Hicks Immigrating to Mexico The News and Tribune Second To the stars Staff Hendricks County Flyer Category: 21 First Best Multimedia Story Elizabeth DePompei & Josh Hicks First The News and Tribune Staff Division 1 Art at the falls The Herald-Tribune
Third Division 5 Dylan Trimpe Hendricks County Flyer Third Orioles grind out a win Staff The Herald Bulletin Second 24 hours in Anderson Dylan Trimpe Hendricks County Flyer Second Orioles blow out another foe Kelly Lafferty Gerber Kokomo Tribune First Bill Roe, Santa of Kokomo Dylan Trimpe Hendricks County Flyer Three-peat Division 2 Second Division 6 Alesia Redding & Terry Bland Third South Bend Tribune Third Joe Awad Stephen Beard The Journal-Press (Aurora) First The Indianapolis Star Karen Francisco & Tim Harmon Second The Journal Gazette Second Bryce Mayer Gregg Bender North Vernon Plain Dealer The Journal Gazette Category: 23 First Best Use Of Graphics First Jo Ann Spieth-Saylor,Chris Timber- Stephen Beard lake & Ross Schulz Division 2 The Indianapolis Star The Corydon Democrat First Division 3 Staff Category: 24 Brown County Democrat Best Website Third Andrea Howe Division 3 Division 1 Princeton Daily Clarion First First Second Staff Staff Denise Freitag Burdette & Staff The Tribune (Seymour) The Tribune (Seymour) The Rising Sun Recorder & The Ohio County News First Division 4 Staff The Commercial Review Third Division 2 Staff Division 4 Daily Journal Third Denise Freitag Burdette & Staff Second Second Dearborn County Register Staff Erin Doucette The News Sun The News Sun Second Staff First First The Indianapolis Recorder Staff Kevin Burkett The News and Tribune Pharos-Tribune First Staff Division 5 Division 5 Brown County Democrat
Second Third Division 3 Paula Bivens & Staff Staff Third The Herald Bulletin The Republic Staff Washington Times-Herald First Second Staff Bill Thornbro Second The Republic The Herald-Times Staff The Commercial Review Division 6 First Heather Bremer First Third The Herald Bulletin Staff Suzette Hackney & Tim Swarens The Tribune (Seymour) The Indianapolis Star Division 4 Category: 25 Division 5 Best Sports Section Third Third Staff Division 1 Staff Palladium-Item Tribune-Star Third Second Staff Second Staff The Times-Post Staff Daily Journal The Herald-Times Second First Brian Bohne & Eric Tretter First Staff Ferdinand News Staff The News and Tribune The Republic First Division 5 Staff Division 6 The Jackson County Banner Third Second Staff Division 2 Staff Tribune-Star The Journal Gazette Third Second Staff First staff The Press-Dispatch Bill Bilinski The Herald-Times South Bend Tribune Second First Staff Staff Brown County Democrat The Republic First Division 6 Brian Smith The Corydon Democrat Third Staff Division 3 The Journal Gazette Second Second Chris Schanz & Ray Cooney Staff The Commercial Review Evansville Courier & Press First First Staff Staff The Tribune (Seymour) South Bend Tribune Best Sports Section
Division 4
Third Staff Daily Journal
Second Staff The News Sun
First Staff Daily Reporter Category: 26 Division 4 Division 2 Best Feature Section Or Page(s) Third First Division 1 Erin Doucette Staff The News Sun Brown County Democrat Third Staff Second Division 3 The Times-Post Staff Daily Journal First Second Staff Staff First The Commercial Review The Jackson County Banner Staff Daily Journal Division 4 First Debbie Blank, Diane Raver Division 5 Third & Will Fehlinger Staff The Herald-Tribune Third Chronicle-Tribune Jennifer Tilley Division 2 The Herald-Times Second Staff Third Second Daily Reporter Staff Staff Perry County News The Republic First Staff Second First Pharos-Tribune Staff Staff The Corydon Democrat The Republic Division 5
First Division 6 Third Staff Bill Thornbro Brown County Democrat Third The Herald-Times Staff Division 3 The Journal Gazette Second Christopher Stephens & Staff Third Second Andrew Hughes The Herald Bulletin Staff South Bend Tribune Princeton Daily Clarion First First Staff Second Staff The Republic Staff The Journal Gazette The Tribune (Seymour) Division 6
First Category: 27 First Staff Best Business Section Or Page(s) Mike Wanbaugh The Tribune (Seymour) South Bend Tribune Division 1
Third Debbie Blank & Diane Raver The Herald-Tribune
Second Ashton Brellenthin Hendricks County Flyer Category: 28 First Category: 29 Best Special Section Staff Community Service Greensburg Daily News Division 1 A day in the life of Greensburg & Division 1 Decatur County Third First Justin Kiel Division 4 Staff The Regional News (LaCrosse) The Mail-Journal I Am Thankful For... Third Amanda Cornelius Division 2 Second Daily Reporter Debbie Blank, Diane Raver & Will Spirit to Survive Third Fehlinger Suzannah Couch The Herald-Tribune Second Brown County Democrat Two centuries of Ripley County Staff Daily Reporter Second First Morristown state champs Barbara King, Sharon Hamilton Staff & Bryce Mayer The Times-Post First North Vernon Plain Dealer Spirit to Survive Staff Palladium-Item First Division 2 The day that shook Sara Clifford downtown Richmond Brown County Democrat Third Staff Division 5 Division 3 The Corydon Democrat Disaster Preparedness Third Second Abby Tonsing & Laura Lane Staff Second The Herald-Times The Herald Republican (Angola) Staff “This is Opioid Addiction” Brown County Democrat First Spring Brown County Almanack Second Staff Staff The Tribune (Seymour) First The Herald Bulletin Denise Freitag Burdette 24 Hours in Anderson Division 4 Dearborn County Register 2017 Honoring Our Veterans First Third Staff Steve Garbacz Division 3 The Republic The News Sun Run & Fun, Mill Race Marathon Third Second Staff Division 6 Tyler Juranovich & Spencer Durham The News-Banner Chronicle-Tribune Victorious 2018 Second Staff First Second South Bend Tribune Ryan Trares, Annie Goeller & Michele Staff Champs Holtkamp Princeton Daily Clarion Daily Journal Progress Edition: Celebrating Gibson First County’s Everyday Heroes Staff The Journal Gazette TinCaps Preview Division 5 Division 4 Second The Corydon Democrat Third Third Staff Staff First Kokomo Tribune The News and Tribune Brown County Democrat (Nashville)
Second Second Division 3 Staff Scarlett Syse The Republic Daily Reporter Third The News-Banner (Bluffton) First First Staff Staff Second Tribune-Star Daily Journal The Commercial Review (Portland)
Division 6 Division 5 First The Tribune (Seymour) First Third Tim Swarens Staff Division 4 The Indianapolis Star The Herald-Times Third Second The News and Tribune (Jeffersonville) Category: 30 Staff Best Newspaper Design The Herald Bulletin Second Daily Journal (Franklin) Division 1 First Staff First Third The Republic Daily Reporter (Greenfield) Dax Lowery & Michael Haynes The Herald-Tribune Division 6 Division 5
Second First Third Staff Staff The Herald-Times (Bloomington) The Jackson County Banner The Journal Gazette Second First The Herald Bulletin (Anderson) Staff General Excellence Hendricks County Flyer First Division 1 The Republic (Columbus) Division 2 Third Division 6 Second Staff The Herald-Tribune (Batesville) The Corydon Democrat Third Second The Indianapolis Star First The Times-Post (Pendleton) Staff Second Brown County Democrat First South Bend Tribune Hendricks County Flyer (Avon) Division 3 First Division 2 The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) First Staff Third The Tribune (Seymour) Dearborn County Register (Lawrenceburg) Story of the Year Photo of the Year Blue Ribbon Newspapers
Division 1 Division 1 Nondaily Millicent Martin Emery Zach Spicer Western Wayne News The Jackson County Banner Third (Cambridge City) Colors The Journal Press (Aurora) Opioid Epidemic Division 2 Second Division 2 Andy Heuring Brown County Democrat (Nashville) Staff The Press-Dispatch Brown County Democrat (Nashville) Blast off! First #Do Something Herald-Tribune (Batesville) Division 3 Division 3 Sherri Madison Daily Dave Kurtz, Kathryn Bassett The Paper of Montgomery County & Mark Murdock New Market Fire Third The Star (Auburn) The Herald Bulletin (Anderson) Eckhart Public Library arson fire Division 4 Josh Hicks Second Division 4 The News and Tribune The Herald-Times (Bloomington) Annie Goeller My Mistake Daily Journal First Jail overcrowding Division 5 South Bend Tribune Jordan Kartholl Division 5 The Star Press Kirk Johannesen & Mark Webber Bubble fun The Republic Children Removed Division 6 Lauren Cross Division 6 The Times (Munster) Staff Black Lives Matter South Bend Tribune South Bend Flooding WINNER Lauren Cross WINNER The Times (Munster) Staff Black Lives Matter Brown County Democrat (Nashville) #Do Something Indiana Collegiate Press News Association/HSPA Awards Third Editorial/Opinion Sarah Verschoor Indiana Daily Student Third Indiana University Staff The DePauw Second DePauw University Creighton Suter Purdue Exponent Second Purdue University Katie Hurst The Goshen College Record First Goshen College Brynn Mechem & Max Lewis Ball State Daily News First Ball State University Editorial Board Ball State Daily News Photo Ball State University Third Byron Mason Features The DePauw DePauw University Third Gaby Wy Second The Shield Ronald Hanson University of Southern Indiana Campus Citizen IUPUI Second Brooke Kemp First Ball State Daily News Noble Guyon Ball State University Indiana Daily Student Indiana University First Jack Evans Indiana Daily Student Indiana University