Here are the results of the 2021 IBNA contest for entries broadcast in 2020. Public Affairs Category Student radio Third Place KWAR “COVID on Campus” Britta Williams Second Place KWAR “Edgewood: A Small Community Reacts to COVID” Hope Mather First Place KBVU “COVID-19 and the Legal System” Guy Tannenbaum Student TV Third Place Knight Vision “Sowing the Seeds, the Hilda Fedeler Story” Annika Wall, Ryan Reebenacker, Emily McCalla, Courtney Moser, Lauren O'Brian, William Wallace Second Place Knight Vision “Beyond the Battlefield.” Jenna Brannaman, Matthew Ohl, Megan Stephenson, Hannah Fox, Josh Voigt First Place DITV “COVID coverage” Bailey Cichon, Elisabeth Neruda, John Chenoweth Small market Radio Third Place KMA “The Morning Line with Dr. Kerri Nelson” Mike Peterson Second Place KSOM “Atlantic School Votes On Face Covering Policy” Tom Robinson First Place KKRF “Affects on those with Autism” Sam McIntosh

Large Market Radio Third Place KALA The Nordic Theory of Everything Second Place KALA “POWs In Iowa” First Place WVIK Midwest Week Herb Trix Small Market TV Third Place KTIV “A time to care” KTIV Staff Second Place WGEM “Answering COVID questions” First Place KCAU “Coronavirus town hall” Large Market TV Third Place KWWL “Cedar Falls Public Safety Debate” Taylor Vessel, Ron Steele, Abby Turpin Second Place KCRG “Black Lives Matter: Now What” Aaron Hepker ,Executive Producer, Beth Malicki ,Anchor, Chris Earl ,Anchor, Nicole Agee ,Anchor, Phil Reed ,Reporter, Taylor Holt ,Reporter, Jackie Kennon ,Reporter, Randy Dircks ,Photographer, Marlon Hall ,Photographer, Dave Lineweaver ,Director First Place KCCI “Black Voices Matter” Rheya Spigner, Anchor/Reporter

Farm and Agribusiness Category Student Radio First Place BVU “From Drought to Derech” Morgan Krull Student TV First Place DITV Local Farmers continue to feel impact of Derecho Mallory Wilson Small market Radio Third Place KCII “Interview with dairy specialist” Second Place Raccoon Valley Radio CAFO Arguments Coltrane Carlson First Place KSOM “Derecho causes extensive crop damage” Tom Robinson “This puts things into a perspective that is easy to understand” Large Market Radio Third Place KIBM “Flood resurrection along the Missouri River” John Jacobsen Second Place KBIM Radio Iowa’s Ag Livestock Crisis John Jacobsen First Place WVIK Series of reports on John Deere. Herb Trix , Michelle O'Neill, Marianna Bacallao Small Market TV First Place KMEG “Century Farms Distillery” Jacob Heller Large Market TV Third Place WOI Maxwell Beef Farm turns to social media” Eva Andersen Second Place Iowa PBS “Overcoming obstacles on the farm and in the show ring.” Josh Buettner

FARM & Ag Continued. First Place A tie KCCI “Derecho damage” Steve Karlin WHO 13 “Derecho Harvest” Mike Borland, photojournalist

IN-DEPTH/SERIES Category Student Radio Third Place KBVU “Financial Health, remote learning and COVID” Omar Alcorta

Second Place KWAR Wartburg “Living in Limbo” Annika Wall First Place KBVU “Storm Lake Medical Professional collaborate to fight COVID” Tanner Frost Student TV Third Place Knight Vision Wartburg “Student Elections” Nathan Stephany, Rachel Green Second Place DITV “Urban Legends” Oliver Willham, Bailey Cichon First Place LCTV “Tech Beat” Chase Guerdet Small Market Radio Third place KNIA/KRLS “All Decade Football Team” compilation Second Place KMA “Project 2020” Series Mike Peterson First Place KCII “Washington, Iowa reckons with Black Lives Matter” Sally Hart

Large Market Radio Third Place WVIK “COVID & the Arts” Jonathan Turner , Herb Trix Second Place WVIK COVID-19 Series Michelle O'Neill First Place Siouxland Public Media “ COVID-19 Coverage” News Staff Small Market TV Third Place KTIV “Education Today” Michaela Feldmann Second Place KMEG “Siouxland dog breeders listed on latest Humane Society horrible 100 report” Katie Copple First Place WGEM “Doctors Talk COVID-19” WGEM News Team Large Market TV Third Place WHO 13 “Behind the Lines” Jannay Towne Second Place WOI “Disaster Divide, how the state’s most vulnerable suffered after the storm.” Eva Andersen, reporter. Kelsey Hammer-Parks, photographer. Ryan Scott, associate producer. First Place WHO 13 “Continuing the conversation” WHO staff

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY Third Place LCTV “Dubuque BLM march” Ben Yeiser Second Place LCTV “Gametime” Nate Kaiser First Place DITV “Englert Theatre relight” Oliver Willham Small Market TV Second Place KTIV “Holstein building collapse” Brett Funke First Place KTIV “North Sioux City Fire” Brett Funke Large Market TV Third Place KWQC Turkey Parden Randy Biery, chief photographer Second Place WHO 13 “Church transformation” Michael Schumacher, photojournalist, Mike Borland drone pilot. First Place WHO 13 Flower Farmers Mike Borland, photojournalist

FEATURE Category Student Radio Second Place KBVU “In sickness and in health” Morgan Krull First Place KWAR “Shock to the System” Ryan Reebenecker, Annika Wall Third Place LCTV “Spring Break Cancelled” Noah Sacco Second Place DITV “Campus Influencers Baily Cichon First Place LCTV “Heather’s Heart” Amber Kreig Small market Radio Third Place KMA “Shenfest Parade Memories” Mike Peterson Second Place KNIA/KRLS “Tulip Court Mom Retires” Andrew Schneider First Place KSOM “Steele McLaren Vigil” Tom Robinson Large Market Radio Third Place WVIK “Davenport Children Promote Census” Michelle O’Neill Second Place WVIK “LeClaire Distillery Makes COVID Concoction” Michelle O'Neill First Place Siouxland Public Media “Young Iowa Democrat Sizes Up the Caucus Candidates” Sheila Brummer Small Market TV Third Place KTIV Lincoln's Story Al Joens Second Place WQPT Snapshots "Steeplejack" Lora Adams First Place KTIV “Nora Store Christmas” Michaela Feldmann Large Market TV Third Place WOI “Courting during COVID” Eva Andersen Second Place KCRG TV 9 “Hattie’s Heroes” Nick Carros, reporter. Marlon Hall, photographer First Place KCCI “12 years at a table” Eric Hanson SPORTS COVERAGE Category Student Radio Second Place KWAR Sports Desk Joshua Hamlyn First Place KALA “SAU Dance Team adjusts to COVID” Haley Rhoads Student TV Third Place LCTV “Men’s Volleyball Coverage” Nate Kaiser ,Producer/Reporter; Morgan Minear ,Anchor/Reporter; CJ Ponton ,Reporter Second Place DITV “Big Ten Wrestling Title” John Rawson

First Place SCTV “Winter sports restart” Noah Sacco Small market Radio Third Place KSOM “Fantastic Fan David at ACGC” Bennett Blake Second Place KWAY “Heather Robinson interview” Matt Ray First Place KNIA/KRLS “All Decade Football Team” Andrew Schneider; Trevor Castle; Andrew Swadner; Jon Mohwinkle; Derek Cardwell Large Market Radio Third Place Boomer Radio KBIM “In Memorium African American Legends” Jon Jacobsen Second Place Boomer Radio “Game Day USA” Jon Jacobsen First Place WVIK “Mayors save minor League Baseball” Michelle, O’Neil Small Market TV Third Place KMEG “More than football, overcoming challenges on and off the field” Andrew Rogers Second Place WGEM “Coach Suspended” Tony Cornish Jr. First Place KMEG “Girl’s wrestling numbers on the rise” Andrew Rogers

Large Market TV Third Place KWWL “Wapsie Valley Watch Party.” Colin Dorsey, reporter; Daniele Hampe, photographer Second Place KWQC “Competing with the guys” Joey Donia First Place KWWL “The Great Derecho” Mark Woodley SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY Category Student Radio Second Place KBVU, Storm Lake “BVU-Dubuque basketball” Tanner Frost First Place KWAR, Wartburg “Wartburg-Coe Football” Peyton Meisner, Ryan Reebenacker Student TV First Place Wartburg Knight Vision “Wartburg-BV Basketball” Annika Wall, Josh Hamlin Small market Radio Third Place KWAY Compliation Matt Ray Second Place KFJB “Marshalltown Football” Brandon Lewis, Dylan Does First Place KNIA/KRLS PBP compilation Andrew Schneider Large Market TV Third Place WHO 13 “Waukee-Indianola football” Keith Murpy, Justin Surrency Second Place Iowa PBS “3A Softball title game” Paul Yeager, Laura Leonard First Place KCRG TV 9 “Grinnell-Clear Creek Football” Aaron Scheinblum, Lew Montgombery

General Reporting Category Student TV Third place Knight Vision “Pastoral Care” Courtney Moser Second place LCTV “Local push for minority voters” Josh Vogt First Place DITV “Move in Day 2020” Bailey Chichon (Chee-hon) Small Market Radio Third KMA “Page County Supervisors Wind Turbine Debate” Ryan Matheny Second Place Raccoon Valley Radio “Jefferson Crews Continue Storm Cleanup” Coltrane Carlson First Place KMA “Essex Noise Ordinance Discussion” Mike Peterson Large Market Radio Third Place WVIK “Green Transmission Line Proposal” Michell O’Neil Second Place Siouxland Public Media “Alumni Association Losses” Sheila Brummer First Place WVIK “NASA documents derecho damage” Michelle O’Neil

Small Market TV Third Place WGEM “Packed Bar During Pandemic” WGEM Staff Second Place WGEM “Hospitals Overrun By COVID Patients” First Place KMEG “Local Health Care Workers Battling More Than COVID” KMEG News Team Largel Market TV Third Place KWQC “Two Years after Mt. Pleasant raid.” Rebecca David Second Place KCCI “Grinnell Ambulances” Laura Terrell ,Reporter Robbie Rissman ,Photographer First Place KGAN “Police video of tear gas used in Iowa City protest.” Deion Broxton POLITICAL COVERAGE Category Student TV Third Place SCTV Second Place LCTV First Place DITV Bailey Cichon Tianna Torrejon Small market Radio Third Place “In Depth Candidate Interviews” Robert Leonard Second Place KMA “Election Night Preview” Mike Peterson First Place KMA “Political Coverage Compilation” Mike Peterson

Large Market Radio Third Place KALA KALA Staff Second Place WVIK Politics 2020 Compilation WVIK staff First Place Siouxland Public Media Compilation Siouxland Public Media Staff Small Market TV Third Place WGEM Caucus Night Coverage Second Place KCAU “Election Night 2020 News 10” First Place KTIV Decision 2020 Large Market TV Third Place KGAN “Beyond the Podium” Nick Weig ,Reporter/Anchor Second Place KWWL “Caucus Night Coverage” First Place KCRG “Caucus Night Debacle” SPOT NEWS Category Student TV Third Place DITV “Governor Creates New COVID Guidelines” Michael Merrick Second Place DITV “President Harreld to Retire” Kathryn Raver First Place “Black Lives Matter Protest” SCTV, Simpson College

Small Market Radio Third Place KRLS “FBI fraud arrests” Andrew Schneider Second Place Raccoon Valley Radio “Scranton Manufacturing Fire” Coltrane Carlson First Place “Super 8 Motel Fire” Tom Robinson, Mandy Billings Large Market Radio Third Place WVIK Tyson COVID outbreak Michelle O’Neil Second Place WVIK “Davenport Fatal Shooting and Rioting outbreak” Michelle O’Neil First Place KBIM “Live on the scene of the Derecho” John Jacobsen Small Market TV Third Place KTIV “South Sioux City apartment fire” Michaela Feldman Second Place KGEM “Bar defies COVID-19 precautions” Blake Samman First Place KGEM “Flash Flooding”

Large Market TV Third Place WOI “Escape Room Robbery” Eva Andersen Second Place WHO 13 “Derecho coverage” WHO News team First Place KGAN “Derecho hits eastern Iowa” KGAN news team BEST SPORTSCAST Category Student TV Second Place DITV “Hawkeye Pregame” First place LCTV Sportszone Small market Radio Third Place KRLS Derreck Cardwell Second Place KCII Zach Ulin First Place KSOM “Morning Sports” Bennet Blake Small Market TV Second Place WGEM Tony Cornish Jr. First Place KTIV Devin Reiners Large Market TV Third Place KCCI Elgin Rucker Second Place WHO 13 Keith Murphy First Place KGAN Grant Becker

BEST NEWSCAST Student TV Third Place SAUTV Second Place DITV University of Iowa First Place LCTV Loras College Small market Radio Third Place KCII Sam McIntosh, Mark Pitz Second Place KMA Mike Peterson First Place KSOM Mandy Billings Large Market Radio First Place Siouxland Public Media Sheila Brummer Small Market TV Third Place KMEG Siouxland News at 10 Second Place KTIV News 4 at Ten First Place WGEM News at Ten

Large Market TV Third Place KWWL News at 10 Abby Turpin, Ron Steele, anchors Second Place KGAN News at 6. Kirsten Hamilton, News Director First Place KCCI 8 News at 6. Staci Horst, Steve Karlin, anchors. John Hoyem, producer OVERALL EXCELLENCE Student TV Third Place Knight Vision Wartburg College Second Place LCTV Loras College First Place DITV University of Iowa

Small market Radio Third Place KMA Second Place KNIA/KRLS First Place KMA Tom Robinson News Director Large Market Radio First Place Siouxland Public Media Small Market TV Third KMEG Diana Castillo, News Director Second KTIV First WGEM Chad Mahoney, News Director Large Market TV Third Place KWQC News Director Stephanie Hedrick Second Place WHO 13 News Director Rod Peterson First Place KCCI News Director Allison Smith