Weekly journalists were recognized across multiple categories at the 86th Anniversary Award Ceremony of the Chicago Journalists Association. The annual awards ceremony—celebrating outstanding journalism from Chicago and Northwest Indiana—took place at the Newberry Library on the Near North Side.
Alma Campos, Immigration Project Editor at the Weekly, who leads the newsroom’s immigration coverage, received Second Place for the Dorothy Stork Award, which recognizes the best work produced by a woman, trans, femme, or nonbinary journalist in Chicagoland. Campos also shared the Sarah Brown Boyden Award in the Immigration Reporting category with José Abonce, a Weekly contributor, and former editor-in-chief Jackie Serrato.
Together, their work has documented the use of force by federal agencies, examined data-sharing loopholes, investigated ICE raids, and reported on the human impact of deportations. They have responded to this moment with consistency, relevance, and rigor.
Jim Daley, the investigations editor at the Weekly, shared the Sarah Brown Boyden Award for Innovative Storytelling with Binghui Wang, Meredith Newman, Madison Hopkins, Alex Nitkin, Claire Malon, Laura Stewart, and César Calderón of the Illinois Answers Project. Their series, Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity, was edited by Crystal Paul and Ruby Bailey of the Illinois Answers Project.
Former Weekly editor Sam Stecklow shared a Sarah Brown Boyden award with Farrah Anderson and Dean Olsen for Best Collaboration for their work with the Invisible Institute, IPM News and Illinois Times investigating Shawn Grayson, the former police officer who shot and killed Sonya Massey. Stecklow also shared an award with Weekly contributor and Hyde Park Herald staff writer Max Blaisdell in the Public Service category for their work, published in the Chicago Reader, investigating Chicago cops who had lied in court.
Congratulations to all the winners!