This award will be presented to an individual who excelled in a leadership role at an Illinois newspaper during the 2023 calendar year. This individual may manage the entire newsroom (executive editor, editor, managing editor) or a department (news editor, city editor, sports editor, photo editor).
A nomination must be made by the editor’s supervisor. It can be done electronically with this nomination form, or may be submitted as a letter of recommendation that is no longer than 2 pages in length. Additional letters of support from the editor’s employees may also be submitted. Prior winners are excluded.
Submissions should include specific examples of management initiatives, content and readership projects, or community involvement efforts by the nominee during 2023. Nomination forms should be completely filled out online or sent by mail to the Illinois Press Association by February 16, 2024.
Criteria to be considered include how the editor’s work promoted journalism and the newspaper’s brand, impacted the community, and provided newsroom employees the opportunity to grow professionally.
This award will be presented to an individual reporter who did outstanding work at an Illinois Press Association member newspaper during the 2023 calendar year. This individual may be a news reporter, sports reporter or a photographer, but may not be an editor or supervisor of others.
A nomination must be made by the reporter’s supervisor. It can be done electronically with this nomination form, or may be submitted as a letter of recommendation that is no longer than 2 pages in length. Additional letters of support from the reporter’s peers or sources may also be submitted. Prior winners are excluded.
Submissions should include specific examples of the reporter’s work during 2023, including breaking news stories, features, investigative pieces, enterprise news series, opinion columns, digital journalism and photographs. Nomination forms should be completely filled out online or sent by mail to the Illinois Press Association by February 16, 2024.
Criteria to be considered include the community impact of the reporter’s work, and the skills displayed in the examples of reporting, writing, photography and digital journalism.
Click here to nominate someone today! Electronic Nomination Form
For additional information or questions, please contact Cindy Bedolli at 217‐241‐1300.
Official nomination forms and letters of recommendation can either be mailed to the Illinois Press Association, 2501 Chatham Rd., Suite 200, Springfield, IL 62704 or e‐mailed to cbedolli@illinoispress.org by February 15, 2023. You do not have to use the electronic nomination form above, but all of the information on the form must be included with your nomination.