BridgeDetroit Reporter Malachi Barrett was runner up for Young Journalist of the Year and the staff won 18 awards for excellence in journalism Wednesday night from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
DIGITAL
- Collaborative Coverage
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit and Outlier Media
- “Mural contracts spark ethics investigation into Detroit planning director” by Malachi Barrett and Aaron Mondry
- 3rd place, BridgeDetroit and Outlier Media
- “Detroit FY2025 budget hearings: What you need to know” by Malachi Barrett, Kayleigh Lickliter, Aaron Mondry, Laura Herberg and Detroit Documenters.
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit and Outlier Media
- Community/Local News Reporting
- 3rd place, BridgeDetroit
- Consumer/Watchdog/Investigative Reporting
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit
- “Detroit said auto theft victims shouldn’t pay fees. Some still are” by Kayleigh Lickliter
- 4th place, BridgeDetroit
- “Moroun-owned firm built east side concrete plant without permit” by Jena Brooker
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit
- Education Reporting
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit and Climate Central
- “With more hot days, Detroit students’ learning and health suffers” by Jena Brooker and Katie Worth
- 4th place, BridgeDetroit and Bridge Michigan
- “How Michigan schools are teaching the Israel-Hamas war” by Micah Walker and Isabel Lohman
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit and Climate Central
- Engagement-driven coverage
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit
- 2024 events series, Bryce Huffman, Christine Ferretti and staff
- 3rd place, BridgeDetroit and Detroit Free Press
- “The eviction process: What Michigan renters should know” by Nushrat Rahman
- 2nd place, BridgeDetroit
- Feature reporting
- 1st place, BridgeDetroit
- “Salvadoran grocery store in SW Detroit keeps culture, connection alive” by Martina Guzmán and Alejandro Ugalde Sandoval
- 4th place, BridgeDetroit
- “Black men bond where they feel at home — in the barbershop” by Orlando Bailey, Bryce Huffman and Quinn Banks
- 1st place, BridgeDetroit
- Health reporting
- 4th place, BridgeDetroit and Detroit Free Press
- “Medical care for Detroit’s homeless gets half a million dollar boost” by Nushrat Rahman
- 4th place, BridgeDetroit and Detroit Free Press
- Newsletter strategy
- 1st place, “JB’s Bites” by Jena Brooker
- 2nd place, “City Council Notebook” by Malachi Barrett
- 4th place, “Culture Canvas” by Micah Walker
TELEVISION
- Health reporting
- 1st place, Detroit PBS and BridgeDetroit
- “Detroit People’s Food Co-op opening broadens access to healthy foods in the city’s North End” by Jonathan Shead and Jena Brooker
- 1st place, Detroit PBS and BridgeDetroit
- News/Public Affairs reporting
- 2nd place, Detroit PBS American Black Journal + BridgeDetroit
- Feature reporting
- 1st place, Detroit PBS
- “The Secret Rivers Fueling Urban Flooding” by Jena Brooker, Greg King, Adam Fox-Long, Jordan Wingrove
- 1st place, Detroit PBS
BridgeDetroit founder Stephen Henderson also took home an award for health reporting with American Black Journal’s “The Black Church & Young People’s Mental Health” alongside Daphne Hughes and Christian Gibbons.
BridgeDetroit/Detroit Free Press Reporter Nushrat Rahman won third place for Collaborative Coverage for her work with the Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative alongside Hayley Harding, Bill Kubota, Jennifer Brookland, Cassie Chew and others for their series, “The U.S. has a maternal, infant health crisis.”
Sister publication Bridge Michigan reporters Ron French and Robin Erb were named Journalists of the Year during the annual Excellence in Journalism awards. French and Erb were honored for their extensive reporting on how Michigan counties are using money from a $745 million settlement to address the opioid epidemic.
It’s the second straight year that Bridge reporters took home top honors at the journalism awards ceremony. BridgeDetroit reporter Jena Brooker won Young Journalist of the Year in 2024. Bridge Michigan also won 8 awards.