2020 UIC Red Line Project SPJ Mark of Excellence Award Winners
Online News Reporting
Winner: Nicole Sroka, “Chicago homicide rates surging during pandemic,” The Red Line Project, University of Illinois at Chicago
Finalist: Laaibia Mahmood and Hajra Qaiser, “Complaints against Chicago police rise as protesters seek accountability,” The Red Line Project, University of Illinois at Chicago
Best Use of Multimedia
Winner: Kate Perschke, “Election 2020: Young voters turn out in historic numbers,” The Red Line Project, University of Illinois at Chicago
Finalist: Myra Leon, Jose Vidales, Itzel Elizarraraz, “Why is Chicago’s lakefront washing away?” The Red Line Project, University of Illinois at Chicago
Data Visualization
Finalist: Kate Perschke, “Campaign finance: How are Biden and Trump fundraising and spending 10 days before the election,” The Red Line Project, University of Illinois at Chicago
Online Sports Reporting
Finalist: Chris Katsaros and Charles Tharpe, “How the Big Ten Conference fumbled the pandemic,” The Red Line Project, University of Illinois at Chicago
Online In-Depth Reporting
Finalist: Staff, “Outbreak: COVID-19 in Chicago” The Red Line Project, DePaul University
COVID-19: Newspaper, Magazine and Online Coverage (large, 10,000+ students)
Finalist: Staff, “Outbreak: COVID-19 in Chicago” The Red Line Project, University of Illinois at Chicago