Awards

2025 Vision Award, Next Challenge for Media & Journalism. Includes a grant of up to $12,500 for finalists “with a bold vision to reinvent media and journalism.”

Profiled: The State of Traffic Stops in Illinois
2024 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting, Better Government Association

Best Reporting on Crime and Justice - Small and Medium, 2024 Peter Lisagor Awards, Chicago Headline Club

Best Business Reporting - Small and Medium Print/Online, 2024 Peter Lisagor Awards, Chicago Headline Club

Best Reporting on Race and Diversity - Small and Medium Print/Online, 2024 Peter Lisagor Awards, Chicago Headline Club

Watchdog Award, 2023 Chicago Headline Club

Best Investigative Reporting, Large Newsroom, 2023 Peter Lisagor Awards

Best Reporting on Race and Diversity, Audio, 2023 Peter Lisagor Awards