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This is a recording of the 29th Annual Community Media Awards, presented by Public Narrative, which took place at the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center on May 9, 2024.

Begun in 1994, the Community Media Awards honor storytelling that centers Chicago's people. This is a night for community leaders, advocates, journalists and Public Narrative partners to come together and celebrate the stories that made a difference in our lives.

The Studs Terkel Award is given to Chicago writers, reporters, editors, producers, videographers, and photographers who exemplify the values of Studs Terkel’s journalism by taking risks in covering social issues. The Uplifting Voices Award honors an individual—journalist or otherwise—who elevates the voices of people in Chicago communities. The Ripple Effect Award is granted to a journalist anywhere in the U.S. whose work has had an impact in Chicago and beyond. The People's Choice Award celebrates emerging and established media creators who have reshaped harmful narratives in their communities.

The winners of the 2024 Studs Terkel Award are:
— Bill Healy, journalist, Invisible Institute
— Josh McGhee, investigative reporter, MindSite News
— Darcel Rockett, reporter, Chicago Tribune
— Irene Romulo, co-founder and development and community engagement coordinator, Cicero Independiente

The winners of the 2024 Uplifting Voices Award are:
— Jacoby Cochran, senior host, City Cast Chicago
— Na-Tae' Thompson and DeAnna McLeary-Sherman, co-founders and executive directors, True Star Media

The winner of the 2024 Ripple Effect Award is:
— Borderless Magazine, team

The winner of the 2024 People Choice Award — Established is:
— Dr. Shaniqua Jones, Purple Path

----------- Video recorded and edited by Sulyiman Stokes for Public Narrative -----------

Thanks again to our 2024 Community Media Award sponsors (CHANGE AGENT) Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications, (NARRATIVE SHIFTER) The Joyce Foundation, and (NARRATIVE SHIFTER) Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities. Thanks also to our media partner, WTTW.

Special thanks to DJ FINDING IJEOMA (https://www.findingijeoma.com/) for providing the amazing soundtrack curation for our 29th CMAs season.

Learn more about Public Narrative and the Community Media Awards at https://www.publicnarrative.org/awards.