Awards

The Chicago Reporter and its staff have received dozens of awards for journalistic excellence and public service, which have brought recognition to the publication and, sometimes, solutions to the problems covered. Recent honors include:

2007
The Reporter won the Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications. The national award was won in the category of magazine series for the Reporter's 2006 story, "50 Cents an Hour" by Kimbriell Kelly.

The Reporter was honored with a Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism, sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club. Kimbriell Kelly and Angelica Herrera won in business reporting category for their "May/June 2006 story " on human trafficking.

2006
The Reporter earned the prestigious Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award, the highest recognition given by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for reporting on racial issues.

Reporter staff members were honored twice with Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism, sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club. Sarah Karp, Rupa Shenoy and Robert VerBruggen won in in-depth reporting category for a series on ex-offenders (March 2005, May/June 2005, July/August 2005). In the business category, Kimbriell Kelly won for her story, "Rising values," (July/August 2005).

The Reporter earned a 2005 Utne Independent Press Award in the Local Coverage category. Utne editors describe each issue of the Reporter as “hard-hitting, readable, and relevant.” The national award honors the best of independent journalism.

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