On Friday, the Milwaukee Press Club announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism awards, honoring the best in Wisconsin writing, reporting and design. Milwaukee Magazine took home 15 of the awards, including Best Personal Profile and Best Sports Story and Best Feature Design.
You can read the award-winning stories here:
GOLD
Best Sports Story: Chris Drosner
Coach to Coach: Doc Rivers and Shaka Smart
GOLD
Best Single Story or Feature Design: Chelsea Mamerow and Marty Peters
How Sweet It Is: Milwaukee Desserts
GOLD
Best Personal Profile: Archer Parquette
The Cleaner: Milwaukee Sewage Boss Kevin Shafer
SILVER
Best Personal Profile: Archer Parquette
Baptism of Fire: Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski
SILVER
Best Long Soft Feature Story: Archer Parquette
These Days Are Yours and Mine: ‘Happy Days’ and Milwaukee
SILVER
Best Short Soft Feature Story: Evan Musil
Beauty in the Crowd: Mark Mulhern
SILVER
Best Business or Consumer Story or Series: Rich Rovito
How Dire Is the Funding Puzzle Facing the Arts in Milwaukee?
SILVER
Best Explanatory Story or Series: Larry Sandler
Purple Reign: Wisconsin’s Long and Winding Road to its Swing State Status
SILVER
Best Short Soft Feature Story, Online-Exclusive: Rich Rovito
Here’s How the 33,000 Crystals on the Pabst Theater Chandelier Are Cleaned
SILVER
Best Sports Story, Online-Exclusive: Rich Rovito
This Milwaukee Bucks Grand Dancer Has a Touching Story
BRONZE
Best Critic: Ann Christenson
BRONZE
Best Long Soft Feature Story: John Gurda
A Scar in Time: Lessons from Journey House
BRONZE
Best Overall Design: Chelsea Mamerow, Bianca Cabral, Sophie Yufa and Susan Evenson
BRONZE
Best Long Soft Feature Story, Online-Exclusive: Carmella D’Acquisto
Mo Zhou Is Flipping the Narrative of ‘Madama Butterfly’ on its Head
BRONZE
Best Sports Story, Online-Exclusive: Rich Rovito
A Tosa Curling Team is Going to the USA Curling National Championships
