WTIP wins ten awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association
WTIP North Shore Community Radio has received nine first-place awards and one Award of Merit in the small-market media category at the 2025 Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Eric Sevareid Awards in Minneapolis on April 12, 2025.
The winning features are:
- First Place for Breaking News Coverage, “Structure Fire Destroys Historic Lutsen Resort Along Lake Superior” by Kalli Hawkins and Kirsten Wisniewski
- First Place Writing for Broadcast: North Woods Naturalist, “Owls’ Silent Flight” written by Chel Anderson
- First Place for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore, “Internalized,” by Staci Drouillard
- An Award of Merit for Documentary: WTIP & StoryCorps One Small Step: A Community Conversation with Youth Interns by Kirsten Wisniewski and One Small Step Interns
- First Place News Series: for ongoing coverage of the affordable housing shortage in Cook County: Hamilton Habitat goes “above and beyond” to provide affordable housing in Grand Marais by Kalli Hawkins and M Baxley, and Norra Skogen: a new housing development underway in Grand Marais by Kalli Hawkins
- First Place Podcast: Boundary Waters Podcast feature Keep it Wild – BWCAW Dark Sky Sanctuary and Protecting Dark Skies by Staci Drouillard
- First Place Soft Feature: Traveling the Old North Shore: The Pincushion Dump by Martha Marnocha
- First Place for Team Multimedia Storytelling-News: Ojibwe translations to be added to seven river crossing signs in Cook County this spring by Kalli Hawkins, Chuck Olsen and M Baxley
- First Place Videojournalism: Winter Plein Air Painters at Camp Menogyn by Chuck Olsen
The MBJA Eric Sevareid Awards are named for the North Dakota-born and University of Minnesota-educated journalist best known for his work as a correspondent for CBS Radio and Television. Each year, the MBJA presents awards to the best work done by broadcast news operations and journalists working in small, medium and large markets in our six-state region on radio, television and online.
The distinguished panel of judges is made up of journalists and educators who live outside of Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Iowa and Nebraska to help ensure impartiality.
“WTIP is extremely proud of our staff and crew for the professional production of these pieces and the recognition in the journalism community,” said Development Director Katie Belanger.
WTIP Staff April 14, 2025
