Detroit Free Press staff members brought home 21 first-place Detroit Society of Professional Journalists awards for their 2025 coverage in a variety of categories at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 21.
The Society of Professional Journalism offers awards in a variety of categories annually broken down by news medium and circulation. Each publication and station submits entries for awards, and a committee of working journalists from other local chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists select the winners.
These awards range from the Sojourner Truth Award for Reporting on Racial Justice to Violet Ikonomova for her coverage of Detroit police shootings after nonviolent stops to wins in categories including health, sports, arts, watchdogging and more.
Here’s a list of the Freep’s 2025 first-place winners:
Along with 21 winning entries, the Free Press scored 15 second-place, five third-place and six fourth-place awards.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Free Press staff win 21 Detroit Society of Professional Journalists awards
Reporting by Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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