Here are the 2023 INBA Crystal Mic Awards winners
The Illinois News Broadcasters Association is proud to announce the winners in the 2023 INBA Crystal Mic Awards.
The first-place Crystal Mic trophies and the second-place plaques were handed out Saturday, Sept. 9, as part of the INBA’s Fall Convention in Urbana.
2023 Crystal Mic Awards
Large Market TV finalists
- Best Station: First place: ABC7 Chicago; Certificate of Merit: KSDK
- Paul Davis Award for Best Newscast: First place: ABC7 Chicago; Runner up: KSDK
- Investigative Report: First place: Chuck Goudie, ABC7 Chicago; Runner up: Jason Knowles, ABC7 Chicago
- Best Weather Operation: First place: ABC7 Chicago; Runner up: KSDK
- Breaking News: First place: Tre Ward, ABC7 Chicago; Runner up: Eric Horng, ABC7 Chicago
- Best Digital Presence: First place: Anne Stegen, KSDK; Runner up: ABC7 Chicago Staff
- Best Reporter: First place: Justina Coronel, KSDK
- Sports Report: First place: Frank Cusumano and Randall Schwentker, KSDK
- Writing: First place: Mike Bush, KDSK; Runner up: Eric Horng, ABC7 Chicago
Large Market Radio finalists
- Paul Davis Award for Best Newscast: First place: Wayne Pratt, St. Louis Public Radio
- Investigative Report: First place: Will Bauer, St. Louis Public Radio
- Best Reporter: First place: Eric Schmid, St. Louis Public Radio
- Sports Report: First place: Jeremy Goodwin, St. Louis Public Radio
- Use of Sound: First place: Danny Wicentowski, St. Louis Public Radio; Runner up: Eric Schmid, St. Louis Public Radio
- Writing: First place: Marissanne Lewis-Thompson, St. Louis Public Radio; Runner up: Brian Munoz, St. Louis Public Radio
Small Market TV finalists
- Best Station: First place: WREX
- Paul Davis Award for Best Newscast: First place: WREX; Runner up: WGEM
- Best Weather Operation: First place: WEEK; Runner up: WQAD
- Best Digital Presence: First place: WREX
- Best Reporter: First place: Deron Molen, WAND; Runner up: Jon Schoenheider, WEEK
- Breaking News: First place: Devin Brooks, WQAD; Runner up: Gregory Deffenbaugh, WREX
- Investigative Report: First place: Marta Berglund, WIFR; Runner up: William Ingalls, WREX
- Sports Report: First place: Kurt Pegler, WMBD; Runner up: Victoria Bordenga, WGEM
- Use of Videography: First place: Devan Mascuilli, WEEK; Runner up: Jenna Webster, WQAD
- Writing: First place: Josh Lamberty, WQAD; Runner up: Jenna Webster, WQAD
Small Market Radio finalists
- Best Station: First place: WGLT; Runner up: WCBU
- Best Newscast: First place: Charlie Schlenker, WGLT; Runner up: Dan Lynch, WLBK
- Best Digital Presence: First place: WGLT; Runner up: WCBU
- Best Reporter: First place: Lyndsay Jones, WGLT; Runner up: JuanPablo Ramirez-Franco, Northern Public Radio
- Breaking News: First place: Andrew Pritchard, Illinois Newsroom; Runner up: Michelle O’Neill, WVIK
- Investigative Report: First place: Ryan Denham, WGLT; Runner up: Dave Dahl, WTAX
- Podcasting: First place: Yvonne Boose, Northern Public Radio; Runner up: Peter Medlin, Northern Public Radio
- Sports Report: First place: Maria Gardner Lara, Northern Public Radio; Runner up: Jane Carlson, Tri-States Public Radio
- Use of Sound: First place: Charlie Schlenker, WGLT; Runner up: Yvonne Boose, Northern Public Radio
- Writing: First place: Peter Medlin, Northern Public Radio; Runner up: Ryan Denham, WGLT