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Congrats to all the winners of the 2025 Best of Indiana Journalism awards. A full list of winners will be posted on our website tonight. #inspj

Indiana Story of the Year: Mr. Clean - Tony Cook, Emily Hopkins, Peter Blanchard and Jordan Smith - The Indianapolis Star @indystar and Mirror Indy @mirrorindy

Indiana Journalist of the Year: Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star @Indystar

And now for our final two awards for the night: Journalist of the Year and Story of the year. #inspj

A-Mark Investigative Story of the Year First Place: Mr. Clean - Tony Cook, Emily Hopkins, Peter Blanchard and Jordan Smith - The Indianapolis Star @indystar and Mirror Indy @mirrorindy @AMarkFoundation

A-Mark Investigative Story of the Year Second Place: 13 Investigates: What Happened Inside - Bob Segall, Ryan Thedwall and Susan Batt, WTHR @WTHRcom @AMarkFoundation

A-Mark Investigative Story of the Year Third Place: LEAP spending nears $1B, investigation finds - Leslie Bonilla and the staff at The Capital Chronicle and Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism @ArnoltCenter @INCapChronicle @AMarkFoundation

We’re rounding out the night with some of our top honors, beginning with the A-Mark Prize for Journalism. This is the second year for this award as part of our partnership with the @AMarkFoundation #inspj

Best Newscast (Indianapolis Market): 13News at 11 - The 13News Team, @WTHRcom

Best Newscast (Outside Indianapolis Market): Terror Attack in New Orleans - WSBT22 Staff, @wsbt

Radio Best Newscast: WIBC News at Noon December 2nd - WIBC News Team, WIBC/Network Indiana @93wibc

Investigative Reporting (Indianapolis Market): What Happened to Hayden? - Bob Segall, Ryan Thedwall, Susan Batt and Steve Rhodes, WTHR @WTHRcom

Investigative Reporting (Outside Indianapolis Market): Bad Behavior, Broken Trust - John Paul and Gabe Harrmann, WSBT @wsbt

Breaking News Coverage (Indianapolis Market): April tornado outbreak coverage - WRTV Staff, @wrtv

Breaking News Coverage (Outside Indianapolis Market): Mishawaka Woman Fund - John Bailey and Don Schoenfeld, WNDU @16NewsNow

It’s now time to honor the final award winners in the Indiana broadcast categories. #inspj

Investigative Reporting (Circulation 10k+): Mr. Clean - Tony Cook, Emily Hopkins, Peter Blanchard and Jordan Smith - The Indianapolis Star @indystar and Mirror Indy @mirrorindy

Investigative Reporting (Circulation Below 10k): ‘Available now’: Dozens of Indiana University rentals have sat vacant for months, years - Brian Rosenzweig, The Herald-Times @theheraldtimes

Non-Deadline Story or Series (Circulation 10k+): Christian nationalism project - Alexandria Burris and Kayla Dwyer - The Indianapolis Star @indystar

Non-Deadline Story or Series (Circulation Below 10k): Former residents: Faith Church ministry for troubled women ‘absolute torture’ - Ron Wilkins, Journal & Courier @jconline