The 28th Annual Community Media Awards is taking place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2023! For the third year in a row, we are excited to open up nominations to the public for our Ripple Effect Award. Please use the form below to nominate someone for this award. Nominations will be evaluated and selected by members of the Public Narrative team.

Criteria for the The Ripple Effect Award:

::: Recognizes a body of work, rather than a single article or series.

::: Is open to any newsroom team or individual journalist on any platform at any stage in their career (this can go beyond bylines and include editors, producers or other 'behind-the-scenes' journalists). Unlike the Studs Terkel Award, the Ripple Effect Award is not limited to Chicago-area journalists, but can include journalists from across the U.S.

::: Is granted to a journalist anywhere in the U.S. whose work has had an impact in Chicago and beyond. Newsrooms can also submit work as a team for this award. The work must demonstrate quality journalism that has enlightened and inspired people across the country. Think of journalists whose investigative journalism changed policies, or whose engaging, well-researched stories shifted the public narrative around an issue.

Past Ripple Effect Awardees include Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jamie Kalven and Michelle Duster.

THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5:30 P.M CDT FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023.

Please email info@publicnarrative.org with any questions, subject: "Help: Public Narrative Nomination Form."