Winner – Second Place – Best Business or Consumer Affairs Reporting (Publication circulation below 10,000) - Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists 2022 Best of Indiana Journalism Contest

 

On Friday, April 21, 2023 at the 502 East Event Centre in Carmel, Indiana, the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced the winners of their 2022 Best of Indiana Journalism Contest.

I won second place for Best Business or Consumer Affairs Reporting for publications with circulation below 10,000.

It was one of three awards I won that evening, the other two being third place for Best Medical or Science Reporting and second place for Best Environmental Reporting.

I was Editor of the Wabash Plain Dealer from June 2019 to October 2022.

For the Best Business or Consumer Affairs Reporting category, I submitted five stories combined as one entry:

Local planning commissions jointly adopt Imagine One 85 plan

https://www.wabashplaindealer.com/news/local-planning-commissions-jointly-adopt-imagine-one-85-plan/article_20437896-6695-5254-aaca-796b8e4949b6.html

By ROB BURGESS

Wabash Plain Dealer Editor

June 27, 2022

Members of the combined Wabash County, Wabash and North Manchester plan commissions met Thursday, June 16 on stage in the auditorium of Wabash High School to approve the recently-released Imagine One 85 (IO85) Comprehensive Plan.

Beauchamp family donates 13-24 Drive In to Honeywell

https://www.wabashplaindealer.com/news/beauchamp-family-donates-13-24-drive-in-to-honeywell/article_b73a033b-f41a-595c-94dc-d7034a628582.html

By ROB BURGESS

Wabash Plain Dealer Editor

May 24, 2022

Earlier this month, the Beauchamp family donated the historic 13-24 Drive In to Honeywell Arts & Entertainment.

Census: Wabash County had more deaths than births in 2020 and 2021

https://www.wabashplaindealer.com/news/census-wabash-county-had-more-deaths-than-births-in-2020-and-2021/article_a0c8c6b2-6fbc-586a-a26c-74914672232f.html

By ROB BURGESS

Wabash Plain Dealer Editor

April 12, 2022

Over two-thirds of counties in the country, including Wabash County, had a “natural decrease” in population in 2021, according to recently released federal estimates.

Draft plan to curb local population loss released

https://www.wabashplaindealer.com/news/draft-plan-to-curb-local-population-loss-released/article_30b5210f-86d6-589d-8944-a489cd063938.html

By ROB BURGESS

Wabash Plain Dealer Editor

March 15, 2022

After more than a year of work, a draft plan to curb local population loss was finally released earlier this month.

Two major developments announced for Arc Light Business Park

https://www.wabashplaindealer.com/news/two-major-developments-announced-for-arc-light-business-park/article_300c27d4-3afe-578e-aeb1-93d443e23c44.html

By ROB BURGESS

Wabash Plain Dealer Editor

March 1, 2022

Business developments on the north side of the city that had been in the works for months has now come to fruition.