CHICAGO (May 14, 2023) — WBEZ Chicago journalists were recognized with awards in four categories in the 46th Annual Peter Lisagor Awards by the Chicago Headline Club, awarded each year for exemplary journalism in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. Awards included:

Best Multimedia Collaboration

* Chicago Sun-Times / WBEZ / NPR; “Handguns easily turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel growing violence” by Frank Main, Tom Schuba, Stephanie Zimmermann, Chip Mitchell, Cheryl W. Thompson, Charmaine Runes and Matt Kiefer

Best Reporting on Crime and Justice

* MindSite News and WBEZ; “Illinois is Getting Better at Answering Calls to the Suicide Crisis Line. Will Chicago’s South Side Be Left Behind?” by Josh McGhee, Ola Giwa

Best Reporting on Race and Diversity

* WBEZ; “The Black Fire Brigade is training young recruits, hoping to increase Black first responders in the Chicago Fire Department” by Michael Puente , Mark LeBien

Best Feature Reporting Single Story/Episode

* NPR; “Russian expats have been struggling with their identity since the war began” by Michael Puente