04-05-2025
Idaho Capital Sun wins 13 Idaho Press Club awards at annual banquet
The Idaho Capital Sun staff at the Idaho Capitol Building in Boise. From left to right are reporter Mia Maldonado, editor-in-chief Christina Lords, reporter Kyle Pfannenstiel and senior reporter Clark Corbin. (Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)
The Idaho Capital Sun took home 13 awards — including four first-place finishes — in the Idaho Press Club's Best of 2024 Awards contest.
The winners were announced at the press club's annual banquet, held Saturday at the Boise Centre.
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Idaho Capital Sun reporter Mia Maldonado took home two first place awards: one for her Spanish-language news coverage as well one award in the serious feature report category. Idaho Capital Sun editor-in-chief Christina Lords took home first place awards in the editorial writing category as well as the best newsletter category for The Sunrise.
Reporter Kyle Pfannenstiel took home second place in the competitive reporter of the year-publication category.
In addition, Kelcie Moseley Morris, a reporter for the Idaho Capital Sun's parent nonprofit States Newsroom, took home two awards.
The Sun, part of the nonprofit States Newsroom network with news outlets and news partnerships to cover state government in all 50 U.S. states, celebrated its four-year anniversary on March 31.
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Here is the full rundown of the Idaho Capital Sun and States Newsroom awards:
Christina Lords, Best Newsletter – All Media category: The Sunrise
Christina Lords, Editorial – Daily category: 717 bills have been drafted. Not one fixes the disenfranchisement of thousands of Idaho voters
Mia Maldonado, Series Feature Report – Daily category: Idaho librarians contemplate leaving work — and the state — as a result of proposed legislation
Mia Maldonado, Best Spanish-Language Media Award – Publication category: Various stories
Clark Corbin, Series – Daily category: State of Idaho's Luma business system transition
Christina Lords, Special Purpose Publication – Online Only category: 2024 Voter Guide
Mia Maldonado, Elections Report – Daily category: Hundreds of thousands spent in support and opposition of Idaho's Proposition 1
Mia Maldonado, Kyle Pfannenstiel, Political Report – Daily category: 'We are not getting rid of books': How libraries across Idaho are implementing new materials law
Kelcie Moseley-Morris, General News Story – Daily category: Idaho's pregnant patients airlifted to other states without EMTALA protection
Kyle Pfannenstiel, Reporter of the Year – Publication, All Media category
Kyle Pfannenstiel, Health/Medical Report – Daily category: Idaho removed 185,000 people from Medicaid. Over a fifth have re-enrolled
Becca Renk, Opinion – Daily category: In Idaho, education spending falls short. Here are lessons we can learn from Nicaragua
Heath Druzin, Religion Report – Daily category: Trump's Defense secretary nominee has close ties to Idaho Christian nationalists
Mia Maldonado, Education Report – Daily category: Federal grants offer Idaho prison students a second chance at college education
Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Serious Feature Report – Daily category: U.S. Supreme Court urged to protect ER abortions ahead of arguments
Staff, Best Website – All Media category:
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