Minnesota Women’s Press Wins Five State Media Awards
Minnesota Women’s Press awards from 2024 Minnesota Newspaper Association judges, as proudly displayed at the ceremony by our financial operations director Fariba Sanikhatam and creative director/photographer Sarah Whiting.
We collected five awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association contest for stories and photography from the Fall 2023-2024 time frame. Creative director Sarah Whiting won three honors for photography, and publisher/editor Mikki Morrissette won two recognitions for writing.
Sarah Whiting won first place in magazine photography for this cover shot.
Sarah Whiting won second place in magazine photography for this image of Carla McClellan. As Sarah wrote in her “Top 10 Photo Shoots of 2024” story: “I like showing off her inner strength, just as necessary for her position as a Black female firefighter as her physical strength.”
Sarah Whiting won third place in Portrait & Personality photography for this image.
Mikki Morrissette won first place for “Best Magazine Article” for this story:
Mikki won second place for “Human Interest” with this story:
Our new Press Forward Minnesota grant, as well as underwriting and Badass memberships, will allow us to remain focused in 2025 on statewide conversations and stories about gender-based violence, mental health, and housing. We will continue to develop the Collective Health series to share first-person narratives about social issues that impact all communities, and how women are leading those conversations, solutions, and action steps.
Our Wall of Honor in the New Office Space
not yet including the new awards
For 2025 coverage, Minnesota Women’s Press earned a community leadership award, three photography awards, and four editorial awards, including for coverage of social issues and for our Spring 2025 “Know Your Rights” special section supported by Unidos MN. Our publisher was named Journalist of the Year by Violence Free Minnesota for gender-based violence coverage.
