AudioStudent Market RadioAward of MeritKVSC Radio - St. Cloud State University, “Metro Bus Features Trolly Rides During the Summer”First PlaceKVSC Radio - St. Cloud State University, “World War II Flying Fortress Makes Stop at St. Cloud Regional Airport”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritPerformance Radio - KOKK, “Active Shooter Drill At HRMC”First PlaceWRST - FM, “Rosholt Sawmill”

Medium Market RadioAward of MeritKFGO Radio, “Train Explosion 911”First PlaceWNAX, “Veterans Remembered”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritMinnesota Public Radio, “Managing a herd: Bison could help restore Minnesota prairie”Prairie Public, “In North Dakota, tension as oil overtakes agriculture”First PlaceWisconsin Public Radio, “Music on Ice”

Broadcast WritingStudent Market TelevisionFirst PlaceMinnesota State Univ. Moorhead, “Ariana Babcock Compilation”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKORN, “South Dakota Statehood Celebration”KZZJ Radio, “A Viking Quarterback Battle”First PlaceWRST - FM, “Rosholt Sawmill”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritKMEG - TV, “Sights, Lights and Seasons Greetings”Northland's News Center, “Jennifer Austin Composite”First PlaceNorthland's News Center, “Kevin Jacobsen Writing Compilation”

Medium Market RadioFirst PlaceWNAX, “Amanda Pennington, Lost, then Found.”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritKELOLAND TV, “Booze on the Rez”Wisconsin Public Television, “Huey Crew”First PlaceWHO-HD Television, “Andy Fales Writing Composite”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritPrairie Public, “Women in the Oil Patch -- unsafe or just uncomfortable?”Wisconsin Public Radio, “Glen Moberg”First PlaceMinnesota Public Radio, “Laura Yuen scripts”

Large Market TelevisionAward of Merit12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Shannon Slatton Schwartz writing compilation”WITI - TV, “Jonathon Gregg Broadcast Writing”First PlaceKARE 11 TV, “Boyd Huppert”

Cable NewscastAll Television MarketsAward of MeritKYOT - TV - USD, “Coyote News TV”First Place12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Newscast from 11-12-2014”

Documentary/SpecialStudent Market RadioAward of MeritWRST - FM, “Suicide Prevention”WRST - FM, “WRST Election Night Special”First PlaceWRST - FM, “Latino Assimilation”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritLCTV - Loras College, “Christopher's Champions”University of Nebraska - Omaha, “For Us Kids: A Peony Park Memoir”First PlaceWTV - Wartburg College, “Home Country”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKQAL, “"Fat Blame" with April Herndon, Ph.D.”First PlacePerformance Radio - KOKK, “2015 Dakota Sports Year in Review”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritWXOW, “Project Mercy”First PlaceWKBT - TV, “Tears To Water”

Medium Market RadioAward of MeritKFGO Radio, “Troubled Judge”First PlaceWNAX, “The Debates at Dakotafest”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritNET-Television, “Homecoming: The Impact on Nebraska Veterans”WDAY - TV News, “Dennis Walaker Remembered Special”First PlaceNET-Television, “Tossed Out: Food Waste in America”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritPrairie Public, “The Bully Stompers”WCCO Radio, “Hope Begins with a Meal”First PlaceMinnesota Public Radio, “Betrayed by Silence: How three archbishops hid the truth”

Large Market TelevisionFirst Place12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Silver Tsunami: Living Longer”

General ReportingStudent Market RadioAward of MeritKUWS/Wisconsin Public Radio, “Bilingual signage highlights Ojibwe heritage”WRST - FM, “Healthy Neighborhood Initiative”First PlaceWRST - FM, “Halloween Stereotypes”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritUTVS, St. Cloud State, “A Fight for Citizenship”UTVS, St. Cloud State, “Lighting Up The Heavens, One Last Time”First PlaceTommieMedia.com, “Obama visits St. Paul, outlines transit proposal”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKTOE, “Former Gopher Philip Nelson charged with assault”Performance Radio - KOKK, “James River Master Plan February Design Meeting”First PlaceWRJN, “Killer Heroin”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritWDIO TV, “Return to Hanoi”WKBT - TV, “Rigelsky Adoption”First PlaceNorthland's News Center, “Excessive Force or Just Doing My Job”

Medium Market RadioAward of MeritKFGO Radio, “Felon in Charge”First PlaceWNAX, “Rural Differences”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWHO-HD Television, “24 Hours In Dispatch”Wisconsin Public Television, “Venture Capital”First PlaceKELOLAND TV, “Wave of Death”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritNET Radio, “Concussion Treatment Puts Focus On Academics”WUWM Radio, “Dontre Hamiltons Death”First PlaceNET Radio, “Food Waste Weighing Down U.S. Food System”

Large Market TelevisionAward of MeritWITI - TV, “Lion in the Library”First PlaceWITI - TV, “Sinking City”

Hard FeatureStudent Market RadioAward of MeritUniversity of Nebraska - Lincoln, “Stand-off between journalists and the F.A.A. drones on”WRST - FM, “Breast Cancer”First PlaceKUWS/Wisconsin Public Radio, “Penokees asbestos-like fibers discovery prompts skepticism, accusation”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritKYOT - TV - USD, “Canton Still Recovering”UTVS, St. Cloud State, “The Perfect Storm”First PlaceUniversity of Nebraska - Lincoln, “UNL researchers improve breast cancer detection”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritWRJN, “Life Saving Deputy”First PlaceKRNU Radio - UNL, “Turkish Media Crackdown”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritKXMC TV, “Grain Train Finally Arrives”WDIO TV, “Amelia's Fight”First PlaceWKBT - TV, “Shedivy Strong”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWHO-HD Television, “Move-Over Law”Wisconsin Public Television, “Counties That Win”First PlaceWisconsin Public Television, “Common Core”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritMinnesota Public Radio, “Groundwater pumping deals with pollution but stresses supply”Prairie Public, “Tribe at a Crossroads: An Election and an Oil Boom”First PlacePrairie Public, “Saltwater Spills leave North Dakota farmland sterile for years”

Large Market TelevisionAward of MeritWITI - TV, “Hope After Heroin”WITI - TV, “Risk on the Rails”First PlaceKARE 11 TV, “"Why Can't We Talk?"”

InvestigativeStudent Market RadioFirst PlaceKUWS/Wisconsin Public Radio, “Secretive nursing home dumping practice examined”

Student Market TelevisionFirst PlaceUTVS, St. Cloud State, “Creating a Safe Environment”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritKVLY - TV/KXJB - TV, “Cass County Housing Authority Parking Investigation In West Fargo”WHO-HD Television, “Rental Car Ripoff”First PlaceWISC-TV, “Fixing Dane County 911”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritMinnesota Public Radio, “Despite warnings, state kept cash flowing to controversial nonprofit”Wisconsin Public Radio, “Sand Ridge Sex Offenders”First PlaceWisconsin Public Radio, “Gov. Walker's Promises by the Numbers”

NewscastStudent Market RadioFirst PlaceKAOR/University of South Dakota, “Coyote News Radio 11/19/14”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritLCTV - Loras College, “LCTV News”UTVS, St. Cloud State, “UTVS News En Espa񯬀”First PlaceMinnesota State Univ. Moorhead, “Campus News”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKORN, “KORN News Radio 5 pm Report”First PlaceKTOE, “20140421 KTOE 7:05am Newscast”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritNorthland's News Center, “KBJR 6 and Range 11 News at Noon”WKBT - TV, “News 8 at Six: La Crosse Explosion”First PlaceNorthland's News Center, “KDLH News at 6:30pm”

Medium Market RadioAward of MeritWNAX, “WNAX News”First PlaceKFGO Radio, “12:30 PM Newscast May 8 2014”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWDAY - TV News, “WDAY's 10PM Newscast Nov. 14, 2014”WHO-HD Television, “Channel 13 News at 10”First PlaceKELOLAND TV, “KELOLAND News at 5-Facing Disaster”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritWHO - AM, “The 12:30 News”First PlaceWCCO Radio, “The WCCO Morning News”

PhotojournalismStudent Market TelevisionAward of MeritMinnesota State Univ. Moorhead, “NDSU Jazz Festival”Award of MeritUniversity of Nebraska - Omaha, “Little Gobbler at Hummel Park”First PlaceUTVS, St. Cloud State, “Twin Cities Honor Flight - Fall 2014”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritKOLN/KGIN, “Cornhusker Potatoes”KXMC TV, “Come With Me to the Rodeo”First PlaceWDIO TV, “Aboard the Alder”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWDAY - TV News, “WDAY Photojournalism”Wisconsin Public Television, “Woven Together”First PlaceWHO-HD Television, “Randy Schumacher Composite”

Large Market TelevisionAward of Merit12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Save the Osseo Water Tower”First PlaceKARE 11 TV, “Blessing of the Polar Vortex”

SeriesStudent Market RadioAward of MeritKUWS/Wisconsin Public Radio, “Coast Guard cutters combat ice cover”First PlaceKUWS/Wisconsin Public Radio, “Superior Cop's Use of Force Investigated”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritMinot State University - TV, “Probably Gaming”UWM PantherVision, “Ruining the Ruins”First PlaceUWM PantherVision, “Ready, or Not?”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKORN, “Deadly House Fire”First PlaceKTOE, “KTOE 2014 Biggest Road Construction Year Ever”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritNorthland's News Center, “Fading Glory”WDIO TV, “Diving Into the Past”First PlaceWKBT - TV, “Gman and Kelly”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWHO-HD Television, “Spokes and Stories”First PlaceWDAY - TV News, “WDAY's Sex Trafficking Series From Western North Dakota”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritPrairie Public, “Stand Up ND”WUWM Radio, “25 Years of School Vouchers”First PlaceWisconsin Public Radio, “Long-term unemployment”

Large Market TelevisionAward of Merit12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Continuing coverage of Ebola by Sonya Goins”12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Money Savers”First Place

WITI - TV, “WITI-TV ALS Commitment 2014”

Soft FeatureStudent Market RadioAward of MeritKVSC Radio - St. Cloud State University, “Employees Reminisce About Their Experiences at Electric Fetus”WRST - FM, “Modern Dairy Farming”First PlaceKAOR/University of South Dakota, “At 101 Alva Baumberger Still Enjoys Life”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritUniversity of North Dakota Studio One, “Fifty Years of Full Service”UTVS, St. Cloud State, “Re-Made in the USA”First PlaceUWM PantherVision, “UWM Superfan”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritWRJN, “Patsy To Slinger”WRJN, “Youth Leaders”First PlaceWRST - FM, “Rosholt Sawmill”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritNorthland's News Center, “Emotional Troop Homecoming”WKBT - TV, “Audra's Animals”First PlaceWDIO TV, “Loved Ones Lost, Letters Found”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritKELOLAND TV, “A Miracle Baby”WHO-HD Television, “Not Your Average DJ”First PlaceWisconsin Public Television, “In a New Light”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritWUWM Radio, “Potato Pancake Queen of Palmyra”WUWM Radio, “Ice Fishing in Downtown Milwaukee”First PlaceWUWM Radio, “Smitten with Smithing”

Large Market TelevisionAward of Merit12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Baby Marvelous”KARE 11 TV, “Emmett & Erling”First PlaceKARE 11 TV, “A Shared Heart”

Sports Play-by-PlayStudent Market RadioAward of MeritMinot State University, “Iowa State vs Minot State Hockey”WRST - FM, “UW Oshkosh at South Dakota State University”First PlaceSt. Ambrose Univ./KALA, “St. Ambrose University vs. Clarke College”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritLCTV - Loras College, “Live Sports Football”First PlaceUTVS, St. Cloud State, “Bemidji State vs St. Cloud State Football”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKDDR, “Oakes High School Playoff Basketball”Performance Radio - KOKK, “Huron vs Watertown 3rd Place Game State Girls Volleyball Tournament”First PlaceHub City Radio, “2014 9B Championship - Hamlin vs Faulkton”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritBEK Sports Network, “ND Class "B" Volleyball "Region 3 Championship" - Simon Rosenwasser”BEK Sports Network, “2014 Jr. Gold State Hockey Championship - John Hadden”First PlaceBEK Sports Network, “ND Class "B" Basketball "District 10 Championship" - Simon Rosenwasser”

Medium Market RadioAward of MeritKFGO Radio, “NDSU vs. Fort Wayne”WNAX, “SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY PLAY OFF FOOTBALL AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE”First PlaceKFGO Radio, “NDSU upsets South Dakota State”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWDAY - TV News, “2014 North Dakota State Class A Basketball Championship Game”WDAY - TV News, “2014 North Dakota State Class B Basketball Championship Game”First PlaceKVLY - TV/KXJB - TV, “North Dakota State Bison Football - Brian Shawn, Lee Timmerman, Kevin Feeney”

Large Market RadioFirst PlaceWCCO Radio, “St Thomas Playoff Football”

Large Market TelevisionAward of Merit12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Champlin Park vs. Roseville State Volleyball”12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Osseo vs. Maple Grove Football”First PlaceMidco Sports Network, “Jay Elsen - Midco Sports Network Play-by-Play”

Sports ReportingStudent Market RadioAward of MeritMinot State University - Radio, “Minnesota Vikings Training Camp - Cornerbacks”WRST - FM, “Interview with Charles Davis”First PlaceWRST - FM, “Titan Baseball Preview”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritMinnesota State Univ. Moorhead, “Dragon Dribblers”UTVS, St. Cloud State, “Holy Grail History”First PlaceTommieMedia.com, “St. Thomas shuts down MIACs best”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKDDR, “Oakes Boys Basketball Preview”First PlaceKZZJ Radio, “A Viking Quarterback Battle”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritNorthland's News Center, “Fighting & Winning Against the Odds”WKBT - TV, “Climbing Kilimanjaro”First PlaceWDIO TV, “The Magic of McDonald”

Medium Market RadioFirst PlaceKFGO Radio, “ESPN Gameday Preview”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWHO-HD Television, “Cowboy-Mounted Shooters”Wisconsin Public Television, “Mad Wreckin' Dolls”First PlaceWHO-HD Television, “Twin Triathalon”

Large Market RadioFirst PlaceWCCO Radio, “Good Sport”

Large Market TelevisionAward of Merit

12 News/Northwest Community Television, “Ultimate Frisbee”Midco Sports Network, “Glenn Anderson - Midco Sports Network”First PlaceKARE 11 TV, “Every Game a Classic”

Sportscast/ProgramStudent Market RadioAward of MeritSt. Ambrose Univ./KALA, “Unsportsmanlike Conduct”WRST - FM, “Oshkosh Sports Saturday”First PlaceUniversity of Nebraska - Lincoln, “Delay of Game”

Student Market TelevisionAward of MeritLCTV - Loras College, “SportsZONE”Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead, “Campus News Sports from 5-1-14”First PlaceUTVS, St. Cloud State, “Husky Mag”

Small Market RadioFirst PlaceKDDR, “Oakes Boys Basketball Preview”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritKFYR TV, “The Evening Report SportsCast”KMEG - TV, “Game Night: Halloween Playoff Edition (10/31/14)”First PlaceWKBT - TV, “News 8 Sports: Highlight Zone Preview Show”

Medium Market RadioAward of Merit93.7 The Ticket, “Eric Lueshen: First Openly Nebraska Football Player, 10 Years Before Michael Sam”KFGO Radio, “Jack Michaels Sports”First Place93.7 The Ticket, “Surprise! Mike Riley is New Huskers Football Coach”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritNET-Television, “Big Red Wrap-Up”WDAY - TV News, “WDAY First Down Friday Award Nominee for Sports Programing”First PlaceWHO-HD Television, “Keith Murphy Sports”

Large Market RadioFirst PlaceWCCO Radio, “Sid Hartman Day at Target Field”

Large Market Television

First Place12 News/Northwest Community Television, “2014 12-Sports Hall of Fame”

Spot NewsStudent Market RadioAward of MeritKVSC Radio - St. Cloud State University, “Sodexo Workers Continue Protests on SCSU Campus”First PlaceKUWS/Wisconsin Public Radio, “Superior Youth Homicide Stuns Community”

Student Market TelevisionFirst PlaceUTVS, St. Cloud State, “2 dead after plane crashes into Sauk Rapids home”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKORN, “Fertilizer and Chemical Fire”Performance Radio - KOKK, “Jerauld County Tornado Outbreak/Wessington Springs Tornado Live Coverage June 18th 2014”First PlaceKTOE, “KTOE News Industrial Fire Live Report”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritKOLN/KGIN, “1011 News Team Covering the Pilger Tornado”KTIV, “Officer Shot: Search for Noah Ironshell”First PlaceWKBT - TV, “La Crosse Explosion”

Medium Market RadioAward of MeritWNAX, “Murder on the east side”First PlaceKFGO Radio, “Deputy Shot”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritWHO-HD Television, “Nowhere To Go”WHO-HD Television, “Younkers Building Fire”First PlaceKELOLAND TV, “June Flash Flood”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritMinnesota Public Radio, “Police officer shot, killed in West St. Paul; suspect captured after shootout”WHO - AM, “Younkers Department Store Fire”First PlaceWCCO Radio, “Officer Down”

Large Market TelevisionFirst PlaceKARE 11 TV, “Fury in Ferguson”

Talk/Public AffairsStudent Market TelevisionFirst PlaceWTV - Wartburg College, “Cedar Valley Today - Generation Swipe”

Small Market RadioAward of MeritKORN, “Forum: Highway Funding”WHWC, “The West Side with Rich Kremer: Tribal Perspectives on Mining”First PlaceKORN, “South Dakota Hutterites”

Small Market TelevisionFirst PlaceKTIV, “2014 Iowa Gubernatorial Debate”

Medium Market RadioFirst PlaceKFGO Radio, “Tammy Sadek”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritNET-Television, “Generations of Nebraska Warriors”Wisconsin Public Television, “Here and Now #1309 "Redistricting Special"”First PlaceWisconsin Public Television, “Wisconsin Life 207”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritMinnesota Public Radio, “Jimmy Carter: Joan Mondale a fervent champion of the arts”WCCO Radio, “Ventura Vents”First PlaceWUWM Radio, “Harvey at the Milwaukee Rep”

WeatherStudent Market TelevisionAward of MeritUniversity of North Dakota Studio One, “Studio One Weathercast”First PlaceUTVS, St. Cloud State, “30 Degrees Is Warm in Minnestoa”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritKMEG - TV, “Winter Lingers On in Siouxland”WDIO TV, “Justin Liles - Eyewitness Weather”First PlaceWKBT - TV, “StormTeam 8 Meteorologist Bill Graul”

Medium Market TelevisionFirst PlaceWHO-HD Television, “2014 WHO-HD Weather Composite”

WebsitesStudent Market TelevisionAward of MeritUniversity of Nebraska - Lincoln, “NewsNetNebraska.org”First PlaceTommieMedia.com, “TommieMedia.com”

Small Market RadioFirst PlaceKDDR, “NewsDakota.com”

Small Market TelevisionAward of MeritWDIO TV, “WDIO.com”WKBT - TV, “News8000.com”First PlaceKTIV, “Remembering Flight 232 - 25 Years Later”

Medium Market RadioFirst PlaceWNAX, “WNAX on the web, www.wnax.com”

Medium Market TelevisionAward of MeritNET-Television, “NET News Website”WISC-TV, “Channel3000.com”First PlaceKELOLAND TV, “KELOLAND.com”

Large Market RadioAward of MeritWisconsin Public Radio, “WPR.org”WUWM Radio, “WUWM.COM”First PlaceMinnesota Public Radio, “MPR News.org”