Society of Professional Journalists – Louisville Pro Chapter
Founded in 1953
The SPJ Louisville Pro Chapter awards the A-Mark Prize for Journalism and Investigative Reporting as part of its Annual Metro Journalism Contest. The A-Mark Foundation awards cash prizes to honor, highlight, publicize, and inspire outstanding journalism and investigative reporting. This award is open to all journalists based in Kentucky, published by a Kentucky-based media outlet or writing about Kentucky.
A-Mark Prize Recipients
2025
First Place
Josh Wood, Krista Johnson, and Rob Byers, “The Cost of Empire” (PDF of series), The Courier Journal (Links: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Second Place
Third Place
Not awarded at the judge’s discretion