Local and Independent Online News Awards 2021
2021 Best Solutions Project of the Year (Presented by Solutions Journalism Network)
- Winner: “The Fight to Change Social Studies in Nebraska,” which demonstrated how people saw inequities in the state’s education standards and materials, and why they needed to change.
Great Plains Journalism Awards 2021
- (Winner) Business Feature: Chris Bowling
- (Finalist) Leo Adam Biga, finalist
Great Plains Journalism Awards 2022
- (Finalist) Chris Bowling
- (Finalist) Sam Crisler
- (Finalist) Ryan Syrek
Great Plains Journalism Awards 2023
- (Finalist) Bridget Fogarty
- (Finalist) Ryan Syrek
Association of Alternative News Awards 2022
Association of Alternative News 2023
(finalists) Best Collaboration
- The Reader (Omaha) – “As Nebraska’s Latino Voters Grow in Power, Candidates Fight for Their Support in the Second District” – Bridget Fogarty, Elizabeth Rembert
- The Reader (Omaha) – “In one city, the pandemic accelerated a wave of white flight” – Bridget Fogarty, Sarah Garland
- The Reader (Omaha) – “Past Union President, Now Running for Sheriff, Was Deemed to Have Used Excessive Force. Then Omaha’s Police Chief Stepped in. (Klonopin) ” – Chris Bowling, Matthew Hansen, Matt Wynn
(finalists) Multimedia
- The Reader (Omaha) – “Reader Radio podcast” – Chris Bowling, Isa Luzarraga, Bridget Fogarty
(finalists) Arts criticism
- The Reader (Omaha) – “Lava Conquers All, Nothing Nowhere Nebulously Never, The Only Safe Place for a Gun Is in a Tom Cruise Movie Title” – Ryan Syrek