Best of Nashville 2025: Media and Politics

Writers' Choice

Winners

Rose Gilbert holds up a microphone to a source as they speak, ankle-deep in a stone pool of water

Best Audio Storytelling

'The Country in Our Hearts'

Two City Cast staffers pose with a microphone and copy of The Conirbutor newspaper

Best Way to Keep Up With Local Politics

'City Cast' Daily Email and Podcast

'Girl in a Hurry: The Shelly Bush Story'

Best Music Podcast

'Girl in a Hurry: The Shelly Bush Story'

'In My Place'

Best News Podcast

'In My Place'

Tennessee Lookout’s Franchise Tax Refund Chart

Best Transparency Effort

Tennessee Lookout’s Franchise Tax Refund Chart

Mike Lacy

Best Metro Watchdog

Mike Lacy

Voyeurism Victims Act

Best Law Passed by the Tennessee General Assembly

Voyeurism Victims Act

Laura Andreson

Best Follow-Through

Laura Andreson

Vice Mayor Angie Henderson presiding over the Metro Council

Best Parliamentarian

Vice Mayor Angie Henderson

Music City MigraWatch

Best Lookouts

Music City MigraWatch

Lynne McFarland

Best Sit-In

Lynne McFarland

Nashville Hidden Gems

Best Instagram Account

Nashville Hidden Gems

Cool Places to Stand

Best TikTok Account

Cool Places to Stand

Robyn Hitchcock

Best Music Substack

Robyn Hitchcock

'Iconoclast'

Best Zine

'Iconoclast'

Sam Phalen

Best Reality Star

Sam Phalen