Sandra Chapman

Sandra Chapman is the founder and president of Prince Media Group, LLC, a documentary production company in Indianapolis. Her documentary, “The Girl in the Yellow Scarf” about the 1968 Civil Rights Cold Case murder of Carol Jenkins in a former sundown town, is both an Emmy nominated and Telly Award-winning film. Based upon the book she authored, detailing the journalism that led to a break in the decades old case, the film is now set for national distribution on PBS. 

Prior to filmmaking, Chapman is best known as an award-winning Investigative reporter at both WTHR-TV and WISH-TV in Indianapolis. Her reporting has led to an overhaul of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and has changed state and federal law for the safety of children and communities. Her investigations forced critical updates to Indiana’s Sex Offender Registry under Zachary’s Law and prompted new guidelines for cancer-cluster investigations as part of Trevor’s Law under the U.S. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century.

Chapman has received numerous state, regional and national awards, including the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, two National Gracie Awards, the National NABJ Salute to Excellence Award, a regional Edward R. Murrow Award, and a dozen Emmys, among others. She is an inductee in both the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame and the IBA Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.

Chapman is an honored alumna of Ball State University and earned a graduate certification in strategic communication at Butler University. She isa a board director at RISE Church and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the Northeasterners.

While she enjoys many roles, Chapman says nothing compares to being “Gigi” and spending time with her two grandchildren.