"The girlfriend"and "the boyfriend," Emilie Gossiaux and Alan Lundgard, of "Finding Emilie" joined Radiolab's Jad Abumrad (left) at the Third Coast ceremony in October.
THIRD COAST/DREIHAUS AWARDS
Eight radio docs, including pieces for Radiolab, This American Life, Marketplace and WNYC Radio, won Third Coast Festival trophies.
They were chosen trophies from among 300 entries in the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards, presented Oct. 23 [2011] in Chicago. The winners:
Documentary, Gold Award: “The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt,” by Nick van der Kolk and sound designer Brendan Baker, with Nick Williams, a Love + Radio podcast “for mature audiences.” (On the Nieman Journalism Lab blog, Annie Gilbertson discusses van der Kolk's podcast about a Detroit strip club, which features profane language and dark subject matter.)
Documentary, Silver: “Finding Emilie,” about a profound human disconnection suffered by a young art student, Emilie Gossiaux, broadcast on WNYC's Radiolab, by Jad Abumrad with Robert Krulwich and Soren Wheeler. More on Emilie's blog. Gossiaux and her boyfriend, Alan Lundgard, attended the award ceremony with Abumrad.
Documentary, Bronze: “Patriot Games,” by Ben Calhoun, for This American Life, about two friends who formed a Tea Party chapter in Petoskey, Mich. Edited by Ira Glass and Julie Snyder.
Documentary, Honorable Mention: “Heel, Toe, Step Together,” by Katie Burningham (U.K.) about an octogenarian East End London dancer, broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Directors’ Choice: “Children of Sodom and Gomorrah,” by English-language producer Sharon Davis and original German-language writer/producer Jens Jarisch, about a hellish, toxic computer waste dump in Accra, Ghana. English version broadcast on Australia’s ABC Radio National. Presented by 360 Degree Documentaries, Australia.
New Artist: “Kohn,” by Denver-based indie Andy Mills, an exploration of the mind of his slow-talking friend Kohn Ashmore, which aired on Radiolab. Musical collaborator: Hudson Branch.
News Feature: “Deportations Before Reform: Anatomy of an Immigration Bust,” by Marianne McCune for WNYC, New York. McCune is founder of WNYC's project with young producers, Radio Rookies.
Radio Impact Award: “The Five Percent Rule,” by Sally Herships for Marketplace, about the government’s discount tobacco prices for military smokers. Edited by John Haas.
Third Coast has more about the winners on its website and photos of the winners on its Facebook page.
PRX will distribute a two-hour “Best of the Best” broadcast through pubradio stations, available Nov. 17. Gwen Macsai is the guide.
Next year’s competition opens for entries in May 2012.
NETA AWARDS
Stations in Roanoke, South Carolina, Utah and Nebraska received two or three NETA Awards apiece
The National Educational Telecommunications Association announced these winners during its meeting in Kansas City last month:
Instructional Media
Western Reserve PBS, Kent, Ohio: "Earth Motion3" (Instructional Media Product)
WNET, New York: "Mission U.S.: Crown or Colony?" (Instructional Content)
CET Connect/ThinkTV, Dayton-Cincinnati: "You at the Zoo" (Instructional Media Product)
KCPT, Kansas City: "Science Teachers at Work" (In-service – Staff Development)
Blue Ridge PBS, Roanoke, Va.: "Positive Parenting" (Instructional Content)
Idaho Public Television, Boise: D4K Website (Teacher Resource)
Promotion
KMOS, Warrensburg, Mo.: Jerry Adams Outdoors: "Kiss the Fish Again" (Single Video)
South Carolina ETV, Columbia: "ETV 50 Years" (Special Event)
WCTE, Cookeville, Tenn.: "Critically Thinking Critical" (Promotion Campaign)
Utah Education Network, Salt Lake City: "Climate Science" (Social Media)
South Carolina ETV, Columbia: "Miss Springmaid" (Promotion Campaign)
WTJX, Virgin Island Public Broadcasting: "Home Grown" (Corporate Institutional)
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, Lincoln: NET Now Member Magazine (Print Design)
Vermont Public Television, Colchester: "Barnet School" ABC (Single Video)
Community Engagement
Blue Ridge PBS, Roanoke: HealthQuest (Local project)
Vegas PBS, Las Vegas: Keeping Kids Fit 5K Run (Local project)
Utah Education Network, Salt Lake City: Climate Science (Community Impact) and Put a Lid on It (National Project)
KUED, Salt Lake City: On the Edge (Community Impact)
Content Production
Nebraska Educational Telecommunication, Lincoln: "Mind Over Murder" (Science)
Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge: "Washing Away: After the Storms" (News & Public Affairs)
UNC-TV, Research Triangle Park, N.C.: "North Carolina’s World War II Experience"
KRSC/RSU, Claremore, Okla.: "Will Rogers & American Politics" (Biography) and Will Rogers & American Politics (History)
Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), Oklahoma City: "State of Creativity: Science of Composing" (Information)
Milwaukee Public Television, Milwaukee, Wis.: "Livingston Taylor in Concert" (Performance)
Mountain Lake PBS, Plattsburgh, N.Y.: "Cirque du Soleil: Flowers in the Desert" (Performance) and "The Boobie Sisters: Mountain Lake Journal Extra (News & Public Affairs)
The awards are given annually to NETA members to recognize excellent work.
Also, the NETA Education Center board presented its Enterprise and Innovation award to WKYU at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green for its conversion of its production studio lighting from incandescent to more energy-efficient LED units.
Third Coast photos: Heather Eidson for Third Coast.
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