Pubcasters win eight Peabody Awards for outstanding electronic media
Posted: April, 08, 2013
By Theodore Fischer
Awards in public media
WNYC, EarthFix lead pubmedia’s award winners at ONA 2012
Posted: September 24, 2012SAN FRANCISCO — Public media continues to earn accolades for its online innovations, as multiple outlets racked up trophies at the Online News Association’s awards ceremony Sept. 22. Hosted by PBS NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan, the gala banquet sought to honor … Continue reading
Journalism Center on Children and Families – Casey Medals
Posted: July 9, 2012Pubradio won a pair of medals for reportage on youth and families. WYNC’s Radio Rookies won a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for Coming of Age in 2011, a series of reports covering youth-identity issues such as immigration status, mental-health … Continue reading
2012 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards
Posted: July 9, 2012WNYC led public media in the 2012 national Edward R. Murrow Awards announced June 12 by the Radio Television Digital News Association. Among 17 pubcasting entities receiving Murrows for excellence in electronic journalism, the New York station won three trophies … Continue reading
Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards
Posted: July 9, 2012California Watch and KQED received IRE’s highest honor for “On Shaky Ground.” California Watch, a nonpartisan group of investigative journalists, and the San Francisco pubcaster won the IRE Medal for what the judges called “an extraordinary effort examining seismic safeguards … Continue reading
PRNDI Awards for local journalism
Posted: July 9, 2012KPCC and Vermont Public Radio led public radio news rooms in PRNDI’s three-tiered contest honoring outstanding local news coverage. In the competition among stations with the largest news staffs, KPCC in Pasadena, Calif., and VPR each won four first-place prizes. … Continue reading
PRNDI honored former NPR news chief Ellen Weiss for significant contributions to public radio news.
Posted: July 9, 2012Weiss worked at NPR for 28 years, rising to senior v.p. of news in 2007, a post she held for four years. Before that she was senior editor of the network’s National Desk from 2001 to 2007. She also served … Continue reading
Association of Public Radio Engineers Awards
Posted: July 9, 2012Mike Starling received the Meritorious Service Award for spearheading technological innovation within NPR and at its stations. Starling, executive director of the Technology Research Center and NPR Labs, was cited for innovations including multicasting on HD Radio channels to public-service … Continue reading