Pubcasters win eight Peabody Awards for outstanding electronic media
Posted: April, 08, 2013
By Theodore Fischer
Awards in public media
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro was honored for distinguished reporting from the world’s most volatile regions.
Posted: April 23, 2012NPR’s Jerusalem-based foreign correspondent received CPB’s highest award, recognizing outstanding contributions to public radio, during an April 9 dinner attended by top pubcasting execs. Garcia-Navarro reported from NPR’s Baghdad bureau from 2008 to 2009, and was one of the first … Continue reading
WUFT, VPR led pubcasters in regional Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Posted: April 23, 2012Among the 54 public stations receiving regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for electronic journalism, WUFT-FM of Gainesville, Fla., won eight, and Vermont Public Radio captured seven. Five additional pubradio stations — KUNC, Greeley, Colo.; South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB); KCCU, … Continue reading
StoryCorps’ multiplatform production on the anniversary of 9/11 earned a prize for public radio and TV.
Posted: April 23, 2012The Peabody-winning segment aired on NPR’s Morning Edition and featured interviews that had been adapted as animated shorts for PBS’s POV. The award, one of nine presented for pubcasting programs this year, recognized the oral history project’s treatment of interviews … Continue reading
Los Angeles Press Club Awards, 2011
Posted: October 17, 2011KPCC’s Susan Valot and KCRW’s Kim Masters were recognized among best journalists in Los Angeles. Valot, a reporter who covers Orange County for Pasadena’s KPCC, was lauded by Press Club judges for producing “well-rounded reports with an authoritative, informed tone” … Continue reading
Knight-Batten Award, 2011
Posted: October 17, 2011NPR social media specialist Andy Carvin received a Knight-Batten Award for innovation in journalism. Carvin, whose job as the network’s senior social media strategist this year evolved into round-the-clock tweeting of Arab Spring protests, received a Knight Batten Award of … Continue reading
PRPD/ARA Dan Otto Award, 2011
Posted: October 17, 2011Programmer Shelia Rue received the Don Otto Award at PRPD. The veteran programmer and workshop instructor for Public Radio Program Directors was honored for career contributions to the field at a presentation during the association’s conference last month in Baltimore. … Continue reading
DEI Benchmarks Award, 2011
Posted: October 17, 2011New Hampshire Public Radio was cited for outstanding performance in fundraising. NHPR, based in Concord, ranks among the most efficient public radio outlets in converting listeners into givers, and it raises more net underwriting revenue per listener-hour than peer stations, … Continue reading