Public Radio News Directors Incorporated - PRNDI
2009 Awards (for work done in calendar year 2008)
Division D
News Feature
Second Place
WUFT FM
“Haile Plantation Rape”
First Place
89.7 WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
“Identity Theft”
Newscast
First Place
WFUV
“Lauren McGrath”
Soft Feature
Second Place
89.7 WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
“Golf Isn't Always Fun”
First Place
KBIA - FM
“Coyote Hill”
Spot News
Second Place
KBIA - FM
“MLK Day”
First Place
WFUV
“Live From Harlem”
Division C
Best Writing
Second Place
WMUB - FM
“Threshold Choir #2”
First Place
WMUB - FM
“Fast Fungi”
Breaking News
First Place
WMUB - FM
“Windstorm Aftermath”
Call-In Program
Second Place
KLCC
“Gay Rights”
First Place
WCAI - NAN
“God's Problem”
Commentary
Second Place
KLCC
“Legalize Drugs”
First Place
WMUB - FM
“Purple Haze”
Continuing Coverage
Second Place
WUGA - FM
“Controversial Bio-Lab”
First Place
WSCL/WSDL
“DNC/RNC”
Documentary
First Place
90.1 KSAK
“A Voice in Your Life”
Interview
Second Place
WFUV
“Mourning a Son”
First Place
KGOU Radio
“View of Iraq”
News Feature
Second Place
WCAI - NAN
“Living on a Plume”
First Place
KLCC
“Neighborhood Impact”
News/Public Affairs Program
Second Place
KLCC
“Northwest Passage 9/18/08”
First Place
WFUV
“Cityscape - Lost City”
Newscast
Second Place
KLCC
“Newscast 1/23/08”
First Place
WBAA
“7:06 a.m. News”
Series
Second Place
KLCC
“The Economy”
First Place
KLCC
“Downtown”
Soft Feature
Second Place
WFUV
“Laughter Yoga”
First Place
WMUB - FM
“Threshold Choir #1”
Spot News
Second Place
WMUB - FM
“Palin in West Chester”
First Place
WMUB - FM
“Student Protest”
Use of Sound
Second Place
WCAI - NAN
“Cicadas”
First Place
WUGA - FM
“Organic Meat Farm”
Division B
Best Writing
Second Place
Nashville Public Radio
“Mike Farris: Salvation In Lights”
First Place
Wyoming Public Radio
“Uranium Ghost Town May Boom Again”
Breaking News
Second Place
WEKU Radio
“Obama Effigy”
First Place
KUAR
“Gwatney Shooting”
Call-In Program
Second Place
WGCU
“State of Citrus”
First Place
WBGO
“Newark Today 11/08”
Commentary
Second Place
WBFO
“So This Is Christmas”
First Place
WBHM - FM
“Marie Sutton: Crossing the divide”
Continuing Coverage
Second Place
KNAU - Arizona Public Radio
“After the Crash”
First Place
North Country Public Radio
“The Impact of War…at Home”
Documentary
First Place
88.5 WFDD
“The Letters”
Enterprise/Investigative
Second Place
Wyoming Public Radio
“The Kid Nobody Wanted”
First Place
North Country Public Radio
“Wind Power Questions”
Interview
Second Place
WBGO
“Buddy Holly on the Rails”
First Place
WBHM - FM
“Larry Langford”
News Feature
Second Place
KERA - 90.1 FM
“North Texans Face Foreclosures”
First Place
Nashville Public Radio
“Vulnerability Index”
News/Public Affairs Program
Second Place
WBGO
“WBGO Journal 8-1-08”
First Place
Wyoming Public Radio
“Open spaces "the Matt Shepard Special"”
Newscast
Second Place
WGCU
“Newscast M.E. 12/23/08”
First Place
Nashville Public Radio
“October 8, 2008, 7:06 am”
Series
Second Place
KERA - 90.1 FM
“Family Values: What the Voters Want”
First Place
WBHM - FM
“Considering Faith”
Soft Feature
Second Place
Prairie Public
“St. Baldrick's Day”
First Place
Wyoming Public Radio
“Uranium Ghost Town May Boom Again”
Spot News
Second Place
WNIJ
“NIU Shooter”
First Place
WBGO
“Sean Bell Shooting Protest”
Use of Sound
Second Place
KUAR
“Political Jingles”
First Place
WUOT - FM
“Cicadian Rythms”
Division A
Best Writing
Second Place
89.3 KPCC
“Park Rebounds”
First Place
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
“Jesse Jackson Jr. Sparks Group Hug in Denver”
Breaking News
Second Place
KUNC
“Windsor Tornado”
First Place
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
“Station Coverage of Rod Blagojevich's Arrest”
Call-In Program
Second Place
Iowa Public Radio
“The Exchange: Karl Rove Visits Iowa City”
First Place
89.3 KPCC
“Prop 8”
Commentary
Second Place
89.7 WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
“Coping With Mental Illness”
First Place
Vermont Public Radio
“The Birth Rate Blues”
Continuing Coverage
Second Place
WBUR
“Economy”
First Place
Vermont Public Radio
“Brooke Bennet Murder Coverage”
Documentary
Second Place
Vermont Public Radio
“Those CCC Boys”
First Place
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
“Death's Footprint”
Enterprise/Investigative
Second Place
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
“Mixed Income”
First Place
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
“Addolofo Davis”
Interview
Second Place
Vermont Public Radio
“Raising Pigs”
First Place
WBUR
“Economic Pulse”
News Feature
Second Place
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
“Mortgage Crisis Opens doors for Squatters”
First Place
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio
“Engelwood Residents Say Cop Was Trigger Happy”
News/Public Affairs Program
Second Place
Georgia Public Radio
“Georgia Gazette”
First Place
89.3 KPCC
“Tom Bradley”
Newscast
Second Place
Michigan Radio
“Newscast 3/25/08”
First Place
WBUR
“WBUR Newscast 08-27-08”
Series
Second Place
KOPB - Oregon Public Broadcasting
“On Our Minds: OPB's Series on Mental Health in Oregon”
First Place
KPLU
“Best of Meaning of Work - 2008”
Soft Feature
Second Place
KPLU
“Historic Hat Store”
First Place
KUER
“Spelunking Through a Colon”
Spot News
Second Place
KUOW-FM
“No More Lemon Bars for Voters”
First Place
KUER
“Worm Glue”
Use of Sound
Second Place
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“BB King”
First Place
WKSU - FM
“Insect Orchestra”