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”