New York Public Radio

 

 

At New York Public Radio, we take pride in being great journalists, storytellers, curators and companions. Whether it’s the daily reporting from our newsroom, the signature programs of WNYC and WQXR, a piece of theatre staged in the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, or the work of our Radio Rookies, we aspire to the highest standards of excellence.

 

In the past several years, we have been honored with six George Foster Peabody Awards and two Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Awards for our radio programming. We’ve also been recognized by the Associated Press New York Chapter, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Online News Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Robert F. Kennedy Center and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), among others.

 

While many of the names on the plaques, statues and citations may be familiar to you, we want to emphasize that each thing we produce is a collective act. Our work is the creative effort of our hosts, reporters, writers, producers and engineers.

 

Here’s a look at our recent award winning work:

 

GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARDS

2010
Radiolab

2007
The Brian Lehrer Show

2005
Radio Rookies

2004
On The Media
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

 

ALFRED I. DUPONT-COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AWARDS

2012
Silver Baton
Ailsa Chang, “Alleged Illegal Searches by the NYPD”. Click here for video.

2002
Beth Fertig, “The Edison Schools Vote”. Click here for video.

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2012 AWARDS

2012 Award for Distinguished Service to Music - New York Choral Society Annual Spring Gala

Laura Walker

2012 Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism - College of Communications at Penn State

On The Media 

 

CASEY MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS JOURNALISM - The Journalism Center on Children and Families

Youth Media

Radio Rookies, "Coming of Age in 9/11"

 

DART AWARDS - Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

Excellence in Reporting on Trauma

Marianne McCune, “Living 9/11”

 

DEADLINE CLUB AWARD 

Radio or Audio Reporting

Ailsa Chang, “Alleged Illegal Searches and Unlawful Marijuana Arrests by the NYPD”

 

EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS - Radio Television Digital News Association

National Award for Audio Feature Reporting
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell”

National Award for Use of Sound
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Adventures in 3D Sound”

National Award for Writing
Radio Rookies, “Daughter of a Survivor”

Unity Award: Journalist of Color
PRI/WNYC-AM/FM/Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell”

 

GARDEN STATE JOURNALISM’S MEMORIAL JOURNALISM AWARDS - Garden State Journalists Association

Radio Feature

The Brian Lehrer Show, “The Brian Lehrer Show: Live From New Jersey”

Talk Radio

The Brian Lehrer Show, “The Business of Bringing Business to New Jersey”

 

GRACIE AWARDS - Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

Outstanding Portrait/Biography

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen – Phyllis Fletcher; “Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell”

Outstanding Host of a News Show

Brooke Gladstone

 

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS 

Entertainment News/Radio

Studio 360 – Kurt Andersen and Jenny Lawton; “Songs from The Book of Mormon”

Feature Reporting

Maria Scarvalone, “In Upstate NY, Gas Drilling Debate Gets Local”

Crime Reporting

Mirela Iverac, “Amid Summer Crime Spike, Police in Newark Reach Out to Its Residents”

Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Radio

Jillian Suarez, Erin Reeg, Norhan Basuni, Eric Leinung, Brendan Illis, Joey Rizzolo, Kaari Pitkin, Marianne McCune, Sanda Htyte and Courtney Stein; “Our 9/11: Growing Up in the Aftermath”

 

NEWSWOMEN'S CLUB OF NEW YORK AWARDS - Women journalism in the New York metropolitan area
Sports Award
Marianne McCune and Karen Frillmann, "Go For It: Life Lessons From Girl Boxers"
Poverty Series Award
Mirela Iverac, "On The Brink: The New Face of Poverty"
Business Award
Janet Babin, "NYU Downsizes Expansion Plans"
Breaking News Award
Nancy Solomon, "Ex-Rutgers Student Convicted of Invasion of Privacy, Bias Intimidation"

 

NEW YORK STATE AP AWARDS – Radio Category 

Best Enterprise Reporting

Ailsa Chang, “Alleged Illegal Searches and Unlawful Marijuana Arrests by the NYPD”

Best News Special/Documentary

Andrea Bernstein, Nancy Solomon, Kate Hinds; “Back of the Bus: Mass Transit, Race and Inequality”

Best Interview

Brian Lehrer and Megan Ryan, “The Brian Lehrer Show’s interview with Supreme Court Justice Breyer”

Best Feature

Alicia Martinez, Sanda Htyte, Marianne McCune and Kaari Pitkin; “Half My Family is Illegal”

General Excellence in Use of Medium

Marianne McCun, “Living 9/11”

Best Website

ItsAFreeCountry.org

 

PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INC (PRNDI) AWARDS 

News Feature

Beth Fertig, Yasmeen Khan; "Cell Phone Ban is a Tale of Two City Schools"

 

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2011 AWARDS

2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival Artistic Achievement Award

Oscar Brand

 

2011 Martha Coman Award for Best New Journalist (Front Page Awards) - Newswomen’s Club of New York

Mirela Iverac

 

DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS

“Rube” Award for Radio

Sara Fishko, “Robin Hood”

 

EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS - Radio Television Digital News Association

Regional Award for Writing

Sara Fishko, "Vast Wasteland"

Regional Award for Audio Feature Reporting

Michael Jacobson, "Nothing's Ever Permanent in Foster Care"

Regional Award for Audio Reporting: Hard News

Maria Scarvalone, "In Upstate New York, Drilling Debate Gets Local"

NATIONAL RTDNA/UNITY AWARDS - Radio Television Digital News Association and UNITY: Journalists of Color

Radio Category

The Takeaway, “Fluid Identities”

 

NEW YORK FESTIVAL AWARDS  - Public Radio News Directors

United Nations Department of Public Info (UNDPI) Gold Award

Radio Rookies

 

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS 

Best Web Exclusive Content/Internet

ItsAFreeCountry.org (election coverage)

Entertainment News/Radio

Sara Fishko, “Artie Shaw Centenary”

Feature Reporting/Radio

Sara Fishko, “Robin Hood”

Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Radio

Sara Fishko, “The First New York Fashion Week”

 

NEW YORK STATE AP AWARDS – Radio Category 

Best Interview

Brian Lehrer and Megan Ryan, “Daniel Ellsberg on Wikileaks”

Best Continuing News Coverage

Marianne McCune, “Haiti Earthquake”

Best Enterprise Reporting

Cindy Rodriguez, “Three-Quarters Houses”

Best Enterprise Reporting

Ailsa Chang, “Physicians on Pharma’s Payroll”

Art Athens General Excellence of Individual Reporting

Ailsa Chang

General Excellence in Use of Medium

Andrea Bernstein, “The B-51’s Last Week”

Best Website

WNYC.org

Best News Special/Documentary

Alexis Gordon and Courtney Stein, “Back to the Middle East”

 

PRNDI AWARDS - Public Radio News Directors

Best Writing

Radio Rookies, “Interview with a Teenage Vampire”

Soft Feature

Radio Rookies, “Gamun-Pyul”

 

SIGMA DELTA CHI AWARDS - Society of Professional Journalists

Specialized Journalism Site

Schoolbook.org

Best Radio Documentary in a top market

Radio Rookies, “Our 9/11,” hosted by Brooke Gladstone

 

TEC AWARDS - TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio

TEC Award for Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast

Ed Haber, Irene Trudel, George Wellington; “Robert Plant and Band of Joy, Live in Concert” (for NPR Music)

 

THIRD COAST FESTIVAL AWARDS

Best News Feature

Marianne McCune, “Deportation Before Reform: Anatomy of an Immigration Bust”

 

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2010 AWARDS

ASCAP DEEMS TAYLOR AWARDS 

Radio Broadcast Award

Terrance McKnight, “Q2 with Terrance McKnight”

Radio Broadcast Award

Nadia Sirota, “Nadia Sirota on Q2”

Multimedia Award

Sara Fishko, “The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series”

 

EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS - Radio Television Digital News Association

Regional Award for Audio Reporting: Hard News

Marianne McCune, “Deportations Before Reform: Anatomy of an Immigration Bust”

 

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB JOURNALISM AWARDS 

Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Radio

Sara Fishko, “The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series”

Entertainment News

Sara Fishko, “Hazel Scott as Herself”

Feature Reporting

Sara Fishko, “World’s Fair 1939”

Business Reporting

Lisa Chow (for NPR), “Bailing Out Banks, One Toxic Asset At a Time”

 

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JOURNALISM AWARDS - Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

Domestic Radio Winner

Radio Rookies Miguelina Diaz, Keith Tingman, Amon Frazier; “This is the South Bronx”

 

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2009 AWARDS 

 

GRACIE AWARDS - Alliance for Women in Media

Outstanding Soft News Feature

Studio 360, “In Verse: Women of Troy”

 

Outstanding Series

Radio Rookies

 

Outstanding Drama 

Sarah Montague, “The Fall of the City”