Awards

Other Awards

2024

FRONT PAGE AWARD – Newswomen’s Club of New York

• WNYC, “Imminent Danger: One Doctor and a Trail of Injured Women,” Karen Shakerdge [Investigative Reporting]

MIRROR AWARDS

• On the Media, ““The Fog of War Shrouds a Devastating Conflict,” Brooke Gladstone [Special Topic: Best Story on Media Coverage of the Israeli-Hamas Conflict]

MEDIA AWARD – New York Food Policy Center

• Gothamist [Food Reporting]

EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

• WNYC/Gothamist, “An NYC Student’s Yearslong Struggle to Get Proper Instruction for Dyslexia,” Ave Carrillo, Christopher Werth, Stephen Rex Brown, Clayton Guse, Jessica Gould, Gina Vosti [Podcast]

EDWARD R. MURROW REGIONAL AWARDS – Radio and Television Digital News Association

• NYC NOW, “Imminent Danger: One Doctor and a Trail of Injured Women,” Karen Shakerdge, Christopher Werth, Ave Carrillo, Jared Paul, Ethan Corey [Best Podcast – Large Market]

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SILVER GAVEL AWARDS

• On the Media/ProPublica, “We Don’t Talk About Leonard,” [Honorable Mention]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• NYC NOW, “Imminent Danger: One Doctor and a Trail of Injured Women,” Karen Shakerdge, Christopher Werth, Ave Carrillo, Jared Paul, Ethan Corey [Podcast – NYC Metro, Scripted]

THE WEBBY AWARDS

• Radiolab [Podcast – Science & Education, People’s Voice winner]
• Every Voice with Terrance McKnight [Podcast honoree – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]

NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARD

• Embrace Everything — The World of Gustav Mahler, Aaron Cohen [Gold Award]
• Embrace Everything — The World of Gustav Mahler, Mahler & the Maestro, Aaron Cohen [Silver Award]

2023

FRONT PAGE AWARDS – The Newswomen’s Club Of New York

• On the Media, “The Divided Dial,” Katya Rogers, Katie Thornton, Jennifer Munson [Investigative Reporting]

BLACK PODCASTING AWARDS

• Every Voice with Terrance McKnight [Best Music Podcast]
• Every Voice with Terrance McKnight  [Best Arts Podcast]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• On the Media, “Breaking News Consumers Handbook: Vaccine Edition, Brooke Gladstone, Katya Rogers, Rebecca ClarkCallender, Eloise Blondiau, Micah Loewinger, Jennifer Munson [Science, Medicine & Technology (NY Metro)]
• WNYC, “Up In The Air: An Investigative Series About How The NYC School System Invested In Ventilation To Combat COVID-19,” Nsikan Akpan, Caroline Lewis, Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky, Michael Hill, Kerry Nolan, Christopher Werth, Stephanie, Clary, Sean Bowditch, Audrey Cooper [Continuing Coverage of the NY Metro Area]
• WNYC, “Why One Queens Block Has Flooded for Decades,” Elizabeth Kim [Feature Coverage]

NEW YORK FESTIVALS (NYF) RADIO AWARDS

• “Embrace Everything,” Aaron Cohen [Gold Award]

THE WEBBY AWARDS

• Blindspot: Tulsa Burning [Best Series]
• Blindspot: Tulsa Burning [Best Writing]

THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER

• La Brega: Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience, Alana Casanova-Burgess [Exceptional Journalism Awards]

THE SIDNEY HILLMAN FOUNDATION

• “Never-before-seen images show Rikers inmates locked in caged showers, left in soiled pants, more poor conditions,” Matt Katz [The October Sidney Award]

FRONT PAGE AWARDS – The Newswomen’s Club Of New York

• “A New York City rapper turned himself in for murder 13 years ago, now his prosecutor wants him freed,” Samantha Max [Local Reporting Feature Award]
• The Takeaway, Mary Steffenhagen [Audio Investigative Reporting]

RADIO WORLD

• Steve Shultis, Chief Technology Officer [Excellence in Engineering Award]

NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AWARDS

• Karen Yi, Reporter [Media Award]

BART RICHARDS AWARD FOR MEDIA CRITICISM

• On the Media, “The Divided Dial”

SILURIANS PRESS CLUB

• “The NYPD accidentally shot a fellow officer. A Queens man may spend life in prison for his death,” Jake Offenhartz [Feature News, Merit]

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

• The United States of Anxiety and Radio RookieFolashade OlatundeHalf My Parents, All of Me [Documentary, Radio ‐ Non‐Commercial Local]
• “Staying Alive: the History and Hope of ‘Black Horror,’” Rebecca Clark-Callender [Special Radio – Nationally Syndicated Non‐Commercial]

2022

NAACP IMAGE AWARD

• Blindspot: Tulsa Burning [Outstanding News and Information Podcast]

ON AIR FEST

• Jad Abumrad, Creator and Host [Radio Vanguard Award]

2021

AMBIE AWARDS

• Death, Sex & Money

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

• Crisis Coverage, Gwynne Hogan [Program News]

MIRROR AWARDS

• On the Media, “How Zello Became a Recruitment and Organizing Tool for the Far Right,” Micah Lowenger, Hampton Stall, Brooke Gladstone, Katya Rogers [John M. Higgins Award for In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting]

EDWARD R MURROW REGIONAL AWARDS

• “18-29 Now, Young America Speaks Up, Excellence in Innovation,” WNYC Radio and YR Media

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• Fishko Files, “Two American Dramas,” Sarah Fisko, Olivia Briley, Wayne Shulmister, Karen Frillmann [Critical Arts Review]
• Fishko Files, “Escape into the Dark,” Sarah Fisko, Olivia Briley, Wayne Shulmister, Karen Frillmann [Entertainment News]
• “Despite Tax Breaks, These City Institutions Shut Doors on Voters,” Brigid Bergin, Patricia Willens, William Moss [Political Reporting]

2020

THE WEBBY AWARDS

• Dolly Parton’s America [Podcasts, Best Limited Series and People’s Voice Winner]

2019

SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARDS – National Association of Black Journalists

• “The Realness,” Christopher Johnson, Christopher Werth [Salute to Excellence]

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

• “Migrant Mom Poised to Reunite with Children Shares Detention Story,” Beth Fertig

SILURIANS PRESS CLUB

• Trump, Inc. [Medallion Award]

MEMORIAL JOURNALISM AWARD – Garden State Journalist Association

• “For New Jersey Jails, Suicides and Overdoses, but Little Oversight,” Audrey Quinn [1st Place: Broadcast – Radio, Investigative]
• “Abuse and Neglect in Private Care,” Audrey Quinn [2nd Place: Podcast]

NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARDS

• “Oklahoma’s’ Dream Ballet Reflects National Anxieties — Then and Now,” Jennifer Vanasco, Charles Herman, Wayne Shulmister [2nd Place: Feature and Human Interest Story]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• Fishko Files, “The Personal and the Political,” Sara Fishko, Olivia Briley, Wayne Shulmister,Karen Frillmann [Critical Arts Review]
• The United States of Anxiety, “The ‘Indoor Man’ and His Playmates,” Sara Fishko, Karen Frillmann, Kai Wright, Bill Moss,Olivia Briley [Documentary]
• The United States of Anxiety, “Kirsten Gillibrand’s Path to Power,” Brigid Bergin, Kai Wright, Jessica Miller, Karen Frillmann, Cayce Means [Political Coverage]
• On the Media, “Africatown,” Brooke Gladstone, Bob Garfield, Katya Rogers, Jen Munson, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Micah Loewinger, Leah Feder, Jon Hanrahan, Asthaa Chaturvedi [Feature Reporting]
• “Seeing The World Through The Eyes of New York’s World Cup Soccer Fans,” Jim O’Grady, Patricia Willens, Sean Bowditch, Wayne Schulmeister, Bill Moss,Jen Munson [Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award]

NEW YORK STATE AP AWARDS

• The United States of Anxiety,Kai Wright, Karen Frillmann, Cayce Means, Kaari Pitkin, Courtney Stein, Jessica Miller, Jared Marcelle [Best Podcast]

PRNDI AWARDS – Public Radio News Directors

• Trump, Inc., Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz, Meg Cramer, Alice Wilder, Bill Moss, Charlie Herman [Best Collaborative Effort]
• “For New Jersey Jails, Suicides and Overdoses, but Little Oversight,” Audrey Quinn, Matt Katz, David Lewis [Enterprise/Investigative]
• Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice, “They Look at Me Like a Menace,” Kai Wright, Cayce Means, Kaari Pitkin, Courtney Stein, Jessica Miller, Jared Marcelle, Karen Frillmann [Long Documentary]
• “Unsettled: A Story from the Global Refugee Crisis,” Matt Katz, Sean Bowditch [Short Documentary]

EDWARD R. MURROW REGIONAL AWARDS

• Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice, “You Just Sit There and Wait for the Next Day to Come,” Courtney Stein, Jared Marcelle

2018

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

• Note to Self, Manoush Zomorodi

THE WEBBY AWARDS

• A Piece of Work [Arts and Culture Podcast]
• Note to Self, “The Privacy Paradox,” [Technology Podcast]
• Death, Sex & Money [Interview/Talk Show Podcast, Webby winner]
• Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin [Interview/Talk Show Podcast, People’s Voice winner]
• 2 Dope Queens [Comedy Podcast, People’s Voice winner]
• More Perfect [Sound Design/Original Music Score in a Podcast, People’s Voice and Webby winner]

2017

POLK AWARDS

• “NYPD Allows Top Cops Wide Range of Financial Interests with Little Oversight,” Robert Lewis

AP AWARDS

• “The Brooklyn Voter Purge,” Brigid Bergin, Jenny Ye, John Keefe [1st Place: Public Service]
• “Rage Against the Political Machine,” Brigid Bergin, David Lewis, Wayne Shulmister [1st Place: Enterprise Reporting]
• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Unrest in Baton Rouge: Anatomy of a Photo” [1st Place: Feature]
• “Waiting for Violence to Break Out on East New York,” Stephen Nessen and Julianne Welby [2nd Place: Feature]
• “Mall Madness,” Ilya Marritz, Charlie Herman, Cayce Means [1st Place: Documentary]
• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Hail to the Entertainer in Chief” [3rd Place: Documentary]
• “From Soviet Russia to the Tappan Zee Bridge: A Short History of the E-Zpass,” Stephen Nessen and Sean Bowditch [1st Place: Use of Sound]
• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen [1st Place: Feature Reporting]

DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS

• NYPD Inc., Robert Lewis [Winner, Radio or Audio Reporting]
• “School Integration 2.0: When The Doors to a School Don’t Feel Open to Everyone,” Jami Floyd, Patricia Willens, Richard Yeh, Wayne Shulmister [Finalist, Radio or Audio Reporting]

NEW JERSEY SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS

• The Christie Tracker, David Furst, Nancy Solomon, Matt Katz, Andrea Bernstein [Best Podcast]
• “American Dream,” Ilya Marritz [1st Place: Enterprise/Series/Investigative Reporting]
• “Kids in Prison,” Sarah Gonzalez [3rd Place: Enterprise/Series/Investigative Reporting]

2016

THE SOCIETY FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS

• “Incredible Cops,” Robert Lewis, Noah Veltman, Xander Landen [Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Radio Journalism]

GABRIEL AWARDS

• Radio Rookies, “Why Do I Stay?,” Kate Hinds

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• “Tales from the Towers,” Rupert Gardener, Amber Hall, John Hockenberry, Jason Cowit [Broadcast/Radio, Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York]
• “Bench Press” Brooke Gladstone, Bob Garfield, Katya Rogers, Jennifer Munson, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Kimmie Regler, Meara Sharma, Jesse Brenneman [Broadcast/Radio, Documentary]
• “The Tale of the Tape: Hillary Clinton’s Gay Marriage Evolution,” Andrea Bernstein [Broadcast/Radio, Political Coverage]
• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Compounding the Paris Tragedy, a Blow to Culture,” Kurt Andersen, Jenny Lawton, Andrew Adam Newman, Julia Lowrie Henderson, Louis Mitchell, Colette Davidson [Special Event Reporting]

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SILVER GAVEL AWARD

• On the Media

NEW JERSEY SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS

• Matt Katz [New Jersey Journalist of the Year]
• “Dirty Little Secrets: New Jersey’s Poor Live Surrounded by Contamination,” Sarah Gonzalez, Karen Frillmann,John Keefe [1st Place, Radio: Enterprise Reporting]
• “Bridgegate Fall Guy Was Inside Man,” Matt Katz,Andrea Bernstein [2nd Place]
• “Family and Faith Guide Eric Garner’s Mother a Year After His Death,” Karen Rouse [3rd Place]
• The Christie Tracker, David Furst, Nancy Solomon, Matt Katz, Andrea Bernstein, Jim Schachter, Dean Cappello, Tom Moran, Jennifer Rubin, Shawn Boburg, Heather Haddon, Ted Mann [Best Podcast]

DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS

• “NYPD Bruised,” Robert Lewis, Noah Veltman [Radio/Audio Reporting]

2015

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SILVER GAVEL AWARD

• On The Media, “Cameras in The Court“

RTDNA REGIONAL MURROW AWARDS – Radio Television

Large Market Radio

• “NYPD Bruised,” Robert Lewis,Noah Veltman [Continuing Coverage]
• “The Risks Parents Take to Get Their Kids Medical Marijuana,” Sarah Gonzalez [Feature Reporting]
• Radio Rookies, “Nine People, One Bedroom,” Jario Gomez [News Documentary]

SiIGMA DELTA CHI AWARD

• “NYPD Bruised,” Robert Lewis, Noah Veltman [Public Service in Radio Journalism]

NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARDS

• Radiolab, “60 Words,” Gregory Johnsen, Kelsey Padgett, Matt Kielty [1st Place: Radio stations documentary or public affairs]
•  “Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and the Abuse of Power,” Andrea Bernstein, Matt Katz, Nancy Solomon  [3rd Place: Radio stations breaking news or continuing coverage of a single news event]

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

• The Takeaway, “Under Her Skin: Living with Breast Cancer” [Public / Non-Commercial Outstanding Series]
• Brooke Gladstone [Public / Non-Commercial Outstanding Host, News/Non-Fiction]

NABJ / NAHJ AWARDS

• WNYC’s Interactive TalkBox Connects Underrepresented Black and Brown Voices to Our Newsroom, Lee Hill, Wayne Shulmister, Rob Christiansen, Paula Szuchman, SHoP Architects [Interactive – Feature]
• “Young Harlem Athletes Are ‘Cross-Checking’ Hockey Stereotypes,” Andrew Mambo, Karen Frillmann, Wayne Shulmister, Cayce Means [Top 15 Market – Sports]
• “Family and Faith Guide Eric Garner’s Mother a Year After His Death,” Karen Rouse, David L. Lewis, Wayne Shulmister, Jim Schacter [Top 15 Market – Feature]
• The Takeaway, “Challenging Racism in America: From James Baldwin to Ta-Nehisi Coates,” John Hockenberry,Rupert Allman [Commentary]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• “Tales from the Towers,” Rupert Gardener, Amber Hall, John Hockenberry, Jason Cowit [Broadcast/Radio, Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York]
• “Bench Press,” Brooke Gladstone, Bob Garfield, Katya Rogers, Jennifer Munson, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Kimmie Regler, Meara Sharma, Jesse Brenneman [Broadcast/Radio, Documentary]
• “The Tale of the Tape: Hillary Clinton’s Gay Marriage Evolution,” Andrea Bernstein [Broadcast/Radio, Political Coverage]
• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Compounding the Paris Tragedy, a Blow to Culture,” Kurt Andersen, Jenny Lawton, Andrew Adam Newman, Julia Lowrie Henderson, Louis Mitchell, Colette Davidson [Broadcast/Radio, Special Event Reporting]

GABRIEL AWARDS

• Radio Rookies, “Why Do I Stay?”  [Documentary, Radio, National Release]
• “Why Left Turns Are So Deadly,” Kate Hinds [News and Information, Radio, Local Release]
• Note To Self, “Ana and Mia” [News and Informational, Local Release]

2014

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SILVER GAVEL AWARD

• Radiolab, “Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl,” Tim Howard [Media and the Arts]

EDWARD R. MURROW REGIONAL AWARDS – Radio Television Digital News Association

• Radio Rookies, “The Mary Jane Mindset,” Temitayo Fagbenle and Gemma Weiner [Feature Reporting]
• “The Weed Trail: From California’s Medical Market to New York’s Underground,” Marianne McCune and Karen Frillmann [News Documentary]
• “Ed Koch Dies,” Jim O’Grady [Writing]

SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARDS – National Association of Black Journalists

• Radio Rookies: “The Mary Jane Mindset,” Temitayo Fagbenle, Gemma Weiner [Radio – Feature]

MIRROR AWARD – Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University

• On the Media, “The Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook“

DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS

• This American Life, “What Are You Doing for the Test of Your Life?” Paige Cowett, Sarah Koenig

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• “The Price of Admissions: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price,” Terrance McKnight [Feature Reporting/Radio]
• New Tech City, “Who’s Your Daddy,” Manoush Zomorodi, Andrea Bernstein, Charlie Herman [Business Reporting/Radio]
• New Tech City, “Know Thy @Neighbor,” Manoush Zomorodi, Collin Campbell, Charlie Herman, Dan Tucker [Consumer Reporting/Radio]
• Fishko Files, “Lenny’s Letters,” Sara Fishko, Karen Frillmann, Wayne Shulmister, Laura Mayer  [Entertainment News/Radio]
• New Tech City, “How Kids are Like Software,” Manoush Zomorodi, Alex Goldmark, Dan Tucker, Charlie Herman [Feature Reporting-Science Medicine Technology/Radio]
• New Tech City, “Know Thy @Neighbor,” Jennifer Hsu [Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Internet]

GARDEN STATE JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION AWARD

• “Sandy, Climate Change and Chris Christie,” Nancy Solomon, Andrea Bernstein, Kate Hinds, Sarah Gonzalez, Scott Gurian [1st Place, Radio Investigative]
• “No Plan in New Jersey for Long-Term Sea Level Rise,” Scott Gurian [2nd Place, Radio Investigative]
• “In Newark, Gunshot Detection System Falls Short of Booker’s Claims,” Sarah Gonzalez, Karen Frillmann [1st Place, Broadcast Radio – General News]
• The Brian Lehrer Show, “Debating Newark School Reform” [1st Place Talk Radio]
• “Town by Town, Jersey Shore Rebuilds Without State Plan,” Scott Gurian [3rd place, Radio Feature]

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Women in Media Foundation

• On the Media, “My Detainment Story,” Sarah Abdurrahman [Outstanding Reporter-Correspondent]
• “New Tech City,” Manoush Zomorodi [Outstanding Host – Entertainment/Information]

INSIGHT AWARD – Citizens Housing & Planning Council

• WNYC Radio, Superstorm Sandy Coverage

HEADLINER AWARD

• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Mexico Uncovered: An Orchestra of Guns,” Marlon Bishop (in collaboration with Round Earth Media) [1st Place, Radio: Feature and Human Interest Story]

ABOVE & BEYOND AWARD – City & State

• Laura Walker, CEO

2013

ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

• WNYC, “Superstorm Sandy” [Breaking News, Medium]

SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARDS – National Association of Black Journalists

• Radio Rookies, “Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A” [Radio – News: Long Form]
• Radio Rookies, “My Education, Uninterrupted” [Radio – Commentary]

THIRD COAST’S AWARDS

• Radio Rookies, “”Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Scarlet Letter A,” Temitayo Fagbenle, Courtney Stein, Marianna McCune
• “Woman Emerges from the Dark,” Marianne McCune, Karen Frillmann
• “Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl,” Tim Howard, Jad Abumrad

FRONT PAGE AWARDS – The Newswomen’s Club Of New York

• “How New Jersey Transit Failed Sandy’s Test,” Kate Hinds, Andrea Bernstein [Mixed Media]
• Fishko Files, “Culture Shock 1913,” Sarah Fishko [Radio-Feature]

CASEY MEDALS – Youth Media

• Radio Rookies, “Unfolding My World: Reports from WNYC’s Radio Rookies” 
• Radio Rookies, “Sexual Cyberbullying”
• Radio Rookies, “Kelly Talks NYPD’s Relationship with High Crime Neighborhoods”
• Radio Rookies, “Mind the Gap in Crown Heights”
• Radio Rookies, “American Heaven”
• Radio Rookies, “Sickle and Me”
• Radio Rookies, “My Education, Uninterrupted”

REGIONAL EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS – Radio Television Digital News Association

• Fishko Files, “Culture Shock 1913,” Sara Fishko [News Documentary]

DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS

• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Jingles for Romney and Obama,” Kurt Andersen, Jenny Lawton, Sean Rameswaram, Michele Siegel [Social Media]
• “We’re Beach People, We Rebuild,” Jim O’Grady [Radio or Audio Reporting]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• Fishko Files, “Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House,” Sara Fishko [Entertainment News: Broadcast/Radio]
• Fishko Files, “Guthrie Archive,” Sara Fishko [Feature Reporting: Broadcast/Radio]
• Fishko Files, “Alex North,” Sara Fishko [Special Event Reporting: Broadcast/Radio]
• “Some Undocumented Immigrants Relieved to Stay in New York, Even in Legal Limbo,” Mirela Iverac [Crime Reporting: Broadcast/Radio]

KNIGHT-WALLACE FELLOWSHIP

• “The Connection Between Poverty and Mental Illness in the US and Abroad,” Cynthia Rodriguez  [Knight Wallace Fellow Class of 2014]

NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARDS

• Fishko Files, “Culture Shock 1913,” Sara Fishko [Best of Show: Radio]
• Fishko Files, “Culture Shock 1913,” Sara Fishko [Radio Stations Documentary or Public Affairs]

KESSELMAN AWARD – New York Youth Symphony

• WQXR

FOLIO AWARD – Fair Media Council

• “Immigrants Benefiting from Deferred Action Keep an Eye on Election,” Mirela Iverac [Impact of Immigration Feature Reporting]

2012

NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY

• Laura Walker [Award for Distinguished Service to Music]

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

• Radio Rookies, “Coming of Age in 9/11” [Youth Media]

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

• “Living 9/11,” Marianne McCune  [Excellence in Reporting on Trauma]

DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS

• “Alleged Illegal Searches and Unlawful Marijuana Arrests by the NYPD,” Ailsa Chang  [Radio or Audio Reporting]

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

• The Brian Lehrer Show, “Live From New Jersey” [Radio Feature]
• The Brian Lehrer Show, “The Business of Bringing Business to New Jersey” [Talk Radio]

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell,” Phyllis Fletcher [Outstanding Portrait/Biography]
• Brooke Gladstone [Outstanding Host of a News Show]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “Songs from The Book of Mormon,” Kurt Andersen, Jenny Lawton; [Entertainment News/Radio]
• “In Upstate NY, Gas Drilling Debate Gets Local,” Maria Scarvalone [Feature Reporting]
• “Amid Summer Crime Spike, Police in Newark Reach Out to Its Residents,” Mirela Iverac [Crime Reporting]
• “Our 9/11: Growing Up in the Aftermath,” Jillian Suarez, Erin Reeg, Norhan Basuni, Eric Leinung, Brendan Illis, Joey Rizzolo, Kaari Pitkin, Marianne McCune, Sanda Htyte, Courtney Stein [Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Radio]

NEWSWOMEN’S CLUB OF NEW YORK AWARDS – Women journalism in the New York metropolitan area

• “Go For It: Life Lessons From Girl Boxers,” Marianne McCune, Karen Frillmann [Sports Award]
• “On The Brink: The New Face of Poverty,” Mirela Iverac [Poverty Series Award]
• “NYU Downsizes Expansion Plans,” Janet Babin [Business Award]
• “Ex-Rutgers Student Convicted of Invasion of Privacy, Bias Intimidation,” Nancy Solomon [Breaking News Award]

NEW YORK STATE AP AWARDS – Radio Category

• “Alleged Illegal Searches and Unlawful Marijuana Arrests by the NYPD,” Ailsa Chang [Best Enterprise Reporting]
• “Back of the Bus: Mass Transit, Race and Inequality,” Andrea Bernstein, Nancy Solomon, Kate Hinds [Best News Special/Documentary]
• The Brian Lehrer Show, “Supreme Court Lessons: Justice Stephen Breyer on American Democracy,” Brian Lehrer, Megan Ryan [Best Interview]
• “Half My Family is Illegal,” Alicia Martinez, Sanda Htyte, Marianne McCune, Kaari Pitkin [Best Feature]
• “Living 9/11,” Marianne McCun [General Excellence in Use of Medium]
• WNYC’s ItsAFreeCountry.org [Best Website]

PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INC (PRNDI) AWARDS

• “Cell Phone Ban is a Tale of Two City Schools,” Beth Fertig, Yasmeen Khan [News Feature]

BEST PODCASTS OF 2012 – iTunes

• Freakonomics [Best Society and Culture Podcast]

STITCHER AWARDS

• Freakonomics [Best Business & Finance Podcast]
• Radiolab [Most Original Journalism]

2011

WINNIPEG FOLK FESTIVAL ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Oscar Brand, Host of Folksong Festival

FRONT PAGE AWARDS – The Newswomen’s Club Of New York

• Mirela Iverac, Reporter [Martha Coman Award for Best New Journalist]

DEADLINE CLUB AWARDS

• Fishko Files, “Robin Hood,” Sara Fishko [“Rube” Award for Radio]

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

• The Takeaway, “Fluid Identities” [Radio Category]

NEW YORK FESTIVAL AWARDS – Public Radio News Directors

• Radio Rookies [United Nations Department of Public Info (UNDPI) Gold Award]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• ItsAFreeCountry.org [Best Web Exclusive Content/Internet]
• Fishko Files, “Artie Shaw Centenary,” Sara Fishko [Entertainment News/Radio]
• Fishko Files, “Robin Hood,” Sara Fishko [Feature Reporting/Radio]
• Fishko Files, “The First New York Fashion Week,” Sara Fishko [Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Radio]

NEW YORK STATE AP AWARDS – Radio Category

• The Brian Lehrer Show, “Daniel Ellsberg on Wikileaks,” Brian Lehrer and Megan Ryan [Best Interview]
• “Haiti Earthquake,” Marianne McCune [Best Continuing News Coverage]
• “Three-Quarters Houses,” Cindy Rodriguez [Best Enterprise Reporting]
• “Physicians on Pharma’s Payroll,” Ailsa Chang [Best Enterprise Reporting]
• Ailsa Chang [Art Athens General Excellence of Individual Reporting]
• “The B-51’s Last Week,” Andrea Bernstein [General Excellence in Use of Medium]
• WNYC.org [Best Website]
• “Back to the Middle East,” Alexis Gordon and Courtney Stein [Best News Special/Documentary]

PRNDI AWARDS – Public Radio News Directors

• Radio Rookies, “Interview with a Teenage Vampire” [Best Writing]
• Radio Rookies, “Gamun-Pyul” [Soft Feature]

SIGMA DELTA CHI AWARDS – Society of Professional Journalists

• Schoolbook.org [Specialized Journalism Site]
• Radio Rookies, “Our 9/11,” hosted by Brooke Gladstone [Best Radio Documentary in a top market]

TEC AWARDS – TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio

• “Robert Plant and Band of Joy, Live in Concert,” Ed Haber, Irene Trudel, George Wellington (for NPR Music) [Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast]

THIRD COAST AWARDS

• “Deportation Before Reform: Anatomy of an Immigration ,” Marianne McCune [Best News Feature]

2010

ASCAP DEEMS TAYLOR AWARDS

• “Q2 with Terrance McKnight,” Terrance McKnight [Radio Broadcast Award]
• “Nadia Sirota on Q2,” Nadia Sirota [Radio Broadcast Award]
• “The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series,” Sara Fishko [Multimedia Award]

EDWARD R. MURROW REGIONAL AWARDS

• “Deportations Before Reform: Anatomy of an Immigration Bust,” Marianne McCune [Audio Reporting: Hard News]

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS

• “The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series,” Sara Fishko [Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Radio]
• Fishko Files, “Hazel Scott as Herself,” Sara Fishko [Entertainment News]
• Fishko Files, “World’s Fair 1939,” Sara Fishko [Feature Reporting]
• “Bailing Out Banks, One Toxic Asset At a Time,” Lisa Chow (for NPR) [Business Reporting]

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

• Radio Rookies, “This is the South Bronx,” Miguelina Diaz, Keith Tingman, Amon Frazier [Domestic Radio Winner]

2009

GRACIE AWARDS – Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

• Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, “In Verse: Women of Troy” [Outstanding Soft News Feature]
• Radio Rookies [Outstanding Series]
• “The Fall of the City,” Sarah Montague [Outstanding Drama]