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:
2012
2010
Radiolab
2005
Radio Rookies
2004
On The Media
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
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.
2015 RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards-Radio Television Digital News Association
Large Market Radio/Continuing Coverage Category
Newsroom, Robert Lewis and Noah Veltman: "NYPD Bruised"
Large Market Radio/Feature Reporting Category
Newsroom, Sarah Gonzalez: "The Risks Parents Take to Get Their Kids Meidcal Marijuana"
Large Market Radio/News Documentary Category
Radio Rookies, Jario Gomez: "Nine People, One Bedroom"
2014 Sigma Delta Chi Award
Public Service in Radio Journalism
Newsroom, Robert Lewis and Noah Veltman: "NYPD Bruised"
2015 National Headliner Award
1st Place, Radio: Radio stations documentary or public affairs
Radiolab,Gregory Johnsen, Kelsey Padgett, and Matt Kielty, "60 Words"
3rd Place: Radio stations breaking news or continuing coverage of a single news event
Newsroom, Andrea Bernstein, Matt Katz, and Nancy Solomon, “Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and the Abuse of Power”
2015 GRACIE AWARDS
“Public / Non-Commercial Outstanding Series”
Takeaway, Under Her Skin: Living with Breast Cancer
Radio - Public/Non-Commercial Outstanding Host - News/Non-Fiction
Brooke Gladstone
2014 SILVER GAVEL AWARD FOR MEDIA & THE ARTS- American Bar Association
Radiolab: Tim Howard. "Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl"
2014 NATIONAL MURROW AWARDS- Radio Television Digital News Association
Feature Reporting
Studio 360, "Trauma Healed w/ Design"
Use of Sound/Video
The Takeaway, "JFK’s Unspoken Speech"
News Documentary (Audio)
Brooke Gladstone (host), "Generation Putin"
2014 REGIONAL MURROW AWARDS-Radio Television Digital News Association
Large Market Radio Division
Feature Reporting
Radio Rookies: Temitayo Fagbenle and Gemma Weiner, "The Mary Jane Mindset”
News Documentary
Marianne McCune and Karen Frillmann, "The Weed Trail: From California’s Medical Market to New York’s Underground”
Writing
Jim O'Grady,"Ed Koch Dies"
2014 SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARDS- National Association of Black Journalists
Radio - Feature
Radio Rookies: Temitayo Fagbenle and Gemma Weiner, "The Mary Jane Mindset"
2014 MIRROR AWARD-- Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
On the Media, "The Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook"
2014 DEADLINE CLUB AWARD
Paige Cowett and Sarah Koenig (of This American Life), “What Are You Doing for the Test of Your Life?”
NY PRESS CLUB AWARDS
Feature Reporting/Radio
WQXR: Terrance McKnight, "The Price of Admissions: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price"
Business Reporting/Radio
New Tech City: Manoush Zomorodi, Andrea Bernstein and Charlie Herman, "Who's Your Daddy"
Consumer Reporting/Radio
New Tech City: Manoush Zomorodi, Collin Campbell, Charlie Herman, Dan Tucker, "Know Thy @Neighbor"
Entertainment News/Radio
Fishko Files: Sara Fishko, Karen Frillmann, Wayne Shulmister, Laura Mayer, "Lenny's Letters"
Feature Reporting-Science Medicine Technology/Radio
New Tech City: Manoush Zomorodi, Alex Goldmark, Dan Tucker, Charlie Herman, "How Kids are Like Software"
Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York/Internet
Jennifer Hsu, "Know Thy Neighbor"
2014 GARDEN STATE JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION AWARD
1st Place, Radio Investigative
Nancy Solomon, Andrea Bernstein, Kate Hinds, Sarah Gonzalez, Scott Gurian, “Sandy, Climate Change and Chris Christie"
2nd Place, Radio Investigative
Scott Gurian, "No Plan in New Jersey for Long-Term Sea Level Rise"
1st Place, Broadcast Radio - General News
Sarah Gonzalez, Karen Frillmann, "In Newark, Gunshot Detection System Falls Short of Booker’s Claims"
1st Place Talk Radio
Brian Lehrer Show, "Debating Newark School Reform"
3rd place, Radio Feature
Scott Gurian, “Town by Town, Jersey Shore Rebuilds Without State Plan”
2014 GRACIE AWARDS- Alliance for Women in Women in Media Foundation
Outstanding Reporter-Correspondent
On the Media: Sarah Abdurrahman, “My Detainment Story”
Outstanding Host - Entertainment/Information
Manoush Zomorodi, New Tech City
2014 INSIGHT AWARD- Citizens Housing & Planning Council
WNYC Radio, Superstorm Sandy Coverage
2014 HEADLINER AWARD
1st Place, Radio: Feature and Human Interest Story
Studio 360, Marlon Bishop (in collaboration with Round Earth Media), “Mexico Uncovered: An Orchestra of Guns”
ABOVE & BEYOND AWARD- City & State
Laura Walker
ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION AWARDS-
Breaking News, Medium
WNYC, "Superstorm Sandy"
2013 SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARDS- National Association of Black Journalists
Radio - News: Long Form
Radio Rookies, "Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A"
Radio - Commentary
Radio Rookies, "My Education, Uninterrupted"
THIRD COAST'S ANNUAL AWARDS
Temitayo Fagbenle, Courtney Stein, Marianna McCune, "The Modern Scarlet Letter A"
Marianne McCune, Karen Frillmann, "Woman Emerges from the Dark"
Tim Howard, Jad Abumrad, "Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl"
FRONT PAGE AWARDS
Mixed Media
Kate Hinds and Andrea Bernstein, "How New Jersey Transit Failed Sandy's Test"
Radio-Feature
Sarah Fishko, "Culture Shock 1913"
2013 CASEY MEDALS
Youth Media
Radio Rookies, "Unfolding My World: Reports from WNYC’s Radio Rookies"
“Sexual Cyberbullying”
“Kelly Talks NYPD’s Relationship with High Crime Neighborhoods”
“Mind the Gap in Crown Heights”
“American Heaven”
“Sickle and Me”
“My Education, Uninterrupted”
2013 REGIONAL EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS - Radio Television Digital News Association
News Documentary
Sara Fishko,"Culture Shock 1913"
DEADLINE CLUB AWARD
Social Media
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen – Kurt Andersen, Jenny Lawton, Sean Rameswaram and Michele Siegel, “Jingles for Romney and Obama”
Radio or Audio Reporting
Jim O’Grady, "We're Beach People, We Rebuild."
NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARDS
Entertainment News: Broadcast/Radio
Sara Fishko, “Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House”
Feature Reporting: Broadcast/Radio
Sara Fishko, “Guthrie Archive”
Special Event Reporting: Broadcast/Radio
Sara Fishko, “Alex North”
Crime Reporting: Broadcast/Radio
Mirela Iverac, “Some Undocumented Immigrants Relieved to Stay in New York, Even in Legal Limbo”
KNIGHT-WALLACE FELLOWSHIP
Knight Wallace Fellow Class of 2014
Cynthia Rodriguez, “The Connection Between Poverty and Mental Illness in the US and Abroad"
NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARDS
Best of Show: Radio
Sara Fishko, “Culture Shock 1913”
Radio Stations Documentary or Public Affairs
Sara Fishko, “Culture Shock 1913”
KESSELMAN AWARD - New York Youth Symphony
FOLIO AWARD - Fair Media Council
Impact of Immigration Feature Reporting
Mirela Iverac, “Immigrants Benefitting from Deferred Action Keep an Eye on Election”
2012 Award for Distinguished Service to Music - New York Choral Society Annual Spring Gala
2012 Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism - College of Communications at Penn State
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
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
PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INC (PRNDI) AWARDS
News Feature
Beth Fertig, Yasmeen Khan; "Cell Phone Ban is a Tale of Two City Schools"
BEST PODCASTS OF 2012 - iTunes
Best Society and Culture Podcast
STITCHER AWARDS
Best Business & Finance Podcast
Most Original Journalism
2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival Artistic Achievement Award
2011 Martha Coman Award for Best New Journalist (Front Page Awards) - Newswomen’s Club of New York
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
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
General Excellence in Use of Medium
Andrea Bernstein, “The B-51’s Last Week”
Best Website
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”
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”
GRACIE AWARDS - Alliance for Women in Media
Outstanding Soft News Feature
Studio 360, “In Verse: Women of Troy”
Outstanding Series
Outstanding Drama
Sarah Montague, “The Fall of the City”
