New York Public Radio Awards
AWARDS - The Comprehensive List (work-in-progress)
AWARDS
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 theater staged in the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, or the work of our Radio Rookies, we aspire to the highest standards of excellence.
Since 2004, we have been honored with ten George Foster Peabody Awards and three Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University Awards for our radio programming. We’ve also been recognized by Long Island University's George Polk Award, 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
2019
2015
2014
2012
2010
2007
2005
2004
On The Media
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
For the complete and detailed WNYC/WQXR Peabody list 1940-2015, see: PEABODY
ALFRED I. DUPONT-COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AWARDS
2020
Radiolab has been honored with two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for its first-ever serialized series “The Other Latif” and the episode “The Flag and the Fury.”
Hosted by Radiolab’s Latif Nasser, “The Other Latif” is a six-part series exploring the plight of Abdul Latif Nasser, also known as Detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay. Though never convicted of — or even charged with — a crime, “the other Latif” has been a prisoner inside the world’s most notorious prison for nearly 19 years. Cleared for release by six U.S. government agencies in the waning days of the Obama administration — but never freed — Detainee 244 remains in a Kafkaesque state of legal limbo. The series was the result of a three-year investigation spanning five countries, three U.S. presidents, and covering nearly 19 years. Part investigative reporting and part narrative storytelling, “The Other Latif” is a gripping look at the case against Detainee Nasser, the events that led to his incarceration, and the bureaucratic and geopolitical limbo in which he still remains. The series was produced by executive producer Suzie Lechtenberg and producer Sarah Qari with Annie McEwen, Simon Adler, Bethel Habte, Soren Wheeler, and Jad Abumrad.
"The Flag and the Fury” charts the winding 126-year history of Mississippi’s state flag, from its origins as a Confederate battle flag to the present-day clash over its racist symbolism and the fight to replace it. Through interviews and archival audio, the episode offers an absorbing look at a state’s conflict with its identity and history. “The Flag and the Fury” was a collaboration between Radiolab and OSM Audio, and was hosted and created by Jad Abumrad and OSM Audio’s Shima Oliaee
2019
Trump Inc. :“Throughout the first season of this collaborative reporting podcast, (WNYC Studios and Propublica) a team of investigative reporters expertly tackled the business relations between the Trump administration, the Trump family, the Trump business and the rest of the world"
Caught : “WIth gripping stories and tense intimate scenes, this nine-episode podcast revealed a web-like juvenile justice system and explored its devastating long term effects on young people.” WNYC
2016
Robert Lewis, "NYPD Bruised"
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.
General Awards
2023
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, Exceptional Journalism awards
Alana Casanova-Burgess, La Brega: Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience
THE SIDNEY HILLMAN FOUNDATION, October Sidney Award
“Never-before-seen images show Rikers inmates locked in caged showers, left in soiled pants, more poor conditions,” Matt Katz
THE NEWSWOMEN’S CLUB OF NEW YORK, Front Page Awards
Samantha Max, “A New York City rapper turned himself in for murder 13 years ago, now his prosecutor wants him freed” [Local Reporting Feature Award]
Mary Steffenhagen, The Takeaway [Audio Investigative Reporting]
RADIO WORLD, Excellence in Engineering Award
Steve Shultis, New York Public Radio Chief Technology Officer [Excellence in Engineering Award]
NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT AWARDS, Media Awards
Karen Yi
BART RICHARDS AWARD FOR MEDIA CRITICISM
On the Media’s “The Divided Dial”
SILURIANS PRESS CLU, Feature News, Merit
Jake Offenhartz, “The NYPD accidentally shot a fellow officer. A Queens man may spend life in prison for his death”
ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA, Gracie Awards
Documentary, Radio ‐ Non‐Commercial Local: The United States of Anxiety and Radio Rookie Folashade Olatunde, Half My Parents, All of Me
Special Radio – Nationally Syndicated Non‐Commercial: Rebecca Clark-Callender, “Staying Alive: the History and Hope of ‘Black Horror’”
2022
NAACP IMAGE AWARD
Outstanding News and Information Podcast: Blindspot: Tulsa Burning
ON AIR FEST
Radio Vanguard Award: Jad Abumrad
2021
AMBIE AWARDS
ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA, Gracie Awards
Program News: Gwynne Hogan, Crisis Coverage
MIRROR AWARDS
John M. Higgins Award for In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting: Micah Lowenger, Hampton Stall, Brooke Gladstone, Katya Rogers: On the Media, “How Zello Became a Recruitment and Organizing Tool for the Far Right”
NEW YORK PRESS CLUB
Political reporting: Brigid Bergin, Patricia Willens, and William Moss, “Despite Tax Breaks, These City Institutions Shut Doors on Voters”
2020
THE WEBBY AWARDS
- Dolly Parton's America Podcasts, Best Limited Series and People's Voice Winner
2019
NYSAPA news and broadcast contest winners
First Amendment Award: George Joseph and David Lewis, “Uncovering Secret Lists of Police Officers Credibility Problems.”
Investigative & Watchdog Reporting: First, Beth Fertig, “A Mother and Daughter Both Have HIV. The U.S. Lets in Only One.”
Enterprise Reporting: First, Jessica Gould, “NYC Department of Education Failed to Protest Students from Sexual Assault”
Feature Story: Second, Arun Venugopal, Matthew Schuerman and Sam Bair, “Pressured to Spy on NYC Mosques for Two Years, an Immigrant FBI Informant Seeks a Way Out.”
News Series: Second, Yasmeen Khan, Julianne Welby and Wayne Shulmister, “Family Separations in Our Midst.”
Use of Sound: First, Jennifer Vanasco, Wayne Shulmister and Jim O’Grady, “Why We Remember Stonewall”
Use of sound: Second, Shumita Basu, “Teens Say the Reason They’re Loud on the Subway is They’re Having Fun (Ever Heard of FUN, Grown Ups?).”
Regional Murrow Awards
Christopher Werth won in the investigative reporting category for his ongoing coverage of lead paint hazards in New York City's public elementary schools. His reporting found loose lead paint chips and high levels of lead dust in four schools. It resulted in citywide inspections that revealed over 1,800 classrooms in need of immediate remediation. Edited by David Lewis and mixed by Wayne Shulmister.
Beth Fertig won for her continuing coverage of asylum seekers in New York. Through observations, interviews, data and an exclusive interview with a family that's part of national litigation, Beth documented specific local impacts resulting from national changes in immigration/asylum policy. Edited by Julianne Welby and mixed by Wayne Shulmister.
Radio Rookies picked up an award in the best feature category for the story "Trying to Graduate from High School at 21." In it, student Shamari Ridley documented his struggle to become the first person in his family to graduate from high school. Produced by Jonna McKone, edited/produced by Kaari Pitkin, and mixed by Jen Munson & Wayne Shulmister.
And Sara Fishko won in the best writing category for her feature "Realism and Rebellion." It's a look at the films made in Italy in the 1940s which were part of the movement known as "Neo-Realism," and which inspired a similar cinematic spirit all over the world. The speakers and clips from the films make clear that at that time in history, simply representing the truth on screen was a rebellious act. Edited by Karen Frillmann, produced by Olivia Briley, and mixed by Wayne Shulmister.
2018
SOCIETY OF THE SILURIANS, Excellence in Journalism Award
Radio Features News: WNYC and ProPublica, "Trump, Inc."
ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA, Gracie Awards
Series – radio non-commercial local: Beth Fertig, coverage of Yeni Gonzalez-Garcia
National Headliner Awards
Feature and human interest story, second place: Jennifer Vanasco, Charlie Herman, Wayne Shulmister, Oklahoma's' Dream Ballet Reflects National Anxieties — Then and Now.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, Mirror Awards
Finalist, best single article/story: Jesse Brenneman, Lois Beckett, On the Media, “Face the Racist Nation”
2017
Edward R. Murrow awards
Large-market radio category, Excellence in Innovation: Matthew Schuerman, "The Harlem Heat Project".
Hard News: Corinne Bobb-Semple, Veralyn Williams, Kaari Pitkin, "Gentrification: Feeling Like an Outsider in Your Own Neighborhood"
AP Awards
Public Service: Brigid Bergin, Jenny Ye and John Keefe, "The Brooklyn Voter Purge.”
Enterprise Reporting: Brigid Bergin, David Lewis and Wayne Shulmister, "Rage Against the Political Machine."
Feature: Studio 360: "Unrest in Baton Rouge: Anatomy of a Photo"
Feature, Second place: Stephen Nessen and Julianne Welby, "Waiting for Violence to Break Out on East New York."
Documentary: Ilya Marritz, Charlie Herman and Cayce Means, "Mall Madness"
Documentary, third place: Studio 360, "Hail to the Entertainer in Chief."
Use of Sound: Stephen Nessen and Sean Bowditch, "From Soviet Russia to the Tappan Zee Bridge: A Short History of the E-Zpass."
Deadline Club
Best radio or audio reporting: Robert Lewis, "NYPD, Inc."
[Finalists: Jami Floyd, Patricia Willens, Richard Yeh, Wayne Shulmister "School Integration 2.0: When The Doors to a School Don't Feel Open to Everyone."]
NJ Society of Professional Journalists
Best Podcast: David Furst, Nancy Solomon, Matt Katz, Andrea Bernstein, Tom Moran (NJ.com), Jennifer Rubin (The Washington Post), Shawn Boburg (The Record), Heather Haddon (The Wall Street Journal), Ted Mann (The Wall Street Journal): "The Christie Tracker"
Enterprise/Series/Investigative Reporting: Ilya Marritz, John Reitmeyer (NJ Spotlight), Susan Berfield (Bloomberg Businessweek), "American Dream"
Radio, Enterprise, third place: Sarah Gonzalez, “Kids in Prison” series
New York Press Club
Radio, Entertainment News: Sara Fishko, Karen Frillmann, Wayne Shulmister, "Erroll Garner: A Master Remastered"
Best podcast: Karen Frillmann, Kai Wright, Arun Venugopal, Joe Capriglione, Jim O'Grady, Julianne Hing, Cayce Means, William Moss, Matt Katz, Amanda Aronczyk, Lee Hill, Richard Yeh, "United States of Anxiety" (co-production with The Nation)
PRESS CLUB OF ATLANTIC CITY, National Headliner Awards
Radio feature and human interest story, First place: Yasmeen Khan, “Demand for School Integration Leads to Massive 1964 Boycott — In New York City”
Radio feature and human interest story, Second place: Sara Fishko, Karen Frillmann, Wayne Shulmister, “Unfinished”
Radio feature and human interest story, Third place: Jennifer Vanasco, Charles Herman, “At the Public Theater, Pulling Up a Chair at the Kitchen Table”
WBUR, Daniel Schorr Prize
Sarah Aida Gonzalez, "Kids in Prison: Racial Disparities, Longer Sentences and a Better Way,"
Gracie Award
Alexia Richburg, "Seven Schools Later: One Student's View of Segregation"
Meara Sharma, "Kidnapped"
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, George Polk Award
Robert Lewis, "NYPD Inc."
New York State Associated Press Association
Outstanding News Operation, Radio I: WNYC-AM
Investigative Reporting: Fred Mogul, David Lewis, “A Vote Is a Terrible Thing to Waste”
Continuing Coverage: Beth Fertig, Julianne Welby “The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Policies on New York’s Immigrants Through a Legal Lens"
Enterprise Reporting: Brigid Bergin, Jenny Ye, “Your Vote Didn’t Count, and the Board Didn’t Tell You in Time to Do Anything About It”
News Series: WNYC-AM, “The Affordability Project"
Use of sound: Jim O’Grady, Beth Fertig, “Twenty Years Later: The Police Assault on Abner Louima and What it Means"
Feature, second place: Jim O'Grady, “'Jingle Bells' on Repeat and A Couple Whose Love Soars When Things Blow Up and Fall Down.”
2016
THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Radio Journalism
Robert Lewis, Noah Veltman, Xander Landen, David Lewis, John Keefe: “Incredible Cops”
Gabriel Award
[Radio Rookie] Rainy: “Why Do I Stay?”
[Radio Rookie] Rainy: “Crushed” series
Livingston Award
Local reporting, finalist: Mirela Iverac, “The Long Way Home”
New York Press Club
Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award, Broadcast/Radio: Rupert Gardener, Amber Hall, John Hockenberry, Jason Cowit, "Tales from the Towers"
Documentary, Broadcast/Radio: Brooke Gladstone, Bob Garfield, Katya Rogers, Jennifer Munson, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Kimmie Regler, Meara Sharma, Jesse Brenneman, "Bench Press"
Political Coverage, Broadcast/Radio: Andrea Bernstein, "The Tale of the Tape: Hillary Clinton's Gay Marriage Evolution"
Special Event Reporting, Broadcast/Radio: Kurt Andersen, Jenny Lawton, Andrew Adam Newman, Julia Lowrie Henderson, Louis Mitchell, Colette Davidson, "Compounding the Paris Tragedy, a Blow to Culture"
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award
On the Media, "Bench Press"
New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists
New Jersey Journalist of the Year: Matt Katz
WNYC/NJPR swept the radio enterprise reporting category in the awards.
Radio enterprise reporting, first place: Sarah Gonzalez, Jenny Ye, Noah Veltman, Karen Frillmann, John Keefe, "Dirty Little Secrets: New Jersey's Poor Live Surrounded by Contamination."
Radio enterprise reporting, second place: Matt Katz, Andrea Bernstein, Nancy Solomon, "Bridgegate Fall Guy Was Inside Man"
Radio enterprise reporting, third place: Karen Rouse, David Lewis, Wayne Shulmister, "Family and Faith Guide Eric Garner's Mother a Year After His Death"
Best podcast, third place: David Furst, Matt Katz, Nacy Solomon, "The Christie Tracker"
Deadline Club
Robert Lewis and Noah Veltman have won the Deadline Club award for radio/audio reporting - again for their continuing "NYPD Bruised" investigation of abuse of force by city cops.
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2015
(Awarded in 2016 for 2015 work)
The New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists today named Matt Katz New Jersey Journalist of the Year, the organization's highest honor. "Katz was selected from among all of our winners because his tenacious reporting on Bridgegate and Gov. Chris Christie set the standard for coverage of an important statewide and national story that promises to continue to dominate headlines."
Katz’s output in 2015 included not just the stories he did for WNYC but also a book on Christie. A sampling of his radio reports can be found here,here and here."
WNYC/NJPR swept the radio enterprise reporting category in the awards.
First place went to "Dirty Little Secrets: New Jersey's Poor Live Surrounded by Contamination." Sarah Gonzalez partnered in this reporting with Jenny Ye and Noah Veltman of DataNews, and the project was edited by Karen Frillmann and John Keefe. They all share in the award.
Second place went to "Bridgegate Fall Guy Was Inside Man," a report by Matt and Andrea that Nancy edited. And third place went to "Family and Faith Guide Eric Garner's Mother a Year After His Death," by Karen Rouse. David Lewis edited and Wayne Shulmister engineered.
Finally, The Christie Tracker took third place in the best podcast category. The award went to David Lewis, Matt Katz, Joe and their editor, Nancy Solomon.
OTM’s “Bench Press” hour on the Supreme Court was one of our NYC Press Club Award winners.
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On the Media has won the American Bar Assn.’s Silver Gavel Award. Only five of these awards are presented annually. The whole OTM team shared in making the hour, which was produced by Alana Casanova-Burgess. Jesse Brenneman produced “Cameras in The Court,” the original musical number that ended the show. Nina Totenberg did the dirty read of the credits.
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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"
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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”
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2015 GRACIE AWARDS - Alliance for Women in Women in Media Foundation
“Public / Non-Commercial Outstanding Series”
Takeaway, Under Her Skin: Living with Breast Cancer
Radio - Public/Non-Commercial Outstanding Host - News/Non-Fiction
Brooke Gladstone
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2015 NABJ/NAHJ Awards
Interactive: Feature
WNYC's Interactive TalkBox Connects Underrepresented Black and Brown Voices to Our Newsroom
Lee Hill, Wayne Shulmister, Rob Christiansen, Paula Szuchman, SHoP Architects
WNYC/New York Public Radio
Top 15 Market - Sports
Young Harlem Athletes Are 'Cross-Checking' Hockey Stereotypes
Andrew Mambo, Karen Frillmann, Wayne Shulmister, Cayce Means
New York Public Radio
Top 15 Market – Feature
Family and Faith Guide Eric Garner's Mother a Year After His Death
Karen Rouse, David L. Lewis, Wayne Shulmister, Jim Schacter,
New York Public Radio, WNYC AM and FM
Commentary
Challenging Racism in America: From James Baldwin to Ta-Nehisi Coates
John Hockenberry - Host, Rupert Allman - Executive Producer
The Takeaway, New York / WNYC
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The New York Press Club 2016 awards for work airing in 2015.
WNYC & Public Radio International - Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York: Broadcast/Radio | "Tales from the Towers" | Rupert Gardener, Amber Hall, John Hockenberry, Jason Cowit
WNYC Studios - Documentary: Broadcast/Radio | "Bench Press" | Brooke Gladstone, Bob Garfield, Katya Rogers, Jennifer Munson, Alana Casanova-Burgess, Kimmie Regler, Meara Sharma, Jesse Brenneman
WNYC-FM - Political Coverage: Broadcast/Radio | "The Tale of the Tape: Hillary Clinton's Gay Marriage Evolution" | Andrea Bernstein
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen - WNYC / PRI - Special Event Reporting: Broadcast/Radio | "Compounding the Paris Tragedy, a Blow to Culture" | Kurt Andersen, Jenny Lawton, Andrew Adam Newman, Julia Lowrie Henderson, Louis Mitchell, Colette Davidson.
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The News Department's Mirela Iverac is a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.These awards honor outstanding achievement by professionals under the age of 35 in local, national and international reporting. Mirela is a finalist in the local reporting category for her series “The Long Way Home,” about the search by Shakira Crawford and her kids for a way out of homelessness in today’s New York City.
The Society of Professional Journalists announced for the second straight year – WNYC’s investigative reporting on abuses of power by the NYPD has been awarded the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Radio Journalism. The award is for “Incredible Cops,” the three-part series by Robert Lewis, Noah Veltman and Xander Landen about police officers who lie and the laws that protect them. David Lewis and John Keefe were the editors.The winning entry consists of the top four stories on this page.
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Gabriel Awards
Kate Hinds had won a Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy
The Rookies’ “Why Do I Stay?” story, part of the “Crushed” project on teens and dating abuse, also won a Gabriel.
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Radiolab
60 Words
1. National Headliner Award - Radio stations documentary or public affairs First Place
2. 04/10/2015
3. 60 Words
4. Gregory Johnsen, Kelsey Padgett and Matt Kielty
5. Radiolab
1. New York Press Club - Documentary: Broadcast/Radio
2. 04/27/2015
3. 60 Words
4. Kelsey Padgett, Matt Kielty, Jad Abumrad, Dylan Keefe, Robert Krulwich, Gregory Johnsen
5. Radiolab
1. New York Festivals Information/Documentary National or International Affairs Gold Radio Winner and Grand Award Winner
2. 06/01/2015
3. 60 Words
4. Kelsey Padgett, Matt Kielty, Jad Abumrad, Dylan Keefe, Robert Krulwich, Gregory Johnsen
5. Radiolab
Galapagos
1. Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Reporting on the Environment (SEJ) First Place Outstanding Feature Story
2. 08/03/2015
3. Galapagos
4. Tim Howard for Radiolab
Sight Unseen
1. Third Coast International Audio Festival
2. 10/24/2015
3. Sight Unseen
4. Produced and edited by Jad Abumrad with Soren Wheeler and Jamison York for Radiolab
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2014
2014 Sigma Delta Chi Award
Public Service in Radio Journalism
Newsroom, Robert Lewis and Noah Veltman: "NYPD Bruised"
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”
New York State Associated Press Association
Sports coverage, special mention: Jim O'Grady, "The cult of Jeter: harmless yet deeply felt"
Feature, special mention: Jim O'Grady, "The Port Authority Bus Terminal: 'If Hell had a Hell'"
ABOVE & BEYOND AWARD- City & State
Laura Walker
2013
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
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
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”
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Studio 360
Radio Television Digital News Association, Edward R. Murrow Award
- "Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell" - Audio Feature Reporting and RTNDA Unity Awards
- "Adventures in 3D Sound" - Use of Sound Award
Third Coast International Audio Festival
- "My Parents' Extreme Tango Makeover" - Honorable Mention: Best Documentary
- "She Sees Your Every Move" - Honorable Mention: Best Documentary
Asian American Journalists Association
- "My Parents' Extreme Tango Makeover" - National Journalism Awards - Radio
Alliance for Women in Media, Gracie Award
- "Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell" - Outstanding Portrait/Biography
New York Press Club
- "Songs from the Book of Mormon" - Winner: Entertainment Feature
National Association of Black Journalists
- "Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell" - Finalist: Radio Feature
Deadline Club
- "Secrets of a Blonde Bombshell" - Finalist: Minority Focus
New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
- "Adventures in 3D Sound" - Special Mention: General Excellence In Use of Medium, Radio
- "Steve Reich's WTC 9/11" - Special Mention: Best Feature, Radio
2010
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”
Studio 360 -National Association of Black Journalists
- "American Icons: The Autobiography of Malcolm X" - Finalist: Best Radio Documentary
Studio 360 - Deadline Club
- "American Icons: Monticello" - Finalist: Radio and Audio, General Reporting
2009
Studio 360 -New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
- "Kurt Andersen Interviews Patti Smith" - Best Interview, Radio
- "Waiting for Godot In New Jersey" - Special Mention: General Excellence in Use of Medium, Radio
- "August Wilson's Come and Gone" - Special Mention: Best Feature, Radio
Studio 360- National Association of Black Journalists
- "August Wilson's Come and Gone" - Finalist: Radio Feature
Studio 360 -Alliance for Women in Media, Gracie Award
- "In Verse: Women of Troy" - Outstanding Soft News Feature
Radio Rookies series "Growing Up in the System" receives the inaugural America's Promise Alliance Journalism Award, inspired by the late Tim Russert, an Alliance board member.
Josetta Adams' story, "I'm Not Emo," wins NABJ (National Association of Black Journalists) 2009 Salute to Excellence award for the best Radio-Feature category.
Victoria Cruz's "Best Couple" story receives the first Sidney Award. The Sidney Awards is a new monthly award from the Sidney Hillman Foundationhonoring an outstanding piece of socially-conscious journalism.
Radio Rookies series "Growing Up in the System" receives 2009 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in the Radio Category.
Keith Harris' "Read a Book" wins 2009 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Feature Reporting category.
2008
Studio 360 - Alliance for Women in Media, Gracie Award "Sounding Black" - Outstanding Soft New Feature
Radio Rookies
The Manhattan Workshop series "Out on Our Own: Stories of Living Away From Ones Parents" won the New York Festivals Gold Award in the Profiles/Community Portraits categories.
In October 2008, Shirley Diaz's story won the Third Coast International Audio Festival's Silver Award for Best Documentary. Listen to her acceptance speech.
Sara Martinez' piece "The Second Mom" won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for feature reporting. And, also from the Staten Island Workshop, Marie Stephen won a Regional Murrow Award in the writing category for her radio piece "Feeling Ugly Inside."
Jaimita's first-person narrative offered a fresh and unusual perspective on a controversial and complicated issue…
- 2002 Heywood Broun Award Judge's Comments
2007
Radio Rookies received a National Coming Up Taller Award at a White House Ceremony in recognition of outstanding arts and humanities programs for children.
Studio 360 - Third Coast International Audio Festival
- "American Icons: The Great Gatsby" - Honorable Mention: Best Documentary
Studio 360 - Catholic Academy of Communications Professionals, Gabriel Award
Studio 360 - New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
- "Five Years Later" - Special Mention
2006
The Radio Rookies Mosholu workshop has been recognized with a George Foster Peabody Award for broadcast excellence in 2005.
2005
Radio Rookie Samr "Rocky" Tayeh's story My Struggle With Obesity won Honorable Mention in the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
The National Association of Black Journalists award for Best Radio Feature went to Radio Rookie Shakima Swain's story "Meet The Republicans".
2004
George Foster Peabody Award to WNYC/PRI's Studio 360 "American Icons: Moby Dick"
Radio Rookie Jaimita Haskell's report Tracking won the Public Service Award from the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
Radio Rookies received the General Features Award from the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) for stories by Allison Jones and Michael Lewis.
Radio Rookies received an Excellence in Education award from the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ).
Radio Rookies received the Sigma Delta Chi Public Service Award for stories from the Lower East Side and Midwood workshops.
Radio Rookies received the Unity Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) for News Organizations that Celebrate Diversity for stories from the Lower East Side and Midwood workshops.
Radio Rookies received the 2004 South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) Special Project on South Asians in North America Award for stories from the Midwood workshop.
Radio Rookies received a Special Merit Award in the 2004 NFCB Golden Reel Awards and was a runner-up in the 2004 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism contest for stories from the Lower East Side and Midwoodworkshops.
2003
Saint George Rookie Jaimita Haskell was the youngest person ever honored by the Newspaper Guild's Heywood Broun Award for her report Tracking.
Saint George Rookie Jaimita Haskell's report Tracking wins Second Place in the News Feature -- Student Division category of the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Award Contest.
Radio Rookies' Flushing and St. George documentaries won a National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) 2003 Golden Reel Award for pre-produced local public affairs programming.
Radio Rookies received the Unity Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) for stories from the St. George and Flushingworkshops.
2002
New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association"Kurt Andersen Interviews Joel Meyerowitz" - Best Interview, Radio - WNYC & PRI's Studio 360
Radio Rookies was named winner of the 34th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for stories from the Bushwick and Hunts Point workshops.
Radio Rookies wins the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for stories from the Flushing and St. George workshops.
Radio Rookies Flushing documentaries won the Asian American Journalism Association Award (AAJA) for covering Asian American issues.
WNYC's Radio Rookies wins a National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) 2002 Golden Reel Award for pre-produced local public affairs programming for stories from the Bushwick and Hunts Pointworkshops.
Bushwick Rookie Jesus Gonzalez wins the David S. Barr High School Awardfor his story Guns in Bushwick.
Hunts Point Rookie Janesse Nieves was regional winner of the Hispanic Heritage Youth Award for Literature/Journalism.
2001
Hunts Point Radio Rookie Janesse Nieves' report Heroin wins a silver medal in the first Third Coast International Audio Festival.
Radio Rookies was runner-up for the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalismin radio.
2000
Radio Rookies
The Harlem Radio and Photography Project was awarded first place by the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association for Best Local Documentary Program or Series.
The Harlem Radio and Photography Project wins the Heart of New York award from the New York Press Club.
1992
NFCB Silver Reel to Allison Chernow for Celebrating Ellington.
1990
CPB Silver Award to producer Lauren Krenzel for the four-part series Celebrating Cole Porter.
CPB Silver Award for Cultural Programming for "Sound" by Stephen David Rappoport produced by Marjorie Van Haltern for The Radio Stage.
1987
WNYC-FM receives three Armstrong Awards including first place in the music category for Americans in Paris produced by Allison Chernow and an overall station award for innovative programming and/or management.
1984
WNYC's Small Things Considered wins a Peabody for children's programming. See NYPR Peabody Awards for details.
1982
Eubie Blake's 99th Birthday Tribute receives an Armstrong Award (Originally broadcast in February 1982)
1962
Veterans of Foreign Wars 9.18.1962 to WNYC
WQXR receives a Peabody Award for news coverage. See details at NYPR Peabody Awards.
1961
WNYC receives Peabody Awards for Teenage Book Talk and The Reader's Almanac. See details at NYPR Peabody Awards.
1960
Centennial Award from the New York First District Dental Society in recognition of WNYC's significant contributions to professional progress in the field of dentistry and in dental health education.
Peabody Award for Ireene Wicker's programming for Children on WNYC's The Singing Lady. See Peabody list: NYPR Peabody Awards.
Peabody Award to WQXR for Musical Spectaculars. See Peabody list: NYPR Peabody Awards.
1958
American Association for the United Nations 3.7.1958
1956
Ohio State University Institute for Education by Radio and Television - First place Award for the weekly series "Behind the Scenes in Music"
English Speaking Union - Better Understanding Award presented to Bernard Buck, WNYC Program Manager
Prix Italia -Italian Press Association Prize for "Sound of My City" a Tony Schwartz documentary airing on WNYC
Thomas Alva Edison Foundation - Special Citation for Science Seminar (special week-long WNYC series, presented in January, 1956)
National Federation of Music Club - Award of Merit in 1956 Parade of American Music for the 17th Annual WNYC American Music Festival
New York State Federation of Music Clubs - Award to WNYC Music Director Herman Neuman
Government of Denmark - Special Decoration, Knight of the Order of Dannebrog to WNYC Music Director Herman Neuman, for his "longtime interest and assistance to Danish music and musicians."
Delta Omicron, National Professional Music Fraternity - Special Certificate of Honor to WNYC Music Director Herman Neuman for "service to American music and musicians."
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2 Peabody Awards in 1956 to WNYC for Books in Profile and The Little Orchestra Society Concerts. See Peabody Awards list at: NYPR Peabody Awards.
1955
Citizens Union Award "for Distinguished Public Service (presented to a broadcasting organization for the first time).
Sidney Hillman Foundation Award - "for Public Service".
American Foundation for the Blind Award "for Promoting a More Realistic Attitude Toward Blindness".
Show Business Award "for Artistry and Merit".
Amvets Award "for Outstanding contributions to the Welfare of the Nation".
National Federation of Music Clubs Award "for Outstanding Musical Achievements."
American Association for the United Naitons Award "for Distinguished achievements in the Cause of Permanent Peace" (presented to a broadcasting organization for the first time).
George Polk Memorial Award in Journalism from Long Island University, "for Community Service".
George Gershwin Memorial Foundation (2.2.1955) "for Outstanding Achievements in Cultural Broadcasting".
Oral Hygiene Committee Award "for Contributions to the 1955 Dental Health Week Program".
Adult Students Council Award "for Distinguished Service in the Field of Adult Education".
Ohio Sate University Institute for Education by Radio and Television first Place Award "for the Program Series "Behind the Scenes in Music."
1954
National Institute of Arts and Letters Citation - "In recognition of thirty years of service to the people of New York City for enlightened radio broadcasting, particularly for service to American music and contemporary composers in presenting annually for fifteen years a festival of music devoted to this purpose."
Mike and Screen Press Award - from the Radio-Newsreel-Television Working Press Association of New York "for outstanding contributinos to public service broadcasting in the field of news as exemplified by the "Storm Report Roundup,' of inestimable value during the crisis to the residents of the City of New York."
Institute for Education by Radio and Television - two Honorable Mentions received from Ohio State University "in recognition of outstanding educational value and distinguished radio production in the local classification for cultural and public affairs programs for the program series "Music for the connoisseur with David Randolph," and "Campus Press Conference."
Show Business Award - from the magazine of that name, "for artistry and merit which has enriched the America world of entertainment."
American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy Award-"for distinguished service to Shakespeare, for annual festival presentation of outstanding performances of Shakespeare's plays and addresses on related subjects, thereby furnishing major cultural service to the New York area and a broadcasting example."
National Conference of Christians and Jews First Radio Award - "for outstanding leadership in promoting the course of good will and understanding among all the people of our nation, thereby fostering amity, justice and cooperation, helping to eliminate intergroup prejudices which disfigure and distort religious, business, social and political relations, and bringing us nearer the goal of the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God."
1953
The Women's council of the Community Service Society - which cited the city stations "for outstanding day-by-day efforts on behalf of the community."
The United Parents Association - which presented an award "for outstanding contribution in the field of parent education."
The American Composers Alliance - which presented an award "for distinguished achievement in fostering and encouraging American music." - Presented to Dr. Herman Neuman.
The Authors League of America - which created a new award for the city stations, an "award of appreciate for encouragement of the habit of reading..."
The Institute for Education by Radio and Television - which recognized the city stations with three awards in a nationwide competition for the programs, "Youth Talks It Over," "Campus Press Conference," and the "American Music Festival."
Variety Magazine - which chose the city stations in a nationwide competition for their "outstanding Public Service Promotion."
The Government of the Netherlands, The Government of France and The English Speaking Union - which presented the city stations with high honors in recognition of their unparalleled services promoting international understanding.
1952
Kousevitzsky Foundation 3.8.1952
Veterans of Foreign Wars 3.14.1952
American Chemical Society 10.3.1952
NEW YORK—For bringing the story of chemistry to the people with the radio program "Headlines in Chemistry," the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, through President Edgar C. Britton, formally presented a plaque to the New York City station WNYC at a ceremony in City Hall, Oct. 29.
The plaque was received by Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri in the presence of representatives of the national society and section officers. Also present were Walter J. Murphy, director, and James II. Stack, managing director, of tbe ACS News Service, which prepares the weekly program.
In introducing Dr. Britton to the mayor, S. N. Siegel, director of WNYC, said that programs like "Headlines in Chemistry" have been extremely important in keeping New York's housewives and consumers aware of tbe latest developments in the chemical laboratories of America, showing how life can be made richer and fuller by reason of chemistry.
American Legion 12.17.1952
1951
The Bruckner Society of America makes its first award ever to a radio station when it presented WNYC with the Bruckner Medal of Honor for doing so much to make the music of Bruckner available to the people of New York City.
The Institute for Education by Radio and Television at Ohio State University cited David Randolphs Music for the Connoisseur with a First Award.
Billboard Magazine gives WNYC an award for audience promotion activities.
Variety, in its Annual Show Management Survey highlighted WNYC's efforts as "...the nation's number one non-commercial operation. Again outstanding was the station's on-the-scene coverage of United Nations sessions. A new contribution of WNYC to non-commercial broadcasting in the United States was its Orole as key station of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) Tape Network. The City station took the initiative and made reality out of this informal network with eight hours of shows a week provided on a coast-to-coast basis."
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1951: WQXR Radio - Peabody Committee
"The New York Times Youth Forum has featured unrehearsed discussion by students selected from private, public and parochial schools, on topics ranging from the political, educational and scientific to the international and the United Nations. These have been broadcast not only locally, but before distinguished audiences in major American cities, coast to coast and over trans-Atlantic facilities. In recognition of the quality and importance of this series, the George Foster Peabody Award for radio youth programs is hereby awarded to WQXR of The New York Times with a special word of recognition to Dorothy Gordon, Moderator, and Mrs. Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, Director of Special Activities for the Times."
1950
WNYC Radio
Institutional Award for Contribution to International Understanding for United Nations Coverage
Honorable Mention - Peabody Committee
"A citation for the promotion of international understanding to station WNYC of the City of New York, for its public service in bringing the official daily proceedings of the United Nations to those in the metropolitan area, and for its consistent UN news coverage and frequent presentation of feature material about the United Nations, in their struggle to bring about lasting peace."
1949
Ohio State - Group III Local Stations and Organizations
Cultural- First Award to Music for the Connoiseur. - WNYC Radio
Public Service - First Award for Transit Hearings - WNYC Radio
Furthering International Understanding - First Award for United Nations Sessions. - WNYC Radio
Special One-Time Broadcasts - Honorable Mention for One Hundred Fold - WNYC Radio
Children's Out of School Listening - First Award for Saturday Morning Children's Story Fair on WNYC
Special Award - WNYC's 8th Annual American Music Festival
1949: WQXR Radio - Peabody -"Radio generally has done much to increase and uplift musical appreciation in this country. But no station anywhere has devoted more time or more intelligent presentation to good music than has WQXR. All types of the best in music—instrumental, chamber, solo, opera, and symphonic—have been brought to half a million families in New York alone, plus homes in 14 other states and Canada. And the performing artists have been a veritable Who’s Who in world music. Prominent in 1949 offerings was the Our Musical Heritage Series. In recognition not merely of this and other programs, but primarily to single out and honor the station for its over-all contribution to musical appreciation and good music, the George Foster Peabody Radio Award for outstanding entertainment in music goes to WQXR of New York."
1947
Ohio State Class 13 Primary School Grade Broadcasts
Honorable Mention for Tales From the Four Winds
Ohio State Class IV
Cultural for Behind the Scenes in Music
1946
Award for Responsibility to the Community from Variety
The above plaque was accompanied by the following citation:
"Hotted up by years of ding-dong debate, the five-cent subway fare in New York had become the most inflammatory civic issue on the books. When Mayor O'Dwyer announced open hearings on the fare question with the public invited to participate, WNYC sensed drama, threw lines into the hearing hall, broadcast every word uttered. For two days and nights the people of New York listened fascinated to the pont-counterpoint of democracy in action, in one of the greatest mass civics lessons in the history of radio. For this, capping a year of other notable services to the citizens of New York, a Variety award to WNYC, THE MOST INTELLIGENTLY-OPERATED NON-COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION IN AMERICA."
First Award - The Tenth Annual American Exhibition of Radio Programs by the Institute for Education by Radio for Behind the Scenes in Music.
1945
First Award for 1945- WNYC American Music Festival from the Institute for Education by Radio
Special Citation for Patriotic Services Rendered New York City from the Sons of the American Revolution -April 12, 1945.
Variety Special Citation for Mayor La Guardia Sunday Talks from Variety Magazine
1944
For the Drama Series: Plays for Americans from The Institute for Education by Radio. First Award.
For the Music Series: Folk Songs for the Seven Million from the Institute for Education by Radio.
The Billboard Seventh Annual Radio Station Promotion Survey. Clear Channel Division in recognition of outstanding achievement in radio promotion based upon exhibits from the United States and Canada. Second Place.
Peabody Award to WNYC Radio and Mayor La Guardia -Institutional Award for Outstanding Public Service by a Local Station
"The Award for the outstanding public service for a local station is to be a double award. The first goes to Station WNYC for having caught the attention and the conscience of our greatest community, and to Mayor La Guardia for his courage and common sense in telling us what is wrong."
1943
Municipal broadcasting station WNYC, on March 23rd, was awarded the "Citation of Merit" for outstanding cultural service to the City of New York given annually by the Municipal Art Society of the City New York* Ely Jacques Kahn president of the Municipal Art Society and a noted architect and writer on art, made the presentation on behalf of the Society in a ceremony broadcast by WNYC.
Morris S. Novik, director of the municipal station, received the citation of merit for the City, WNYC and its staff. The award was the result of WNYC’s many outstanding broadcasts in the field of music, including its own annual American Music Festival and the many regularly scheduled WNYC broadcasts dealing with the city’s museums and art exhibits.
Award for Outstanding Public Service from Billboard Magazine.
Ninth Annual Exhibition of American Radio Program by the Institute for Education by Radio - First Award to Municipal Broadcasting Systems for 1945 WNYC American Music Festival.
1942
For the Series: Salute to Our Allies - China from the Institute for Education by Radio - First Award
For the Drama Series: Green Mansions - Great Novels Series from the Institute for Education by Radio. First Award
1941
Award for Patriotic Leadership from Variety
For the Drama: Through the Looking Glass from the Institute for Education by Radio. First Award.
For the Series: Adventures in Music - Calypso from the Institute for Education by Radio. Honorable Mention.
1940
WNYC for the Series: Adventures in Music from the Institute for Education by Radio. First Award.
WNYC for Music in America Award for Service to American Artists for the World's Fair Gallery of Art from the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. 1939-1940 season.
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WQXR Radio Honorable Mention -Institutional Award: WQXR Radio for High Standards of Musical Progress
(no citations written for 1940)
1939
Music Award of Merit from the National Association for American Composers and Conductors.
