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WNYC AWARDS REPORT, 2004—2005
2004 Third Coast International Audio Festival/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition
Directors Choice Award
- THIRTEEN WAYS, by Pejk Malinovski of The Next Big Thing
Best New Artist Award
- HARD TO SAY, by Bente Birkeland, contributor to The Next Big Thing
2004 Audio Competition, Communicator Awards
Crystal Award of Excellence, Best Arts/Cultural Program and Best Production/Editing
- THE RING AND I: THE PASSION, THE MYTH, THE MANIA, by Jad Abumrad, Aaron Cohen and Elena Park
2004 Newswomens Club of New York Front Page Awards
Best Radio Feature Story
- KOREAN SHARING HOUSE, by Judith Kampfner
2004 Clarion Awards
Best Radio Feature Story
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS, by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings.
2004 New York Press Club Journalism Awards
Golden Typewriter Award, Honorable Mention.
This award is the highest honor awarded by the organization for a story or series that constitutes outstanding public service, enterprise or investigative reporting.
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS, by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings.
2004 South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) Award
Best Special Project on South Asia or South Asians in North America
- RADIO ROOKIES, stories of Pakastani teens from Midwood
2004 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism
Casey Medal for Radio Journalism, Runner Up
- RADIO ROOKIES, Stories from Midwood and the Lower East Side.
Casey Medal for Radio Journalism, Honorable Mention
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS, by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings
2004 New York State Associated Press Broadcasters'Association Awards
Best News Special/Documentary, First Place
- GOING HOME IN HANDCUFFS, by Marianne McCune
Best spot news coverage, First Place
- BLACKOUT 2003, by the WNYC News Team
Best enterprise reporting, First Place
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS, by Amy Eddings and Andrea Bernstein
Best news series, Special Mention
- READING, WRITING AND REFORM, by Beth Fertig & The Brian Lehrer Show
- GROWING UP POSITIVE, by Sharon Lerner
Best feature, Special Mention
- MEMORIALS, by Sara Fishko
Art Athens Award for General Excellence of Individual Reporting, Special Mention
- Amy Eddings
General excellence in use of medium, Special Mention
- BERNSTEIN'S DEBUT, by Sara Fishko
2004 PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Incorporated)
Best Documentary - 2nd Place
- Handshake Hotels by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings
Best Interview - 2nd Place
- Brian Lehrer's interview of Hillary Clinton
2003 Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism
- Honorable mention: "On the Media"
2003 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards
Best Investigative Reporting, Radio - Winner
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings
Public Service in Radio Journalism Award - Winner
- WNYC's Radio Rookies
2004 Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. IRE Awards
Best Investigative Reporting, Radio - Sole Finalist, National Competition
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings
2004 RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards
Best Investigative Reporting - Winner, Regional Competition
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS, by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings
Best Writing - Winner, Regional Competition
- WAR OF THE WORLDS—LOOK OUT...MARTIANS!, by Radio Lab's Jad Abumrad
2004 RTNDA UNITY Awards
For ongoing commitment to covering cultural diversity in communities served.
- WNYC'S RADIO ROOKIES, for Lower East Side and Midwood Rookies
2004 Newspaper Guild of America Heywood Brown Award
Recognizing individual journalistic achievement, particularly if it helps right a wrong or correct an injustice.
- HANDSHAKE HOTELS by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings
2003 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize
Honoring individual news work of significance and quality by a young journalist in public radio.
- GOING HOME IN HANDCUFFS by Marianne McCune
2003 National Press Club Awards
Arthur C. Rowse Award for Press Criticism - National Winner
- NPR's On the Media, recognized for the show's entire body of work
2004 National Federation of Community Broadcasters' Community Radio Program Awards
Golden Reel for Local Public Affairs Programming, Special Merit
- WNYC'S RADIO ROOKIES, Lower East Side and Midwood
2004 Public Radio Development Awards
- Best Membership Department, recognizing best practices in fundraising.
Current as of December 1, 2004
