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Journalism Center on Children and Families – Casey Medals
Pubradio won a pair of medals for reportage on youth and families. WYNC’s Radio Rookies won a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism ...2012 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards
WNYC led public media in the 2012 national Edward R. Murrow Awards announced June 12 by the Radio Television Digital News Association. ...Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards
California Watch and KQED received IRE’s highest honor for “On Shaky Ground.” California Watch, a nonpartisan group of investigative journalists, and the San ...PRNDI Awards for local journalism
KPCC and Vermont Public Radio led public radio news rooms in PRNDI’s three-tiered contest honoring outstanding local news coverage. In the competition among ...PRNDI honored former NPR news chief Ellen Weiss for significant contributions to public radio news.
Weiss worked at NPR for 28 years, rising to senior v.p. of news in 2007, a post she held for four years. ...NET’s Bates to retire, NPR’s Seabrook departs, Bodarky elected PRNDI prez, and more…
Bates, a producer/director who rose through the ranks to become network chief in 1996, announced his retirement plans June 22, initiating the second ...Association of Public Radio Engineers Awards
Mike Starling received the Meritorious Service Award for spearheading technological innovation within NPR and at its stations. Starling, executive director of the Technology ...Jim Packard, announcer of Whad’Ya Know?
Jim Packard, longtime announcer on public radio’s Whad’Ya Know?, died June 18 at a New York City hospital. He was 70. Michael Feldman, host ...Carole Nolan, led WBEZ’s bid for independence
Carole Nolan, who founded WBEZ-FM in Chicago at a time when few women held top management jobs in public broadcasting, died July ...Live From Lincoln Center creator departs, McGee replaces Fornatale at WFUV, and more…
John Goberman has produced more than 200 live national telecasts since launching the PBS performance series more than three decades ago. Goberman ...Longtime Sesame Street writer dies
Judy Freudberg, who wrote for Sesame Street for almost 40 years, died June 10 of a brain tumor, according to Hollywood Reporter. She was 63. Freudberg ...Alabama PTV’s Jon Beans host, producer, dies at 50
Jon Beans, a reporter and host on Alabama Public Television for more than 20 years, died June 13 at a Montgomery hospital ...Three trophies put WNYC atop pubmedia’s Murrow winners
WNYC led public media in the 2012 national Edward R. Murrow Awards announced June 12 by the Radio Television Digital News Association. ...Pioneering progressive rock DJ Pete Fornatale dies at 66
Pete Fornatale, who got his start at the Fordham University’s WFUV-FM as an undergrad in 1964 and went on to become an ...Mark Pearson, Market to Market host, dies at 54
Mark Pearson, host of Iowa Public Television’s nationally syndicated Market to Market, died June 2 at grain and livestock farm in rural Madison County ...
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