Radio Awards

NY Festival Radio Awards
FRONTLINE— The FRONTLINE Dispatch Presents: The Choice 2020: Trump Vs. Biden—Best Digital Documentary—Gold
FRONTLINE— The FRONTLINE Dispatch—Documentary: Current Affairs—Silver
FRONTLINE— I’m Not A Monster—Podcasts: Narrative/ Documentary—Gold
FRONTLINE— I’m Not A Monster—Documentary: Current Affairs—Gold
FRONTLINE— I’m Not A Monster—News Program: Best Nonfiction Series—Gold
FRONTLINE— I’m Not A Monster—News Program: Best Nonfiction Series—Grand Gold

Edward R. Murrow Award (National)
Phillip Martin, Jen McKim and Aaron Schachter (WGBH News) - The five-part series “ The Business of Illicit Massage” was a joint WGBH News / NECIR investigation and won for Investigative Reporting.

Edward R. Murrow Awards (Regional)
Wrongfully Jailed for 38 Years, Fred Clay Rebuilds His Life in Lowell - Chris Burrell, Aaron Schachter, Paul Singer and Meredith Nierman (Large Market Radio Stations – Best News Series)

The Business of Illicit Massage – Phillip Martin, Jenifer McKim, Aaron Schachter, Meredith Nierman (Large Market Radio Stations – Investigative Reporting)

WGBHNews.org (Best Multimedia Presentation, formerly best website) – The WGBH News digital team and newsroom

Fifty Years Ago, Black Students at Brown Walked Out for Change – Emily Judem and Gabrielle Emmanuel (Large Market Radio Stations – Excellence in Digital Video)

5thanniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, 40 years after the Blizzard of ’78 and the death of local media titan Stephen Mindich — Emily Rooney and Jeff Keating (Excellence in Writing)

When Nobody Enrolls in 6th Grade – Sarah Mizes-Tan and Steve Junker, WCAI (Small Market Stations – Hard News)

Gabriel Award for Narrative Series Storytelling
WRONGFULLY JAILED FOR 38 YEARS, FRED CLAY REBUILDS HIS LIFE IN LOWELL, a WGBH News series in partnership with the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. The series was reported by NECIR’s Chris Burrell; edited by WGBH News Exec Producer/Editor Aaron Schachter and Investigations Editor Paul Singer, with audio editing and mixing by WGBH News Engineer Doug Shugarts, and photos by WGBH Director of Photography Meredith Nierman.

PRNDI Awards - 2019 Public Radio News Directors Inc. Awards
WGBH News took Second Place in the Newscast category for September 14, 2018, the day after the Merrimack Valley gas explosions. - Reporters Tina Martin and Saraya Wintersmith, as well as Anchor Joe Mathieu.

Craig LeMoult’s report, MASSACHUSETTS GAS LEAKS SET OFF SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, was recognized with a First Place award in the Nationally Edited Breaking News category.

Callie Crossley was honored with a Second Place PRNDI Award in the Commentary category for THE SMITH COLLEGE INCIDENT IS WHAT EVERYDAY RACISM LOOKS LIKE.

ARE WE READY? – HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ON CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS, WCAI’s five-part report on the vulnerability of the region to a major hurricane, earned Second Place in the Best Collaborative Effort category. The series, a collaboration with the Cape Cod Times, was a WCAI newsroom-wide effort that included reports from Samantha Fields, Kathryn Eident, Sarah Mizes-Tan, Pien Huang, and Hayley Fager. The series was edited by WCAI Managing Editor for News Steve Junker.

Society of Professional Journalists - National Sigma Delta Chi Award
Public Service in Radio Journalism (Market 1-100 or Network Syndication) Wrongfully Jailed For 38 Years, Fred Clay Rebuilds His Life In Lowell - by Christopher Burrell, Aaron Schachter, WGBH News and NECIR

Radio Feature Reporting (Market 1-100 or Network Syndication)
An Alaskan village is falling into the sea. Washington is looking the other way – by Amy Martin and Peter Thomson, PRI’s The World

Edward R. Murrow Award
New England:
The GroundTruth Project—The New American Songbook: For My Ayeeyo (Excellence in Sound)
WGBH News/NECIR—Behind the Wall – Jailhouse Suicides (Investigative Reporting)

National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Awards
Phillip Martin, Aaron Schachter and Ken Cooper, 89.7 WGBH—“ Detroit, Boston And The Searing Memories Of The Summer Of 1967”

New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards
89.7 WGBH—Finalist Certificate for Best Investigative Reporting: "The Gangs of Nantucket"
89.7 WGBH—Bronze Award for Best News Feature: "Why Jill Stein Isn't Worried About the Investigation Into Her Campaign"

Public Radio News Directors Inc. Awards
89.7 WGBH—First Place Award for Newscast: "November 8, 2017-The day following some significant local elections"
WCAI—First Place Award for Call-in Program: "Improving Community Relationships with the Police”

Society of Professional Journalists
89.7 WGBH, Phillip Martin—Sigma Delta Chi Award-Best Investigative Series: "The Gangs of Nantucket"

Association for Women in Communications Clarion Award
WGBH News—The Short, Wonderful, But Ultimately Tragic Life of Lena Bruce

Gabriel Award
WCAI—Our Mortal Lives: Confronting Death and Dying Series

JazzWeek Magazine Awards
89.7 WGBH and Eric Jackson

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award
PRI’s The World—Climate Change in the Arctic (3 stories)

Asian American Journalists Association AAIA Radio/Audio Award
PRI’s The World—“Why young North Koreans are daring to wear skinny jeans”

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
89.7 WGBH News—Under the Radar (host: Callie Crossley)
WCAI—Creative Life series

Society of Environmental Journalists
PRI’s The World—Communities on the Edge of Climate Change Series

New York Festivals International Radio Programs & Promos Awards
89.7 WGBH—Back Bay Fire coverage

Overseas Press Club Lowell Thomas Award
PRI’s The World—Series of reports on Southern Turkey, the Syrian Border, Libya and Tunisia

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
89.7 WGBH—Back Bay Fire (breaking news)
WCAI— Beet Box Revival (sound)
WCAI—Archaeologists Searching for Wall the Pilgrims Built (student category)

Association for Women in Communications Clarion Awards
89.7 WGBH—Johns: Part 1 & 2 (radio feature story)
89.7 WGBH—Underground Trade: From Bangkok to Boston (women’s issues, radio program)
89.7 WGBH—Witness to History: The March on Washington 50 Years Late (radio documentary)

Catholic Academy Gabriel Awards
WCAI—A Life Remembered (community awareness)

Massachusetts/Rhode Island Associated Press Radio and TV Awards
89.7 WGBH—50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington (documentary)
89.7 WGBH—Struggle to Prevent Veteran Suicides (hard news story)
89.7 WGBH—The Changing Catholic Church (investigation)
WCAI— Dealing with Post-Traumatic Stress (public affairs)
WCAI— Search for an Alzheimer’s Cure (investigation)

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Excellence in Radio Award
PRI’s The World—Global Nation: One Gay, Binational Couple’s Story and Hopes as Supreme
Court Decision Nears

New York Festivals International Radio Programs & Promos Awards
89.7 WGBH—Boston Marathon Bombing coverage

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
WCAI—Creative Life Series: A New Life in Ice (sound)
WCAI—Desperate For A Cure: The Search for New Alzheimer’s Treatment (investigative)
WCAI—The Point with Mindy Todd—Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (news and public affairs)
WCAI—The Point with Mindy Todd—Preventing Breast Cancer: The Latest Research
(call-in program)

Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Awards
89.7 WGBH—Underground Trade (investigative series)
89.7 WGBH—Witness to History: The March on Washington 50 Years Later (documentary)
WCAI—The Long Haul (news series reporting)
WCAI—A Weapon to “Take Out” Squirrels (writing)

Radio Television Digital News Association Unity Award
PRI’s The World—Global Nation: Stories of a Changing America

New York Festivals International Radio Programs & Promos Awards
89.7 WGBH—Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok (2 awards)

Public Radio News Director Association Awards
89.7 WGBH—MBTA Focus Series