WNYC AWARDS REPORT, 2004—2005

• 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

• THE RING AND I: THE PASSION, THE MYTH, THE MANIA, by Jad Abumrad, Aaron Cohen and Elena Park

• KOREAN SHARING HOUSE, by Judith Kampfner

2004 Clarion Awards

Best Radio Feature Story

• HANDSHAKE HOTELS, by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings.

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.

• RADIO ROOKIES, stories of Pakastani teens from Midwood

• 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

• 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

• 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"

• HANDSHAKE HOTELS by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings

Public Service in Radio Journalism Award - Winner

• WNYC's Radio Rookies

• HANDSHAKE HOTELS by Andrea Bernstein and Amy Eddings

• 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

• NPR's On the Media, recognized for the show's entire body of work

• 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