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Teenaged reporters pick up microphones and let down their guards in this series of remarkably immediate and illuminating first-person dispatches.
- 2006 Peabody Judges

These stories - crisply written and tightly produced - give adults one of the best views of life through a young person's eyes since Peanuts' Charlie Brown. Clever, brash and irreverent, the simple truths emerge from the scripts and authentic sounds.
- 2002 Casey Medal Judge's Comments

The series has an element of rawness, the feeling that these are real stories told by real people.
-34th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award Judge's Comments

2009

Victoria Cruz's "Best Couple" story receives the first Sidney Award. The Sidney Awards is a new monthly award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation honoring 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

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."

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.
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2006
The Radio Rookies Mosholu workshop has been recognized with a George Foster Peabody Award for broadcast excellence in 2005.
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2005
Radio Rookie Samr "Rocky" Tayeh's story My Struggle With Obesity won Honorable Mention in the 3rd Coast International Audio Festival.

The National Association of Black Journalist award for Best Radio Feature went to Radio Rookie Shakima Swain's story "Meeting The Republicans".

2004
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 Midwood workshops.

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 Saint 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 Flushing workshops.

2002
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 Point workshops.

Bushwick Rookie Jesus Gonzalez wins the David S. Barr High School Award for 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 Journalism in radio.

2000
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.