ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ Earns 4 Top Public Radio Awards, Totals 22 For 2019

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ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ Earns 4 Top Public Radio Awards, Totals 22 For 2019

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Published June 20, 2019 at 9:19 PM CDT

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ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ co-produced a special with KQED's "California Report" focused on last summer's family separation crisis at the border. It was part of an entry that won Best Continuing Coverage from the Public Media Journalists Association.

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ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ's Christopher Connelly earned Best Use of Sound honors for his story about drag racing at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

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Shirley Martin of Dallas is still working at age 77. Her story was a part of the ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ series "One Crisis Away: Still On The Edge" -- and was featured in two of the station's entries that earned regional Edward R. Murrow Awards.

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ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ received four top awards from the Public Media Journalists Association, including a rare double win for reporter Christopher Connelly and two collaboration honors for the statewide collaborative the station leads.

In all, Texas stations won 15 awards from the group, which was formerly known as Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). That included best news/public affairs program in the largest station category for Texas Standard, the statewide newsmagazine from KUT in Austin that's co-produced by ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ's winners:

Use Of Sound (1st place): Christopher Connelly, "From Chevy Pickups To Lamborghinis, Families Race Friday Nights At Texas Motor Speedway"
Nationally Edited Breaking News (2nd place): Christopher Connelly, ""
Continuing Coverage (1st place): Texas Station Collaboration, ""
Collaborative Effort (2nd place): Texas Station Collaboration, ""

That makes 22 awards overall for ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ so far this year. Here are the rest:

Texas Associated Press Broadcasters

Journalists from ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ earned four first-place honors and eight seconds at the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards. That included a double win for the special project "." The project 窶� by reporters Stella M. Chﾃ｡vez and Bill Zeeble, and digital journalists Molly Evans, Christy Robinson and Justin Bowers 窶� won best series and best investigative report. ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ reporter Christopher Connelly won in the general assignment category, and the station staff earned top honors for best digital.

Other ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ double winners were the statewide conversation program "Think" and the Art&Seek project "Putting Guns Center Stage," which each won two second-place honors.

The statewide newsmagazine "" also earned three awards. The show is co-produced by ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ, KUT in Austin, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. The KUT newsroom was honored a dozen more times, and the Houston station won four.

In all, public radio stations won 31 of the 38 Texas AP Broadcasters awards for large radio stations. In the small-station categories, KETR in Commerce earned 15 trophies.

ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ's total matches last year's. Here are ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ's winners:

Investigative Report (1st place):ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff, ""; (2nd place): ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff, ""
Series (1st place):ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff, " ": (2nd place): staff, ""
General Assignment (1st place): Christopher Connelly, "Southern Baptist Church Grapples With #MeToo After Fort Worth Leaders Fall"
Digital (1st place): ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff
Sports Story or Sports Series (2nd place ): Bill Zeeble, "There's Only One Baseball Glove Factory Left in The United States in Nocona, Texas"
Serious Feature (2nd place): Courtney Collins, ""
Online/Special Content (2nd place): staff, ""
Documentary (2nd place): "Think" and KQED's "" special: ""
Local Talk Show (2nd place): ": "
Newscast (2nd place): ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff, "Texas Instruments CEO Is Out; First Days In The U.S.; Still Working At 77"

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ's four Murrows led a dominant performance by Texas public radio stations.

Texas Standard won three regional Murrows; the statewide public radio newsmagazine is based at KUT in Austin and coproduced by ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. KUT earned three other regional Murrows; TPR won two.

In all, public radio stations in Texas won 20 of the 23 Murrows in Region 6, which covers Texas and Oklahoma. That includes a sweep of the small-station categories: seven wins for Marfa Public Radio and one for KETR in Commerce.

The Radio Television Digital News Association presents the awards each year in 14 regions; the winners go on to compete for national Edward R. Murrow Awards -- one of the top honors in broadcasting.

ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ earned three regional Murrows last year. Here are the station's 2019 regional winners:

Newscast: ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff, "Texas Instruments CEO Is Out; First Days In The U.S.; Still Working At 77"
Series: ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff, ""
Video: ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ Art&Seek staff,
Multimedia: ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ staff, the special projects "," "," "," "," plus .

National Alliance On Mental Illness/North Texas

NAMI/North Texas honored ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ's mental health reporter, Syeda Hasan, with one of its 2019 :

Media Award: Syeda Hasan.

Broadcast Education Association

ﾋﾄｻ｢ﾓｰﾔｺ's "One Crisis Away" project and videographer Thorne Anderson were honored by the Broadcast Education Association's Festival of Media Arts.

Television Feature News Reporting: , Thorne Anderson, .