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Awards 2006
WUNC FM Public Radio Awards And Honors
WUNC News has been honored by numerous regional and national broadcasting organizations. Our most recent awards are listed below. Previous years can be found by using the links to the right.
For coverage in 2006:
Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Awards - Division A
- Call-in Program
First Place: "Law and Society," The State of Things
- Breaking News
Second Place: "Apex Chemical Fire," Jessica Jones and Lorne Matalon
- Best Use of Sound
Second Place: "At the State Fair," Dave DeWitt
- Spot News
First Place (Division D, Student Division): "Domestic Violence," Yasmeen Khan
North Carolina Associated Press Awards
- Outstanding News Operation
North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC - General News
"What is Terrorism?" Rusty Jacobs - Best Consumer Report
"Fishing vs. Development," Lorne Matalon - Best Series
"North Carolina Voices: Studying High School" - see press release
Radio - Television News Director's Association Edward R. Murrow Southeast Regional Radio Awards
- Overall Excellence:
North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC - Continuing Coverage:
"Ahmed's Diary," Dick Gordon and The Story - Feature Reporting
"Card #10," Emily Hanford and North Carolina Voices: Studying High School - Feature/Hard News
"What is Terrorism?" Rusty Jacobs - News Series
"North Carolina Voices: Studying High School" - Sports Reporting
"Evans Quads," Leoneda Inge - Spot News Coverage
"Apex Chemical Fire," Lorne Matalon and Jessica Jones - Use of Sound
"Florida Panthers," Lorne Matalon
Society of Professional Journalists - Green Eyeshade Awards
- Documentary
First Place: "Daily Lessons," Emily Hanford, Deborah George, Alison Jones, and Benjamin Shapiro - Continuing Coverage
First Place: "Duke Lacrosse," Rusty Jacobs, Leoneda Inge, and Jessica Jones - Feature Reporting
Second Place: "Grief Counseling," Rose Hoban
Third Place: "9/11 Remembrance," Laura Leslie - Spot News
Third Place: "Apex Chemical Fire," Lorne Matalon, Jessica Jones, Connie Walker, and Catherine Brand - Sports Reporting
Third Place: "Disabled Surfers," Rose Hoban
Radio Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas Contest
- Special Report
First Place: "Law and Society," Frank Stasio and The State of Things - Consumer/Economic
First Place: "Fishing vs. Development," Lorne Matalon - Political/General
First Place: "Black Plea," Laura Leslie - Political/Election
First Place: "13th District," Laura Leslie
Second Place: "Elizabeth Edwards," Rusty Jacobs - Radio News Block
First Place: "It's Not About the Truth," Frank Stasio and The State of Things - Health/Medicine
First Place: "Music and Memory," Rose Hoban - General News
Second Place: "Navy Jets and Birds," Rose Hoban - Spot News
Second Place: "Apex Chemical Fire," WUNC News Staff - Education
Second Place: "History of White Supremacy," Frank Stasio and The State of Things - Sports
Second Place: "Black Baseball," Dave DeWitt - Best Newscast
Second Place: "7:06 Newscast 6-1-07," Eric Hodge - NC Radio Journalist of the Year
Second Place: Rose Hoban
- Ongoing News Story (Longform)
Gold WorldMedal and United Nations Department of Public Information Silver medal: "Ahmed's Diary," Dick Gordon and The Story
Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television - Gracie Allen Award
- Public Radio Programming - Series: "North Carolina Voices: Daily Lessons- Inside Western Guilford High School"
- Public Radio Programming - Soft Feature: "Claudette Colvin," Leoneda Inge
Education Writers Association - National Awards for Education Reporting
- Second Prize, Radio Division "North Carolina Voices: Daily Lessons- Inside Western Guilford High School"
- Features Reporting
"From Behind Bars to Passing the Bar," Dick Gordon and Cori Princell - Documentary/News Series
"Let's Talk," Dick Gordon and Cori Princell - Use of Sound
"Extreme Makeover," Leoneda Inge - Sports News
"NCAA Waiver," Leoneda Inge
Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals' Gabriel Awards
- Single News Story Series, National Release
Ahmed's Diary," Dick Gordon and The Story - News and Informational, National Release
Certificate of Merit: "Forgiveness," Dick Gordon and Denise Schreiner
