Congratulations to NABJ Award Winners
Three Public Interactive client stations were recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists for the “Salute to Excellence” awards:
WYPR – “Tubman Legacy Getting New Attention” by Donna Owens, with support from the WYPR team including Managing Editor Sunni Khalid, Senior Producer Mary Rose Madden, and Jon Ehrens
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1373941
WFSU – TV – “When Babies Die” by Theresa Marsenburg and Thomas Jones
http://www.wfsu.org/tfc/fx-21_season.html
Public Broadcasting Atlanta – TV – “Backstage in Black” by Angela Robinson, Vickie Whitlock, and Andre Jones
Plus, NPR’s Michele Norris was named Journalist of the Year by NABJ, and three NPR pieces also received the Salute to Excellence honor:
“Darfur Humanitarian Crisis” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91382792
“Troy Maxson: Heart, Heartbreak as Big as the World” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90374807
“The York Project: Race and the 2008 Vote” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95934562
Congratulations! See all the winners here: http://www.nabj.org/pdf/STEWinners2009.pdf