WYPR Awards
The WYPR News Team and Midday took home several awards for the 2019 Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Contest.
Winners are:
Outstanding Editorial or Commentary
First Place: Joel McCord, "My Hometown Mourns"
Outstanding News Series
Second Place: John Lee, "Fighting for the Falls”
Outstanding Documentary/In-Depth Reporting
Second Place: Tom Hall, Cianna Greaves and Rob Sivak, "The Capital Gazette Shooting: Perspectives on a Tragedy"
Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing Story
Second Place: John Lee and Dominique Maria Bonessi, "Election 2018: Baltimore County Executive"
Joel McCord also took home a PRNDI (Public Radio News Director Incorporated) commentary award for "My Hometown Mourns"
Hear the other winning pieces below.
Winners are:
Outstanding Editorial or Commentary
First Place: Joel McCord, "My Hometown Mourns"
Outstanding News Series
Second Place: John Lee, "Fighting for the Falls”
Outstanding Documentary/In-Depth Reporting
Second Place: Tom Hall, Cianna Greaves and Rob Sivak, "The Capital Gazette Shooting: Perspectives on a Tragedy"
Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing Story
Second Place: John Lee and Dominique Maria Bonessi, "Election 2018: Baltimore County Executive"
Joel McCord also took home a PRNDI (Public Radio News Director Incorporated) commentary award for "My Hometown Mourns"
Hear the other winning pieces below.
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Baltimore’s NPR Station receives 7 Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association awards, 2 Public Media Journalists Association awards and 4 Society of Professional Journalist DC Dateline awards. WYPR also won 2 Regional Edward R. Murrow awards which are among the most prestigious in news. -
WYPR has been honored with two Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) 2024 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the Radio | Large Market categories of “Excellence in Sound” and “News Series.” -
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