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2020 Page One Awards in Radio Journalism
MNSPJ congratulates all the winners recognized Tuesday night at the annual Page One Awards! Here’s a list of winners for excellence in radio journalism.
| 4A. Spot/Breaking News [Radio] | First Place | Tim | Nelson | MPR News | Missing teen Jayme Closs emerged from woods, asked dog walker for help | Very good piece, interview was laid out well, easy to follow and listen to |
| Matt | Sepic | |||||
| Nancy | Lebens | |||||
| Evan | Frost | |||||
| 4B. Hard News Report [Radio] | First Place | Elizabeth | Shockman | MPR News | At Burnsville’s Metcalf Middle School, racial slurs poisoned the culture | Well done highlighting an important topic and how it affected both students and faculty, the quotes from the kids affected added to the story, audio levels were mixed pretty well |
| Christine | Nguyen | |||||
| Eric | Ringham | |||||
| Laura | McCallum | |||||
| Second Place | Leah | Lemm | Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations | Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine – Media Makers Ep5 | ||
| Cole | Premo | |||||
| Melissa | Townsend | |||||
| Laurie | Stern | |||||
| 4C. Feature [Radio] | First Place | Robert | McGinley Myers | KFAI’s MinneCulture | Courtroom Theater | Really interesting piece, never heard the theory of theater and attorneys, very good description to paint the picture in your head, covered the story really well, it’s memorable |
| Second Place | Ryan | Dawes | KFAI’s MinneCulture | Unfamous Rock Manager Tells All | ||
| Third Place | Sheila | Regan | KFAI’s MinneCulture | Time Signatures Explained, Then Deranged | ||
| 4D. Special Project/In-depth Series [Radio] | First Place | Freddie | Bell | Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations | Sex Trafficking: Breaking Free, A 2-Part Radio Documentary from KMOJ | Outstanding work to do twice in a row, very good in-depth reporting covering multiple angles, getting different stories, testimonials, addition of the men’s side of the story was excellent |
| Chantel | SinGs | |||||
| Laurie | Stern | |||||
| Erin | Warhol | |||||
| Second Place | Andrea | Swensson | Minnesota Public Radio / The Current | Prince: The Story of 1999 | ||
| Anna | Weggel | |||||
| Corey | Schreppel | |||||
| Third Place | Megan
Tom Kyle |
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Crann Shiely |
MPR News | To tackle the achievement gap, you have to tackle bias | ||
| 4E. Investigative [Radio] | First Place | Marianne | Combs | MPR News | Innocence Lost | Outstanding work to report on such a heartbreaking and impactful story to the community — thorough coverage, well done |
| Eric | Ringham | |||||
| Christine | Nguyen | |||||
| Will | Lager | |||||
| Second Place | Britt | Aamodt | KFAI’s MinneCulture | Generation AIDS: Minnesota’s HIV/AIDS Crisis | ||
| Third Place | Jennifer | Lewerenz | KNSI | Who Helps the Helpers: Mental Health and the First Responder Community | ||
| Jake | Judd | |||||
| Myah | Christenson | |||||
| 4F. Newscast [Radio] | First Place | Newsroom | MPR News | Morning Edition 7 a.m. newscast on Nov. 27, 2019 | Comprehensive newscast, good coverage of breaking news, variety of stories | |
| 4G. Sports News Coverage [Radio] | First Place | Anna | Stitt | KFAI’s MinneCulture | Rinkside With Brownbody | Really good story highlighting multiple angles of sports, women in sports, women in figure skating, incorporated diversity |