88.5 WFDD's 2010 Award-Winning Stories PRNDI: Second Place, Division B(stations with 3 or 4 full-time news staff)
Voices & Viewpoints
Kathryn Mobley, producer
Denise Franklin, host News/Public Affairs Program: Triad Grandmother Unites African Peers Ms. Franklin interviews Mary Martin Niepold, founder of the Nyanya Project
Original air date: November 20, 2009
Kathryn Mobley - Best Feature: Elkin Furniture Returns Jeff Tiberii - Breaking News: Twister
The NC Associated Press: based in Raleigh honors outstanding achievement in radio and television stations from across the state.
Kathryn Mobley - Best General News, "Elkin" LeShea Agnew - Best Health Report, "Go Green and Stay Green" LeShea Agnew - Best Feature Honorable Mention, "Happy Birthday Dr. Angelou" Jeff Tiberii - Best Sports Feature, "Bye-Bye B.C.S."
The Organizations
Green Eyeshade -
The Green Eyeshade Awards honor excellence in professional journalism across several media platforms from an 11-state region in the Southeast U.S. Green Eyeshade recognizes radio, television, newspapers, magazines, photography and online. Green Eyeshade was founded in 1950 to highlight the work of journalists working in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or West Virginia.
The NC Associated Press based in Raleigh honors outstanding achievement in radio and television stations from across the state.
Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) is a national, non-profit professional association that exists to improve local news and information programming by serving public radio journalists.
88.5 WFDD · Your NPR News & Triad Arts Station from
Wake Forest University · wfdd@wfu.edu 1834 Wake Forest Road #8850 · Winston-Salem, NC 27109 · 336-758-8850
88.5 WFDD, the NPR® news and Triad Arts station broadcasting from Wake Forest University, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. It broadcasts news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area from both its Winston-Salem and Greensboro studios.
The state's charter NPR® member, 88.5 WFDD is the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. It is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association.