2022 Awards

Radio Television Digital News Association
Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Radio, Large Market

Newscast: Ideastream Public Media. Amy Eddings, "Morning Edition."

Radio, Small Market

News Documentary: WKSU: The Rural Doctor Is In (freelancer Jacqueline Marino, working with Andrew Meyer and Jon Nungesser.)

The Gabriel Awards

Honoring works that support themes of dignity, compassion, community and justice.

Best Use of Sound, English Language Television:

First Place

Applause: Tri-C Jazz Festival, Ideastream Public Media

Dave DeOreo, David C. Barnett, Al Dahlhausen, Jean-Marie Papoi

The Gracies

Shining a spotlight on women in media.

Director, TV Local

Mary Fecteau for her incredible work creating "The 86th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards" documentary that aired first on WVIZ-PBS and then across the nation.

The Ohio APME Awards (Associated Press Media Editors)

Best Reporter (Radio)

First Place: Nick Castele, WCPN-FM
Second Place: Kabir Bhatia, WKSU-FM

Best Coverage of a Scheduled Event (Radio)

First Place: "January 6: From the US Capitol to Columbus"
Staff, Statehouse News Bureau Ohio Public Radio and Television

Second Place: "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions"
Staff, WKSU

Best Digital Presence (Radio)

First Place: WKSU Digital
Staff, WKSU

Best Digital Project (Radio)

First Place: "Poetic Reentry"
Justin Glanville, Margaret Cavalier, WCPN-FM

Second Place: "Equity In Art"
Arts and Culture Team, WCPN-FM

Best Sportscast (Radio)

First Place: "What the Supreme Court's NCAA Ruling Means for the Future of Division I Schools Like Akron, Kent"
Amanda Rabinowitz, Terry Pluto, WKSU-FM

Best Use of Sound (Radio)

First Place: "Akron Firestone Performing Arts Students Won't be Silenced By COVID-19"
Jenny Hamel, WCPN-FM

Best Continuing Coverage (Radio)

Second Place: "Ideastream Public Media's coverage of COVID-19"
Lisa Ryan, Anna Huntsman, WCPN-FM

Best Documentary or Series (Radio)

Second Place: "The Rural Doctor is In"
Jacqueline Marino, WKSU-FM

Best Enterprise Reporting (Radio)

Second Place: "Team accepted officer who killed Tamir Rice, Black players feel betrayed"
Matt Richmond, WCPN-FM

Best Sports Feature (Radio)

Second Place: "Cleveland Might Never Get Another NHL Franchise. OH Really?"
Kabir Bhatia, WKSU-FM

Best Spot News Coverage (Radio)

Second Place: "The omicron variant has been found in Cleveland. Cleveland Clinic detected it in recent lab samples"
Anna Huntsman, WKSU-FM