2021-22 John Drury Awards Winners Unveiled

This Year's Honorees

NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE and its Rock WONC/NAPERVILLE, IL have an nounced the winners of the 2021-22 JOHN DRURY AWARDS for high school radio broadcasters. The awards are named in honor of the longtime WLS-TV/CHICAGO news anchor.

The winners this year are:

Best DJ: CAITLIN FITZGERALD, TOWN OF BEDFORD/BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL low power WBNH-LP/BEDFORD, NH
Best News Feature Story: AMAAN TARIQ and NOLAN RACHIELE, "Transgender Rights: May Hall," GLENBROOK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL Variety WGBK/GLENVIEW, IL
Best Newscast: GAVE LAZARSKI, "WLTL News: MARCH 24, 2022," LYONS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL's WLTL/LA GRANGE, IL
Best Specialty Music Show: EMMA CODEN and ELLI BOLSTER, "Favorite Songwriters," BLOOMFIELD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL Variety WBFH/BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI
Best Public Affairs Program: SOPHIE PROCK, "City Council Candidate Interviews," MERCER ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL Triple A KMIH (88.9 THE BRIDGE)/MERCER ISLAND, WA
Best Podcast: MATTHEW WALSH and MAGGIE FRANZ, "SO THAT'S WHY: Library Jacket," WLTL
Best Promo: NICK BERG, "WWPT Promo," STAPLES HIGH SCHOOL Variety WWPT/WESTPORT, CT
Best Public Service Announcement: WES BOWERS, "HALLOWEEN Safety," EAST VALLEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Alternative KVIT (THE PULSE)/CHANDLER-PHOENIX, AZ
Best Sports Play-by-Play: BRAYDEN CARROLL, NOAH LANCZ, and ANTHONY GERY, "HOMESTEAD at NORTH SIDE Basketball," SOUTHWEST ALLEN COUNTY SCHOOLS/HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL Variety WCYT (THE POINT 91FM)/LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, IN
Best Sports Talk Program: DEVON JARVIS and JASON LESSIG, "SPORTS TALK: The NFL Draft." WWPT
Best Sportscast: FINN TAYLOR, "PULSE Spirts Update," KVIT
Best Radio Drama: MAGGIE HEFLIN and the LTHS Theater Department Students, "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A Radio Drama (Part 2)," WLTL
Best Use of Social Media: WPPB INSTAGRAM, ANDERSON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER's WPPB Best Website: WLTL.net, WLTL
Broadcaster of the Year: DEVON JARVIS, WWPT

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