National Association Of Black Journalists Hands Out 2017 NABJ Salute To Excellence Awards

Awards

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS handed out its 2017 NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards SATURDAY night (8/12) in NEW ORLEANS.

The radio winners included:

• Commentary, Top 15 Markets: NEW YORK PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WNYC-A-F/NEW YORK, REBECCA CARROLL and EMILY BOTEIN, "Dear President: What You Need to Know About Race"
• Documentary, Top 15 Markets: MICHIGAN RADIO, LESTER GRAHAM, "Separate and Unequal"
• Documentary, Market 16 and Below: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO/MPR NEWS, BILL WAREHAM, BRANDT WILLIAMS, and LAURA YUEN, "MINNESOTA's Graduation Gap"
• Feature, Market 16 and Below: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO/MPR NEWS, LAURA YUEN and LAURA MCCALLUM, "Homeless and Alone, She Struggles Toward Graduation"
• Feature, Network: NPR, CHERYL CORLEY, "50 Years Ago, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Fought For Open Housing in CHICAGO"
• Feature, Top 15 Markets: WNYC, CORINNE BOBB-SEMPLE, VERALYN WILLIAMS, and KAARI PITKIN, "Gentrification: Feeling Like an Outsider in Your Own Neighborhood"; CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WBEZ/CHICAGO, NATALIE MOORE and ANDREW GILL, "One Block, Zero Shootings: How One Mom Is Building Community In ENGLEWOOD"
• Investigative, Top 15 Markets: WBEZ, CHIP MITCHELL, "Police Data Cast Doubt on Stop-and-Frisk"; MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS News-Talk WLRN/MIAMI, ROWAN MOORE GERETY, "School Suspensions Continue In Spite Of MIAMI-DADE's No-Suspension Policy"
• News: Long Form, Network: NPR, CHERYL CORLEY, "The Driving Life and Death of PHILANDO CASTILE"
• News: Long Form, Top 15 Markets: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION News-Talk WGBH/BOSTON, "BROOKLINE's Liberal Reputation Reeling From Racism Charges Within Police Department"
• News: Long Form, Market 16 and Below: MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC BROADCASTING, DESARE FRAZIER, "A Foundation Named After FANNIE LOU HAMER Is Fighting Cancer Door-To-Door"
• News: Short Form, Network: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, JULIE WALKER, "PRINCE Remembered"
• News: Short Form, Top 15 Markets: WLRN, NADEGE GREEN, "LIBERTY CITY Children Protest For The Right To Play Outside Safely"
• Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion, Top 15 Markets: WLRN, TERENCE SHEPHERD, "The Sunshine Economy: Cops and Communities"
• Public Affairs: Interview/Discussion: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO/MPR NEWS, TOM WEBER, JO ERICKSON, JULIE SIPLE, "Counter Stories: Live from the Rondo Neighborhood"
• Sports, Network: NPR, HANSI LO WANG and LUIS CLEMENS, "Black U.S. Olympians Won In Nazi GERMANY Only To Be Overlooked At Home"
• Sports, Top 15 Markets: WLRN, ROWAN MOORE GERETY, "Dribbling The Way From Haiti To A College Scholarship"

AMERICAN URBAN RADIO NETWORK correspondent (now with CNN) APRIL RYAN was honored with the  2017 NABJ Journalist of the Year Award"; MSNBC and NBC NEWS SVP YVETTE MILEY was given the CHUCK STONE Lifetime Achievement Award; longtime sports reporter and MOREHOUSE COLLEGE Journalism and Sports Program head RON THOMAS was honored with the Legacy Award; DETROIT FREE PRESS columnist ROCHELLE RILEY took home the IDA B. WELLS Award; and writer MICHAEL DAYS, TV producer Rev. AISHA KARIMAH, TV executive and photographer JOHN JENKINS, and MIAMI TIMES Publisher Emeritus GARTH C. REEVES, SR. were inducted into the NABJ Hall of Fame.

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