NFCB Golden Reel Award

2005

PERSONAL ESSAYS
Silver Reel:
Linda's Gift
Catherine Girardeau, 07:27

A personal story of losing two mothers, and finding a voice.

2004

NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS FEATURES
Silver Reel:
Out on the Streets
David Gilmore / PRI, 59:00

Stories of queer kids abandoned by their parents to the streets.

NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
Golden Reel:
Shades of Gray
Jonathan Mitchell & Ahri Birnbaum-Golden, 58:29

An hour-long audio mosaic about abortion in America.

Silver Reel:
Sisters in Pain
Cameron Lawrence & John Gregory / PRI, 58:30

Documentary on domestic violence, told through the stories of 13 abused women, who were imprisoned for crimes against their abusers and granted a controversial clemency.

Special Merit:
Miracle On The Streets
Dmae Roberts, 17:35

A profile of life on the streets for homeless youth told through the experiences of 21-year-old Miracle Draven.

LOCAL MUSIC / ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM OR SPECIAL
Silver Reel:
Invisible Ink: Found
Roman Mars, 29:00

An Interview with Davy Rothbart and readings from Found Magazine.

Silver Reel:
The Story of the Peat Bog Soldiers
Arndt Peltner, 38:00

The most important anti-fascist and protest song of the 20th century.

Special Merit: The Poetry of Vietnam
Don McIver & Gary Mex Glazner, 59:00

Take an audio tour through Vietnam using poetry in Vietnamese and English and inspired by what they called, "The American War.

PRE-PRODUCED NATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMING
Golden Reel:
Refugia
Lydon McGrath Productions, 58:30

Let's call it "Refugia", this new global nation of refugees. It's not on any map, of course; it's everywhere.

ARTS FEATURES AND REPORTING
Silver Reel:
Wisdom vs. Test
New California Media, 09:15

A juvenile delinquent wrestles with the pen and the sword.

RADIO DRAMA PRODUCTION Silver Reel:
Outside the Dying
The Independent Eye, 21:22

Dramatization of a journal of a woman whose husband is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), and the aftermath.

PERSONAL ESSAYS
Silver Reel:
A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua
Joe Bevilacqua, 07:27

A personal story about people with my name.