PRNDI Awards

2006

DIVISION A - SERIES
First Place:
As The Sound Churns
John Ryan, KUOW

This five-part series takes you around Puget Sound, and deep beneath it, to experience the exhilarating and treacherous waters of this backyard fjord. Click to preview:
part 1 (06:16) - part 2 (06:39) - part 3 (05:53) - part 4 (06:08) - part 5 (04:50)

DIVISION B - INTERVIEW
Second Place:
Into the Light: A Scientist Researches Near-Death Experiences
With Good Reason, VFH Radio, 29:29

Dr. Bruce Greyson has been researching patients who report near-death experiences for 30 years. It's shaky ground for a scientist, but Dr. Greyson believes that many stories from 'near-death experiencers' can't be explained away easily.

DIVISION B - USE OF SOUND
Second Place:
A Radio Rorschach Test
Aaron Henkin, WYPR, 13:30

An exploration of how six radio 'guinea pigs' react to a series of sonic inkblots...

DIVISION C - DOCUMENTARY
First Place:
A Lion in the House
Aileen LeBlanc, WYSO, 28:12

A look behind the scenes of the new PBS documentary (of the same name) about families living with kids who have cancer.

Second Place:
Lower Manhattan Diaries
Julianne Welby, WFUV, 29:13

Three New Yorkers reflect on 5 years since the 9/11 attacks in audio diary form.

DIVISION C - SERIES
First Place:
Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands
WCAI / WNAN, 20 segments

This series examines the unique factors that contribute to persistent and hidden poverty throughout the Cape and Islands region. Each story is set in one of the fifteen towns on Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

2005

DIVISON A - DOCUMENTARY
First Place:
The Ring and I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
WNYC, 58:59

A story about the love affair between hundreds of thousands of people and one, colossal, controversial and awe-inspiring piece of work, Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung.

DIVISION A - SERIES
Second Place:
Exodus '47: Inside Out
WBUR, 58:29

The story of three men who served aboard the Exodus 1947, a Jewish refugee ship that tried to run thousands of holocaust survivors past the British blockade of Palestine in 1947.

DIVISION C - BEST USE OF SOUND
First Place:
Singing Sanitation Worker
WFUV, 03:40

A sanitation worker sings his way through a very late -- or early -- shift.

DIVISION C - COMMENTARY
Second Place:
Area-Code Chic
Sharon Glassman, 03:28

Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

DIVISION C - DOCUMENTARY
First Place:
Madison Kipp - The Struggle for Clean Air
WORT, 28:32

Madison residents are suing a nearby factory for allegedly violating environmental standards and making residents sick.

Second Place:
Working the Night Shift
WFUV, 59:02

Night shift workers share their perspective on life after dark, family obligations and the big question -- when do they sleep ?

DIVISION C - SERIES
First Place:
Subculture
WFUV, 60:00

A one-hour documentary celebrating the centennial of the New York City Subway.

DIVISION C - SOFT FEATURE
Second Place:
The Lone Ranger of Looney Valley
KALW, 07:22

No better place to see the widening gap between conservatives and liberals than in front of Harry Aleo's storefront window in San Francisco.

DIVISION D - SOFT FEATURE
First Place:
Hypnosis
Nathanael Johnson, 05:32

Comedy hypnotists at county fairs have come to fill the space once occupied by the freak-show tent.

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