KUNI/Iowa Public Radio News has won four awards from two prestigious news associations. The Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) presented its 2007 Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for News Documentary (small market) to Jeneane Beck for her documentary on Child Abuse Investigations in Iowa. The documentary aired in December, 2006 on Iowa Public Radio. As a regional award winner, Beck's documentary is automatically submitted for the national Murrow Awards, to be announced in June. Listen to this award-winning story.

KUNI/Iowa Public Radio is also the recipient of three awards from the Northwest Broadcast News Association (NBNA). In the Association's 2006 Radio and TV Sevareid Awards, KUNI/Iowa Public Radio won in the Investigative category for Jeneane Beck's stories on Laboratory Waste Disposal at Iowa State University; Beck was also given an Award of Merit in the Documentary/Special category for her documentary on Child Abuse Investigations. KUNI/Iowa Public Radio also took an Award of Merit in the Newscast category. (Thanks to our friends at WVIK, Rock Island, for contributing to the Laboratory Waste Disposal newscast!)

The RTNDA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. The NBNA represents broadcast professionals, students and teachers in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. This marks the first year that Iowa Public Radio submitted stories for judging in the large market category.

Iowa Public Radio Executive Director Cindy Browne said, "These awards represent recognition from our peers of the fine work of our news team. This is the first year we entered as a unified organization, and despite facing more intense competition from larger news organizations like Minnesota Public Radio, our team's work shone through."

KUNI Wins Iowa Associated Press Awards

Founded in 1848, The Associated Press is the backbone of the world's information system serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television and online customers with coverage in all media and news in all formats. It is the largest and oldest news organization in the world, serving as a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video for more than one billion people a day.

The following KUNI staff was officially awarded at the Iowa AP Broadcast Convention in Clear Lake on May 4, 2007:

Two first place awards were presented by the Iowa AP in the categories of Investigative Reporting (“Investigating Child Abuse” by Jeneane Beck) and Farm-Agribusiness (“Growing the Bio-Economy” by Pat Blank and Greg Shanley).

IBNA is a nonprofit corporation of radio-TV news directors, reporters, producers, public relations professionals and others from Iowa and its adjacent states, working together to improve electronic media news for our stations and the public.

IBNA recognizes outstanding work done by its members. During the annual IBNA convention, an awards banquet is held to honor news reports in several categories. IBNA also awards the Jack Shelley Award, given to someone who has made substantial contributions to electronic media journalism in Iowa. Money raised through the contest is used to support IBNA activities.

The following KUNI staff was officially awarded at the IBNA 2007 Spring Convention in Clear Lake on May 5, 2007:

Four first place awards were presented by the IBNA in the categories of Best Newscast (Staff); Public Affairs (“Investigating Child Abuse” by Jeneane Beck); In-Depth/Series (“Investigating Child Abuse”); and Farm-Agribusiness (“Growing the Bio-Economy” by Pat Blank and Greg Shanley). Three second place awards were given in the categories of Overall Excellence (Staff); Political Coverage (Pat Blank, Jeneane Beck and Greg Shanley); and In-Depth/Series (“Growing the Bio-Economy”). Thanks again to WVIK for the contribution to our best newscast award!
 

KUNI NEWS AWARDS 2006

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