2022 Salute to Excellence Professional Radio and Podcast Nominees
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RADIO
Radio – Market 16 and Below: Feature
NC’s Black Cowboy Clubs Keep Spirit of Frontier Alive
Nick de la Canal
WFAE – Charlotte, NC
Overlooked Trailblazer: Before Rosa Parks, Sarah Keys Refused to Back Down
Jay Price, Brent Wolfe, Lindsay Thomas
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
What’s in a Black Name?
Lindsay Foster Thomas, Leoneda Inge, Will Michaels
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
Radio – Market 16 and Below: News Series
The Killing of Andrew Brown, Jr.
Lindsay Thomas, Staff
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
Radio – Market 16 and Below: Public Affairs: Segment
‘Time To Go’: Faculty of Color Explain What Made Them Ready to Leave UNC Chapel Hill
Lindsay Foster Thomas, Liz Schlemmer, Dave DeWitt
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Chapel Hill, NC
Law Enforcement from the Police Perspective
Barbara Hamm Lee, Lisa Godley, Todd Washburn
WHRO Public Media, Norfolk, VA
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Commentary
Why Are There So Few Black Competitive Swimmers?
Callie Crossley
WGBH Radio & TV, Boston, MA
The 2021 CBC Massey Lectures by Esi Edugyan – “Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling”
Greg Kelly, Esi Edugyan, Philip Coulter, Greg Kelly
CBC Radio IDEAS
On My Mind
Tommy Tomlinson
WFAE, Charlotte, NC
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Documentary
Chicago’s Restrictive Covenants
Natalie Moore, Alden Loury
WBEZ Chicago, 91.5FM, Chicago, IL
This Sand is My Sand: The Stolen Legacy of Bruce’s Beach
Corbin Carson
KFI News Los Angeles, Burbank, CA
Social Media Platforms ‘Benefit from the Intersections of Racism and Capitalism’
Samraweet Yohannes, Michelle Parise, Nora Young, Elizabeth Hadfield
CBC Radio: SPARK
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Feature
Black Bostonians Fled to Atlanta to Escape Racism. They’re Not Coming Back, No Matter Who’s Elected Mayor.
Phillip Martin, Kenneth Cooper
GBH News, Boston’s Local NPR, Boston, MA
Six Black D.C.-Area Women Share Their Struggles with Racism on the Path to Motherhood
Dee Dwyer, Margaret Barthel
WAMU 88.5, DCist, Washington, DC
Celebrate 50 Years of Philadelphia International Records’ Iconic ‘Phillysound’ Soul Music
Callie Crossley , Hannah Uebele, David Goodman
GBH, Boston, MA
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Investigative
Student Loans Weigh Heavily on Black and Latino Borrowers in North Carolina
Gracyn Doctor
WFAE – Charlotte, NC
Drowning in Debt
María Inés Zamudio, Alden Loury
Staff of WBEZ Chicago , 91.5FM, Chicago, IL
Radio – Top 15 Markets: News: Series
Rise in Deportations Spawns Effort to Aid Deportees Struggling in Haiti
Tim Padgett
WLRN 91.3 FM Miami, FL
Unseen: The Boy Victims of the Sex Trade
Phillip Martin, Jenifer McKim, Paul Singer, Emily Judem, Meredith Nierman
GBH News, Boston’s Local NPR, Boston, MA
Radio – Top 15 Markets: Public Affairs: Segment
Faith & Race: A WHYY Conversation
Cherri T. Gregg, Malcolm Byrd
WHYY, Inc., Philadelphia, PA & Forum Philly
Radio – Network: Feature
Fatal Police Shootings of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns
Cheryl W. Thompson
NPR, Washington, DC
Black Businesses Get Creative to Survive
Debbie Elliott, Vickie Walton-James
NPR News, Washington, DC
Racial Covenants, a Relic of the Past, are Still on the Books Across the Country
Cheryl W. Thompson, Natalie Moore, Corinne Ruff, Cristina Kim, Roxana Popescu
PODCAST
Podcast: Arts and Culture
Silence is Not an Option with Don Lemon
Don Lemon
CNN
A Reckoning in Tulsa
Carla Wills, Amy Briggs, Eli Chen, Davar Ardalan, Hansdale Hsu
National Geographic, Washington, D.C.; Music by PUSH.Audio
The Stoop: 40 Acres and a Question
Leila Day, Hana Baba
The Stoop, San Francisco, CA
Un(re)solved Podcast
James Edwards, Michelle Mizner, Max Green, Lucie Sullivan, Cheryl Devall
FRONTLINE
Podcast: Commentary and Discussion
The Stoop: Head on a Swivel
Leila Day, Hana Baba
The Stoop, San Francisco, CA
The ARC of Justice
Lindsay Thomas
WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, Durham, NC
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, NC
Silence is Not an Option with Don Lemon
Don Lemon
CNN, New York, NY
When “Bail Reform” Isn’t
70 Million Podcast Season 4 Episode 9 Staff
Into America: Blood On Black Wall Street
Trymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Into America Staff
MSNBC, New York, NY
Podcast: Lifestyle
The Stoop: IVF and US
Leila Day, Hana Baba
The Stoop, San Francisco, CA
The Stoop: Invisible Scars
Leila Day, Hana Baba
The Stoop, San Francisco, CA
The Stoop: Black, Grown, and Autistic
Leila Day, Hana Baba
The Stoop, San Francisco, CA
Podcast: Sports
Into America: Freedom in the Final Round
Trymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Into America Staff
MSNBC, New York, NY
Into America: Beyond the Fist: Activism at the Games
Trymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Into America Staff
MSNBC, New York, NY
Corrections will be received from nominees/submitters until Monday, July 18 at 2 p.m. ET. Any corrections received after this time will be reflected online only and not in published listings. To submit a correction email awards@nabj.org.
