TRI STATES PUBLIC RADIO - MAY 2009

 

Tri States Public Radio News Honored by AP and INBA

After being honored with two first place Edward R. Murrow Awards in April, the month of May brings more accolades to the Tri States Public Radio news staff, courtesy of the Associated Press in Iowa and the Illinois News Broadcasters Association.

The Iowa Associated Press presented First Place awards only in its General Radio Division, and Tri States Public Radio picked up three of them.

In the Farm-Agribusiness category, the award went to reporters Julie Root and Jason Parrott, along with former student Nick Wilkens and News Director Rich Egger for the series Local Foods — A Growing Trend.

The awards for Technical Excellence and Documentary/Public Affairs Reporting went to Jason Parrott for his work on School Days at the Civil War and After The Flood.

Former Tri States Public Radio student reporters Nick Wilkens and Alex Heuer (who both graduated in December 2008) picked up five awards in the student competion sponsored by the Illinois News Broadcasters Association.

 

Alex Heuer won 1st Place for Soft Radio Program for Rural Illinois During the Great Depression Through Story and Song, a 30-minute program that aired on Illinois Public Radio's Illinois Edition.

Alex also picked up a 1st Place award for Use of Sound for a piece he did on History Demonstration Day at WIU.

He earned two second place awards as well, in the categories of Radio Newscast and Radio News Reporting. Alex now works as a reporter for Iowa Public Radio, based Cedar Rapids.

 

Nick Wilkens won first place for Radio News Reporting for a compilation of stories he did while working at Tri States Public Radio the semester prior to his graduation in December. Nick is News Director for station KCII, Washington, Iowa.

 

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