NHPR honored with awards from the Public Media Journalists Association
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Concord, NH – New Hampshire Public Radio was recently honored with two PMJA awards, as announced by the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) in conjunction with the organization’s annual conference held in Washington, DC.
Todd Bookman and the team behind Outside/In earned the awards for work produced in 2023. Todd Bookman has been a reporter with NHPR since 2009. His story, From the Gulf of Maine to a tin can: A glimpse into high-end tuna production on NH's coast, won the first-place award in the Human Interest Feature category. Outside/In, an NHPR podcast focused on the natural world , won the second-place award in the Documentary category for the episode The Last Great Trip. The episode, which focuses on the experimental use of psilocybin to treat cancer-related depression, was reported and produced by Felix Poon.
“We’re proud and grateful to see the work of our journalists recognized by PMJA,” said Dan Barrick. “It’s great to know that our reporting is having an impact and addressing the needs of our audiences – both in New Hampshire and nationally.”
“This year, we had over 1,450 entries from 144 different organizations in our awards contest,” said PMJA Executive Director Christine Paige Diers. “We’re proud to be able to recognize the great journalism across the country through this contest.”
The full list of PJMA award winners is available here.
About PMJA: The Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) is a professional association for public media journalists in the United States. Membership includes over 130 local public radio newsrooms across the country. PMJA’s programs provide professional development, career support and networking opportunities to the over 1,800 journalists working at its memberstations.
About New Hampshire Public Radio: NHPR is New Hampshire’s only statewide radio news service, broadcasting from 14 sites across the Granite State. Our award-winning journalism is available to read and listen to 24/7 at NHPR.org and by asking your smartspeaker to “Play NHPR.” NHPR journalists deliver local news, programs, newsletters, and podcasts, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Civics 101, Outside/In, Document, The Weekender, The Rundown, Primarily Politics, The Folk Show, Bear Brook, The 13th Step, and the N.H. News Recap. NHPR is the exclusive outlet for NPR News In the Granite State and broadcasts national weekly programs such as The Moth Radio Hour, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, and This American Life.
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