AWARD-WINNING STORIES KQED Radio honored for news coverage
Investigative Reporting
Use of Sound
Farmworkers Face Sexual Harassment, Sasha Khohka, Grace Rubenstein
On the Elephant Seal Dating Scene, It’s All About Bravado, Lauren Sommer
Multipart Series
News Website
“Men of Influence,” Bring Parenting to Oakland’s Toughest Streets, Caitlin Esch
KQEDNews.org, KQED News and the Web team
Feature Reporting — Serious
Public Affairs Program
Refilling the Central Valley’s Overdrawn Aquifers, Sasha Khokha
Forum, “In My Experience: The Iraq War,” Michael Krasny, Judy Campbell, Irene Noguchi, Amanda Stupi, Dan Zoll
Specialty Reporting
Community Health, Mina Kim
News Broadcast — Under 15 Minutes
News Writing
Joshua Johnson
Berryessa — Snow Mountain Conservation Area, Craig Miller KQED also received four Edward R. Murrow regional awards in the Large-Market Radio Region 2 (California, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam). Audio Continuing Coverage
Use of Sound
California’s Battle over Same-Sex Marriage KQED Radio News Staff
On the Elephant Seal Dating Scene, It’s All About Bravado, Craig Miller, editor; Lauren Sommer, reporter
Audio Investigative
Farmworkers Face Sexual Harassment, KQED-CIR: Sasha Khokha and Grace Rubenstein, reporters; Pat Flynn, editor
Writing
On Immigration: High Tech and Agriculture Don’t Meet, Tyche Hendricks, editor; Aarti Shahani, reporter
Also, PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Incorporated) recognized KQED with two Excellence in Journalism Awards for the large public radio market.
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Enterprise/Investigative
Writing (second place)
Farmworkers Face Sexual Harassment, Sasha Khohka, Grace Rubenstein
Water Recycling Comes of Age in Silicon Valley, Amy Standen
(Top to bottom) A male northern elephant seal calling at Año Nuevo State Park; engineer Crystal Yezman points to the first stage of the water recycling process: a microfiltration unit; Larry Pascua from San Francisco waves a flag in front of the Castro Theatre to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Prop. 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act; at a backyard meeting in Tulare, CA, Sandra Garcia takes the opportunity to hand out pamphlets on workplace sexual harassment.
Photos: (top to bottom) A. Friendlaender NMFS Permit No. 14636; KQED Northern California; Darlene Bouchard; Grace Rubenstein; (page 7, top to bottom) courtesy KQED; courtesy Subaru.
KQED Public Radio News was honored nine times at the 32nd NorCal RTNDA (Radio-Television News Directors Association) News Awards.