Awards
2007 Awards
2007 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment
Outstanding Beat/In-depth Reporting, Radio
2nd place – John Ryan, As the Sound Churns
PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INCORPORATED 2007 AWARDS
Interview
2nd Place – Amanda Wilde, Frankie Manning: Lindy Hop Pioneer
News Feature
1st Place – Austin Jenkins, Northwest News Network, Marijuana Harvest
News/Public Affairs Program
2nd Place – Steve Scher, Katy Sewall and David Hyde for Weekday, How to: Surgeons (starts at 20:02)
Series
1st Place – John Ryan, KUOW, As the Sound Churns
KUOW – 2007 RTNDA REGIONAL MURROW AWARDS – REGION 1, RADIO: LARGE MARKET
News Documentary
1st Place – John Ryan, KUOW, As the Sound Churns
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2007 NORTHWEST REGIONAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM COMPETITION
Newscast
1st Place – Patricia Murphy, KUOW, KUOW Afternoon News
Spot News
2nd Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, B&B Battle
3rd Place – Derek Wang, KUOW, School Board Meeting Erupts
HM – Deborah Wang, KUOW, Tens Of Thousands March For Right To Become Citizens
Feature News
1st Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Pioneer In Disabled Workforce Retires
Investigative
2nd Place – Amy Radil, KUOW, Feds, State Tighten Welfare Rules
Documentary
1st Place – Marcie Sillman, KUOW, Home
2nd Place – Marcie Sillman, KUOW, The Play's the Thing
News Series
1st Place – John Ryan, KUOW, As the Sound Churns
Sports
2nd Place – Sara Lerner, KUOW, Sixth Annual Bicycle Pie Joust
3rd Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Bill The Beer Man
Nationally Edited Story
1st Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Stunt Bike Dancing with the Sprockettes
Congratulations to KUOW partner, Northwest News Network whose reporters were also recipients of several SPJ awards: Tom Banse, Cathy Duchamp, Austin Jenkins and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson.
2006 Awards
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS 2006 SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Commentary
1st Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Grandpa's Legacy
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OF KING COUNTY 2006 CIVIC AWARDS
Governmental News Reporting of the Year – Steve Scher
KUOW – 2006 RTNDA REGIONAL MURROW AWARDS – REGION 1, RADIO: LARGE MARKET
Each regional award recipient advances to the national level.
Feature Reporting
1st Place – Derek Wang, KUOW, Arab American Comedy Night
News Documentary
1st Place – Marcie Sillman, KUOW, Seattle's Big Ditch
Use of Sound
1st Place – Marcie Sillman, KUOW, Seattle's Big Ditch: Part 1
PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INCORPORATED 2006 AWARDS
Series
2nd Place – Phyllis Fletcher, Marriage in Washington State
Spot News
1st Place – Phyllis Fletcher, Hookahs – Up In Smoke
Use of Sound
1st Place – Marcie Sillman, Seattle's Big Ditch
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2006 NORTHWEST REGIONAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM COMPETITION
SWEEPSTAKES TROPHY – Best Radio Station
Newscast
3rd Place – Derek Wang, KUOW, Morning News
Spot News
3rd Place – Cathy Duchamp, KUOW, Students Shut Down Military Recruiters
Feature News
1st Place – Derek Wang, KUOW, First Ever Arab-American Comedy Night
Documentary
3rd Place – Marcie Sillman, KUOW, Seattle's Big Ditch
Honorable Mention – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Marriage in Washington State
Sports
1st Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Parkour
News Series
2nd Place – Patricia Murphy, KUOW, Methamphetamine: A Home Cooked Threat
3rd Place – Andrea Smardon, KUOW, When a Parent Calls Collect
Nationally Edited Story
2nd Place – Andrea Smardon, KUOW, When a Parent Calls Collect
2005 Awards
KUOW General Manager Wayne C. Roth Receives Public Broadcasting Highest Recognition – 2005 Edward R. Murrow Award
On May 2, 2005 in Washington D.C., KUOW's General Manager Wayne C. Roth received public broadcasting’s most prestigious honor – the 2005 Edward R. Murrow Award, presented by the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB).
2005 ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS AWARD – EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM (RADIO)
Ruby de Luna wins an AAJA Excellence in Journalism Radio Award for her five-part series on food Lefse, Rice and Fry Bread: A History of Washington Through Food. AAJA National Awards recognize and encourage excellence among Asian American journalists and outstanding coverage of Asian American issues.The story was done as part of KUOW’s Program Venture Fund
RTNDA EDWARD R. MURROW 2005 NATIONAL AWARD
KUOW is honored to receive the national Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Large Market News Documentary from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) for 2005. The story was done as part of KUOW’s Program Venture Fund.
News Documentary
1st Place – Patricia Murphy, Taming the Snake
PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INCORPORATED 2005 AWARDS
Best Writing
2nd Place – Phyllis Fletcher, Talking About Tina: Gay Men, Crystal Meth and HIV
RTNDA EDWARD R. MURROW 2005 REGIONAL AWARDS
KUOW is honored to receive two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) for 2005. Both stories were done as part of KUOW’s Program Venture Fund.
Sports Reporting
1st Place – Cathy Duchamp, Native Basketball
News Documentary
1st Place – Patricia Murphy, Taming the Snake
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2005 NORTHWEST REGIONAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM COMPETITION
SWEEPSTAKES TROPHY, Most Awards
Newscast
2nd Place – Patricia Murphy, KUOW, Afternoon News
Spot News
1st Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Mad Cow Tacos
HM – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Marine's Memorial
General News
2nd Place – Cathy Duchamp, KUOW, Treating Combat Stress
HM – Patricia Murphy, KUOW, Virtual Pain Study
Feature News
HM – Cathy Duchamp, KUOW, Use It Again Roadshow
HM – Marcie Sillman, KUOW, Seattle Library Opens
Documentary
3rd Place – Patricia Murphy, KUOW, Taming the Snake
Sports
1st Place – Cathy Duchamp, KUOW, Native Basketball
Commentary, Analysis and Editorial
1st Place – Kate Cohen, KUOW, Outside Looking In
Nationally Edited Story
1st Place – Phyllis Fletcher, KUOW, Teaching the Internment
3rd Place – Guy Nelson, KUOW, Blakely Decision
HM – Marcie Sillman, KUOW, Kurt Cobain's Death Anniversary
2004 Awards
PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INCORPORATED 2004 AWARDS
Spot News
2nd Place – Derek Wang, Community Urges School Board for Delay
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2004 NORTHWEST REGIONAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM COMPETITION
Spot News Reporting
1st Place – Ruby De Luna, Ridgeway Sentencing
3rd Place – Patricia Murphy, Snohomish Flooding
General Newscast
1st Place – Patricia Murphy
2nd Place – Derek Wang
Investigative Reporting
2nd Place – Cathy Duchamp, Homeless Sex Offenders
RTNDA EDWARD R. MURROW 2004 AWARDS
News Series
1st Person Race Relations, reports by Ruby de Luna, Cathy Duchamp, Phyllis Fletcher, Marcie Sillman and Derek Wang, with production help from Deborah Brandt. The series was edited by Guy Nelson and Terry Fitzpatrick.
2003 Awards
PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INCORPORATED 2003 AWARDS
KUOW received five journalism awards from this national organization that encourages the professional development and training of public radio journalists. This extraordinary sweep is virtually unprecedented for PRNDI.KUOW is proud to have been awarded:
Documentary
1st Place – Patricia Murphy, The Alcan 5000 Adventure
Continuing Coverage
1st Place – Cathy Duchamp, Orca Capture
Newscast
1st Place – Deborah Brandt, Morning Edition on KUOW
Breaking News
2nd Place – Ruby de Luna, Residents Shook up by Sniper Connection
Commentary
2nd Place – Mona Eltahawy, Arvid Hokanson, Steve Scher, Strangers at a Bus Stop
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS 2003 NORTHWEST REGIONAL EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM COMPETITION
Sweepstakes Trophy, Best Overall News Coverage – KUOW
Spot News Reporting
1st Place – Ruby de Luna, Residents Shook up by Sniper Connection
3rd Place – Derek Wang, Police Shooting Protest
Feature News Reporting
2nd Place – Ruby de Luna, Lessons from Tacoma's Alcohol Ban
General Newscast
3rd Place – Deborah Brandt, Morning Edition on KUOW
Investigative Reporting
2nd Place – Gordon Black, Suquamish Tribe Housing
Sports Reporting
2nd Place – Deborah Brandt, Adults on Ice
Commentary, Analysis and Editorial
1st Place – Knute Berger, Arvid Hokanson, Steve Scher, Nader, Righteous Alternative?
3rd Place – Mona Eltahawy, Arvid Hokanson, Steve Scher, Strangers at a Bus Stop
RTNDA EDWARD R. MURROW 2003 AWARDS
Feature Reporting
Ross Reynolds, Reunion
Sports Reporting
Deborah Brandt, Adults on Ice
News Documentary
Marcie Sillman, Hawaiian Language Preservation
2002 Awards
PUBLIC RADIO NEWS DIRECTORS INCORPORATED 2002 AWARDS
Second Place – Weekly Program
Healing After Miscarriage (The Human Condition), Host and Producer Megan Sukys
Second Place – News Team
Seattle Mayors Race, Reporters: Cathy Duchamp, Ruby de Luna and Sam Eaton
