The KMUW team was honored this weekend at the annual Public Radio News Directors Incorporated conference held in Salt Lake City.
PRNDI: First Place Best Interview, and First Place Short Documentary
"Crossing The Cedar Fence: Discussing Abortion On The Anniversary Of Dr. Tiller's Murder"
On May 31, 2009, a man walked into the lobby of the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita and shot abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in the head, killing him.
Five years later, just off Kellogg Drive, South Wind Women’s Center is offering abortion services in the same building where Dr. Tiller worked. Next door is a right-to-life clinic called Choices.
The clinics are separated by a cedar fence -- and the whole world.
Until now.
KMUW news director Aileen LeBlanc's short radio documentary "Crossing the Cedar Fence" and live interview with Julie Burkhart, executive director of South Wind Women's Center, and Dr. Scott Stringfield, medical director and board chair for Choices Medical Clinic, took first place in the Best Interview and Best Short Documentary categories.
This story originally aired on 10/30/14.
PRNDI: Second Place - Commentary
Richard Crowson: "I've Just Seen a Facebook"
What do I do when I’m not wasting time on Facebook? Why, write songs about Facebook, of course!
This commentary originally aired on 05/23/14.
KMUW's Sean Sandefur Wins Society Of Professional Journalists Award
KMUW reporter Sean Sandefur was honored with the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi awards for excellence in journalism. The awards, presented last month in Washington, D.C., recognize outstanding work published or broadcast.
Sean's piece "Dangerous Chemical Invades West Wichita Drinking Water" was recognized for excellence in investigative radio reporting.