KCUR Awards And Recognitions

-2012-

PRNDI – Public Radio News Directors Incorporated

Nationally Edited, ContinuingCoverage
FirstPlace: Frank Morris – Midwestern Drought

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards Region 5

Large Market Radio Feature Reporting
ElanaGordon – Shelter for Pets of Domestic Violence Victim
Investigative Reporting
Peggy Lowe – Public Research for Private Interests
Use of Sound/Video
Sylvia Maria Gross – Made in Olathe: Custom Brass Instruments
Website
HarvestPublic Media – HarvestPublicMedia.org

KC Press Club – Society of Professional Journalists - Heart of America Awards

Radio Station of the Year
KCUR89.3 FM

Gold Award, General Reporting
Frank Morris – Record Drought in the Midwest
Gold Award, Business Reporting (Online)
JeremyBernfeld, Peggy Lowe, Frank Morris – Farmer of the Future
Gold Award, Investigative Reporting
Steve Bell – Public Integrity Project: Kansas and Missouri
Gold Award, Feature
ElanaGordon – Program Offers Shelter for the Pets of Domestic Violence Victims
Gold Award, Profile
Sylvia Maria Gross – Made in Olathe: Custom Brass Instruments
Gold Award, Sports Reporting
Greg Echlin – All Star Game Coverag
Gold Award, Beat Reporting (Online)
JeremyBernfeld– After MF Global Crisis, Farmers May Hedge on Hedging Public
Gold Award, Service Project
Alex Smith – An 8-Year-Old’s Mission to Help South Sudan
Gold Award, News Program
Suzanne Hogan, Susan B. Wilson, Alex Smith, Sylvia Maria Gross, ZackLewandowski – KC Currents
Gold Award, Talk Program
SteveKraske, StephenSteigman,DanieAlexander, BethLipoff, Brian Ellison – Up to Date
Gold Award, Documentary
Suzanne Hogan, Susan B. Wilson, Alex Smith, Laura Ziegler, Sylvia Maria Gross – KC Currents Is Up All Night

Silver Award, Feature
Suzanne Hogan, JulieDenesha–FadoNovato, Songs of Heartache and Struggle
Silver Award, Profile
Alex Smith – Kansas City Dominates Dominoes
Silver Award, Sports Reporting
Laura Spencer – MLS Prospects Try Their Feet at Art

Bronze Award, Feature
Laura Spencer –‘SmellScape’Encourages Nose-First Exploration
Bronze Award, Profile
Laura Spencer – One Man’s Walkabout in Kansas

Missouri Broadcasters Association Large Market Radio

Certificate of Merit
Alex Smith – Saving Grandview: The International House of Prayer
Certificate of Merit
Alex Smith – Kansas City Dominates Dominoes

Kansas City Association of Black Journalists

News Feature Award
ElanaGordon – Taking another Look at John Brown
News Magazine Award
Susan B. Wilson, Sylvia Maria Gross, Suzanne Hogan, Alex Smith – KC Currents Talk
Show Award
Monroe Dodd, WaltBodineand AndreaSilenzi– A History of African Americans in Kansas City

-2011-

Kansas City Association of Black Journalists

Spot News
Elana Gordon - First Lady Michelle Obama Tells NAACP Convention to 'Get Up'
News Feature
Elana Gordon - Film Explores History of Segregated Medicine in Kansas City
News Magazine
Dr. Susan B. Wilson, Sylvia Maria Gross & Alex Smith for KC Currents - Generation Rap's Granddad Steps Down, African American Mothers Meet in Johnson County, Country Club Plaza is a Destination for Local Teenagers, & Pianist Harold O'Neal: Translating Martial Arts into Jazz
Talk Show
Monroe Dodd, Andrea Silenzi & Walt Bodine for the Walt Bodine Show - KC History: The Quest for Citizenship

The Pitch's 2011 Best of Kansas City

Readers' Choice: Best Talk Radio Station
KCUR 89.3 FM
Best Radio Reporter
Sylvia Maria Gross

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Audio Feature Reporting
Elana Gordon - Local Accordion Legend Don Lipovac
Use of Sound
Laura Spencer - Chinese New Year Celebrations Begin in Kansas City

Missouri Broadcasters Association

Documentary/Public Affairs
Certificate of Merit: Frank Morris for Army Fitness
Feature Reporting
Certificate of Merit: Laura Spencer for Arts and Sports Communities Teaming Up

Kansas City Press Club - Society of Professional Journalist Heart of America Awards

Business Reporting, Gold
Staff, Harvest Public Media for Ethanol series.
Business Reporting, Silver
Frank Morris — Agribusiness Consolidation.
Business Reporting, Bronze
Sylvia Maria Gross for Dodge City Casino.

Talk Radio
Gold: Central Standard for “Local Voices.”
Silver: Laura Spencer for “Slammed.”

Feature
Silver: Elana Gordon for “Accordion Legend.”
Bronze: Sylvia Maria Gross for “Revisiting Leon Jordan Case.”

Investigative Reporting
Silver: Dan Verbeck for “A Finger’s Touch.”

News Program
Bronze: Susan Wilson, Sylvia Marie Gross, Alex Smith for “KC Currents"

-2010-

Regional Edward R. Murrow Award

Audio Breaking News Coverage
KCUR Newsroom - For breaking news coverage of the shooting death of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kan.

Kansas City Association of Black Journalists

Radio News
Elana Gordon - "Camp Takes on Asthma in Urban Core"
Elana Gordon - "A Vision for the Community: Pioneer in African American Heath Care Retires"

Radio News Magazine
Dr. Susan B. Wilson - "Local Group Offers Support for Families of the Incarcerated"

Radio Business News
Sylvia Maria Gross, KC Currents - “Blue Hills Foreclosure”

Radio Talk Show
Steve Kraske, Stephen Steigman, Danie Alexander and Kara Caldwell, Up to Date - “Civil Rights in 2010” Steve Kraske, Stephen Steigman, Danie Alexander and Kara Caldwell, Up to Date -“Where Urban Youth Gather”

Kansas City Press Club - Society of Professional Journalists Heart of America Awards

Radio Station of the Year
KCUR-FM

News Program
Gold - KC Currents: Susan B Wilson, Sylvia Maria Gross, Alex Smith, Annie Walsh

Business Reporting
Gold: Frank Morris for “Economy Crashes Small Plane Manufacturing”
Bronze: Sylvia Maria Gross for “Beyond Enchiladas: Mexican Restaurant Owners Meet in KC”
Honorable Mention: Steve Bell for “Out of Jail”
Honorable Mention: Frank Morris for “Recession Hits Freight Industry”

Talk Radio
Gold: Up to Date
Silver: The Walt Bodine Show

Feature
Gold: Gina Kaufmann, Alex Smith and Laura Spencer for “Don’t Quit Your Day Job”
Silver: Dan Verbeck for “Best Shot: Late Kansas Soldiers’ Career Path....”
Honorable Mention: Steve Bell for “Winfield: The Walnut Valley Mystique”
Honorable Mention: Alexander Smith for “New Competition for Panhandlers on Downtown Street Corners”

Kansas City Art Institute

Award for Excellence in Visual Art and Visual Education
Laura Spencer, KCUR Arts Reporter