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WHRO Public Media Awards 2024

WHRO Public Media has been honored to win several awards recently. From journalism reports and television documentaries to services provided by our WHRO Education team, we are excited to be recognized.

“WHRO Public Media is committed to delivering outstanding content that enriches and educates our community. We are honored by these awards and nominations,” stated Bert Schmidt, president and CEO of WHRO.

Below is a list of our 2024 Awards.

Online News Association

Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO has been named as a finalist for the award below. Awards will be announced on Sept. 20.

Excellence in Social Justice Reporting, Portfolio
Uprooted: How public universities in Virginia and across the nation expanded by displacing Black communities, Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO, ProPublica

Public Media Awards

Innovation in Education - Empowering Parents: WHRO's Innovative Approach to Hazing Awareness and Prevention

Performing Arts - Exodus | Homecoming

Radio – Environment - At risk from rising seas, Norfolk plans massive, controversial floodwall

Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) Award

The Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO has been named as a finalist for the award below. Awards will be announced on Sept. 18.

Insight Award for Visual Journalism - Black midwives in Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia


Emmys

Informational/Instructional - Short Form Content:
GreenBeats: Foam Free

Arts/Entertainment - Short Form Content:
Curate 757: Victor Wooten

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Long Form Content:
Uprooted


YWCA South Hampton Roads

YWCA South Hampton Roads 2024 Laura Etta Davis Titus Transformational Community Leader Award - Barbara Hamm Lee
Chosen for her enduring dedication to truth, transformation, and commitment to promoting equity and anti-racism within her work and her longstanding service to the community.


National Association of Black Journalists

Best Public Affairs Segment:
Another View: Natural Hair - The Crown Act


Public Media Journalists Association

First-Place Award: Best Collaborative Effort - The American Homefront Project
A collection of stories about military mental health that included several stories from WHRO Reporter Steve Walsh and was based on events and people in Hampton Roads.


Virginia Association of Broadcasters

Winner - Outstanding News Series: Norfolk Floodwall by Katherine Hafner

Winner - Outstanding Newscast: WHRO News with Doug Boynton

Runner Up - Best in Investigative Reporting: Norfolk's White Fight: How Shifting Demographics Shaped a Region by Connor Worley & Barry Graham


Telly Awards

Gold

General-Student: Curate U: Nomorama

General-Sustainability: GreenBeats: Foam Free

General-Student: Curate U: Redeemed Art

Silver

General-Music, Dance & Performance: A Swinging Christmas - Live at WHRO

Series-Arts & Culture: Curate 757 Season 8

General-Nature & Wildlife: Curate 757: Pam Ponce

General-Culture & Lifestyle: Curate 757: Will Liverman

Bronze

General-Biography: Curate 757: Mia Guile

General-DEI: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Curate 757: Roberta Lea

General-Biography: Curate 757: Victor Wooten

General-Education & Training: Curate 757: Wynton Marsalis

General-DEI: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Exodus: Homecoming

General-Video Journalism: Historic Community Fights Flooding


Pictures of the Year International

First Place, Documentary Film Category: "Uprooted"


Education Writers Association Awards

Brandi Kellam, Louis Hansen & Gabriel Sandoval of the  Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO & ProPublica were awarded the Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting for "Uprooted," which exposed how a university destroyed a Black, middle-class neighborhood.


2024 Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award

Series of stories “Uprooted: An Eminent Domain Documentary" Brandi Kellam, an investigative journalist with the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism (VCIJ) at WHRO, and Louis Hansen, an editor and investigative journalist at VCIJ.

The Paul Tobenkin Award, named in honor of the late New York Herald Tribune reporter, recognizes outstanding achievements in reporting on racial or religious hatred, intolerance, or discrimination in the United States.

Other contributors to the reporting include former ProPublica research reporter Gabriel Sandoval, Christopher Tyree of Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO, and Lisa Riordan Seville and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons, both of ProPublica.


Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters

Radio - Best Continuing News: First Place Katherine Hafner, "Norfolk's Floodwall Plan"

Radio - Best Sports Feature: First Place Connor Worley, "MEAC Makes Mark on HBCU Esports With First Championship Tournament"


2024 National Headliner Award

Third Place - “Uprooted: How Public Universities Expanded by Displacing Black Communities”

Brandi Kellam, Louis Hansen and Gabriel Sandoval
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO


View past awards: 20232022 | 2021

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