WHRO Public Media Celebrates Big Wins
WHRO Public Media has been honored to win several awards recently. From our journalistic news series to a children's music video, we are excited to celebrate these accomplishments.
“WHRO Public Media is committed to delivering outstanding content that enriches and educates our community. We are honored by the these awards and nominations,” stated Bert Schmidt, president and CEO of WHRO.
Below is a list of our 2020 Awards.
Addy Awards
Best in Show Gold for Greenbeats “Good Bugs” Music Video category Silver: City Voices 9B Card/Invitation/Announcement Silver: WHRO “We’ll Keep You Going” campaign of TV Spots
“Good Bugs” Music Video Category. 2020 District ADDY® winner in the American Advertising Awards for AAF District 3 which includes North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
Best News Series category for Seclusion & Restraint: Behind The Numbers WHRO Public Media and VPM News Reporting: Gina Gambony and Megan Paul Editing: Catherine Komp, Rebecca Feldhaus Adams, Craig Carper, Sarah McCloskey
Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters
First place in Best Light Feature - WHRV, Gina Gambony, Hear her story.
National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Awards
Celebrating Teaching & Learning Category: Young Storytellers and “My Plan to Save the Planet” aka “Be Like the Robots".
"Be Like the Robots" also won the Award of Excellence at the Best Shorts Film Fest for 2020.
Regional Capitol EMMYS
WHRO has been nominated for 8 regional Emmy’s.
Arts/Entertainment - Program Feature/Segment Curate 757: Titus Kaphar
Arts/Entertainment - Program Feature/Segment Curate 757 - Gary Wong
Arts/Entertainment - Program Feature/Segment Curate 757 - Chuck Dickerson
Documentary - Cultural Topic City Voices: Homelessness to Hopefulness
Historical/Cultural - Program/Special The Historic Attucks Theater: Apollo of the South
Arts/Entertainment – Program/Special Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants
Community/Public Service category American Graduate III
Community/Public Service category Greenbeats
National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Awards
Another View’s Round Table Show “Colorism” won in the Best Public Affairs Segment Category.
The name of it is "colorism" - prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. This is a global issue and we talk about it with pundits Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Carol Pretlow, Allison Moore and William Brown.
The Attucks: Apollo of the South won for Best Documentary.
Musicians of the greatest caliber have performed at the Attucks, legends like Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole just to name a few.
The Curate segment on artist Titus Kaphar won for Best Long Feature.
Titus Kaphar is an artist who seeks to dislodge history from its status as the "past" in order to unearth its contemporary relevance. His aim is to reveal something of what has been lost and to investigate the power of rewritten history.