Above Photo: WBGO Doug Doyle, Director of News and Editorial Content
WBGO 88.3 FM Wins Two Awards
in Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) Annual Awards Competition
NEWARK, NJ – The Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) recently announced its annual award winners for 2024, including two of the prestigious honors for WBGO 88.3/Newark Public Radio in Division A (0-3 newsroom staff): first place in the Newscast category for “WBGO News Update with Doug Doyle” and second place in the Narrative/Produced Podcast category for “Conversations with Sydney: Episode 1: Should I Talk to My Teen About Suicide?.”
"We are very honored again to be recognized by PMJA for the news content we provide WBGO listeners,” said Doug Doyle, Director of News and Editorial Content. “Receiving first-place honors in the best newscast category is a reflection of the great team we've built. Meanwhile, Micah and Sydney's first season of Conversations with Sydney was tremendous and I'm so proud of their work as they head into season two.”
The awards, announced in conjunction with the organization’s annual conference held in Washington, DC in June are for work completed during 2023. In all, the organization presented 269 first and second place awards across 33 categories. Awards were presented in five different size divisions representing public media organizations with as few as one to more than 30 newsroom employees. The full list of winners is available here.
“This year, we had over 1,450 entries from 144 different organizations in our awards contest,” said PMJA Executive Director Christine Paige Diers. “We’re proud to be able to recognize the great journalism across the country through this contest.”
About PMJA: The Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) is a professional association for public media journalists in the United States. Membership includes over 130 local public radio newsrooms across the country. PMJA’ programs provide professional development, career support and networking opportunities to the over 1,800 journalists working at its member stations.
About WBGO: Founded on April 9,1979, by Robert G. Ottenhoff, a young Rutgers University communications specialist and jazz fan, WBGO is a publicly-supported cultural institution that preserves and elevates America’s music: jazz and blues. WBGO reaches a weekly audience of nearly 300,000 in the New York/New Jersey metro area via 88.3 FM. Through programs such as Rhythm Revue, Felix Hernández’s oldies-but-goodies R&B/soul show, and Jazz Night in America, produced in partnership with National Public Radio (NPR), Jazz at Lincoln Center and WBGO. From its position as content provider to NPR, WBGO’s reach extends to millions across the country. From its home base of Newark, New Jersey, Public Radio station WBGO has long been an anchor institution in community engagement through its partnerships, concerts, education and news programming. Through its informative and entertaining announcers, award-winning original arts programming, expansive educational and community outreach and pioneering jazz tourism, WBGO will continue to be “the jazz source” for years to come. For more information, log on to https://www.wbgo.org
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Media Contact: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
(212) 721-3341 | [email protected]
The awards, announced in conjunction with the organization’s annual conference held in Washington, DC in June are for work completed during 2023. In all, the organization presented 269 first and second place awards across 33 categories. Awards were presented in five different size divisions representing public media organizations with as few as one to more than 30 newsroom employees. The full list of winners is available here.
“This year, we had over 1,450 entries from 144 different organizations in our awards contest,” said PMJA Executive Director Christine Paige Diers. “We’re proud to be able to recognize the great journalism across the country through this contest.”
About PMJA: The Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) is a professional association for public media journalists in the United States. Membership includes over 130 local public radio newsrooms across the country. PMJA’ programs provide professional development, career support and networking opportunities to the over 1,800 journalists working at its member stations.
About WBGO: Founded on April 9,1979, by Robert G. Ottenhoff, a young Rutgers University communications specialist and jazz fan, WBGO is a publicly-supported cultural institution that preserves and elevates America’s music: jazz and blues. WBGO reaches a weekly audience of nearly 300,000 in the New York/New Jersey metro area via 88.3 FM. Through programs such as Rhythm Revue, Felix Hernández’s oldies-but-goodies R&B/soul show, and Jazz Night in America, produced in partnership with National Public Radio (NPR), Jazz at Lincoln Center and WBGO. From its position as content provider to NPR, WBGO’s reach extends to millions across the country. From its home base of Newark, New Jersey, Public Radio station WBGO has long been an anchor institution in community engagement through its partnerships, concerts, education and news programming. Through its informative and entertaining announcers, award-winning original arts programming, expansive educational and community outreach and pioneering jazz tourism, WBGO will continue to be “the jazz source” for years to come. For more information, log on to https://www.wbgo.org
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Media Contact: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
(212) 721-3341 | [email protected]
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