WLRN earned 14 awards in the Florida News Awards competition for journalism produced in 2021, including Overall Station of the Year – for the third time in the past four years. The Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists presented the awards at on Saturday.
Notable this year: Leslie Ovalle, producer of Sundial, won individual honors for best producer, and the station was a finalist in the large market TV education category for a story included in the statewide “Class of COVID-19” project.
Here’s the complete rundown of WLRN’s honors, all were in the Radio, Statewide category except “Meet one woman on a mission to find hundreds of kids, lost to their schools”:
WINNERS
Overall Station of the Year: WLRN News
Breaking News
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WLRN News Team
Digital Programming
“: An education crisis for Florida’s vulnerable students”
Patricia Moynihan, WFSU; Jessica Bakeman, WLRN; the WLRN News Team; and Florida Public Media
Education Reporting, Single Story
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Robbie Gaffney, WFSU; Jessica Bakeman, WLRN
Florida Public Media
Education Reporting, Series
“Jessica Bakeman on WLRN’s Education Beat”
Jessica Bakeman, WLRN
Feature Reporting, Cultural & Historical
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Kerry Sheridan, WUSF; Jessica Bakeman, WLRN; and Florida Public Media
Public Affairs
Tom Hudson, WLRN; Melissa Ross, WJCT; and the news teams
Individual Achievement
Producer
FINALISTS
General Assignment
”Bill signing at ‘exclusive’ political rally”
Jessica Bakeman, Daniel Rivero
WLRN
Series / Franchise, Hard News
”: An education crisis for florida’s vulnerable students”
Jessica Bakeman, News Team; and Florida Public Media
Feature Reporting, Cultural & Historical
”Her prints made Lilly Pulitzer famous”
Nancy Klingener, WLRN
Use of Sound
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Caitie Switalski Munoz, Merritt Jacob, WLRN News Team; and
Florida Public Media
Political, Government, Election Reporting | Series
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WLRN News Team
Television I, Large Market
Education Reporting, Single story
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Veronica Zaragovia, Jessica Bakeman, the News Team andFlorida Public Media
