AWARDS
Ambies Awards
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Winner: Best Entertainment Podcast (2023)
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You never really know someone…especially online. In today’s world, the power of influence can be the quickest path to money and fame, and it often ends in ruin. These are the stories of the world’s most insidious Scamfluencers.
Kidscreen Awards
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Winner: Best Podcast (2023)
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The annual awards recognize the best in children's TV and digital media.
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You venture deep into the jungle to solve its greatest mysteries. You gaze at Earth from the surface of the moon. You write music that has the whole world humming along.
The WEBBY Awards
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Winner: Best Writing Podcast
(2023)
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Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls was voted best podcast by children, parents and audiences across the globe for its creative approach to children's storytelling & content.
Common Sense Media​
Outstanding Family Entertainment (2022)
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Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls was nominated for its creative approach to children's storytelling & content.
Outstanding Family Entertainment
New York Press Club Awards
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Gold: Narrative/Documentary Podcast (2022)
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This 5 part series takes an in-depth look at how Rosanne Boyland, an anti-political woman from Georgia, was radicalized and what led her to the January 6 riots where she died.
Online Journalism Awards
Gather Award (2020)
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The Gather Award is the only national award recognizing engaged journalism. KPCC's team won for the groundbreaking Help Desk approach, outreach to families via direct mail, and our Voter Game Plan strategy.
The WEBBY Awards
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People's Voice Winner: Kids + Family Podcast
(2022)
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Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls was voted best podcast by children, parents and audiences across the globe for its creative approach to children's storytelling & content.
The WEBBY Awards
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Honoree
(2019)
Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient FINALIST for the 2019 Webby Award. Internet-based project created by an individual or group of students for academic purposes or as part of developing a portfolio.
iHeart Radio Podcast Awards
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Best Kids & Family Podcast Nominee (2022)
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Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls was nominated for its creative approach to children's storytelling & content.
Online Journalism Awards
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Finalist –– Large Newsroom (2019)
'Puerto Rico: Restless and Resilient' In March 2018, 19 graduate and undergraduate students traveled to Puerto Rico to assess recovery efforts.
BEST OF PHOENIX®
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Best Morning Radio Show: The Show on KJZZ
The Show on KJZZ was named the best morning radio station of 2018 by the Phoenix New Times, a complement and recognition I share with the incredible staff of hosts and producers along with the fastidious and talented KJZZ newsroom staff.
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
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1st Place Radio Sports Feature (2017)
Awarded 1st place by the SPJ for 'Talent Beyond Age' a story that follows an incredibly talented 9 year old girl girl's journey to break one of MLB toughest records.
Scripps National Collegiate Reporting Competition
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​The Roy W. Howard Fellowship (2017)
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Winners are sent to Japan to report on journalism in other cultures, exploring international media organizations and fostering a global cultural understanding.
Rocky Mountain Student Emmys
News: Arts and Entertainment/Cultural Affairs
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'The Korean War: A Forgotten Victory' explores the sacrifice thousands of Americans made in a war many don't know was fought.
Broadcast Education Association
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Best of Festival
(2017)
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​Awarded one of the BEA's highest honors, the Best of Festival for Radio Feature Reporting for the story, 'Duty, honor, court' -- about Arizona's veteran court system.
Rocky Mountain Student Emmys
News: General Assignment
(2017)
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'Tamed But not Broken' a look into an Arizona Prison program that is operating with unparalleled recidivism rates.
Broadcast Education Association
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1st Place Radio Sports Feature (2017)
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Awarded 1st place by the SPJ for 'Talent Beyond Age' a story that follows an incredibly talented 9 year old girl girl's journey to break one of MLB toughest records.
Biotech University
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BioTech National Collegiate Reporting Contest (2017)
Biotech University awards top emerging journalists in the field of science of biotechnology reporting. Richard won for her coverage of the FDA's new mandate banning several chemicals found household products, most notably, soap.
1st Place
BioInvestigative Breaking News
56th Annual Hearst Journalism Awards
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The 'Pulitzer Prizer' of collegiate reporting, the Hearst journalism competition is one of the most prestigious and competitive in the nation. Richard was recognize for her investigative work and awarded a position as a Top 20 Radio Finalist.
Finalist
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
Regional Finalist Radio In-Depth Reporting (2016)
Award finalist for the investigative radio feature “Looking for Laurie,” a story that follows the search for one homeless woman who disappeared in plain sight.
Emma Bowen Foundation
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Courage In Reporting
(2016)
This is both a highly competitive and prestigious award recognizing one US reporter for their determination and dedication to storytelling despite social, political or geographical constraints.
Award for Courage in Reporting
Broadcast Education Association
Honorable Mention:
Investigative radio feature
Recognized for the investigative radio feature “Looking for Laurie” a story that follows the search for one homeless woman who disappeared from plain sight.