Michigan Radio was the winner of fourteen awards for news coverage this weekend from the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors. The station was recognized with seven First Place awards, including Outstanding News Operation. The station also received seven Second Place awards. Michigan Radio competes in the large market radio category, which includes both public and commercial radio stations that serve Michigan’s largest market of Detroit.
Here is the complete list of Michigan Radio winners:
First Place
- Outstanding News Operation – Michigan Radio News Staff
- Best Continuing Coverage: Kate Wells – Larry Nassar Sexual Abuse Coverage
- Best Investigative Reporting: Tracy Samilton – Mental Health Authority
- Best Sports Reporting – Doug Tribou & Lauren Talley: Mornings in Michigan: “What it takes to get the Big House ready for a game”
- Best Documentary – Dustin Dwyer: “Pushed Out: A documentary on housing in Grand Rapids”
- Best Public Service – Rebecca Williams & Kaye Lafond – “Why it's so hard to know exactly how much of Michigan's water is bottled and sold”
- Best Newscast – Michigan Radio
Second Place
- Digital Presence – Michigan Radio News Staff
- Documentary – Jennifer Guerra – “We Live Here: What happens to students when failing schools close?”
- Enterprise Reporting – Tracy Samilton – “Prisons work to keep out drug-smuggling drones”
- Investigative Reporting – Lindsey Smith – Lead and Copper Rule
- Reporter/Anchor – Kate Wells
- Public Service – Lindsey Smith - “Three years after man-made disaster, Flint filter teams try to keep residents safe”
- Use of Sound – Lester Graham – Artisans of Michigan: “Making marimbas”
The Michigan Associated Press Media Editors competition features reports, feature stories, documentaries, photography as well as newscasts and sportscasts that aired in 2017 from newspapers, TV and radio stations across Michigan. The awards were formally presented at a ceremony on Sunday, April 22 in Lansing. Also at that gathering, Michigan Radio News Director Vincent Duffy was elected to the board of the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors representing large-market radio stations.
