Work by WPR & PBS Wisconsin reporters, hosts, editors, producers and staff in 2024 have been recognized by our journalism and broadcasting colleagues. Find links to award-winning WPR & PBS Wisconsin stories and programs below.
2024 WPR Awards
Excellence in Journalism Awards – Milwaukee Press Club
Best Long Soft Feature Story – Audio
Gold – “How a tiny Wisconsin village went viral nearly 60 years ago.” (Colleen Leahy)
Silver – “Exploring the handmade tunnels of ‘Sandland.’” (Trevor Hook)
Best Short Hard Feature Story – Audio
Gold – “‘Thou shalt not forget Wisconsin’: Haunted by 2016, Democrats are all in on the Midwestern battleground.” (Anya van Wagtendonk)
Silver – “‘We own it. It’s our place’: Worsened care feared as counties privatize their nursing homes.” (Addie Costello)
Best Coverage of a Single or Ongoing Breaking News Story – Audio
Silver – “Milwaukee readies for RNC after Trump assassination attempt” (Margaret Faust, Evan Casey, Corrinne Hess)
Best Series Reporting – Audio
Silver – “Tensions high in Lac du Flambeau as road dispute between tribe, town, drags on” (Danielle Kaeding)
Best Short Soft Feature Story – Audio
Bronze – “Strolling down Candy Cane Lane: A West Allis holiday tradition” (Mallory Cheng)
Best Use of Audio Within a Report – Audio
Bronze – “These Wisconsin volunteers are opening up their homes to wild animals” (Sarah Lehr)
Best Coverage of a Single News Topic or Event Including Breaking News – Online
Gold – Abundant Life Christian School shooting coverage (Sarah Lehr; Anya van Wagtendonk; Anna Marie Yanny; Jenny Peek; Corrinne Hess)
Best Long Hard Feature Story – Online
Gold – “Whitewater adjusts to changing population amid increase of immigrants” (Evan Casey)
Best Long Soft Feature Story – Online
Gold – Could the discovery of ancient canoes lead researchers to an underwater Indigenous village? (Sarah Lehr)
Best Short Hard Feature Story – Online
Gold – A family struggled to find mental health help for their teen girl. They are not alone (Corrinne Hess)
Silver – Green Bay spent years rehashing the 2020 election. Now, the city is bracing for November. (Joe Schulz)
Best Use of Multimedia
Gold – Wisconsin Life Food Traditions (Maureen McCollum; Kelly Saran; Ali Khan; Maria Brunetta; Angela Major; Danielle Kaeding)
Bronze – Wisconsin Violinist is helping create the sounds of the RNC (Mackenzie Krumme)
Best News Photograph – Visual Journalism
Bronze – UW-Madison pro-Palestine protest arrest (Angela Major)
Best Feature Photograph – Visual Journalism
Bronze – Green County Cheese Days breaks polka world record
Awards for Excellence – Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
Best Radio Show – Medium Market
2nd Place – Route 51 – April 26 – Bad River (Shereen Siewart, Ezra Wall, Joy Ratchkramer)
2024 PBS Wisconsin Awards
Excellence in Journalism Awards – Milwaukee Press Club
Best Documentary – Video
Gold – “Wisconsin Lighthouses“
Bronze – “Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Beloit“
Best Regularly Scheduled News or Sports Program – Video
Gold – “Here & Now”
Best Editing – Video
Gold – “Wisconsin Life: Femme & Queer Skate Night”
Best Individual Reporting of News – Video
Gold – “Here & Now: Wisconsin school district referendums and defeasance”
Best Long Hard Feature Story – Video
Gold – “Here & Now: Medicaid and pay for workers with developmental disabilities”
Best Long Soft Feature Story – Video
Gold – “Wisconsin Life: Red Putter”
Best Writing in a Video Story – Video
Bronze – “Here & Now: Who did — or didn’t — watch the 2024 RNC around Wisconsin?”
Best Use of Multimedia – Online
Gold – “Wisconsin Life Food Traditions”
Best Short Soft Feature Story – Online
Gold – “Here & Now: How many fresh-cut Christmas trees are being harvested in Wisconsin”
Awards for Excellence – Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
Best Specialty Programming
1st Place – “Wisconsin Lighthouses“
Best Use of Video
1st Place – “Wisconsin Life: Midwest Onewheel”
Best Website
1st Place – PBS Wisconsin Education, Civics
Best Topical Promotion
1st Place – Wisconsin Lighthouses – Family
Best Image Promotion
2nd Place – 2024 Year in Review
