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WHQR Public Media Wins Journalism Awards

By Staff Reports, posted Dec 3, 2024
The WHQR news staff received numerous awards at this year’s Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas awards ceremony. (Photo courtesy of WHQR)
WHQR earned a variety of honors, including Outstanding News Operation, at this year’s Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas awards ceremony on Nov. 9.

News Director Ben Schachtman stated in a news release, "I am very proud of my colleagues, who not only produced exceptional work on their own but collaborated as a newsroom on this year’s winning special report. I also want to thank RTDNAC for recognizing our team with a first-place award for Outstanding News Operation in radio for the second year in a row. The WHQR team deserves it, and I’m grateful that I get to work with them."

According to the release, in addition to Outstanding News Operation, WHQR also won:
  • Series First Place: WHQR – New Hanover County Schools Turnaround Task Force – Rachel Keith
  • Special Report First Place: WHQR Public Media – Special Report on the Mosley School closing – Benjamin Schachtman, Rachel Keith, Kelly Kenoyer, Camille Mojica
  • Health-Medicine First Place: WHQR – How Pender County used opioid settlement money to purchase DARE-branded sheriff’s office vehicles – Nikolai Mather
  • Community Impact First Place: WHQR Public Media – “The water still isn’t safe” – Nikolai Mather Second Place: WHQR Public Media – Rarely seen whale species died on Emerald Isle after swallowing mylar balloon – Rachel Keith
  • Consumer/Economic Second Place: WHQR – Perspectives: An economic update for the Cape Fear area – Kelly Kenoyer
  • Entertainment Second Place: WHQR Public Media – NPR’s Bobby Carter talks 2024 Tiny Desk Contest – Nikolai Mather
  • General News Second Place: WHQR Public Media – One year after the Pulp Road wildfire, Green Swamp Preserve has bounced back even better – Kelly Kenoyer
  • Investigative Second Place: WHQR Public Media – A closer look at NHCS parents’ groups, and the significant differences in their fundraising capacity – Rachel Keith
  • Social Reform Second Place: WHQR Public Media – On the street with cops, social workers, and homeless people in a time of uncertainty – Kelly Kenoye
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