KBIA-FM Wins 16 Awards from the Kansas City Press Club
Alumnus Dick Nelson Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Kansas City (July 20, 2016) — KBIA won 16 awards from the Kansas City Press Club in its annual Heart of America Awards. The contest honors outstanding journalism published in eastern Kansas and western Missouri. The Kansas City Press Club, the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, presented the awards at a banquet on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City on Saturday, July 9.
KBIA-FM is one of the Missouri School of Journalism’s nine professional hands-on outlets that serve as learning laboratories for students.
Dick Nelson, MA ’71, was honored with the Press Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award. A retired journalist and educator, he has served as a board member of the Press Club since 1989. In accepting the award, Nelson said of the Press Club, “I’ve found it an invaluable resource in keeping up with issues of free speech, freedom of expression and transparency of government actions. It has provided a perspective on those issues that is sometimes missing in the hustle and bustle of the daily newsroom.”
KBIA won 9 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze and 1 honorable mention award:
Gold
- Online News Column: Ryan Famuliner, for three columns published in 2015.
- Online Multimedia Package: Heather Adams and Ashley Reese, for “Exploring the Paths of Missouri’s Special Education.”
- Radio Beat Reporting: Kristofor Husted
- Radio Documentary: Bram Sable-Smith, Sara Shahriari and Rebecca Smith for “1,723 Patients.”
- Radio General Reporting: Bram Sable-Smith, Sara Shahriari and Rebecca Smith for “1,723 Patients.”
- Radio Investigative Reporting: James Gordon, Kristofor Husted and Sarah Kellogg for “Why the Business Loop CID Faltered and the Tax Workaround It Exposed.”
- Radio Profile: Rebecca Smith, for “St. Louis Man Uses His Experience to Teach Youth About Heroin Addiction.”
- Radio Public Service Project: Kristofor Husted and Bram Sable-Smith for “Shortage in Rich Land.”
- Radio News Program: KBIA Staff, for “Intersection: Live at the State of the State Address.”
Silver
- Online Multimedia Package: Kristofor Husted and Bram Sable-Smith for “Shortage in Rich Land.”
- Radio Beat Reporting: Rebecca Smith
- Radio Feature Reporting: Gary Grigsby, for “Saving Songbirds in St. Louis.”
- Radio General Reporting: Kristofor Husted and Bram Sable-Smith for “Shortage in Rich Land.”
Bronze
- Radio News Program: KBIA Staff for, “Intersection: Voices from a Historic Monday at the University of Missouri.“
- Radio Sports Reporting: Kristofor Husted, for “Mizzou Football Sets Precedent for Student-Athlete Activism.“
Honorable Mention
- Radio Beat Reporting: Bram Sable-Smith
KBIA is one of the most highly-awarded public radio stations in the country. Here is a list of the awards so far this year, with other competitions still yet to announce winners:
- 1 national Edward R. Murrow Award
- 5 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
- 2 national Sigma Delta Chi Awards
- 2 national first place PRNDI awards
- 4 first place and 1 honorable mention awards from the Missouri Broadcasters Association
- 3 first place and 3 finalists in the Mark of Excellence Awards
Updated: September 29, 2020