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2024 RTDNAC Awards Competition

RTDNAC is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 awards competition, recognizing the best of TV, radio and website work in North Carolina and South Carolina.

The 2024 RTDNAC Awards will be presented on Nov. 9, 2024, during a luncheon at The Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Register here to attend. 

2024 RTDNAC Award Finalists

Radio

RADIO

Breaking News

North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – UNC-Chapel Hill Shooting

WFAE 90.7 – Four officers killed serving warrant in Charlotte – Nick de la Canal, Kenneth Lee, Jr., Lisa Worf, Woody Cain, Ely Portillo

WPTF – UNC Shooting, Aug. 28, 2023 – Bruce Ferrell, Anthony DeHart, Jeff Hamlin

Community Impact

WHQR Public Media – “The water still isn’t safe” – Nikolai Mather

WHQR Public Media – Rarely seen whale species died on Emerald Isle after swallowing mylar balloon – Rachel Keith

Consumer/Economic

WHQR – Perspectives: An economic update for the Cape Fear area – Kelly Kenoyer

WUNC – 66-year-old small town department store to close – Colin Campbell

Education

North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – UNCG professor worries if her job will survive cuts – Brianna Atkinson

WFAE 90.7 – CMS goes door-to-door to get students back in class – Ann Doss Helms

Entertainment

NCN News – Ain’t too proud – DPAC – Gayle Hurd

WHQR Public Media – NPR’s Bobby Carter talks 2024 Tiny Desk Contest – Nikolai Mather

General News

WFAE 90.7 – Illegal weed, legal high: Confusion in NC laws – Steve Harrison

WHQR Public Media – One year after the Pulp Road wildfire, Green Swamp Preserve has bounced back even better – Kelly Kenoyer

Hard News Feature

97.9 The Hill (WCHL) – UNC grapples with loss, trauma after Monday’s shooting –  Brighton McConnell

WUNC-FM – Finding families to accept soldiers’ remains – Jay Price

Health-Medicine

WHQR – How Pender County used opioid settlement money to purchase DARE-branded sheriff’s office vehicles – Nikolai Mather

Investigative

North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC – Out of Sight: An investigation into North Carolina’s PRTFs

WHQR Public Media – A closer look at NHCS parents’ groups, and the significant differences in their fundraising capacity – Rachel Keith

Light Feature

WFAE 90.7 – Meet VanVan, the 5-year-old rap sensation – Nick de la Canal

Long-Form Interview

WCHL – I promised my sister I would write about how she chose to die – Aaron Keck

WPTF – Remembering Jack Johnson – Jon Champion

Outstanding News Operation

WHQR
WPTF

Podcast (Long)

99.9 The Fan – A Brief History of Triangle Sports | NC Sports Betting – Brian Murphy, Tim Donnelly, Anita Normanly, Doug Miller, Graham Hill

WUNC’s Embodied ‘Mixed’ Podcast Episode – Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay, Amanda Magnus, Paige Perez, Jenni Lawson

Podcast (Short)

No entries.

Political/Election

WFAE 90.7 – Mark Harris makes a stunning congressional comeback – Steve Harrison

WUNC – Election Integrity Bill Linked to 2020 Election Deniers – Rusty Jacobs

Radio News Block

97.9 The Hill (WCHL) – The Morning News: UNC Campus Clash and Arrests – Aaron Keck, Brighton McConnell, Michael Koh

Series

WHQR – New Hanover County Schools Turnaround Task Force – Rachel Keith

Social Reform

WFAE 90.7 – Workers at risk in extreme heat; NC has no protections – Kayla Young, David Boraks

WHQR Public Media – On the street with cops, social workers, and homeless people in a time of uncertainty – Kelly Kenoyer

Special Report

NCN News – President Biden’s Speech On Wars

WHQR Public Media – Special Report on the Mosley School closing – Benjamin Schachtman, Rachel Keith, Kelly Kenoyer, Camille Mojica

Sports

NCN News – U.S. Open 2024 at Pinehurst  – Chris Edwards

North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – HBCUs use video games to increase diversity in esports – Brianna Atkinson