kha 2024 list updated

Radio

RADIO

Breaking News

First Place: North Carolina Public Radio WUNC – UNC-Chapel Hill Shooting

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

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

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

First Place: WUNC – 66-year-old small town department store to close – 

Colin Campbell

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

Education

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

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

First Place: NCN News – Ain’t too proud – DPAC – Gayle Hurd

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

General News

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

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

 

Hard News Feature

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

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

Health-Medicine

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

Investigative

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

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

Light Feature

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

Long-Form Interview

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

Second Place: WPTF – Remembering Jack Johnson – Jon Champion

Outstanding News Operation

First Place: WHQR
Second Place: WPTF

Podcast (Long)

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

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

Political/Election

First Place: WUNC – Election Integrity Bill Linked to 2020 Election Deniers – 

Rusty Jacobs

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

Radio News Block

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

 

Series

First Place: WHQR – New Hanover County Schools Turnaround Task Force – Rachel Keith

Social Reform

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

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

Special Report

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

Second Place: NCN News – President Biden’s Speech On Wars

Sports

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

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