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53rd Annual Public Media Awards Finalists
NETA is proud to announce the finalists for the 53rd Annual Public Media Awards!
The Public Media Awards honor our members' finest work in community engagement, content, education, marketing/communications, and overall excellence.
Awards were judged by a group of expert panelists from within the public media system, as well as industry professionals working outside of public media.
Join us at the annual NETA Conference when we celebrate the finest work in public media and announce the winners during the 53rd Annual Public Media Awards Gala on January 25, 2022. Register here.
Press Release
Gallery of Finalists
List of Finalists:
| COVID-19 Community Engagement | |
| Virtual Camps for Kids and Families | ThinkTV |
| Library Pathfinders | West Virginia Public Broadcasting |
| Disrupted: How Covid Changed Education | WETA |
| Community Initiative | |
| Celebrating Black Lives Every Day and All Year Long | Arkansas PBS |
| The WNET Group's "New American Dream" Virtual Town Hall Series | WNET |
| Racism: Challenging Perceptions | VPM |
| Reading in the Delta | Arkansas PBS |
| Read for the Record 2020 | West Virginia Public Broadcasting |
| Kids & Family | |
| Smart Snacks | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| Wander & Wonder Activity Videos | Iowa PBS |
| Workshop for Well-Being | Detroit Public Television |
| WFSU Summer Challenge 2021 Mountains, Hills and Mounds | WFSU |
| Summer Series | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| Vegas PBS KIDS Writers Contest Presented by Janice Allen | Vegas PBS |
| Local Project | |
| Juneteenth Lehigh Valley | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| Science Pub | WSKG |
| Conversations for Change | Maryland Public Television |
| Reading in the Delta | Arkansas PBS |
| National Project | |
| Indie Lens Pop-Up | Vegas PBS |
| Move to Include | WXXI |
| PBS Writers Contest | West Virginia Public Broadcasting |
| Preventing Youth Suicide in Alaska - Well Beings Tour | Alaska Public Media |
| Arts & Entertainment | |
| Greater Sarasota Episode 4 - Learning a Legacy, Sailor Circus Academy | WEDU |
| Bird: Not Out of Nowhere | KCPT |
| Saving Art - One Artist at a Time | Arizona PBS |
| This is Utah: The Art of Healing | PBS Utah |
| Classical: BTS Season 2 - Illinois Public Media | Illinois Public Media |
| Hero Elementary "AJ's Extra Superpower" | TPT |
| Legacy List with Matt Paxton (Season 2) | VPM |
| Articulate with Jim Cotter | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| COVID-19 Content | |
| TESTED: Houston's Response to COVID-19 | Houston Public Media |
| Career Hacks | WGBH |
| Carolina Impact Forever Changed: COVID and the New Normal | PBS Charlotte |
| Camp TV | WNET |
| American Portrait: Central Illinois - Lift Every Voice | Illinois Public Media |
| Cultural Documentary | |
| Urban Forge: Ozark Artistry | Arkansas PBS |
| Greater Chattanooga: Legacy of Love | WTCI PBS |
| MLK: Celebrating the Legacy | Arizona PBS |
| This Light of Mine: The Making of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe | WEDU |
| Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service | Rhode Island PBS |
| The Story of Us: A KMOS American Portrait Special | KMOS |
| Education/Schools | |
| How Students are Fighting Zoom Fatigue | WETA |
| Vegas PBS STEAM Camp | Vegas PBS |
| Dark History - A Segment from Rhode Island PBS Weekly | Rhode Island PBS |
| Math Minute | WKNO |
| Historical Documentary | |
| Back in Time: Reign of Terror | OETA |
| Idaho Experience: Ahead of Her Time | Idaho Public Television |
| Chasing Silver: The Story of Gorham | Rhode Island PBS |
| In the Shadow of Fairview | OPB |
| Charlie's Old West | Montana PBS |
| Ralph Willis Goddard: New Mexico's First Broadcaster | KRWG Public Media |
| Military Chronicles | |
| Utah Insight: Wounds of War - Veterans and Mental Health | PBS Utah |
| A New Mission | KSPS |
| Greater Chattanooga: Touched by War | WTCI PBS |
| News & Public Affairs | |
| Great Lakes Now (Episodes 1016-1026) | Detroit Public Television |
| Why Race Matters | PBS Wisconsin |
| Mothers First | Houston Public Media |
| Rhode Island PBS Weekly | Rhode Island PBS |
| Alaska Insight | Alaska Public Media |
| Podcast | |
| Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast | Northern California Public Media |
| Stories from the Stage: The Podcast | WORLD Channel (WGBH) |
| Seizing Freedom | VPM |
| "On Our Minds": A Teen Mental Health Podcast | WETA |
| Short Form | |
| Protest to Paint | KSPS |
| This is Utah: A Poet's Mind | PBS Utah |
| The Conversation Remix | WORLD Channel (WGBH) |
| This is Utah: Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project | PBS Utah |
| Wild Horses: America's Most Beloved Invasive Species? | PBS North Carolina |
| Eyes on the Arts | Luke Eliot/Plum Grove Music | Lakeshore Public Media |
| Topical Documentary | |
| The Z-Factor: Women in New England Politics | Rhode Island PBS |
| California's Forgotten Children | WTVP |
| SIX STREETS | KCPT |
| Rosemary | West Virginia Public Broadcasting |
| Use of Digital Media | |
| Beyond the Report | Texas Tech University Public Media |
| Interactive Digital Projects | Nashville Public Television |
| Monograph (Series) | Alabama Public Television |
| Indie Alaska | Alaska Public Media |
| You Decide: Know. Think. Participate 2020' Civics Campaign | Arkansas PBS |
| Educational Resources for the Classroom | |
| Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin | PBS Wisconsin |
| Remote Learning K-3 | PBS Western Reserve |
| "Back to School" Student Reporting Modules | WETA |
| Educational Resources for the Community | |
| "Back to School" Student Reporting Modules | WETA |
| Lehigh Valley Reads - Build a Library. Build a Future. | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| VA TV Classroom - Season 2 | WHRO |
| Alzheimer's What Can You Do | VPM |
| Innovation in Education | |
| Molly of Denali Inspired Virtual Museum with Muscogee of Florida | WFSU |
| "Fun Lab TV" | KLCS |
| NOVA Science Studio | WGBH |
| WTCI EDUCATE | WTCI PBS |
| Learning Events | |
| Face the Facts': Election 2020 Youth Town Hall | WETA |
| Our Ohio | WOUB Public Media |
| Youth Collective Summit | WNET |
| Disrupted: How Covid Changed Education | WETA |
| NOVA Education Virtual Field Trips | WGBH |
| Reading Across Rhode Island: STAMPED Evenings for Educators | Rhode Island PBS |
| Teacher Professional Learning | |
| PBS KIDS Community Learning Cohort for Library Staff | PBS Wisconsin |
| Portraits of Courage: The Story of Women's Suffrage in Arkansas | Arkansas PBS |
| PSU Micro-credentialing | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas | Kim Haas/NorCal Public Media |
| HEARD | Martin Montgomery/VPM |
| Rap Squad | Nathan Willis//Arkansas PBS |
| Marketing/Communications | |
| Annual Report | |
| WQED in the Time of Covid. "Rising to the Occasion" Community Impact Report | WQED |
| Dimensions Membership Guide | WHRO |
| Annual Report | Nebraska Public Media |
| Annual Report 2020 | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| Pennsylvania PBS Use and Impact Report | WVIA |
| Illinois Public Media 2020 Annual Report | Illinois Public Media |
| Alaska Public Media's 2020 Annual Report to the Community | Alaska Public Media |
| COVID-19 Marketing/Communications | |
| Call in COVID-19 Teako Testimonial Promo | KRWG Public Media |
| Integrated Media Campaign | |
| PBS Wisconsin Racial Justice | PBS Wisconsin |
| "The Glow With Big Piph" promotional effort | Arkansas PBS |
| The Story of Us: A KMOS American Portrait Special | KMOS |
| Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later | OETA |
| Alaska Public Media's Daily Digest | Alaska Public Media |
| Promotion | |
| WTVPeople | WTVP |
| Work Like a Girl: Pierette Swan | WHRO |
| Rise and Shine Promotion Campaign - Theme Song & Mr. Steve the Music Man B&D | Arkansas PBS |
| Datacasting Promo | SCETV |
| Melanie and Mr. Rogers | WEDU |
| KRWG Fronteras Immigration Promo | KRWG Public Media |
| Social Media | |
| Women in STEM | WSKG |
| More Than Half | PBS Utah |
| Why Race Matters | PBS Wisconsin |
| Community Update on Coronavirus | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| Special Event | |
| Athlete of the Year Award | Lehigh Valley Public Media |
| Roundo | WTVP |
| "We the Young People" Inauguration Special | WETA |
| Work Like a Girl: Talking Welding with Pierette Swan | WHRO |
| NASA - Live Stream | Arkansas PBS |
| Excellence in Community Engagement | |
| The WNET Group Community Engagement Department | WNET |
| Arkansas PBS: Celebrating Black Lives, Educating Communities, Telling Arkansas Stories | Arkansas PBS |
| Well Beings Youth Mental Health Tour | WETA |
| MPT's Standing Against Racism Initiative | Maryland Public Television |
| Excellence in Content | |
| NETA Excellence in Content Compilation | Lakeshore Public Media |
| Montana PBS Excellence in Content | Montana PBS |
| Arkansas PBS | Arkansas PBS |
| Excellence in Education | |
| WTCI Education Partnerships | WTCI PBS |
| KET Education | KET |
| Arizona PBS: Education Across Generations, Cultures | Arizona PBS |
| Arkansas PBS Education Department | Arkansas PBS |
| Excellence in Marketing/Communications | |
| Nebraska Public Media - Excellence in Marketing/Communications | Nebraska Public Media |
| Arkansas PBS Marketing and Engagement Team | Arkansas PBS |
| NPT Digital + | Nashville Public Television |
| Classroom Idaho | Idaho Public Television |
| Excellence in COVID-19 Response | |
| Arizona PBS COVID-19 Response | Arizona PBS |
| South Carolina ETV, Covid-19 Response | SCETV |
| Service to Alabama: APT's Covid-19 Response | Alabama Public Television |
| Excellence in Innovation | |
| Above & Beyond | West Virginia Public Broadcasting |