52nd Annual Public Media Awards Finalists
NETA is proud to announce our finalists for the 52nd Annual Public Media Awards!
The Public Media Awards honor our members' finest work in education, community engagement, marketing/communications and content. This year saw a record number of entries from stations across the country as new categories were introduced recognizing excellence in podcasts and digital media use as well as awards in each category specific to the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the exception of the overall excellence categories, stations competed within their appropriate divisions based on their station size. 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.
List of Finalists
Community Initiative
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High School Quiz Show |
WGBH |
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Vegas PBS American Graduate |
Vegas PBS |
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Here and Now: Race and Justice |
Lakeshore Public Media |
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Every 1 Counts |
KSMQ |
Local Project
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Youth Collective |
Thirteen - WNET |
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Shaping Narratives |
WGVU Public Media |
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Walker County Free Little Libraries |
Alabama Public Television |
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Finding Your Roots |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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KMOS Classroom: Summer School |
KMOS |
National Project
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Be My Neighbor Day Mobile, Alabama |
Alabama Public Television |
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Retro Local Stories and Screening |
WFSU |
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Country Music |
Arkansas PBS |
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Country Music |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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WVPB's Read for the Record 2019 |
West Virginia Public Broadcasting |
COVID-19 Community Engagement
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Telehealth |
SCETV |
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TPT NOW TV & Partners Reaching Cultural Communities |
TPT |
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Vegas PBS' Nevada Week Unemployment Newsbite |
Vegas PBS |
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It's Camp |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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Coronavirus: Mental Health and Wellness |
WNIT |
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Maine Public's COVID 19 Community Engagement |
Maine Public |
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WTVP COVID-19 Response |
WTVP |
Arts & Entertainment
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Acapocalypse! A Cappella's New Note |
PBS Wisconsin |
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Bleed Through |
Kansas City PBS |
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This is Oklahoma Country |
OETA |
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Eye On The Arts | Paul Henry's Art Gallery |
Lakeshore Public Media |
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Lost River Sessions |
WKU PBS |
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Kitchen Queens: New Orleans |
WYES |
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Vienna, Leipzig and New Orleans |
WLAE |
Cultural Documentary
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A Sculpted Life |
NET Nebraska |
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Knee to Knee |
UNC-TV |
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The Art of Home: A Wind River Story |
Wyoming PBS |
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Assignment Maine: Ice Harvesting |
Maine Public |
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In Tune: A Community of Musicians |
West Virginia Public Broadcasting |
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Oh My Gourd! The Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular Story |
Rhode Island PBS |
Education/Schools
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Preventing Youth Suicide: A KET Forum |
KET |
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No Labels Attached: Breaking Down Misconceptions and Stereotypes |
WETA |
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KMOS Classroom: Summer School |
KMOS |
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Workforce Development Playbook |
PBS Charlotte |
Historical Documentary
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Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story |
PBS SoCal |
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Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve |
PBS Utah |
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Capturing History |
KSPS |
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Forged in Steel: Roots of American Soccer |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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The State of Equality |
Wyoming PBS |
News & Public Affairs
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Great Lakes Now Series |
Detroit Public Television |
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Journey to Jobs |
Thirteen - WNET |
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Battling Opioids |
WVIA |
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Community Conversation: Vaping - Inhaling the Unknown |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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PBS39 News Tonight |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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Project Puffin |
Maine Public |
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Taking Care of You |
PBS Charlotte |
Podcast
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Raising Me |
WEDU |
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The Filter |
Kansas City PBS |
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The Sound of Home (The PlainStory Podcast (S2)) |
NET Nebraska |
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What We Do |
WHRO Public Media |
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Iditapod |
Alaska Public Media |
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VPM Launched Podcast To "Find the Helpers" During A Pandemic |
VPM |
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You Bet Your Garden: Is Your Garlic in The Ground? |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
Short Form
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Hazel Walker: Arkansas Traveler |
Arkansas PBS |
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Iowa PBS Explores: The Polio Epidemic |
Iowa PBS |
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The Helpers |
LPB |
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Search It Up |
WGBH |
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In Pursuit of Perfection |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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Calling the Salmon Home |
KSPS |
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VIA Short Takes - Mark Jury…Beyond Demons |
WVIA |
Topical Documentary
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Aging Matters: Companionship & Intimacy |
Nashville Public Television |
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And The Floods Came: Nebraska 2019 |
NET Nebraska |
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From Wool to Wearer |
NorCal Public Media |
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Linking Land and Lakes: Protecting Great Lakes’ Coastal Wetlands |
WCMU Public Media |
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Tennessee Tornado: Putnam Strong |
WCTE |
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Working Dogs - Farm to Fork Wyoming |
Wyoming PBS |
Use of Digital Media
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Country Music: A Nashville Story |
Nashville Public Television |
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Let's Talk: How to Talk to Kids About Race |
PBS Utah |
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Indie Alaska |
Alaska Public Media |
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Edible Mountain |
West Virginia Public Broadcasting |
COVID-19 Content
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Meet the Helpers Coronavirus Interstitial Series |
WUCF |
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PBS Wisconsin's COVID-19 Content |
PBS Wisconsin |
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KMOS NOW: COVID-19 Health |
KMOS |
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American Portrait | Central Illinois: Living Through the COVID-19 Pandemic |
WILL |
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Close Encounters of a Virtual Kind |
NorCal Public Media |
Educational Resources for the Classroom
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#Election2020 Journalism Toolkit |
WETA |
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$martPath with Megan Piphus |
CET Connect |
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LGBTQ+ Identity: Classroom Resources |
Thirteen - WNET |
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Making Sense of Coronavirus Through Storytelling and Media Making |
WETA |
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The Gene: An Intimate History |
WETA |
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Computer Science for Your Classroom: Ohio's Standards |
PBS Western Reserve |
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What's so Cool about Manufacturing |
RSU-TV |
Educational Resources for the Community
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Arkansas AMI |
Arkansas PBS |
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Thinkalong - Current Events for the Curious Classroom |
Connecticut Public Television |
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Start with a Book |
WETA |
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Booknooks |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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Career Explore Northwest |
KSPS |
In-Person Learning Events
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Click Teacher Summer Camp |
PBS Wisconsin |
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Youth Collective |
Thirteen - WNET |
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Summer Series |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
Virtual Learning Events
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LPB Prehistoric Virtual Road Trip |
LPB |
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Unstoppable: The Road to Women's Rights |
Alabama Public Television |
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WFSU RTLCon 2020 |
WFSU |
Teacher Professional Learning
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2020 PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Teacher Workshop |
WETA |
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David O'Connor WFN exemplar |
PBS Wisconsin |
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Coaching Self-Expression - Go in, Poet |
Arkansas PBS |
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TILT Collaborative Learning Program for Teachers |
Montana PBS |
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Building Blocks for Early Childhood Education Services |
Rhode Island PBS |
COVID-19 Education
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Let's Learn NYC |
Thirteen - WNET |
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Mental Health During COVID-19 Professional Development Course |
KET |
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VA TV Classroom - Season 1 |
WHRO |
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Making Sense of Coronavirus Through Storytelling and Media Making |
WETA |
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WUCF At-Home Learning |
WUCF |
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KMOS Classroom: Summer School |
KMOS |
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RSU-TV Education |
RSU-TV |
Integrated Media Campaign
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City Voices: Homelessness to Hopefulness |
WHRO Public Media |
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GobbledyBook |
Arkansas PBS |
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PBS Utah Rebrand |
PBS Utah |
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The Summer of '69 |
Thirteen - WNET |
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Lehigh Valley Reads Million Minute Challenge |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
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Pennsylvania PBS - Battling Opioids |
WVIA |
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VPM Experience |
VPM |
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Your Year 2020 |
Rhode Island PBS |
Promotion
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WEDU At-Home Learning Spot |
WEDU |
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SCETV Holiday Message |
SCETV |
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Science-U Parent Inspiration PSA |
WPSU |
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Glory Days - Part III |
WLAE |
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Making Teaser |
KMOS |
Special Event
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Molly of Denali Virtual Family Learning Nights |
WHRO Public Media |
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Sesame Street In Communities - O'Neill |
NET Nebraska |
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NPT's 'Country Music' Premiere Party |
Nashville Public Television |
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Prehistoric Road Trip Facebook Live |
NET Nebraska |
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Sesame Street 50th |
Lehigh Valley Public Media |
COVID-19 Marketing/Communications
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At-Home Learning |
PBS Wisconsin |
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Education Campaign |
Arkansas PBS |
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Martha Reads |
WHRO Public Media |
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Speaking of Nebraska: COVID-19 Town Hall Series |
NET Nebraska |
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Spirit of Kentucky promotion |
KET |
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A Tribute to "The Helpers": 60 |
WSRE |
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First Lady of Virginia Partners with VPM On COVID PSAs for Kids |
VPM |
Excellence in Community Engagement
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Better Together |
WTVP |
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Alabama Celebrates 200 Years! |
Alabama Public Television |
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Arkansas PBS Community Engagement |
Arkansas PBS |
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WNET Community Engagement |
WNET |
Excellence in Content
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Alaska Public Media - The statewide leader in public TV, radio, news and digital content |
Alaska Public Media |
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Arkansas PBS |
Arkansas PBS |
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KET (Kentucky Educational Television) |
KET |
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Milwaukee PBS |
Milwaukee PBS |
Excellence in Education
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Arkansas PBS Education Programming |
Arkansas PBS |
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Idaho Public Television |
Idaho Public Television |
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SCETV Education |
SCETV |
Excellence in Marketing/Communication
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An Extraordinary Year |
KET |
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NET - Nebraska's PBS & NPR Stations |
NET Nebraska |
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NPT Digital+ |
Nashville Public Television |
Excellence in Innovation
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At-Home Learning |
PBS SoCal |
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KMOS Classroom: Summer School |
KMOS |
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RSU-TV Covid-19 Response |
RSU-TV |
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WHRO to the Rescue! |
WHRO Public Media |
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FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II |
Ernest White II (NorCal Public Media) |
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InSpire |
Randy Ham (Basin PBS) |
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The Long Shadow |
Jed Riffe |
View Finalists Work
Interested in seeing the award submissions? View our finalist gallery and see the best of the best in public media!
Award Ceremony
The 52nd Public Media Awards ceremony will take place during the 2021 NETA Conference and CPB Thought Leader Forum being held virtually from January 25 – 28, 2021.
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