Since establishing the KUT Newsroom in 2002 and launching "Texas Standard" in 2015, our journalists have won hundreds of awards for excellence in news documentaries, investigative reporting, multimedia, writing and more.
Thanks to member and community support, we're able to bring you stories that matter. Stories that are told through the voices of real people - not spokespeople. And it is in the telling of these stories that public radio excels.
Here are our journalism achievements for 2017.
Texas Standard
National Headliners Awards
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Second Place - Radio: Newscast
Third Place - Radio: Breaking News (July 7, 2016 show on 鈥溾��
Radio Television Digital News Association NATIONAL Murrow Awards
Best News Documentary -鈥濃�� in the Large Market Radio category
Radio Television Digital News Association regional Murrow Awards
Best Investigative Reporting 鈥溾�� in the Large Market Radio category
Best News Documentary - "" in the Large Market Radio category
New York Festivals International Radio Awards
Gold - News Programs 鈥� Best News Documentary or Special 鈥�
Silver - Talk Programs 鈥� Best Regularly Scheduled Talk Program 鈥淭exas Standard鈥�
Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards
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First Place: Best Documentary 鈥� 鈥溾��
Second Place: News Anchor 鈥� David Brown
Honorable Mention: Best Local Talk Show - 鈥溾��
Honorable Mention: Reporter 鈥� Joy Diaz
Honorable Mention: Online/Special Content 鈥溾��
PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.)
First place 鈥溾�� in the Long Documentary category
First place 鈥淭exas Standard鈥� in the News/Public Affairs Program category
First Amendment award from the Society of Professional Journalists, Fort Worth Professional Chapter (Regional)
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Joy Diaz鈥檚 was a finalist in the Defending the Disadvantaged category.
Lone Star Awards from the Houston Press Club
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KUT News
Radio Television Digital News Association NATIONAL Murrow Awards
Best Social Media 鈥� work examples include: , and , reported by Andrew Weber
Radio Television Digital News Association regional Murrow Awards
Best News Series -
Best Writing - senior reporter
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Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards
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First place: , in the Sports Story or Sports Series category
First place , in the Use of Actuality-Production category
First place: in the Specialty or Beat Reporting category
First place: 鈥淒onald Trump and Texas,鈥� in the Continuing Coverage category
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PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.)
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Second place Best Writing: Road to Zero/