AUSTIN, Texas 鈥� July 6, 2020 鈥� A documentary about Texas鈥檚 role in the Apollo Moon landing, a feature about navigating Austin traffic during SXSW and a sports story about an East Texas marching band are among nine national awards that 鈥淭exas Standard鈥� and KUT News won from the (PMJA) for excellence in public media journalism.
鈥淭exas Standard鈥� won the following awards in the Division A category (news staff of 8-15) for work produced in 2019:
- , reported and produced by the entire 鈥淭exas Standard鈥� staff, won first place in the long documentary category.
- , reported by Jill Ament, won first place in the news feature category.
- , reported by Michael Marks, won first place in the short documentary category.
- , produced by Jill Ament and reported by David Brown, won second place in the interview category.
- , reported by Alexandra Hart, won second place in the sports feature category.
- , reported by Jill Ament, won second place in the writing category.
鈥淭exas Standard鈥� and KUT News are part of the statewide group of public radio newsrooms comprising The Texas Newsroom that won first place in the collaborative effort category.
The following KUT News work produced in 2019 won in PMJA鈥檚 Division AA category for news departments with a staff of 16 or more.
- Three Racers. Three Modes Of Transportation. Who Will Beat The SXSW Traffic?, reported by Mose Buchele, won first place in the feature category
- Why Do Lifeguards At Austin's City Pools Blow Their Whistles Like That At Break Time?, reported by Matt Largey, won first place in the use of sound category
- The Provability Gap: Why Sexual Assault Cases Are So Hard To Prosecute In Austin, reported by Nadia Hamdan, won second place in the long documentary category.
See a on the PMJA website.
