Media of Birmingham

Awards roundup: awards for Birmingham media folks …

• WBHM (90.3 FM) picked up three first place awards in the 2009 Public Radio News Directors Incorporated Awards.

• Commentary: “Crossing the divide” by Marie Sutton
  

• Interview: “Larry Langford” by Tanya Ott
  

• Series: “Considering Faith”
  Links to stories

[The full list of PRNDI awards.]

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• Birmingham Weekly’s Kyle Whitmire picked up his second consecutive first-place award in the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ Alternative Newsweekly Awards, his fourth overall.

• Gettin’ Gay with Leapin’ Larry, Alabama Exceptionalism and Leapin’ Larry Fights the Feds

[Original post | full list of AltWeekly Awards]

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• In the Society of Professional Journalists’ 59th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards, Alabama media outlets took home five first-place awards, and WBHM (90.3 FM) took home its second consecutive divisional win in radio. [The directors of the Green Eyeshade Awards canceled this year's banquet because "the news media’s economic problems made it difficult to guarantee attendance."]

Divisional Winner

• Radio – WBHM (90.3 FM) of Birmingham, for “Considering Faith,” by its news team.
  Links to stories

1st Place

• “Collection of Editorials” Mac Thrower, Mobile Press-Register
• “Lauren,” Laurel Mills, Lipstick Magazine, Birmingham
• “This one time at camp …,” Laurel Mills, Lipstick Magazine, Birmingham
• “Skimboarding” Bronwyn Coffeen, Mobile Press-Register
• “Considering Faith,” News Team, WBHM (90.3 FM) [Links to stories]

2nd Place

• “Rumble, Rumble, Rumble” Challen Stephens, The Huntsville (Ala.) Times
• “Sky-High” George Talbot, Jeff Amy, Dan Murtaugh, Press-Register, Mobile
• “Series of Columns” Tim Sanders, The Post, Centre
• “Theology of the Dispossessed” Mark Potok, Intelligence Report
• “Beer Law, Wilcox Gas, Fight Song” Tanya Ott, WBHM-FM

3rd Place

• “Big Bad Wolf Hunt” Brendan Kirby, Press-Register (Mobile)
• “Desperate Search” News Staff, Press-Register, Mobile
• “Outside Agitators” David Holthouse, Intelligence Report, Montgomery
• “Spaceships and Playoff Systems” Scott Wright, The Post, Centre
• “Capital Murder Trial Coverage” Scott Wright, The Post, Centre
• “J.D. Crowe Editorial Cartoons” J.D. Crowe, Mobile Press-Register

[hat tip to The Terminal]

[Original post | full list of Green Eyeshade Awards]