PRNDI | Leo C. Lee Winners

Awards

PRNDI’s Leo C. Lee Award

Each year, PRNDI honors an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public radio news.  The award is named in honor of its first recipient: Leo C. Lee, the founder of Western Public Radio, a San Francisco-based public radio training program.

Past winners include:
1993 - Leo C. Lee
1994 - William Siemering
1995 - Jo Ann Wallace
1996 - Carl Kasell
1997 - Bill Buzenberg
1998 - Tony Griffin
1999 - Ira Glass
2000 - Poynter Institute
2001 - Susan Stamberg
2002 - Jay Allison
2003 - Jim Russell
2004 - Linda Wertheimer
2005 – Rich Bradley
2006 – David Isay
2007 – Danny Zwerdling
2008 - David Candow
2009 - Doug Mitchell

 

PRX News Station Picks for February

PRNDI Board member Naomi Starobin is the PRX News Curator. This month, Naomi focuses on pieces by fresh, inspired, younger reporters and producers. They'll take your listener to places an adult just can't reach. Check them out!

PRNDI is contributing ongoing programmatic and content expertise to The Public Radio Exchange.

Discussion Forum

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Regional Trainings

PRNDI held two very successful regional trainings in Portland, Maine and Portland, Oregon in May and June.  If you're interested in hosting a regional training at your station, contact PRNDI Board Member George Bodarky at gbodarky@wfuv.org with REGIONAL TRAINING in the subject line.

PRNDI News Director Guide

The Public Radio News Director Guide (PRNDG) is now online.  Written by former PRNDI President Michael Marcotte, the PRNDG is a field guide for Public Radio News Directors around the country.  It's organized in six chapters and deals with a wide variety of topics facing today's Public Radio newsroom and newsroom manager.  The PRNDG is a joint project of PRNDI and NPR's Local News Initiative.  It's available at http://www.prndg.org/.


NPR's Local News Initiative

This NPR funded project includes many facets, some of which include involvement and support of PRNDI and its members.  All of them have the potential to help PRNDI members improve their product and better serve their audiences.  Check out LNI's web site  for more information.