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The Alliance for Women and Media revealed winners of the 49th annual Gracie Awards on Thursday, and two WFAE journalists were honored for a major series published last year.
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WFAE has hired Zachary Turner as our reporter covering the climate beat, effective March 4. He will be reporting directly to Ely Portillo, Interim Executive Editor. Turner is a recent master's program graduate of the UNC School of Journalism, and his work has appeared on NPR ("Here and Now"), WUNC and in The Assembly.
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While the current presidential race showcases the country's rawest divisions, the new narrative podcast “Landslide,” launched Feb. 22, reveals how our partisan gulf formed — with a particular emphasis on the rise of the modern Republican Party.
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We know keeping up with the news can be a challenge. That's why each weekday morning, we're delivering "NewsWorthy," a podcast that brings you the most important stories and compelling conversations from the WFAE newsroom.
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Kayla Young, a reporter for WFAE and Spanish-language news organization La Noticia, recently won several awards from two national publishing organizations. Those awards include the José Martí Awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the EPPY Awards from Editor & Publisher Magazine.
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WFAE recently won three first-place and two second-place awards in the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas contest for 2023.
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Ju-Don Marshall, who became WFAE’s chief executive officer earlier this year, was named the 2023 Woman of the Year by The Mecklenburg Times and North Carolina Lawyers Weekly at a ceremony Thursday night.Marshall was chosen from among 50 women earlier named as the most influential in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community. The selection panel said Marshall exemplifies what it means to have a significant, positive impact on the community.
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The Mecklenburg Times and North Carolina Lawyers Weekly have named Ju-Don Marshall, WFAE’s president and CEO, as one of the “50 Most Influential Women of 2023.”
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The three-part series, "Falling Short: Why Democrats keep losing most statewide races,” won in the News Series category for large market stations across the country.
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WFAE has been recognized with six Green Eyeshade awards, including first place for having the top newscast.
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WFAE won three regional Edward R. Murrows awards for newscast, news series and overall excellence.
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“Fractured” looks at how North Carolina’s mental health and criminal justice systems fail the mentally ill.
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Read WFAE President and CEO Joe O'Connor's letter about how our organization is striving to reflect diversity in our staff, programs, audience, boards, vendors and more.
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WFAE will add three journalists to its newsroom in June to cover race and equity issues. The journalists are part of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to cover under-reported topics and communities.
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The American Journalism Project announced today that it is awarding WFAE, Charlotte’s NPR News Source, a grant of more than half a million dollars. The $590,000 will be used to accelerate WFAE’s fundraising and subsequent investments in local journalism.
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More than 15,000 listeners entered WFAE's raffle for a 2021 Subaru Crosstrek.
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WFAE is pleased to welcome four new board members beginning a three-year term of service here in January 2021: Debra Turner Bailey, Riaz Bhamani, Diana Quarry and Matthew Socha.
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Joe O’Connor is pleased to welcome new leadership on the Executive Committee ofWFAE’s Board of Directors.
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Charlotte Podcast Festival kicks off Oct. 5. As the city’s first podcast festival, it’s designed to inform, enrich and inspire the region’s audio…