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Awards

Texas Public Radio's most recent awards and recognitions.

Find our most recent awards below. Click on one of the following years to auto-scroll to historical awards: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

2023

Alliance for Women in Media Foundation 2023 Gracie Award: Uvalde students return to school for the first time since May's deadly shooting -
- Camille Phillips

Education Writers Association Eddie Prize:
The Enduring Gap
- Camille Phillips

PMJA 2023 2nd Place Commentary:
We were all damaged by Uvalde (commentary)
- Texas Public Radio

PMJA 2023 1st Place Newscast:
TPR Morning Edition: May 25, 2022
- Texas Public Radio

PMJA 2023 2nd Place Short Documentary:
Justice Ignored (short documentary)
- Texas Public Radio

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Excellence - In Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for:
The Enduring Gap
- Camille Phillips

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
News Series: Your Teachers are Not Okay
- Camille Phillips

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Excellence in Sound: Mariachi Extravaganza
- Jack Morgan

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Continuing Coverage: Continuing Coverage of The Uvalde School Shooting
- Texas Public Radio

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards Overall Excellence - Texas Public Radio

Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Excellence in Innovation: Latino Voter Engagement Project (In partnership with the Texas Newsroom) - Texas Public Radio

Texas Association Broadcasters
2023 Broadcast News Award: Overall Texas Broadcast Excellence Award - Texas Public Radio

Texas Association Broadcasters
2023 Broadcast News Award:
Use of Actuality-Production: Día de los Muertos takes on new meaning in Uvalde
- Joey Palacios

Texas Association Broadcasters
2023 Broadcast News Award
Breaking News: Migrant tractor trailer tragedy - Joey Palacios

Texas Association Broadcasters
2023 Broadcast News Award:
Investigative Report series: Justice Ignored
- Paul Flahive

Texas Association Broadcasters
2023 Broadcast News Award
Public Affairs: Diagnosis Diabetes - David Martin Davies and Yvette Benavidez

2023 National Headliner Award
3rd Place for Best Newscast: TPR's Morning Edition Newscast
- Norma Martinez and Marian Navarro

2023 National Headliner Award
3rd Place: Information Podcast
Kitty Eisele, Twenty-Four Seven Podcast

First Amendment Awards 2023
1st Place Investigative Report: Justice Ignored - Paul Flahive

First Amendment Awards 2023
1st Place: State sent financial aid to 1.1 million unemployed Texans. Now it wants That money back - Paul Flahive

First Amendment Awards 2023
2nd Place: 'Dead Suspect loophole' invoked to keep Uvalde shooting records secret
- David Martin Davies

First Amendment Awards 2023
2nd Place: Texas Railroad Commission is failing to regulate deadly H2S 'sour gas'
- David Martin Davies

First Amendment Awards 2023
2nd Place: The Ghost of Franklin J. Robinson
- David Martin Davies

The San Antonio Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers: Alamo Area of Honors David Martin Davies

Alliance for Women in Media Foundation 2023 Gracie Award: Uvalde students return to school for the first time since May's deadly shooting
- Camille Phillips

Education Writers Association Eddie Prize:
The Enduring Gap - Camille Phillips

2023 Texas Veterans Commission Excellence in Media Awards Radio Category: For some military veterans in Uvalde, the school shooting has rekindled memories of the battlefield- Carson Frame

2022

Edward R. Murrow National Award in Overall Excellence: TPR Newsroom

Edward R. Murrow National Award for Sports Reporting : How Major League Soccer Passed Over San Antonio for Austin : Joey Palacios, Michael Marks of The Texas Standard

UK New Media Writing Prize Finalist : Voting in Texas: The Video Game : David Martin Davies

Best in the West Finalist : Voting in Texas: The Video Game : David Martin Davies

Texas Medical Association Anson Jones Best Audio Documentary Award : Rural Healthcare: The Other Texas Drought : Texas Tech Public Media, The Texas Newsroom, Texas Public Radio, PBS Frontline, American Public Media Research Lab

Alliance for Women in Media Gracie Awards in the category Best Audio Documentary : Rural Healthcare: The Other Texas Drought : Texas Tech Public Media, The Texas Newsroom, Texas Public Radio, PBS Frontline, American Public Media Research Lab

Alliance for Women in Media Gracie Awards in the category of Reporting : Many Troops Are Leaving The Military Prematurely Due To Sexual Harassment, Assault : Carson Frame

Investigative Reporters and Editors Audio Award : As Nation Gets Hotter, Efforts To Prevent Worker Heat Deaths Accelerate, But Fixes Aren’t As Simple As They Seem : Kim Krisberg

Occupation and Environmental Medicine Media Excellence Award : Fernanda Camarena

Society of Professional Journalists First Amendment Award in the category Business Reporting : Why Did St. Mary’s Trust Martin Phipps With A Big Money Deal When He Couldn’t Be Trusted With Students? : Paul Flahive

Edward R. Murrow Regional Award in Overall Excellence : TPR Newsroom

Edward R. Murrow Regional Award in the category News Series : Fire Triangle : Dominic Anthony Walsh

Edward R. Murrow Regional Award in the category Sports Reporting : How Major League Soccer Passed Over San Antonio for Austin : Joey Palacios, Michael Marks of The Texas Standard

Public Media Journalists Association, First place in Public Affairs Program for Texas Matters: The 'Magic Movie Theater,' Hypnosis and Death Row: David Martin Davies

Public Media Journalists Association, First place in Sports Reporting for How San Antonio Got Passed Over By Major League Soccer For Austin: Joey Palacios, Michael Marks at The Texas Standard

Public Media Journalists Association Second place in newscast : TPR's Morning Edition

Public Media Journalists Association, Second place in Collaborative Effort The other Texas drought: Rural healthcare in jeopardy as hospitals shutter : Fernanda Camarena in collaboration with The Texas Newsroom

Public Media Journalists Association, Second place in hard news reporting for The Pandemic Has Added To Food Insecurity Among Military Families : Carson Frame with the American Homefront Project

2021

2021 Texas Veterans Commission Excellence In Media Awards Winners in the Category Radio : “The VA is Relying More on Virtual Appointments, But Some Veterans Say the App Has Problems” : Carson Frame

Public Media Journalists AssociationAward First Place in News/Public Affairs: 'The Meanest, Dirtiest, Low-down Stuff'; Texas, The State Of Voter Suppression | TPR : David Martin Davies

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards Excellence in Innovation : “There Are Millions of Latino Voters — But No 'Latino Vote'” Radio Special & Spanish Translations" : TPR and The Texas Newsroom

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards Excellence in Digital Media

Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism Second Place : Petrie Dish: Tragedy In The Rio Grande Valley, A 'Perfect Storm' For A COVID-19 Outbreak : Bonnie Petrie, Fernanda Camarena, Dominic Anthony Walsh, Texas Public Radio

Alliance for Women In Media’s Gracie Awards : Why Can’t I Breathe? How Systemic Racism Makes COVID-19 Worse For Communities of Color : Fernanda Camerena, Bonnie Petrie, Carson Frame

Fort Worth Society of Professional Journalists’ First Amendment Awards in the Category Business News First Place - Medium Market : “Essential Workers In Brownsville Worry About Health, While Osha Lets Employers Set Own Protections” : Reynaldo Leaños Jr.,

Fort Worth Society of Professional Journalists’ First Amendment Awards in the Category Defending The Disadvantaged - Medium Market First Place : “5,000 People Contract Covid-19 While In Ice Custody, Including This Father Of 5” : Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Fort Worth Society of Professional Journalists’ First Amendment Awards in the Category Defending The Disadvantaged - Medium Market Second Place : “Migrants, Volunteers Prepare For Possible Covid-19 Outbreak At Mexican Border Camp” : Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Fort Worth Society of Professional Journalists’ First Amendment Awards in the Category General News - Medium Market Second Place : “Baby Born In U.S. Expelled To Mexico As Government Cites Covid-19 Concerns” : Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Association of Health Care Journalists in the Public Health (large) category Second Place : "Petrie Dish: Tragedy In The Rio Grande Valley, A 'Perfect Storm' For A COVID-19 Outbreak" : Bonnie Petrie, Fernanda Camarena, Dominic Anthony Walsh

2020

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards Excellence in Social Media : Rob Martinez, Bri Kirkham, Reynaldo Leanos Jr., Jan Ross Piedad

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards Hard News : "Months After Damning IG Report, Military Struggles To Curb Domestic Violence On Bases" : Carson Frame

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards News Series : "The Dead In the Desert" :  David Martin Davies

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards Breaking News Coverage : "Mass Shooting in El Paso" : The Texas Newsroom

Alliance for Women In Media’s Gracie Awards Radio Non-Commercial Local Category: Crisis Coverage -"The Texas Newsroom's coverage of the El Paso shooting" : Jan Ross P. Sakian

Alliance for Women In Media’s Gracie Awards Radio Non-Commercial Local Category: Portrait/Biography - "Miss Emma' Saved Her Brewery And Left A Legacy For All Of San Antonio" : Lauren Terrazas

Public Media Journalists Association in the Commentary Category First Place : "The Human Costs Of A Broken Border" : Yvette Benavides

Public Media Journalists Association in the Category News/Public Affairs Program Second Place : "Texas Matters: Will Texas Close the Dead Suspect Loophole?" : David Martin Davies

Public Media Journalists Association in the Category Newscast Second Place : "Morning Edition - October 11, 2019" : Norma Martinez & Lauren Terrazas

Public Media Journalists Association in the Category Collaborative Effort First Place : The Texas Newsroom

Texas Veterans Commission Radio Category Award : "VA Offers Intimacy-Building Skills To Struggling Couples" : Carson Frame

Military Reporters and Editors Radio Award : “After A Report Found The Military Often Mishandles Domestic Violence, Reforms Are Happening Slowly” : Carson Frame

Texas Medical Association Anson Jones, MD, Awards in the In-Depth Radio Category First Place : “Texas Cracks Down on Surprise Medical Billing, : David Martin Davies, Kim Johnson and Dallas Williams

Texas Medical Association Anson Jones, MD, Awards in the Short Radio Category Honorable Mention : “Human Drug Trial in San Antonio Offers Hope to Those With Age-Related Diseases” : Bonnie Petrie

Texas Medical Association Anson Jones, MD, Awards Texas Health Journalist of the Year Honorable Mention : Bonnie Petrie

Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Chapter First Amendment Awards in the Category Business News Broadcast Medium Market Winner : “Laredo, Now No. 1 Us Trade Hub, Feels Impact Of Trump’s Tariff Threats” : Reynaldo Leaños Jr., Dan Katz, Veronica G. Cardenas and Ronnie Garza 

Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Chapter First Amendment Awards in the Category Defending the Disadvantaged Broadcast Medium Market Finalist : “Social Media Helped Show Severity Of Mold At Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland” : Carson Frame

Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Chapter First Amendment Awards in the Category Defending the Disadvantaged Broadcast Medium Market Finalist :“Texas Matters: Time Of Death: The Execution Of Larry Swearingen” : David Martin Davies

Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Chapter First Amendment Awards in the Category General News Broadcast Medium Market Finalist : “Texas Matters: Will Texas Close The ‘Dead Suspect Loophole?” : David Martin Davies

Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Chapter First Amendment Awards in the Category General News: Broadcast Medium Market Winner : “The Reality At The Border: A Wall In My Backyard” : Reynaldo Leaños Jr., Dan Katz, Veronica G. Cardenas And Ronnie Garza

2019

Texas Veterans Commission Excellence in Media Awards Radio Category : VA Offers Onsite Food Banks, Hunger Screening for Veterans“ : Carson Frame

Texas Medical Association’s Anson Jones, MD Awards Short Radio Category First Place : “San Antonio Research Conduct Breakthrough Study In Treating Autism.” : Bonnie Petrie

Texas Medical Association’s Anson Jones, MD Awards In-Depth Radio Category Honorable Mention : “In Bexar County, 1.5K People A Year Undergo Diabetes-Related Amputations” : "The Source"

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards - Continuing Coverage: "Sutherland Springs Finds Hope and Healing In Year Following Deadly Church Shooting"

RTDNA Regional Murrow Awards -  News Documentary: "Texas Matters" A Grim Look at Sex Trafficking"

Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Professional Chapter First Amendment Award Finalists in General News Category: David Martin Davies, Carson Frame, Paul Flahive

Society of Professional Journalists Fort Worth Professional Chapter First Amendment Award in Business and Green News Categories: Paul Flahive

PRNDI Award in the Continuing Coverage category First Place : “Immigration, the Border & 'Zero Tolerance' in Texas”

PRNDI Award in the News/Public Affairs Program Category First Place : “Texas Matters: 'Texas 7' Escapee Set For Execution”

PRNDI Award in Call-in Show Category Second Place: “Zero Tolerance' Immigration Initiative Separates Families

PRNDI Award in the Enterprise/Investigative category: “Empty Boxes, Damaged Heirlooms” : Carson Frame

PRNDI Award for collaborative work : “What My Students Taught Me” : Camille Phillips

Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship: Camille Phillips

2018

Lonestar Award, First Place Radio Use of Sound :
Beethoven Maennerchor Sings The Praise of Being German Americans : Jack Morgan

Lonestar Award, Second Place Radio Use of Sound : San Antonio Remembers, Sings Praises For Alameda Theater : Jack Morgan

Lonestar Award, Third Place Radio Use of Sound : Rebuilding After Harvey: A Rockport Fulton Christmas Carol: David Martin Davies

Lonestar Award, Second Place Radio Talk Show : After Sutherland Springs, How Do We Cope With The Trauma Of Another Mass Shooting? : The Source

Lonestar Award, First Place Radio Hard News Feature : Closed Doors & Toxic Fumes : Carson Frame

Lonestar Award, Second Place Radio Hard News Feature : Remote Workers Vulnerable In Disputes With Company, Says Employees : Paul Flahive

Lonestar Award, First Place Radio Politics/Government : Texas’ First Medical Cannabis Dispensary Set To Open In December : Ryan Poppe

Lonestar Award, Second Place Radio Politics/Government : Questions Rise About Manuel Medina’s Many Roles In Bexar County Democratic Party : David Martin Davies

Lonestar Award, First Place Radio Series : Rebuilding After Harvey : Joey Palacios

Lonestar Award, Third Place Radio Series : Lead Poisoning In San Antonio Zip Codes : David Martin Davies

Lonestar Award, Second Place Radio Soft News Feature : A Swan Song For Some Military Bands: Budget Cuts Stop The Music " Carson Frame

Lonestar Award, Third Place Radio Soft News Feature :San Antonio’s Last Traveling Typewriter Repairman : Paul Flahive

Lonestar Award, Radio Journalist of the Year : Joey Palacios

Lonestar Award, Third Place Internet Opinion : No One Is Innocent: Revisiting 'Fire Walk With Me' : Nathan Cone

Society of Professional Journalists First Amendment Award in Business News : Remote workers vulnerable in disputes with company : Paul Flahive

Society of Professional Journalists First Amendment Award in Environmental News : Alleged secret meeting casts shadow on border wall at Santa Ana national refuge : David Martin Davies

Society of Professional Journalists First Amendment Award in General News : Closed doors & toxic fumes : Carson Frame

Society of Professional Journalists First Amendment Award in Opinion/Commentary : Sexual harassment : Yvette Benavides

Barbara Jordan Media Award, Office of the Governor’s Committee on people With Disabilities : Virtual Reality Sharks Nab Professor $240,000 Grant : Paul Flahive

San Antonio Magazine, Best Conversation Starter, Personalities category : David Martin Davies

San Antonio Magazine, Best Event to Hear a Story, Fun & Culture category : Worth Repeating


Reporter Fellowships & Training Opportunities  

Notable National Pickups 

Other Achievements

  • TPR provided an unparalleled public service covering the May 5 municipal elections. Newsroom coverage included an 8 to 9 p.m. live broadcast with the latest polling results, check-ins with reporters from the field and reaction interviews with candidates in the mayoral and city council races. Election coverage web posts held top spots on TPR.org’s web traffic for the month of May. 

  • TPR collaborated with Hub partner Houston Public Media to present timely local analyses on Taser effectiveness in their respective police departments. 

    • David Martin Davies reported the San Antonio story. The interactive map developed by news operations producer Jan Ross Piedad can be foundhere. Fernando Ortiz assembled a statewide web post incorporating HPM elements.
    • Data was provided by APM Reports, the documentary reporting arm of American Public Media. The national story “When Tasers Fail” aired in audio form last weekend through the investigative podcast Reveal.” 
  • August 3: TPR attended the NAHJ gala. TPR’s Joey Palacios organized the event as president of the San Antonio chapter.