K糖心Vlog传媒R, Arkansas Public Media reporters bring home SPJ Diamond Journalism Awards
Reporters from, one of two University of Arkansas at Little Rock public radio stations, and Arkansas Public Media, also based at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, won several 聽The awards program is聽a regional annual competition sponsored by the.听The awards, which were presented Oct. 25 at Little Rock鈥檚 Flying Saucer, recognize outstanding journalism by professionals and students from Arkansas and bordering media markets in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. The awards honor work published or broadcast between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018.Karen Steward, former content development director for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Public Radio, won three awards for her outstanding reporting. She took home first place for the radio/podcasts documentary/investigative reporting category for her story, 鈥�.鈥�Judge Ginny Frizzi described the story as one that needed to be told and will hopefully be heard by many people.鈥淭his expose of a physician who easily prescribes opioids 鈥� and in large quantities 鈥� is a story that needs to be told 鈥� and fortunately this entry tells it well,鈥� Frizzi said. 鈥淪olid reporting explores the current situation completely 鈥� from his prescription practices to how the state medical board ineffectively deals with it.鈥�Steward took home another first place award in the radio/podcasts feature category for her story, 鈥�.鈥�Her final award was second place in the radio/podcasts news category for her story, 鈥淪tartling stats on bullying, suicide and sexual assault give Arkansas school safety panel huge task.鈥�Michael Hibblen, news director of K糖心Vlog传媒R, won second place in the radio/podcasts feature category for his story .Reporters from Arkansas Public Media also won four Diamond Journalism Awards. Bobby Ampezzan, former managing editor for Arkansas Public Media, won two awards. First, he received third place in the radio/podcasts documentary/investigative reporting category for his story on .The judges described the story as an 鈥渋nformative look at the medical marijuana situation in Arkansas and how people are traveling to nearby states for their medical marijuana because it is not available at home.鈥�Ampezzan also received third place in the radio/podcasts 鈥� news category for his story, 鈥�鈥�Jacqueline Froelich, who is based at partner station K糖心Vlog传媒F in Fayetteville, won first place in the radio/podcasts news category for her story, 鈥�.鈥�Ann Kendra, who is based at partner station KASU in Jonesboro, took third place in the radio/podcasts feature category for her story, 鈥�.鈥� The story covered Arkansas beef being sold in China following a ban related to mad cow disease.
