NPR Awards 2001
Read the list of awards and honors received by NPR in 2001:
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards:
Gold Baton:
"Massacre at Cuska: Anatomy of a War Crime," produced by American RadioWorks, NPR, and Minnesota Public Radio. "Massacre at Cuska" also won an Overseas Press Club Award and a Scripps Howard Award.
Silver Baton:
Radio Expeditions for the yearlong "Geographic Century," series by NPR and the National Geographic.
George Foster Peabody Awards:
The Peabody Institutional Award: Morning Edition with Bob Edwards
The Peabody Documentary Prize:
NPR, The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva), and Jay Allison for Lost & Found Sound.
National Medal of Arts:
NPR Cultural Programming
The 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards:
First prize in the category of International Radio Broadcast: "The Betrayal of Sister Dianna Ortiz," Maria E. Martin, executive producer and correspondent for NPR's Latino USA.
Grammy Award:
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem compact disc performed by the Washington Chorus and Orchestra and produced by NPR Senior Producer Benjamin Roe, Producer Bruce Scott, and NPR Recording Engineers John Widoff and Bill McQuay.
The New York Festivals International Radio Programming and Promotion Awards:
Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report: On the Media, produced by NPR member station WNYC Radio New York.
Gold World Medal in the category of Culture and the Arts:
Jazz Profiles, produced by Tim Owens and hosted by Nancy Wilson.
Gold World Medal for Writing:
The Imagination Workshop, produced by Darrel Brogdon and member station KANU in Lawrence, KS.
Silver Medal for Best Sound:
Rewind, produced by NPR member station KUOW in Seattle and hosted by Bill Radke.
Finalist Certificate for Best Writing:
Rewind.
Bronze World Medal in the Best Music Special category:
"Season's Greetings from The Thistle & Shamrock," produced in Scotland by host Fiona Ritchie.
Webby Award:
Webby Award in the Radio category: The Lost & Found Sound Web site. NPR Online, executive producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva (The Kitchen Sisters), and Jay Allison.
