Colorado Public Radio has received several awards, recognizing CPR News for insightful stories and an in-depth approach to covering news in Colorado. Most recently, the Colorado Association of Black Journalists recognized this "Colorado Matters" interview with a Scribes in Excellence Award. Other honors also recognized CPR Classical for creativity and context in music.
Explore these award-winning stories ...
From the Columbia University School of Journalism:
- Investigation: Army Kicked Out Thousands Of Soldiers With Brain Injuries, Mental Health Issues - Michael de Yoanna, Daniel Zwerdling, Robert Little, CPR News Staff, NPR News Staff - 2017 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism.
From the Radio Television Digital News Association:
- Investigation: Army Kicked Out Thousands Of Soldiers With Brain Injuries, Mental Health Issues - Michael de Yoanna, Daniel Zwerdling, Robert Little, CPR News Staff, NPR News Staff - Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting
- Police Body Cameras - Megan Arellano, Rachel Estabrook, Vic Vela, CPR News Staff - Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage
From the Colorado Association of Black Journalists:
- At A Colorado Barbershop, Talk Focuses On The Year Since Ferguson - Kelley Griffin, Rachel Estabrook, Ryan Warner - Scribes in Excellence Awards for Interview/Discussion-Radio
From the Education Writers Association:
- Education Stories - Jenny Brundin - National Award for Education Reporting for Beat Reporting in Broadcast Journalism
From the Associated Press Television and Radio Association:
- Investigation: Army Kicked Out Thousands Of Soldiers With Brain Injuries, Mental Health Issues - Michael de Yoanna, Daniel Zwerdling, Robert Little, CPR News Staff, NPR News Staff - Best Investigative Reporting
- On Colorado’s Eastern Plains, Fur Trade Re-Enactors Resurrect History - Megan Verlee - Best Light Feature
From the Colorado Broadcasters Association:
- At A Colorado Barbershop, Talk Focuses On The Year Since Ferguson - Rachel Estabrook, Ryan Warner, Kelley Griffin - First place, Best News Special or Public Affairs Program
- Investigation: Army Kicked Out Thousands Of Soldiers With Brain Injuries, Mental Health Issues (NPR collaboration) - Michael De Yoanna, Daniel Zwerdling (NPR News), Robert Little, Kelley Griffin, Sadie Babits, Hart Van Denburg, Nathaniel Minor - First Place, Best News Feature, Report or Series
- Denver's Nathaniel Rateliff Goes Back To His Roots On New Album - Corey Jones, Sadie Babits - Certificate of Merit, Best Mini-Documentary or Series
- How a Painter Murdered During The Holocaust Inspired a Composer's 'Memory' Music - Brad Turner, Andrew Randall - Certificate of Merit, Best New Media
- CPR News' Coverage Of The James Holmes Trial - Ben Markus, CPR News Staff - Certificate of Merit, Best News Coverage of a Single Event
