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2024 in review: Here's what we accomplished together
2024 was quite a year at WBUR. We powered through some tough spots, fortified our shared purpose and earned some pretty impressive accolades along the way. We're sharing those here with a note that we're aiming even higher for 2025, our 75th anniversary year, and anticipating it'll be better than ever.
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)
- 2024 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, Large Market Radio
- Continuing Coverage: Seeking Shelter
- Digital: Field Guide to Boston
- Podcast: The Gun Machine
- Continuing Coverage: Seeking Shelter
- Digital: Field Guide to Boston
- Feature Reporting: These Boston Marathon medical volunteers responded to the bombings — then healed each other
- Hard News: As Boston police prepare to remove 'Mass. and Cass' encampment, some wonder what comes next
- News Documentary: On Point: The border crisis arrives in Chicago
- Podcast: The Gun Machine
- Overall Excellence: WBUR
Public Media Journalists Association — 2024 PMJA Awards
- First Place, National News Coverage (All Divisions): A mother is working to prevent overdose deaths by supervising drug use at home
- First Place, Series (Division E): PFAS chemicals
- Second Place, Multimedia (Division E): Field Guide to Boston
Alliance for Women in Media — 2024 Gracie Awards
- Winner, News Feature (Radio): 'I ain't found it yet.' No line this mother won't cross to save her addicted daughter
The Press Club of Atlantic City — 2024 National Headliner Awards
- First Place, News Series (Radio Stations): Empty Public Housing
- First Place, News Series (Broadcast Radio Networks): Why a mom turned to supervising illegal drug use at her home
- Second Place, Narrative Podcast (focused on a single incident, person or time): Violation
- Third Place, Breaking News (Radio Stations): Deep sea vessel disappears
Online News Association — 2024 Online Journalism Awards
- Finalist, Excellence in Audio Digital Storytelling – Limited Series: The Gun Machine
- Finalist, Feature: Why a mom turned to supervising illegal opioid use at her home
National Association of Science Writers — 2024 Science in Society Journalism Awards
- Finalist, Commentary: Many scientists don't want to tell the truth about climate change. Here's why.
The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School — Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
- Semi-finalist, 2024 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting: Empty Public Housing
2024 Signal Awards — Limited Series & Specials, Craft
- Silver, Best Host: Beyond All Repair
- Silver, Best Original Score / Music: Beyond All Repair
Spotify Wrapped 2024
- Best New Show: Beyond All Repair
Nautilus Book Awards — 2024 Nautilus Winners
- Gold Winner – Large Press Children's Picture Books / Fiction Ages 2- 6 Years: "The Lion's Whisker: Sister and Brother Take On a Challenge Together; A Circle Round Book"