WLRN-Miami Herald News won 14 first-place awards and seven second-place awards during the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters awards competition for work produced during 2014. Results were announced at a banquet in Orlando Saturday.
WLRN, which broadcasts at 91.3-FM and 91.5 in the Florida Keys, won best overall among large stations and best website. Reporter Nadege Green earned first-place for individual achievement for her Slumlords story and best overall for her body of work.
Below is a list of the awards with their respective stories. We encourage you to check out the other finalists.
First place
- Best overall
- Best website
- The Baby Doc Divide: Why South Florida's Haitians Disagree On Duvalier by Nadege Green and Tim Padgett for breaking news reporting and general assignment long form reporting
- Burger Formerly Known As "Bron" Is Now "Gone" by Carla Javier for breaking sports news reporting
- The Sally J. Freedman Reality Tour With Judy Blume by Alicia Zuckerman for cultural / historical feature reporting
- Animal Rights Campaigners Get Little Traction At Hialeah Pig Slaughterhouse Protest by Rick Stone for general assignment reporting
- Why More Than 300 People Have Been Arrested At This One Miami Intersection and Overtown Rail Crossing Is Hotspot For Arrests, But Most Are Dismissed by Wilson Sayre and David Ovalle for investigative reporting
- On Scrap Wood, Broken Doors And Shag Carpets, Purvis Young Painted Overtown by Wilson Sayre for light feature reporting
- Mobile journalist for Wilson Sayre in The Story Behind Miami's Projector, The 'Death Star Dumbbell'
- The Power of Price: Healthcare by Tom Hudson and Sammy Mack for public affairs reporting
- Aftermath: Beyond the Bullets in Liberty City by Nadege Green for best series
- Individual achievement for Nadege Green in single story and multi-story reporting
Second place
- South Florida Remembers & Grieves for Steven Sotloff by Nadege Green, Wilson Sayre, Tim Padgett and Luis Hernandez for breaking news reporting
- What Just Happened? #Fangate At The Scott-Crist Gubernatorial Debate by WLRN-Miami Herald News for breaking news long format reporting
- Sholom & Mohamed: Brothers Despite the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Selima Hussain, Alicia Zuckerman and Kenny Malone for cultural / historical feature reporting
- Charlotte's Web Bill Could Limit The Future Of Medical Marijuana by Rick Stone for general assignment long format reporting
- Tenants Say Liberty City Apartments Are Unlivable by Nadege Green for hard news feature reporting
- Time-Sharing Heat Tickets Should Come With A Warning by Kenny Malone for sports feature reporting
- Individual achievement for John O'Connor in single story reporting
