WLRN won six first-place honors and a total of 12 recognitions in the 2016 edition of the Sunshine State Awards competition, which is administered by the Society of Professional Journalists.
The station, which airs on 91.3 FM and WLRN.org, won first place in the following categories:
Integrity Florida Award for Public Corruption Reporting
WLRN-Miami Herald News: License to Launder: Cash, Cops and the Cartels
Online, User-Generated Content
WLRN News: Zip Odes - WLRN News Staff
Radio, Public Affairs
WLRN News: The Sunshine Economy On The Edge Of Adulthood - Tom Hudson, Wilson Sayre & WLRN News Staff
Radio, General Coverage
WLRN-Miami Herald News: Falling Into The Gap: Florida's Health Care Coverage Gap - Wilson Sayre, Sammy Mack & Daniel Chang
Radio, Investigative Reporting
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting & WLRN News: In Florida, Officials Ban Term ‘Climate Change’ - Tristram Korten, Alicia Zuckerman
Radio, Feature Reporting
1st Place WLRN News - Two Stories From The End Of The Road: Wilson Sayre, Julia Duba, Kenny Malone & Alicia Zuckerman
https://soundcloud.com/wlrn/graffiti-kings-end-of-the-road-documentary
https://soundcloud.com/wlrn/tourist-murders-end-of-the-road-documentary
WLRN News also received recognition in the following categories:
Anchor of the Year (radio and TV)
Finalist WLRN News - Christine DiMattei
Radio, Feature Reporting
2nd Place WLRN News - Hurricane Wilma: Sammy Mack, Wilson Sayre, Julia Duba & Nancy Klingener
http://wlrn.org/post/hurricane-wilma-knocked-down-invasive-trees-created-new-growth
http://wlrn.org/post/windows-lost-wilma
http://wlrn.org/post/too-young-andrew-i-learned-fear-hurricane-wilma
http://wlrn.org/post/florida-keys-wilma-brought-water
Radio, Feature Reporting
3rd Place WLRN News: When Key West Was Cuban Nancy Klingener
Online, Multimedia Feature
2nd place WLRN-Miami Herald News: The Migration Maze
Online, Infographic
2nd Place, WLRN News: Photos: Old South In Tallahassee, Before Political Standoffs - Alexander Gonzalez
Online Blog Writing
3rd place, WLRN News - Tim Padgett, Tim Padgett's Opinion
