Over the past 20 years, our student-led journalism has earned numerous awards, including some of the industry’s highest honors, from the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award in 2000 to the George Foster Peabody Award, and our most recent — the 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award.
Notable Awards
Edward R. Murrow Award
2018: Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms
2011: Trafficked
2010: In the Kennel: Uncovering a Navy Unit’s Culture of Abuse
2005: Reflections on Return
2001: Making the Grade
Gracie Award
2018: That’s When My Childhood Ended
Third Coast Festival
2017: Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms (Radio Impact Award)
2003: Oakland Scenes (Best Documentary)
Society for Professional Journalists: Silver Heart Award
2016: Growing Up Homeless
President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Award
2012: ‘What’s Going On’: A New Generation Answers
George Foster Peabody Award
2010: Trafficked
2001: Institutional Award
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
2010: In the Kennel: Uncovering a Navy Unit’s Culture of Abuse
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award
2000: Emails from Kosovo
Awards and Nominations
2018
NY Festivals Award: Finalist Certificate
NY Festivals Award: UNDPI Bronze
NY Festivals Award: Silver Radio Winner
2016
Media for a Just Society Award
Society for Professional Journalists: Silver Heart Award
2015
My Brother’s Keeper Hackathon – 1st and 2nd place
Gracie Allen Award
Media for a Just Society Award
2014
NBC 21st Century Solutions Award
Gracie Allen Award
East Bay Economic Development Alliance Innovation Award – Catalyst Category
Penn State College of Communications Excellence in Coverage of Youth Sports Award – Finalist
Greenlining Institute Next Generation Award
California Journalism Award
Bay Area Youth Media Network Festival Award
Public Radio News Directors Incorporated Award
Webby Award—Honoree
2012
President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Award
Gracie Allen Award
Media for a Just Society Award
2011
Edward R. Murrow Award
George Foster Peabody Award
2010
Edward R. Murrow Award
Robert F. Kennedy Award
MacArthur Award
Investigative Reporters and Editors Award
2009
Gracie Allen Award
New York Festivals Award
2008
Gracie Allen Award
2007
Oakland Arts Award
New York Festivals United Nations Award
New York Festivals Grand Award for Best Information Program
New York Festivals Radio Programming and Promotion Awards, Finalist
2006
W3 Awards, Nomination
Webby Award, Nomination