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RADIO IQ/WVTF journalists Mallory Noe-Payne and Jeff BossertRADIO IQ/WVTF journalists Mallory Noe-Payne and Jeff Bossert were honored with awards from Public Radio News Directors Inc. PRNDI .The awards recognize the work of reporting, editing, anchoring, and producing at local publi stanley cup usa c media radio stations across the U.S. 聽 190 awards were presented June 23 at PRNDIs annual conference.Mallory Noe-Payne won first place in the Spot News category for her story: Its Hard Not To Love Her http://wvtf.org/post/its-hard-not-love-her-loving-day-one-virginia-couples-story . Noe-Payne is RADIO IQs Richmond reporter.Jeff Bossert won second place in the Sports Feature category for his story: Hall of Fame or Infamy 聽 http://wvtf.org/post/virginia-tech-hof-induction-brings-out-critics-defenders .聽 Bossert hosts Morning Edition on RADIO IQ and reports from Roanoke.RADIO IQs awards were presented in Division B, comprising stations with four to seven full-time news staff members. Public Radio News Directors Inc. represents more than 1,100 full-time working journalists at approximately 120 public media radio stations.You can read more about the PRNDI awards and see the full list of winners here at聽prndi.org/post/prndi-banquet-honors-awardees. Share this page Share canada stanley Facebook Twitter termo stanley Linkedin Telegram E-mail |
