2011 Awards
A total of 53 awards.
The International Academy of the Visual Arts Communicator Awards
* Award of Distinction: Film/Video - Health and Wellness 鈥淔acing Depression鈥�, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Award of Distinction: Film/Video - Motivational 鈥淛ack鈥檚 Story鈥�, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Award of Distinction: Program/News - Children 鈥淣ewsDepth鈥�, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Award of Distinction: Interactive Multimedia - Education (academic) 鈥淎ttack of Alien Invaders鈥�, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Award of Distinction: Online Video - Education 鈥淎ttack of Alien Invaders鈥�, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
MarCom Awards
* Gold Award: Design (Print) Annual Report Interior 鈥渋deas鈥� 2010, WVIZ/PBS & 90.3 WCPN ideastream
32nd Annual Telly Awards
* Silver Award: TV Health and Fitness 鈥淔ighting Fat鈥�, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
Videographer Awards
* Award of Distinction: TV Programs/Other 鈥淔ighting Fat鈥�, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
The 2011 Collaboration Prize (created and funded by The Lodestar Foundation in collaboration with members of the Arizona-Indiana-Michigan (AIM) Alliance)
* Certificate of National Recognition Semifinalist: 鈥渋deastream鈥� for accomplishment in using collaboration to more effectively allocate nonprofit resources
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Lower Great Lakes Chapter Emmy Awards
* Interview/Discussion: Program/Series or Special 鈥淏ack Stage With鈥� composite: Tim Conway, John Lithgow, Patty Heaton;
Mark Rosenberger, Scott Simon, Mike Vendeland, Katie Baker and Colleen Porter, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Community/Public Service - Single Spot of Campaign 鈥淚magine - STEM careers鈥�, Mark Rosenberger and Jeff Haynes, WVIZ/PBS
ideastream
* Writer: Program 鈥淔ighting Fat鈥�, Kay Colby, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
National Headliner Awards
* First Place: Radio News Series - 鈥淭oxic Loans鈥� Mhari Saito, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: TV Public Services - 鈥淗ealth Specials鈥� Kay Colby, Gretchen Cuda and Katie Baker, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
Ohio Associated Press Awards
* First Place: Best Documentary or Series 鈥淔ighting Fat鈥�, Health Unit of 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event 鈥淭roopergate鈥�, Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau, Ohio Public Radio
* First Place: Best Investigative Reporting 鈥淗ow Cleveland鈥檚 Most Toxic Loans Ended Up in the Goldman Sachs鈥� Controversy鈥�,
Mhari Saito and Eric Wellman, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: Best Enterprise Reporting 鈥淕o Invest Wisely鈥�, Mhari Saito, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: Best Use of Sound 鈥淲orld Cup Fever in the Flats鈥�, David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: Best Continuing Coverage 鈥淯pside/Downside: The Underemployed鈥�, Dan Bobkoff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: Outstanding News Operation 鈥�90.3 WCPN ideastream鈥�
Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards of the Press Club of Cleveland
New Media
* First Place: Online Features 鈥淔uture of Dentistry鈥�, Katie Baker, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: Television Web Site Design, 鈥渨ww.ideastream.org鈥�, Joseph Sheppa, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Second Place: Radio Web Site Design, 鈥渨ww.ideastream.org鈥�, Joseph Sheppa, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Television
* First Place: Television Show 鈥淭he State of Ohio鈥�, Karen Kasler and Ron Corby, Statehouse News Bureau
Radio
* First Place: Spot News 鈥淐uyahoga County Corruption鈥�, Mhari Saito and Bill Rice, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: Public Service 鈥淗ealth Information: Fighting Fat鈥�, Kay Colby, Gretchen Cuda, Katie Baker and Bridget DeChagas,
90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: Investigative 鈥淚nvest Wisely鈥�, Mhari Saito, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: In-Depth Coverage 鈥淏lue Collar Depression鈥�, Dan Bobkoff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: In-Depth Coverage 鈥淚nside a Food Desert鈥�, Eric Wellman, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: Commentary/Analysis 鈥淏ackers of Tax Repeal get silenced鈥�, Bill Cohen, Statehouse News Bureau
* First Place: Human Interest 鈥淪cented Temptations鈥�, Gretchen Cuda, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* First Place: News Writing 鈥淏usiness Message for Obama鈥�, David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: Human Interest 鈥淪peech Pathologists Who Stutter鈥�, Dan Bobkoff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: News Writing 鈥淪cented Temptations鈥�, Gretchen Cuda and David Molpus, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: General News 鈥淭op Statehouse Stories 2010鈥�, Karen Kasler, Bill Cohen and Jo Ingles, Statehouse News Bureau
* Second Place: On-Going Coverage 鈥淏attling for Attention for a Multi Billion Dollar Deficit鈥�, Karen Kasler, Bill Cohen and Jo Ingles,
Statehouse News Bureau
* Second Place: Use of Sound 鈥淲orld Cup Fever in the Flats鈥�, David C. Barnett and David Molpus, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: Radio Show 鈥淪ound of Ideas鈥�, SOI Staff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards
Radio All Markets
First Place: Best Education Issues Reporting: K-12 鈥淐harter School Lawsuit,鈥� Bill Rice, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
First Place: Best Feature Reporting 鈥淏edbugs: A Costly Headache,鈥� Mhari Saito, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
First Place: Best Investigative Reporting 鈥淭oxic Loans,鈥� Mhari Saito, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
First Place: Best Recession Impact Reporting 鈥淐asualties of the Recession,鈥� Dan Bobkoff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Second Place: Best Enterprise Reporting 鈥淪cented Temptations: Artificial Scents Help Stimulate Consumers,鈥� Gretchen Cuda, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Second Place: Best General Assignment Reporting 鈥淕asification: Environmental Dream or Reality?鈥� Bill Rice, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Second Place: Best Government Reporting 鈥淗ot Hearing on 鈥淭roopergate鈥�, Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau/Ohio Public Radio
Second Place: Best Spot News 鈥淐uyahoga County Corruption,鈥� Bill Rice, Mhari Saito, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Second Place: Best Web Site 鈥渨ww.ideastream.org鈥�, Joseph Sheppa, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Radio Individual/Station Honors
First Place: Best Newscast - WCPN Radio, Eric Wellman, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
First Place: Best Public Affairs Program 鈥淭he Sound of Ideas鈥�, Sound of Ideas Staff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Second Place: Best Anchor - Eric Wellman, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Second Place: Best News Operation - WCPN Radio, ideastream Staff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Online
Second Place: Best Graphic Design/Navigation 鈥渨ww.ideastream.org鈥� Joseph Sheppa, ideastream