2014 Awards
Hermes Creative Awards
* Platinum Award: Design/Publication Overall 鈥,鈥 ideastream
* Gold Award: Design/Invitation 鈥18th Annual World Series of Wine,鈥 ideastream
* Gold Award: Publications/Annual Report 鈥,鈥 ideastream
The International Academy of the Visual Arts Communicator Awards
鈥淎wards of Excellence鈥
* Audio - Programs: Program 鈥 鈥,鈥 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Film/Video 鈥 Programs/News: Talk Show/Interview 鈥 鈥,鈥 segments included: Pet Portrait artist James Ruby; the 40th Anniversary of the PBS show 鈥淕reat Performances鈥; Photographer Angelo Merendino; and Artist Michelangelo Lovelace,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Film/Video - Programs/News: Travel/Tourism 鈥 鈥: Composite,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Film/Video - Programs/News: Children 鈥 鈥淢ath Mess,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Websites: Structure and Navigation 鈥 鈥渋deastream.org鈥
鈥淎wards of Distinction鈥
* Audio - Programs: Program 鈥 鈥,鈥 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Film/Video: History/Biography 鈥 鈥,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Film/Video: Entertainment 鈥 鈥,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Film/Video: Environmental 鈥 鈥,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Online Video: Documentary 鈥 鈥,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Interactive Multimedia: Health & Wellness 鈥 鈥,鈥 ideastream
* Print 鈥 Annual Report: Non-Profit 鈥 鈥,鈥 ideastream
* Print 鈥 Brochure: Educational 鈥 鈥,鈥 ideastream
* Print 鈥 Brochure: Overall Design 鈥 鈥,鈥 ideastream
International Cinema In Industry CINDY Competitions
* Silver Award: 鈥,鈥 Kay Colby, Mark Rosenberger & David Molpus, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
80th National Headliner Awards
* Third Place: Radio Stations Breaking News or Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event 鈥淭he Ariel Castro Case,鈥 WCPN News Staff
Tony Ganzer prior to joining ideastream in 2013 won one awards in the Broadcast Radio Networks category
* Feature or human interest story 鈥淗induism has a temple to call home 鈥 in Switzerland鈥 Tony Ganzer, Deutsche Welle
Edward R. Murrow RTDNA 2014 National Awards
* Best News Series 鈥,鈥 Brian Bull, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Education Writers Association National Awards for Education Reporting
* Third Prize awarded to Molly Bloom for 鈥淏eat Reporting鈥 - StateImpact Ohio, ideastream
Edward R. Murrow RTDNA 2014 Regional and International Awards
* News Series 鈥,鈥 Brian Bull, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Tony Ganzer prior to joining ideastream in 2013 won three awards in the International category for reports that he covered for World Radio Switzerland
* News Series 鈥淒estroyed Swiss River鈥 Tony Ganzer, World Radio Switzerland
* Feature Reporting 鈥淒avos: Gender Gap鈥 Tony Ganzer, World Radio Switzerland
* Use of Sound 鈥淗indi Temple鈥 Tony Ganzer, World Radio Switzerland
45th Annual Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards
* Community Service 鈥,鈥 Jerry Wareham, President & CEO, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Health/Science 鈥 Program or Special 鈥淏e Well: Young & Obese Composite,鈥 Kay Colby, Producer & Lauren Wilson, Associate Producer, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Informational/Instructional 鈥 Program/Series or Special 鈥,鈥 Mary Fecteau, Producer; Anne Glausser, Producer & Mark Smukler, Executive Producer, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
Ohio Associated Press Awards
鈥淔irst Place鈥
* General Excellence 鈥90.3 WCPN鈥
* Best Feature Reporting 鈥溾 Bill Cohen, Statehouse News Bureau & Ohio Public Radio
* Best Broadcast Writing 鈥淓nvironmental Groups Find Middle Ground on Fracking鈥 Michelle Kanu, WCPN ideastream
* Best Use of Sound 鈥,鈥 Anne Glausser, WCPN ideastream
* Best Documentary of Series 鈥,鈥 Brian Bull, WCPN ideastream
* Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event 鈥淎riel Castro Sentenced鈥 WCPN News Staff
* Best Breaking News Coverage 鈥淎fter Decade of Captivity, Women Escape Home鈥 WCPN News Staff
鈥淪econd Place鈥
* Best Feature Reporting 鈥,鈥 Michelle Kanu, WCPN ideastream
* Best Broadcast Writing 鈥,鈥 David C. Barnett, WCPN ideastream
* Best Reporter 鈥淣ick Castele,鈥 WCPN ideastream
* Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event 鈥淏ig Changes in Budget Rollout鈥 Statehouse News Bureau & Ohio Public Radio
* Best Enterprise Reporting 鈥,鈥 WCPN ideastream
* Best Use of Multimedia 鈥渨cpn.org鈥 Joseph Sheppa, WCPN ideastream
Ohio Society of Professional Journalists - Ohio鈥檚 Best Journalism 2014 Awards
Radio
* First Place: Best Criminal Justice Reporting 鈥淎riel Castro Case鈥 90.3 WCPN Staff ideastream
* First Place: Best Education Issues Reporting (6 stories) 鈥淒on鈥檛 Look at Report Cards to Know What Parents Really Want to know; Charter School Serves As Safe Place for Gay Students; Why It鈥檚 So Hard for Rural Schools to Pass Levies; Grading the Teachers: Performance Isn鈥檛 Reflected in Paychecks; Grading the Teachers; Measuring Teacher Performance Through Student Growth; Undocumented Students in Gray Area for College Admissions鈥 State Impact Ohio, ideastream
* First Place: Best Environmental Reporting 鈥淓nvironmental Groups Find Middle Ground in Fracking Debate; Recycling Dirt: A new Niche in the Fracking Industry; Major Natural Gas Process Plant Opens for Business鈥 Michelle Kanu, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Second Place: Government Reporting 鈥淏ill Cohen鈥 State House News Bureau
* Second Place: Best Enterprise Reporting 鈥淥hio Charter School Serves As Safe Place for Gay Students鈥 State Impact Ohio, ideastream
* Second Place: Best Public Affairs Program 鈥淪OI: A Miracle in Cleveland鈥 Sound of Ideas Staff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Online
* Second Place: Best of Show for General News Site 鈥渋deastream鈥 Joseph Sheppa, ideastream
* Second Place: Best Graphic Design and Navigation 鈥渋deastream鈥 Joseph Sheppa, ideastream
The Niagara Foundation Peace and Dialogue Awards
* ideastream was awarded the Niagara Media Award
Gracie Awards (Alliance for Women in Media Foundation)
* Lauren Wilson was awarded the Gracie Award for Outstanding Host - Entertainment/Information in the Local, Online, Public and Student Award Winners category for 鈥,鈥 WVIZ/PBS ideastream
The Press Club of Cleveland 2014 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
鈥淔irst Place鈥
* Public Service 鈥,鈥 Health Team, WVIZ ideastream
* Television Show 鈥,鈥 Brian Bull, WCPN ideastream
* Use of Sound 鈥,鈥 Anne Glausser, WCPN ideastream
* News Writing 鈥淣ews鈥 Brian Bull, WCPN ideastream
* Radio Show 鈥,鈥 WCPN News Staff, WCPN ideastream
鈥淪econd Place鈥
* In Depth Coverage 鈥淏ig Changes in Budget Rollout,鈥 Karen Kasler, Jo Ingles & Bill Cohen, Ohio Public Radio
* Best Website in Ohio 鈥渋deastream.org,鈥 Joseph Sheppa, ideastream
* Digital Media - Radio News Website 鈥淲CPN.org,鈥 Joseph Sheppa, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Radio - Ongoing Coverage 鈥淭he Ariel Castro Case,鈥 Staff, WCPN ideastream
* Radio - In Depth Coverage 鈥,鈥 Sarah Jane Tribble, WCPN ideastream
* Radio - News Writing 鈥淓nvironmental Groups Find Middle Ground in Fracking Debate,鈥 Michelle Kanu, WCPN ideastream
* Radio - Human Interest 鈥,鈥 Michelle Kanu, WCPN ideastream
鈥淭hird Place鈥
* Radio - Ongoing Coverage 鈥2013 Year In Review,鈥 Karen Kasler, Jo Ingles & Andy Chow, Ohio Public Radio
* Radio - In Depth Coverage 鈥,鈥 Ida Lieszkovszky, WCPN ideastream
Market Enginuity Awards
* ideastream鈥檚 Underwriting Team was awarded the 2013 Standard of Excellence Award for Underwriting
and Wayne Myers of the Underwriting Team received the Account Manager Standard of Excellence Award