Best radio news or interpretation of international affairs YEAR: 2003 AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 2003 RECIPIENT: Jeb Sharp AFFILIATION: PRI’s The World: BBC World Service, Public Radio International, WGBH Radio Boston HONORED WORK: Iraq History Series The series is a well-rounded, solid piece of analytical reporting on Iraq of the sort often missing…
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The Lowell Thomas Award 2002
Best radio news or interpretation of international affairs AWARD YEAR: 2002 AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 2002 RECIPIENT: Mike Shuster AFFILIATION: National Public Radio HONORED WORK: “The Middle East: A Century of Conflict” An excellent multipart detailed series on the Middle East. A complex topic presented with brilliant texture and historical perspective. (no citation)
The Lowell Thomas Award 2001
Best radio news or interpretation of international affairs AWARD YEAR: 2001 AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 2001 RECIPIENT: National Public Radio Staff AFFILIATION: National Public Radio HONORED WORK: “September 11th and the World Reacts” NPR’s coverage provided on-the-scene reporting and worldwide perspective on r the war against Islamic terrorism. The coverage explored subjects ranging…
The Lowell Thomas Award 2000
Best radio news or interpretation o f international affairs AWARD DATE: 2000 AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 2000 AWARD RECIPIENT: Stephen Smith, Michael Montgomery, Deborah George AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: American RadioWorks/Minnesota Public Radio/NPR News AWARD HONORED WORK: “Massacre at Cuska” This investigative radio documentary about Serbian atrocities in the province of Kosovo was remarkable.…
The Lowell Thomas Award 1999
Best radio news or interpretation of foreign affairs AWARD YEARS: 1999 AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 1999 RECIPIENT: NPR News AFFILIATION: National Public Radio HONORED WORK: Coverage of Kosovo NPR’s extensive coverage of the war in Kosovo combined a wide variety of viewpoints with a tremendous amount of in-depth reporting. Some of this reporting…
The Lowell Thomas Award 1998
Best radio news or interpretation of foreign affairs AWARD YEAR: 1998 AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 1998 RECIPIENT: Sandy Tolan AFFILIATION: Homelands Productions for Fresh Air HONORED WORK: “The Lemon Tree” One one level, “The Lemon Tree” tells the emotionally engaging story of how two families—one Jewish, one Palestinian — are brought together by…
The Lowell Thomas Award 1997
Best radio news or interpretation of foreign affairs AWARD YEAR: 1997 AWARD NAME: The Lowell Thomas Award 1997 RECIPIENT: Jennifer Glasse, Hank Weinbloom AFFILIATION: ABC News Radio HONORED WORK: “Perspective: Zaire” In a thoughtful report from a continent where news coverage often is superficial, ABC News Radio gave listeners a clear, lively, street-level explanation of…
The Lowell Thomas Award 1996
Best radio news or interpretation of foreign affairs Award Year: 1996 Award Name: The Lowell Thomas Award 1996 Recipient: Lisa Rolland Affiliation: ABC News Radio Honored Work: “Land Mines: The Survivors’ Perspective” Rolland delivers an unforgettable earful of horrors from the maimed men and women who happened to be in the wrong place at the…
The Lowell Thomas Award 1995
Best radio news or interpretation of foreign affairs Award Year: 1995 Award Name: The Lowell Thomas Award 1995 Recipient: Daniell Zwerdling, Linda Gradstein, Martha Raddatz and the staff of ‘Weekend All Things Considered’ Affiliation: National Public Radio Honored Work: “Live coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin” The report provides a perfect mix of perspective,…
The Lowell Thomas Award 1994
Best radio interpretation of foreign affairs Award Year: 1994 Award Name: The Lowell Thomas Award 1994 Recipient: Mark Lavie Affiliation: Mutual Broadcasting “America in the Morning” Honored Work: “Middle East Peace: A Matter of Faith” The Mutual broadcast team seamlessly integrated stories of individual Palestinians with the broader politics of establishing a Palestinian entity in…