Michigan Radio expanded its list of honors in 2016 with two recent awards from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Michigan Radio’s Kate Wells was recognized with a Salute to Excellence Award in the Radio News: Short Form category, for “Breast milk company cancels campaign to recruit Detroit moms.” The story looked at a controversy surrounding efforts by an Oregon-based breast milk company to increase breast-feeding among low-income black moms in Detroit.
Producer Zak Rosen also won a Salute to Excellence Award in the Radio News: Long Form category for the “Bringing Up Detroit.” This year-long series examined the lives of three Detroit families as they navigated the city’s often unpredictable school systems, economy, transportation networks, and neighborhoods.
Michigan Radio had three other stories that were finalists for NABJ awards including Jennifer Guerra for the documentary “Mr. Knight’s Neighborhood;” Dustin Dwyer for his report “This Community Finally Got What People Have Been Asking for All Season: A Home Football Game;” and Zak Rosen for “A Youth Reporter Takes You Inside the Huddle.”
The NABJ’s Salute to Excellence Awards recognize journalism that best covers the black experience or addresses issues affecting the worldwide black community during the year.