Award-winning programming
American Public Media is proud of its nearly 1,000 broadcasting and journalism awards, including numerous George Foster Peabody Awards (dubbed the “Oscar of broadcasting”), Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards, national Emmy and Murrow Awards, a prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Gold Baton Award, an Alfred I. duPont- Columbia University Silver Baton and a GRAMMY Award.
Recent wins
2022 Top of the Rockies Legal Feature: Sent Away
2022 Top of the Rockies Public Service Award: Sent Away
2021 Edward R. Murrow: Black at Mizzou: Confronting Race on Campus
2021 Education Writers Association: Black at Mizzou: Confronting Race on Campus
2020 Robert F. Kennedy Award: In the Dark: The Path Home
2020 National Native Media Award: Uprooted: The 1950s Plan to Erase Indian Country
2020 duPont Columbia Award: In the Dark Supreme Court Coverage
2020 American Bar Association Silver Gavel: In the Dark Season Two The Path Home
2020 Gracie Award: At a Loss for Words
2020 National Headliner Award; First Place, Broadcast Radio Networks and Syndicators Documentary or Public Affairs: Under a Watchful Eye
2020 Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards Best Investigative Report: Chicago's Water Prices Are Skyrocketing
2019 Peabody Award: In the Dark: The Path Home
2019 Best Serialized Story - Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition: In the Dark: Season Two
2019 George Polk Award for Journalism: In the Dark: Season Two
2019 Edward R. Murrow Award for Multimedia/Radio Network: In the Dark: Season Two
2018 EWA Public Service Award: Hard Words
2017 Edward R Murrow: In the Dark
2017 Education Writers Association Eddie Award: Shadow Class: College Dreamers in Trump’s America
2017 Excellence in Media Reporting on Education Research Award: Hard Words
2017 Gracie Award for Interactive Media: Nora McInerny, host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking
2017 Gabriel Awards for Classical MPR: “Bridge of Song” and “Kaddish: Reflections on the Holocaust in Music and Words”
2017 Webby Awards, Podcasts: The Hilarious World of Depression and Codebreaker
2017 George Foster Peabody Award for Best of the Best in Radio/Podcast: In the Dark
2016 Peabody Award: In the Dark: Season One
2016, Gracie Award for best national correspondent, Lizzie O'Leary, Marketplace Weekend
2016, Gracie Award for best feature, Krissy Clark, Marketplace Wealth & Poverty Desk, "York & Fig" series
2014, National Humanities Medal awarded to On Being host Krista Tippett
2014, Edward R. Murrow Award, Network Radio, Hard News Reporting, “China’s Toxic Harvest”
2014, Gracie Award Outstanding Series, Marketplace, “One School, One Year”
2014, Radio Television Digital News Association and the National Endowment for Financial Education Award for Personal Finance Reporting (Online), Marketplace, Paddy Hirsch’s Whiteboard Series
2014, Clarion Award (Radio Regular Talk or Interview Program), The Splendid Table
2014, James Beard Foundation Broadcast and New Media Awards (Radio Show/Audio Webcast), The Splendid Table
2014, Gabriel Award for artistic achievement, Performance Today
2013, Emmy for Investigative Journalism-Long Form, Marketplace, collaboration with PBS FRONTLINE: Big Sky, Big Money
2012, Edward R. Murrow Award, Audio Investigative Reporting award, Marketplace, “Chinese Student Syndrome”