2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition banner

This year we gave awards in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Public Service and Lifetime Achievement.

Winners were celebrated at the Third Coast Awards Ceremony in Chicago, and their stories featured in The 2002 Third Coast Festival Broadcast .

Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition by year

Yes, There Is a Baby

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Gold Award

In the 1940s, when he was 16 years old, Myron Jones was allowed to stay up late any night of the week and hang out at bars or wherever he pleased, but his mother barely let his older sister Carol out of the house at all. So the siblings devised a plan.

If

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award

A young patient reinvents his experience of being in the hospital through metaphor and allusion. Responding to "what if" questions, Andrew exemplifies the transformative qualities of fantasy, empathy, and humor.

My So-Called Lungs

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Bronze Award

Laura Rothenberg is 21 years old, but likes to say that she's already had her mid-life crisis. Laura has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that affects the lungs and other organs.

Grey Ghost

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award

Grey Ghost is the story of one man and a bird -- or possibly just of one man. It is also the story of an obsession.

Remembering Kent State, 1970

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award

When Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students during a war demonstration on the Kent State University Campus in May, 1970, four young lives were ended and a nation was stunned.

Annapurna: Memories in Sound

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Director's Choice Award

Annapurna: Memories in Sound is an impressionistic sound portrait of the Ximms' trek through the Annapurna Circuit, a popular three-week hiking trip through the Himalayas to Nepal.

Affairs of the Mind

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best New Artist Award

Affairs of the Mind is a personal and confrontational story exploring the nature of jealousy and the parameters of infidelity.

Corrections, Inc.

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Public Service Award

The corrections industry has become a $50-billion-a-year business and one of the strongest influences on criminal justice policy in America.

The 2002 TCF Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Studs Terkel (INC)

Winner of the 2002 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Lifetime Achievement Award

The Third Coast Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (now the Audio Luminary Award) is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2002 recipient, Studs Terkel.