2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition
This year we honored the best audio work in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Best News Feature and Radio Impact. Additionally, Ira Glass of This American Life created The Little Mermaid Award to honor beautifully produced work that is out for fun.
Winners were celebrated at the Third Coast Awards Ceremony in Chicago, and their stories featured in Best of the Best: The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast .
Teenage Diaries Revisited Melissa's Story
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Gold Award
As an 19-year-old raised in the foster care system, Melissa took NPR listeners along when she gave birth to her son Issaiah.
- 2014
- 19:34
- Joe Richman
- Sarah Kate Kramer
The Real Tom Banks
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Silver Award
Tom Banks is 23, gay and searching for love.
- 2014
- 18:12
- Jesse Cox
- Timothy Nicastri
Leaving a Mark
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Bronze Award
Emily Hsiao reads a Craigslist post about a man who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes to meet him.
- 2014
- 13:14
- Emily Hsiao
Arthur's Story
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award
After twelve years of rough living in Vancouver, Arthur is moving into an apartment in a new supportive housing project. But moving inside from a life outside isn't as easy as you might think.
- 2014
- 46:07
- Steve Wadhams
- Suzanne Ahearne
Burroughs at 100
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Director's Choice Award
Rock legend Iggy Pop presents an intimate portrait of William S. Burroughs on the 100th birthday of America's most cataclysmic author.
- 2014
- 56:27
- Colin McNulty
The Hospital Always Wins
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Director's Choice Award
Back in 2004, Laura Starecheski visited a mental hospital in Queens, N.Y. called Creedmoor, where she met a patient named Issa Ibrahim.
Fault Line
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award
Kevin (not his real name) is a likable guy who lives with his wife in New Jersey. And he's on probation after serving time in a federal prison for committing a disturbing crime.
- 2014
- 24:14
- Jad Abumrad
- Pat Walters
Here I Am and Here Be Danger
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best New Artist Award
Here I Am and Here Be Danger is a non-narrated experiment in heartbreak.
- 2014
- 11:45
- Annie McEwen
Help Wanted
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Radio Impact Award
There is currently no formal treatment or support for non-offending pedophiles who want help managing their attractions.
- 2014
- 25:57
- Luke Malone
- Robyn Semien
Lance and Nina: An Unlikely Story of Recovery and Redemption
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best News Feature Award
At 24, Lance Rice was on schedule to become another sad statistic in the heroin epidemic sweeping through rural Massachusetts.
- 2014
- 08:28
- Karen Brown
100 Songs in a Day
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Little Mermaid Award
One way to earn money selling music is boring: write one hit and live off the royalties for the rest of your life.
- 2014
- 11:17
- Alex Goldman
- PJ Vogt
Chicago to Mexico, by Bus
Winner of the 2014 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Little Mermaid Award
Every week hundreds of people board coach buses in Chicago and travel to Mexico.
- 2014
- 11:47
- Linda Lutton