2012 TC/RDHF Competition Winners

We have Gold! We have Silver! And Bronze! And Honorable Mentions, Directors' Choice, Best News Feature and Best New Artist!

Congrats to ALL the winners of the 2012 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, announced at an unforgettable Awards Ceremony on October 7th, in Evanston, IL.

BEST DOCUMENTARY: GOLD AWARD

Teen Contender (USA)

by Joe Richman, Sue Jaye Johnson, and Samara Freemark, and narrated by Claressa Shields for Radio Diaries and NPR's All Things Considered

BEST DOCUMENTARY: SILVER AWARD

What Happened at Dos Erres (USA)

by Brian Reed and Habiba Nosheen, co-reported with Sebastian Rotella (ProPublica), Ana Arana (Fundacion MEPI), and edited by Julie Snyder, Nancy Updike and Ira Glass for This American Life from WBEZ Chicago

BEST DOCUMENTARY: BRONZE AWARD

Wireless Nights: Overnight Delivery (UK)

by Laurence Grissell with Neil McCarthy and Sara Parker for BBC Radio 4

BEST DOCUMENTARY: HONORABLE MENTION

Living 9/11 (USA)

by Marianne McCune and Emily Botein, with editor Karen Frillman and executive producer Chris Bannon for WNYC Radio and PRX, the Public Radio Exchange

BEST DOCUMENTARY: HONORABLE MENTION

My Parents' Extreme Tango Makeover (USA)

by Yowei Shaw with editors Michele Siegel and David Krasnow for Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, a co-production of PRI and WNYC

BEST DOCUMENTARY: HONORABLE MENTION

She Sees Your Every Move (USA)

by Jonathan Mitchell with editors Michele Siegel and David Krasnow for Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, a co-production of PRI and WNYC

DIRECTORS' CHOICE

String (AUS)

by Natalie Kestecher with sound engineering by Timothy Nicastri, for?ABC Radio National's 360documentaries

BEST NEWS FEATURE

The Battle over Billing Codes (USA)

by Gregory Warner with editor Betsy Streisand for Marketplace

BEST NEW ARTIST

Big Ship Diary (USA)

by Allison Swaim with editor Cecilia Vaisman for WBEZ Chicago's Front and Center series.

This year's winners receive cash awards of $1000 - $4000 and a license for Hindenburg Journalist Pro editing software. They'll also take home beautifully crafted, sound-emitting awards that resemble vintage radios, designed and built by Michael Chupich of Trek Studios with design consultation by Richard H. Driehaus.

Winners will also be heard by a national audience this fall in Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, distributed by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).