Best of the Best 2013 (Part 1)

Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2013 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.

2013 / TCF, USA

In this hour you'll hear: Parts of Speech (Best New Artist), Jack and Ellen (Best Documentary: Honorable Mention), Remembering Andrew (Best Documentary: Bronze Award), and Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl (Best Documentary: Silver Award.) The hour also features an interview with the Silver Award winning producer, Tim Howard.

To find out more about all of the winning producers, click on EXTRA.

We also invite you to listen to Hour 2 of Best of the Best, featuring (among others), the Best Documentary: Gold Award winner.

Best of the Best: The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast was produced by Katie Mingle with help from Maya Goldberg-Safir and distributed by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange.

This hour was produced by Katie Mingle

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Emily Kwong (@emilykwong1234) is the reporter for NPR's daily science podcast, Short Wave.

Mooj Zadie (@moojz) is an associate producer at Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Nick van der Kolk (@nickvdk) is a radio producer, sound designer, and events organizer whose work has aired on numerous radio outlets worldwide.

Brendan Baker (@BrendanPBaker) specializes in creative editing and sound design for highly-crafted radio and podcast productions.

Alicia Zuckerman's been making radio since she was kid, adding her own intros to songs from Casey Kasem's American Top 40, using two tape recorders.

Dan Grech is a Pulitzer Prize winning multi-platform journalist and digital innovator.

Kenny Malone is a cohost for NPR's Planet Money podcast. Before that, he was a reporter for WNYC's Only Human podcast. Before that, he was a reporter for Miami's WLRN. And before that, he was a reporter for his friend T.C.'s homemade newspaper, Neighborhood News.

Sammy Mack (@sammymack) covers health care policy for WLRN News.

Trina Sargalski is a freelance producer and reporter who regularly covers food and South Florida life for WLRN-Miami Herald News, as well as for her own blog, Miami Dish.

Katie Mingle (@katiemingle) is the senior editor and a producer for 99% Invisible.