This special MPR Archive collection highlights award-winning audio since the inception of organization. Over the 50+ years of broadcasting, Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media has been honored by numerous institutions for a varied selection of notable work.
Each award-winning audio story is presented with notations on award(s) received. If part of an award-winning series, links are provided within story to access other segments of series.
To view Archive Portal’s Airtable display of ALL the MPR/APM award winners (audio, people, organization, web, podcast, and events), please click link below:
https://archive.mpr.org/collections/special-collections/award-collection
March 21, 2012 - MPR’s Mark Steil takes a look back at Sherburn High School Raiders’s win of the 1970 Minnesota Boys Basketball Tournament.
April 27, 2012 - MPR’s Elizabeth Baier profiles the Faribault Hot Shots and the Wanamingo Bulldogs, the only two granny basketball teams in Minnesota. Players share their love of the game and physical activity.
May 4, 2012 - MPR’s Brandt Williams profiles a group of Minnesota parents as they reflect on the 40th anniversary of their efforts on school desegregation.
May 16, 2012 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on pollutants from the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico showing up in Minnesota birds that migrate to the gulf.
July 16, 2012 - MPR’s Laura Yuen investigates recent dolphin deaths at the Minnesota Zoo and the institution's decision to end exhibiting dolphins.
July 17, 2012 - MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill presents a special science report on deformed frogs in Minnesota, first found in 1995. Even seventeen years later, scientists still have not completely solved the mystery of what caused frogs to develop deformities.
August 3, 2012 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on cowboy mounted shooting, an event that attracts competitors with a hankering for the Wild West. A growing number of Minnesotans are competing in the little-known sport that combines horses, guns and split-second timing.
August 31, 2012 - MPR’s Conrad Wilson profiles John Gagliardi, St. John’s University football coach, and his unique coaching philosophy. For decades, Gagliardi has been incorporating a different approach to practice: limited contact. While unorthodoxed in the football world, it seems to pay dividends with less injuries…and 30 conference championships, four national titles and a record 485 wins.
August 31, 2012 - MPR’s Brandt Williams reports that August is the deadliest month in Minneapolis for homicides, and most are African American men. Williams profiles a few young Black men trying to beat the odds by leaving the path that often leads to early death or prison.
September 10, 2012 - MPR’s Alex Friedrich reports on claims by former employees and students of Twin-Cities-based Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business, citing predatory recruiting practices, harassment of students and poor results.