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
October 17, 1988 - Mainstreet Radio-Brainerd’s Leif Enger reports on increased law enforcement efforts to protect wildlife from over-hunting and poaching.
November 10, 1988 - MPR’s Stephen Smith interviews various individuals during a trip of Latin American refugees escaping through Minnesota to Canada, utilizing a Duluth sanctuary group, called Refugee Railroad.
November 12, 1988 - MPR’s Mark Steil takes a look back at the November 12th, 1933 dust storm that hit South Dakota. Steil presents recollections of those who lived through the event.
November 19, 1988 - On this Midday program, a special documentary about teenage pregnancy produced by Carol Gunderson from member station KLSE in Rochester. Following dcocumentary, Dr. Betty Jerome, director of the Teenage Medical Center at Minneapolis Children's Hospital, answers listener questions on the subject.
December 5, 1988 - MPR’s Bill Catlin reports on the issues of Denver's Stapleton Airport, and the planning process of creating a new Denver airport.
December 6, 1988 - MPR’s Bill Catlin continues look at airport debate…this time moving from Denver's battle to an upcoming one in Minneapolis.
January 12, 1989 - Midday presents a special Mainstreet Radio documentary on religion in Minnesota, entitled “Articles of Faith.” Highlighted are a Central Minnesota German Catholic community in Pierz-Lastrup, Mennonites in Mountain Lake, a Jewish family in Fergus Falls, and a non-believer who nevertheless attends a small town church.
January 20, 1989 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger visits some fish house residents on Lake Mille Lacs and finds that there is much more to the experience of ice fishing than the fish.
February 24, 1989 - MPR's Mark Heistad and Tom Meersman present "Poisoned Waters," a documentary about groundwater contamination problems in Minnesota. Documentary contains reports from Lakeland, Northern Township in Beltrami County, New Brighton, and agricultural land in the southeast of state.
March 15, 1989 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews former Pillsbury employees, who express their criticism of company during the Grand Met takeover.