Industry Professionals

RIAS Berlin German/American Awards

As part of its German/American Journalist Exchange Program, the RIAS Berlin Commission presents awards each year for excellence in radio and television reporting on German/American issues. These are the American winners:

1995 - Theresa Statz, producer/director, Georgia Public Television

1996 - Nina Keck, host, VOA Today, Voice of America
Hedrick Smith, president, Hedrick Smith Productions

1997 - Tom Banse, regional correspondent, KUOW-FM, Seattle
Dick Custin, reporter, WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, MI

1998 - Jim Wallace, news director, West Virginia Public Radio

1999 - John D'Amelio, producer, Channel One News, Los Angeles

2000 - Richard Blystone, correspondent, CNN, London
Lisa Lewenz, producer/director, PBS, New York
Curt Nickisch, reporter/producer, KUER Radio, Salt Lake City

2001 - Guy Raz, correspondent, NPR, Berlin
Sam Klotinsky, independent television documentary producer

2002 - Kyle James, reporter, Minnesota Public Radio
Mark Kahler, reporter; Kevin Martin, photographer, WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, OH
Valerie Lego, reporter; Wayne Ritter, photographer, WGBA-TV, Green Bay, WI

2003 - Annie Baxter, producer, Sender Freies Berlin

2004 - Lisa Nurnberger, reporter, WAMU Public Radio, Washington, DC
Kevin Beesley, editor, WAMU Public Radio, Washington, DC

2005 - Monika Mueller, essayist, NPR Day to Day, Berlin
Kane Farabaugh, reporter, AFN Europe

2006 - Emily Harris, correspondent, NPR, Berlin
Marcia Henning, producer, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, PBS
Bob Faw, reporter, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, PBS

2007 - Emily Harris, correspondent, NPR, Berlin
Christina Pino-Marina, new media reporter, washingtonpost.com, Washington

2008 - Alex Gibney, independent producer, Jigsaw Productions