Awards
National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Documentary in a Large Market, RTDNA 2014
Investigative Excellence in Journalism Award from the Northern California Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists for radio/audio, SPJNorCal 2014.
First Place National Documentary Award from the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated for a Mid-Sized Newsroom, PRNDI 2014
Finalist for the Media for a Just Society Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency in the Radio Category, MJS 2014
Investigative Excellence in Journalism Award from the Northern California Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists for radio/audio, SPJNorCal 2014.
First Place National Documentary Award from the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated for a Mid-Sized Newsroom, PRNDI 2014
Finalist for the Media for a Just Society Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency in the Radio Category, MJS 2014
Distribution
If your station or school would like to air The Race to an Emergency, you can purchase it from the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) by clicking here.
Where you can hear The Race to an Emergency:
Where you can hear The Race to an Emergency:
- KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco first aired the documentary on October 8, 2013 and then again on January 20, 2014.
- The national program, Making Contact, released the documentary in two half-hour segments to over 140 radio stations around the country on January 1 and 8, 2014.