Congrats to these Hearken partners on their Regional Murrow wins!

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2 min readApr 25, 2017

We wanted to give a mega shout-out to all our partners who were recognized with Regional Edward R. Murrow awards today for their Hearken-powered reporting! Congrats to WFDD, WAMU, KQED, WPLN, KUT, and VPR!

From a winning story by WPLN’s Curious Nashville: The Year Jimi Hendrix Jammed On Jefferson Street And How It Still Reverberates. Photo of Jimi Hendri mural xby CHAS SISK / WPLN.

Feature Reporting
Searching For Robin Hood (Road, That Is) by Sean Bueter
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)

WFDD News Director Emily McCord

Excellence in Innovation
Why Can’t Washingtonians Resist Asking Each Other What They Do For A Living? by Martin Austermuhle
WAMU-FM (Washington, DC)

Excellence in Innovation
Bay Curious
KQED-FM (San Francisco, CA)

Excellence in Innovation
Curious Nashville
WPLN-FM
Nashville, TN

News Documentary
Curious Nashville: The Year Jimi Hendrix Jammed On Jefferson Street And How It Still Reverberates by Chas Sisk
WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN)

News Series
ATXPlained
KUT-FM (Austin, TX)

Excellence in Writing
Mose Buchele
KUT-FM (Austin, TX)

Mose Buchele of KUT

News Documentary
What Is The Status Of The Abenaki Native Americans In Vermont Today?
Vermont Public Radio (Colchester, VT)

Brave Little State from VPR

The Hearken team is so proud to be supporting the incredible work our partners are making possible with the people in their communities. And kudos to the question askers whose curiosity powered these award-winning stories. Without the public, none of these would have existed! ❤

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