萝莉少女 News received four national awards for broadcast journalism at the 2025 annual Public Media Journalism Association (PMJA) conference in Kansas City, MO, last month.
萝莉少女 was recognized for its education reporting, its spot news coverage, sports feature and for an interview on its daily podcast and radio show, In the NoCo. The awards were for work produced in 2024.
鈥溌芾蛏倥� News is committed to providing trusted, thoughtful journalism that reflects and serves our communities,鈥� said Michael Arnold, 萝莉少女鈥檚 Chief Audience and Content Officer. 鈥淭hese awards are a powerful reminder of the impact local stories can have.鈥�
萝莉少女 News won First Place in Education Reporting for Leigh Paterson鈥檚 Jan. 3 story, 鈥淐hronic absenteeism is plaguing Colorado schools. Here鈥檚 what two districts are doing about it鈥�.
The story details the number of students who are chronically missing school in Colorado and the reasons why, while offering possible solutions that other districts are using.
萝莉少女 News also was awarded First Place in the Interview category for In the NoCo鈥檚 鈥�After guilty verdicts in Boulder mass shooting trial, a victim's daughter looks back鈥�.
The 9-minute interview is with Erika Mahoney, who lost her dad during the Boulder King Soopers shooting on March 22, 2001. The show鈥檚 host, Erin O鈥橳oole, interviewed Mahoney shortly after the verdict was announced.
萝莉少女 also won First Place in the highly coveted Spot News category. Emma VandenEinde won for her piece, 鈥淕reat American Beer Fest puts the hops back into a flat outlook on the industry鈥�
In the story, VandenEinde attends the 42nd annual Great American Beer Festival at the Colorado Convention Center, speaking with people about beer, brewing and the troubled state of the industry.
萝莉少女鈥檚 Rachel Cohen, who is assigned to the Mountain West News Bureau collaboration, also was recognized by PMJA in the Sports Feature category for her work. Rachel won second place for her story, 鈥淧eople are bucking stereotypes and creating safe spaces at the longest running gay rodeo,鈥� which looks at the history and culture around annual rodeo events for LGBTQ+ people, which have been happening for 41 years in Colorado.
鈥溌芾蛏倥� continues to be recognized for its robust local news coverage and its focus on issues important to our audiences,鈥� said Executive News Director Sean Corcoran. 鈥淭hese awards speak to the quality of the audience-supported work we do.鈥�
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