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2011 Report to the Community

Learn about the programs and services of ideastream in 2011. (Download whole report)

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Press Releases

Below you'll find recent press releases and media alerts from ideastream.

May 17, 2012: “National Memorial Day Concert 2012” Honors American Veterans, Troops and their Families

May 15, 2012: New Next Avenue Website Prepared to Meet the Unique—and Expanding—Needs of 50-Plus Population

May 14, 2012: Bringing Quirky Back: BBC Favorite “Ballykissangel” comes to WVIZ/PBS

May 2, 2012: NPR’s Ask Me Another brings more brain teasing to Greater Cleveland

April 30, 2012: Items with Local Flair Fare Especially Well During the 2012 WVIZ/PBS Televised Auction

April 30, 2012: Akron Resident Living with Sickle Cell Anemia Calls Disease a Curse—and a Gift

April 20, 2012: Holmes Again: Three New Masterpiece Mysteries Make the Case for Sherlock’s Enduring Appeal

April 19, 2012: WVIZ/PBS ideastream® to partner with “Washington Week” on Election Town Hall Event

April 16, 2012: Racism Remained Despite Gold Medals: Jesse Owens’ Course from Cleveland to Berlin Olympics & Back

April 4, 2012: Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich Celebrates Weddings, Love & the Food that Brings Families Together

April 3, 2012: Award-Winning Producer/Director to Preview New PBS Jesse Owens Doc at Idea Center®

March 29, 2012: “Dancing with the Stars” Judge Once Welded for the Titanic’s Ship Builder

March 27, 2012: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Women Behind “Gone With the Wind” and “To Kill a Mockingbird”

March 23, 2012: Bid for the Better During Northeast Ohio’s Spring Shopping Ritual

March 22, 2012: Gillian Anderson (“X-Files”) Inhabits Another Strange World in “Great Expectations”

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2012 Awards

Special Congratulations

ideastream congratulates our own David C. Barnett, 2011 winner of the nationally recognized Sigma Delta Chi Award for his story ”Frank’s Donation;” and pleased to acknowledge our news, health and public affairs teams as 2012 winners of three National Headliner Awards and four Edward R. Murrow Radio Television Digital News Association Regional Awards.

The Communicator Awards

* Award of Excellence:  Film/Video - Environmental “Attack of Alien Invaders” WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Award of Excellence:  Productions - Production/Use of Music “Around Noon:  Marc Broussard Show” 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Award of Distinction:  Film/Video - Nature/Wildlife “Lake Erie Watersnake” WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Award of Distinction:  Program/News - Children “NewsDepth” WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Sigma Delta Chi Excellence in Journalism Awards

* Feature Reporting - “Frank’s Donation” David C. Barnett and David Molpus, WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream

National Headliner Awards

* Second Place:  Radio Stations - Documentary Public Affairs “The Sound of Ideas” Sound of Ideas staff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Third Place:  Broadcast or Cable Television Stations - Public Service “Lifegiving Transplant Stories” Kay Colby, David Molpus and Mark Rosenberger, WVIZ/PBS ideastream
* Third Place:  Broadcast Radio Networks and Syndicators - News Series “Changing Gears Manufacturing Series” Changing Gears team:  90.3 WCPN ideastream, WBEZ Chicago and Michigan Radio

Edward R. Murrow Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Regional Awards

* Best Feature Reporting “Frank’s Story” David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Best Writing “Frank’s Story” David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Best Use of Sound “Animal Sleep” Anne Glausser, 90.3 WCPN ideastream
* Best Series “Manufacturing” Changing Gears team:  90.3 WCPN ideastream, WBEZ Chicago and Michigan Radio