Prestigious honor

Local NPR-affiliate North State Public Radio has been recognized with a national 2019 Edward R. Murrow Award—one of broadcast journalism’s most prestigious honors—for its reporting on the Camp Fire.

The station was recognized last Tuesday (June 18) for its weekly program After Paradise, which was produced by News Director Sarah Bohannon and reporter Marc Albert and initially hosted by Tess Vigeland, a veteran journalist who created the show and anchored it daily in its first three weeks. The final episode of the show aired in May.

After Paradise was recognized for Continuing Coverage in the Small Market Radio category. “Our community turned to us and put their trust in us during this disaster, and we put them at the forefront of our reporting,” Bohannon told the CN&R.