Jordan Uplinger (left) and Caitlin Tan, two Wyoming Public Media reporters, recently received Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the “Digital” and “Excellence in Sound” categories, respectively, from the Radio Television Digital News Association. (Wyoming Public Media Photo)
Wyoming Public Media recently won two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the “Digital”
and “Excellence in Sound” categories from the Radio Television Digital News Association
(RTDNA).
The Murrow Award has honored outstanding achievements in electronic journalism since
1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that the legendary Edward
R. Murrow set as a standard for the profession of broadcast and digital journalism.
They are considered among the most prestigious awards in broadcast and digital news.
Wyoming Public Media competes in the Small Radio Station category for Region 3, which
includes Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
Caitlin Tan and Jordan Uplinger, two Wyoming Public Media reporters, received awards
May 28.
-- Tan, Wyoming Public Media’s natural resource and energy reporter until recently,
won the Regional Murrow Award for “Excellence in Sound” for her feature “Trona Mine Tour,” which takes listeners into a mine 1,600 feet underground in southwestern Wyoming.
-- Uplinger, the Wyoming state government digital reporter, won the Regional Murrow
Award in the “Digital” category for his feature story “Horse Racing Industry” and a series of Instagram reels -- Racing Reel 1, Reel 2 and Reel 3 -- tied to the story.
“Jordan and Caitlin represent excellence in journalism that is the envy of any station,”
Wyoming Public Media General Manager Christina Kuzmych says. “These two journalists
came to WPM as interns and developed into consummate reporters whose work is recognized
nationally. They’re a tribute to Wyoming and the university. Let’s hope we can keep
them in Wyoming.”
Tan served as the award-winning natural resource and energy reporter. She was lured
away by the national program, Marketplace, and can be heard on Wyoming Public Media
reporting under the Marketplace brand.
“Successes, such as Caitlin’s and Jordan’s, are a testament to our donors that WPM
has the capacity to train and mentor nationally recognized rising stars,” Kuzmych
says.
Since 2005, Wyoming Public Media has won a combination of more than 30 regional and
national Murrow awards and has received over 90 awards from other organizations.
Earlier this year, Wyoming Public Media reporters won six Top of the Rockies Excellence
in Journalism Awards from the Colorado Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Among the winning entries were two first-place awards:
-- The “1st Place Podcast” was awarded to an episode of “The Modern West” podcast, “Boys,
Booze and Wolves,” by Tan and Melodie Edwards. The winning episode was part of “The
Modern West” podcast’s 10th season, “The Gray In Between.”
-- The “1st Place Religion Feature” was awarded to Chris Clements for his story, “The government services one Wyoming lawmaker thinks churches can take a lead on.”
Wyoming Public Media reporter Jordan Uplinger is available for interviews at cuplinge@uwyo.edu or call him at (307) 314-8966.
Listen to award-winning Wyoming Public Radio news stories archived and streaming at WyomingPublicMedia.org.
About Wyoming Public Media
Wyoming Public Media is Wyoming’s public radio/media statewide network operating four FM channels and online
services. Its Wyoming Public Radio FM signal alone reaches approximately 95 percent
of the state and is heard by more than 50,000 Wyomingites. Online content is accessed
by more than 1.2 million unique visitors annually. It is the NPR affiliate for Wyoming
and licensed to the University of Wyoming as a statewide public service.
Wyoming Public Media’s mission is to connect Wyoming through programming that informs, inspires and educates. Its objectives are to encourage lifelong learning; foster interest and participation in community, national and world affairs; and reflect Wyoming’s and America’s culture and heritage.
