The Radio New Zealand podcast series Public Enemy has won a gold award for excellence for its presenter, Mohamed Hassan, at the prestigious New York Festival Radio Awards
announced in Manhattan today. RNZ National’s Saturday Morning host, Kim Hill, also received a gold award for Best Radio Personality.
The New York Festival Grand Jury has presented RNZ with a total of six awards - two gold, two silver and two bronze -
the greatest number ever received by RNZ in any international competition. Four other submissions were also recognised
as finalists in their respective categories.
With entries from over 30 countries, the New York Festival Radio Awards recognise the very best in the world of radio,
celebrating programming of the highest quality that is at the forefront of audio innovation. Categories are designed to
reflect emerging trends, covering all creative facets of the radio broadcasting industry.
Produced and presented by Mohamed Hassan, Public Enemy looks at the growing Muslim communities in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and how elections,
counter-terrorism policies, war and xenophobia have affected their lives in the 15 years since 9/11. Hassan travelled
around each country to hear very personal stories from Muslims about the impact on their everyday lives.
Kim Hill’s gold award for Best Radio Personality follows her success at the 2012 AIB awards in London when she was
recognised as the International Radio Personality of the Year.
New York Festival silver awards were presented to RNZ recording engineer Adrian Hollay and producer Tim Dodds for their
RNZ Concert recording of Otello with the Auckland
Philharmonia Orchestra, and to Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose for RNZ National’s Mediawatch programme.
RNZ Checkpoint presenter, John Campbell, receives a bronze award in the Best News Anchor category and RNZ News is also acknowledged for
its coverage of the Kaikoura earthquakes.
RNZ Award Winners
Gold Award Mohamed Hassan Public Enemy
Gold Award Kim Hill Best Radio Personality
Silver Award Adrian Hollay & Tim Dodds Otello
Silver Award Colin Peacock & Jeremy Rose Mediawatch
Bronze Award John Campbell Best News Anchor
Bronze Award RNZ News Kaikoura Earthquake Coverage of Breaking News
RNZ Finalists
Phil Pennington Steel Mesh Investigation
Kathryn Ryan Best Talk Show Host
Noelle McCarthy A Wrinkle in Time
Philippa Tolley The Oldest Profession
Mohamed Hassan’s award winning series Public Enemy is available via the following link:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/public-enemy