New York Festivals announced the 2023 competition’s award-winning entries at the 2023 Storytellers Gala virtual event on April 18. The virtual event featured global audio highlights, award winners’ acceptance speeches from around the world, and up-close and personal spotlights featuring some of radio’s most respected storytellers.
From Asia, entries from Al Jazeera network, Qatar, led with two Gold, two Silver, one Bronze and five Finalist certificates.
From India, MnM Talkies and Spotify India won a Gold, Bhopuwala Creative Solutions Private Limited won two Silvers, Radio City won a Bronze, and there were five Finalist certificates, of which four went to Radio City and one to Club FM.
Energy Radio Saudi Arabia took home one Bronze and one Finalist Certificate
Seoul Media Foundation from South Korea won a Bronze, Mediacorp Singapore’s Love 972 won a Finalist nomination and Radio Taiwan International won two Finalist nominations.
The BBC was honoured with the 2023 Broadcaster of the Year Award. Compelling award-winning entries were honoured with both the prestigious Grand Award and 7 Gold trophies including “Burn Wild,” “Gangster: The Story of Curtis Warren (S2)” and “You, Me and the Big C: Putting the Can in Cancer.”
HarperCollins Publishers UK was honoured with the 2023 Radio Production Company of the Year Award. This is the second year in a row that HarperCollins Publishers were recognized for their outstanding audiobooks.
View the 2023 Radio Awards winners’ showcase here.
New York Festivals Storyteller’s Gala honoured “The Kalb Report” with the 13th annual New York Festivals® Lifetime Achievement Award. For nearly 30 years the Kalb Report, moderated by eminent journalist Marvin Kalb, has provided a forum for prominent newsmakers and journalists to discuss the news media’s impact on American democracy.
“Start Here” by ABC News in the News Podcast category earned the inaugural National Press Club Award. The new award launched in 2023, in partnership with the National Press Club, goes to the highest scoring entry in the following news program categories: Best Coverage of Breaking News Story, Best Coverage of Ongoing News Story, Best Nonfiction Series, and News Podcast.
All Entries in the 2023 competition were screened online by NYF’s Radio Awards international Grand Jury of 200+ producers, directors, writers, and other creative media professionals from around the globe and judged on the following set of criteria: production values, creativity, content presentation, direction, writing, achievement of purpose and audience suitability.
Visit the 2023 NYF Radio Awards winners gallery, visit here.