Yiddish Radio Project wins the Peabody Award

[Dan Peck <danpeck...>]

The Yiddish Radio Project, the 10 part series on the history of Yiddish
broadcasting has won this years coveted Peabody prize.  The Peabody Award for
Excellence in Electronic Media is considered the most selective and
prestigious award in broadcast journalism. The Yiddish Radio series was
produced by Dave Isay and Henry Sapoznik.
 From the press release issued by the University of Georgia's Grady College of
Journalism and Mass Communication which awards the prize:

"....A National Public Radio program special, "The Yiddish Radio Project," an
exuberant celebration of memory, history, and nostalgia from Sound Portrait
Productions provided the Peabody Board with some of its most enjoyable
listening..."

This is the first time in its 62 year history that a Peabody award has gone
to a Yiddish program.

The awards ceremony which take place at New York's Waldorf Astoria on May 19,
will air on the A&E network in June.
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