WFAE recently won three first-place and two second-place awards in the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas contest.
WFAE’s “Fractured” series, which examined North Carolina’s mental health system, took top honors for investigative reporting. The 11-part investigation was reported by Dana Miller Ervin and produced in collaboration with the PBS series FRONTLINE through its Local Journalism Initiative. Mona Dougani also contributed to the investigation.
Among its findings: More than half of the state’s jail inmates found incapable to proceed to trial because of mental illness wait more than 300 days for a state psychiatric hospital bed.
The other categories in which WFAE earned awards:
In addition, WFAE’s Kenneth Lee, Jr. was recognized for his contributions to a North Carolina Public Radio WUNC report, With $1.5…
