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FARGO, ND – Prairie Public's All Things Considered host and reporter Danielle Webster has won an Award of Merit from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association (MBJA).
Her story, From Hardship to Hope: The Story of Great-Grandma Maude's Butterscotch Pie, was awarded for Broadcast Writing in the Large Market Radio category.
The story connects her great-grandmother's butterscotch pie recipe to President Roosevelt's visit to North Dakota in 1934, with Americans in the grip of the Great Depression. Great-grandmother Maude had won a contest in The Farmer magazine and used the money to take the family to see the president speak.
“We all have legendary stories to tell, and I am grateful for the opportunity to bring one of my family stories to the stage at Prairie Public,” Webster said.
“I'd like to give a nod of thanks to program manager Erik Deatherage for helping me with some production flair on the piece. My love of writing is what brought me to journalism in the first place, so it means a lot to be recognized for that passion.”
The Eric Sevareid Awards honor excellence in journalism and are presented to journalists in the MBJA’s six-state region.
The awards were announced on Saturday at the MBJA’s annual Midwest Journalism Conference and awards gala in Minneapolis.
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