Announcing the winners of the 2016 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition!
HUGE congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition!
Listen to the very best audio stories of the year, below:
Mariya
Mariya Karimjee was a teenager in Texas when she first confronted her mother about the genital cutting she'd undergone as a child in Pakistan. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Gold Award .
- 2016
- 34:57
- Kaitlin Prest
- Mitra Kaboli
- Mariya Karimjee
A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice, and My Mother
The story of a terrible crime and everything that followed. Winner of the 2016 TC/RHDF Silver Award.
- 2016
- 54:55
- Samantha Broun
- Jay Allison
Why Do I Stay?
When Rainy was 17, she met a producer named Courtney Stein from WNYC’s Radio Rookies. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Bronze Award.
- 2016
- 30:33
- Courtney Stein
- Rainy
Journey
A spare and gripping account of one family's journey fleeing violence in Afghanistan. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Honorable Mention Award.
- 2016
- 09:21
- Jamil
The Double
Thirteen years ago, in Viborg, Denmark, lived two young men with the same name: Thomas Andersen. Winner of the 2016 TC/RHDF Best Doc: Foreign Language Award.
- 2016
- 43:37
- Thomas Arent Andersen
Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna
Thousands of office janitors work at night, cleaning up our work spaces after we go home. Many are immigrants – some undocumented – and many are women. With these conditions, they are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Directors' Choice Award.
- 2016
- 20:04
- Bernice Yeung
- Sasha Khokha
- Daffodil Altan
Dead Mom Talking
"If you want to talk to me when I'm dead, go to the bench." Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Best New Artist Award.
- 2016
- 12:50
- Rachel Matlow
Not Safe to Drink
What would you do if your tap water turned brown? Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Radio Impact Award.
- 2016
- 53:34
- Lindsey Smith
- Sarah Hulett
A Sentencing Hearing
On August 1, 2015 Glendale Police Officer Eric Guse received a call about a carjacking that would change his life. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Best News Feature Award.
- 2016
- 10:18
- Emily Forman
- Celeste Wesson
W. Kamau Bell asks his Mom about Sex
For most of his life, comedian W. Kamau Bell assumed his single mom never had sex after she made him. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2016 Skylarking Award.
- 2016
- 37:26
- Hillary Frank
- Abigail Keel