Radio Workshop wins Gold at the Signal Awards!
We are thrilled to announce that Radio Workshop’s episode Not Enough Sun was awarded first prize in the LGBTQ+ category at the 2024 Signal Awards. The Signal Awards recognize the most potent, meaningful, and unprecedented audio projects that are being made today.
This adds to a string of awards won earlier in the year. We took home the Podcast & Radio Award at the One World Media Awards in London for This Coal Life, winning two years in a row. We also won the award for Best Standalone Documentary from the International Documentary Association. Two of our episodes have aired on NPR’s daily news podcast Up First, sharing stories from the African continent with their millions of weekly listeners.
Not Enough Sun follows the story of Musana, a queer Ugandan who was on vacation in Kenya with her girlfriend when Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni, signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act into law. This is the first in a two-part series on LGBTQ+ rights in Uganda. Listen to part two, A Mother’s Letter.
We’d like to thank the Committee to Protect Journalists, Outright International, Clare Byarugaba, the Stephen Hendrickson Foundation, Luminate, and Bloomberg Philanthropies, for their support in producing this story.
Lastly, thank you for your ongoing support. Without you, none of this would be possible.
Sincerely,
Yumna Martin, Board Chair
Linda Barnett, Chair, Radio Workshop US
Emmanuelle Parr, Chair, Radio Workshop UK