Radio Health Journal Honored Tonight at the Lisagor Award Ceremony

Chicago, IL – Our own Reed Pence and Sean Waldron have been nominated for a Peter Lisagor Award in Broadcast Radio: Best Feature Reporting. Presented by the Chicago Headline Club, the award honors the best work done by Chicago-area journalists in 2014. The nomination is for our story “Alzheimer’s From Inside” in which journalist Greg O’Brien provides a detailed look at his own journey through early-onset Alzheimer’s.

Listen to an update a year later: One More Year Inside Alzheimer’s.

Peter Lisagor (1915–76) was Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Daily News and one of the most respected and best-known journalists in the US. Lisagor gained nationwide recognition from his syndicated column and appearances on such public-affairs broadcasts as Meet the Press and Face the Nation. In 1977, the largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, The Chicago Headline Club, established the Peter Lisagor Awards “to inspire Chicago-area journalists to follow his outstanding example and to recognize truly superior contributions to journalism.” The competition’s categories range from in-depth reporting and public service to business, commentary and feature reporting. [Wikipedia contributors, “Peter Lisagor,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed March 26, 2015).]