KSUT Four Corners Public Radio received multiple awards at the recent Colorado Broadcasters Association 2023 Awards of Excellence gala, which was held in downtown Denver on April 6, 2024. The gala recognized work produced in 2023.
Clark Adomaitis, the reporter for the Voices From the Edge of the Colorado Plateau reporting project, received multiple Awards of Excellence in the Small Market Radio category. They include:
- One woman’s journey with The Vagina Monologues (Best News Feature, Report, or Series)
- Durango high school’s Black Student Alliance heads to Atlanta (Best News Coverage of a Single Event)
- Durango School District 9-R trains P.E. teachers on traditional Native American games (Best Sports Feature)
Adomaitis also collected several Certificates of Merit, including:
- One overdose turned teens into activists (with editor Adam Burke)
- Durango 9-R School District provides programming for bilingual students
Also, KSUT.org and its designer and managing editor, Mark Duggan, picked up "Best Station Website" for the third consecutive year.
Adomaitis said about his awards: "I’m grateful to be recognized for the reporting I did in 2023 and for the opportunity to report on unique stories in the Four Corners region. I’m thankful for all of the sources who helped with my stories, the teams at KSUT and KSJD, and my editor, Adam Burke."
See a list of all 2023 CBA Awards winners.
