The Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) has recognized the KLCC News Department with top honors in two categories of the 2025 PMJA Annual Awards.
KLCC won a first-place award in the “Health/Medical Feature” category for Division B (4-7 newsroom staff). The honored feature was Tiffany Eckert’s story, The Decker sisters: Breaking the 'family curse' of breast cancer. In this report, she examined the journey of sisters who were faced with the reality of inheriting the BRCA gene mutation, which increases a person’s likelihood of developing breast and ovarian cancers.
PMJA also recognized KLCC’s broadcast with a second-place award in the Newscast category. The honored newscast was anchored by Love Cross and includes Nathan Wilk’s coverage of Peacehealth home health nurses going on strike, and Rachael McDonald’s remembrance of Virginia Beavert, a revered member of the Yakama Nation who died at the age of 102.
"PMJA honors the work of public media journalists across the country," said KLCC News Director Chris Lehman. "These awards show that our journalists are doing work that's among the best in the nation."
These awards come just after KLCC received 3 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and six regional Society of Professional Journalists awards.
