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[CHARLESTON, WV] – West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) Production team has won six awards from the 2025 Davey Awards.
“These awards are for West Virginia, as these documentaries, are West Virginia’s Story,” said WVPB Director of Video Production, Chris Barnhart. “We are just fortunate enough to get to tell them.”
The Davey Awards is a premier international creative awards focused exclusively on honoring outstanding work from small agencies, independent creators and in-house teams. Inspired by the story of David vs. Goliath, the awards recognizes big ideas that come to life without big budgets. The Davey Awards is sanctioned and reviewed by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), an assembly of over 500 leading creatives at some of the world’s most acclaimed brands, institutions and agencies.
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Jaime Phillips Ford, a science teacher at East Fairmont High School in Marion County, has earned West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s September 2025 Above and Beyond Award. Ford’s passion for science, hands-on learning, and community connection shines through in everything she does. As the advisor of the Interact Club, a high school version of the Rotary Club, Ford helps students make meaningful contributions to their community. Together, they placed food in Blessing Boxes, delivered cards to nursing homes and Meals on Wheels, cleaned up local roadways, and filled boxes of food for global distribution.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Public Broadcasting will host a public screening of “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect” — a 30-minute Maryland Public Television documentary about the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The screening will be followed by a moderated panel discussion with Us & Them host, Trey Kay.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBob Thompson’s annual holiday jazz celebration is back! Joining Thompson on stage is his long-time bandmates Timothy Courts on drums, Ryan Kennedy on guitar, John Inghram on bass, plus special guest vocalist Catherine Russell with James Moore on trumpet. Buy your tickets today!
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) Production team has won three awards from the 20th Annual w3 Awards. The w3 Awards is sanctioned by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), an assembly of 500+ industry leaders from acclaimed brands, institutions and agencies like Microsoft, McCANN, Netflix, Havas, New York University, The Walt Disney Company, Work & Co, the National Gallery of Art and more.
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