BEA Book Awards

Past Recipients

2024

2024 BEA Book Award: Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting  by Josh Shepperd, University of Colorado Boulder 

2024 BEA Textbook Award: Media Analytics: Understanding Media, Audiences, and Consumers in the 21st Century by Dr. C. Ann Hollifield, University of Georgia & Dr. Amy Jo Coffey, University of Florida

2023

2023 BEA Book Award:  Interactive Documentary: Decolonizing Practice-Based Research by Kathleen M. Ryan, University of Colorado Boulder and David Staton, University of Northern Colorado (Editors)

2023 BEA Textbook Award: The 12 Attributes of Extraordinary Media Professionals by Roger Cooper, Ohio University 

2022

2022 Book Award: Radio’s Second Century: Past Present, and Future Perspectives – John Allen Hendricks 

2022 Textbook Award: Now Media: The Evolution of Electronic Communication – Norman J. Medoff & Barbara K. Kaye 

2021

2021 Book Award: Caty Borum Chattoo (American University in Washington, D.C) Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change (Oxford University Press, 2020)

2021 Textbook Award: Andrew C. Billings and Scott Parrott (University of Alabama) Media Stereotypes: From Ageism to Xenophobia (Peter Lang, 2020)

2020