{"id":674,"date":"2023-08-15T16:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:45:43","slug":"past-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/leibner-cooper-grant\/past-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leibner Cooper Grant for Creative Productions on the History of Media<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kortni Alston Lemon, Gardner-Webb University, Rosalynn Carter\u2019s Caring Call: How Former United States First Lady\u2019s Historic Compassionate Legacy Has Transformed Mental Health Journalism and Continues to Transform Newsrooms<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Tim Bajkiewicz, Virginia Commonwealth University, Gathering radio stars: Creating an oral history archive of influential radio disk jockeys<\/em>. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Lee Gutherie, <\/a><\/strong>Clayton State University,<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recollecting Carter<\/em><\/a>
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2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Borgardus, <\/a><\/strong>Quinnipiac University,<\/a>
Reporting on 9\/11<\/em><\/a>
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2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James E. Machado, <\/a><\/strong>Millersville University; <\/a>
WGAL Digital Archive Documentary Project<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesca Soans, <\/a><\/strong>University of Northern Iowa, The History of KBBG<\/em><\/a>
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2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracy Songer<\/strong>, Northern Kentucky University<\/a>;
The many voices of Gary Burbank: A Daughter\u2019s story about her dad who changed radio<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Graves<\/strong>, Florida State University,<\/a>
It\u2019s Your War Too<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leibner Cooper Grant<\/h5>\n\n\n