UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — WPSU-FM won four national awards, including three first-place finishes, for outstanding public radio news reporting from the Public Radio News Directors Inc.

The WPSU award winners are:

• “Fifty Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Search for Healing at the Traveling Wall”
• Category: Best Multimedia Presentation (first place)

• “Time to Lay it Down – The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War”
• Category: Long Documentary (first place)

• “Town Hall Takes Place Without Representative Glenn Thompson”
• Category: Spot News (first place)

• “The Hazing Death of Timothy Piazza: The Trial of Penn State Fraternity Members and Community Reaction”
• Category: Continuing Coverage (second place)

WPSU competed in PRNDI’s Division C for stations with one to three full-time news staff members. The organization awards the only national recognition for outstanding public radio news reporting at local stations. The contest covered work produced in 2017, and a total of 193 awards were presented to local stations at the annual awards banquet on Saturday, June 23, in Philadelphia.

Visit the WPSU website to learn more about central Pennsylvania’s public media station.