PICKING UP THE PIECES wins Outstanding Documentary Award!
American Women in Radio & Television announced the 34th Annual Gracie National Award Winners. PICKING UP THE PIECES: How Family and Faith are Healing Veterans Home From War from Prime Time Radio won Outstanding Documentary – Mid-Length Format. The award will be presented at a black-tie Gala in the Broadway Ballroom of the New York Marriott Marquis on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
PICKING UP THE PIECES visits with five families of veterans wounded by IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan. The families are coping with the aftermath of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post traumatic stress (PTSD). This special breaks new ground by focusing on the parents, especially mothers, who have given up everything — their jobs, retirement savings, and plans for the future – to step in and care for their sons. This issue has not gotten the attention is deserves. In the coming years, as additional tens of thousands of injured veterans return home, overburdened parents will respond with love and support, but the rest of us need to…
PICKING UP THE PIECES is a special from AARP’s radio series, Prime Time Radio.
Information about The Gracies.
