Public Health Watch’s inaugural podcast, Fumed, has won two Best in Business awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW).
The podcast won an honorable mention in the small division of the Energy/Sustainability/Climate Change category. SABEW judges wrote:
“This entry is deeply compelling and multidimensional. It combines long-term beat reporting, original data analysis, narrative journalism, and audio storytelling in a way that feels both ambitious and grounded in community.
“The best entries in this category often do more than document harm, they reveal systems. This one appears to do exactly that, connecting residents’ lived experience to regulatory failure, industrial expansion, and measurable public-health risk. Most importantly, the work appears to have had concrete civic impact, prompting Houston to change its permitting process.”
Fumed also won an honorable mention in the small/medium division of the Podcast/Audio category. Judges wrote:
“The sources in this podcast keep you listening as they help tell the important story of Channelview, Texas. [Reporter] David Leffler does a great job of keeping the listener interested in this well-produced podcast.”
SABEW said its Best in Business Awards “attracted 988 entries from 150 news organizations, ranging from international, national and regional news outlets to specialized business publications.”