WBHM wins 3 ABBY Awards
WBHM host/reporter Kelsey Shelton (left) stands alongside former WBHM reporter Mary Scott Hodgin at the ABBY Awards on April 5, 2025 in BIrmingham.
WBHM 90.3 FM won 3 ABBY Awards for 2025 – a prestigious honor given annually by the Alabama Broadcasters Association. The ABA presented the awards Saturday, April 5 in Birmingham.
WBHM All Things Considered host/reporter Kelsey Shelton took home two awards. The first was for large market reporter. The second was for large market breaking news coverage for the story of a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Alabama. These are the first ABBY wins for Shelton. A native of Birmingham, she joined WBHM in 2023 as a Reflect Alabama Fellow in WBHM’s Newsroom and was named All Things Considered host in June 2024.
Former WBHM reporter Mary Scott Hodgin added to her collection of awards with an ABBY win for large market hard news for her story on the shutdown of a hospital in rural Pickens County. Hodgin, a two-time National Murrow Award winner for WBHM, left the station in May 2024 to go to graduate school for genetic counseling.
WBHM Executive Director William Dahlberg said he is proud of the work of the newsroom.
“Kelsey and Mary Scott are fantastic journalists and deserving of their awards,” Dahlberg said. “It’s also a testament to the sound principles and care we take in all that we do at WBHM. Ultimately, you hear the difference when you listen.”
See the full list of ABBY award winners.
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