by Aaron Henkin, Lisa Morgan, and Andy Bienstock (currently on hiatus) "The Weekly Reader," hosted by Lisa Morgan and Marion Winik "University of Maryland Medical Center Commentaries" "What Are You Reading?" with Tom Hall "Why Baltimore" with Shannon C. Landwehr "Your Maryland" with Ric Cottom "Your Retirement" with Anirban Basu Newsroom Series "On Pills and Needles: Maryland's Opioid Crisis" with Rachel Baye (2017) "Eight and Out: Transgender in the Second Grade" with Mary Rose Madden (2017) "Chesapeake Bay Collaborative" (2015-7) "On The Watch: Fixing the Fractured Relationship Between Baltimore's Police and Its Communities," by Mary Rose Madden (2015-6) "Up With Neighborhoods: A Southwest Baltimore Partnership" with Frasier Smith (2015-6) "Rockets' Red Glare: the War, the Song, and their Legacies" (2013-4) "Deconstructing Vacants" with P. Kenneth Burns (2014) "Sparrows Point: The Plan, The Cleanup, and The Promise" with Paul Lee (2015) "Common Core: A Work in Progress" with Gwendolyn Glenn (2014) Events WYPR is a media sponsor of the local Patterson Park Concert Series throughout the summer months. In addition, the radio station is also a media partner of Stevenson University's Baltimore Speakers Series at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. Awards In 2014, WYPR's production The Lines Between Us earned a DuPont-Columbia Award for outstanding journalism, one of the highest awards in American journalism. WYPR was honored by the Chesapeake Associated Press in 2016 for a series on pedestrian safety in Ocean City, as well as reporting on the April 2015 rioting in Baltimore, and a commentary entitled “A Shattered City and a Search for Justice.” Also in 2016, the Chesapeake Associated Press and the Public Radio News Directors, Inc. selected On the Watch, a year-long series by reporter Mary Rose Madden on police reform in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, for an award of excellence. WYPR's series Out of the Blocks was honored with a 2016 regional Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding documentary. Out of the Blocks brings real stories of struggle, survival, and celebration in Baltimore City to listeners in a format that includes an original musical score for each episode by Baker-award-winning composer Wendel Patrick. Out of the Blocks was also named “Best Radio Series” by Baltimore's City Paper in 2016. Best of Baltimore Readers' Poll named WYPR "Best Radio Station" in 2017, in addition to naming WYPR's Tom Hall "Best Radio Show Host" (runners up being Nathan Sterner and Sheilah Kast, also of