Awards

My work has been recognised with a number of awards and nominations. I’ve also served on judging panels, most recently for the International Women’s Podcast Awards.

Our series Looking for No Man’s Land is on the shortlist for the New York Festivals Radio Awards, which recognise outstanding environmental documentaries. Winners will be announced on 21 May.

I won Best New Presenter at the ARIAS 2024. The ARIAS are the UK Audio and Radio Industry Awards presented annually to recognise outstanding broadcasters.

The judges said:
“Caroline has an infectious joy which succeeds in delighting new audiences. She sees her role as representing the listener and learning alongside them, and she accomplishes this with great natural flair and energy.”

Producer Hannah Fisher and I received the United Nations Correspondents Association Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for excellence in international journalism. The award recognised two CrowdScience episodes about Puerto Rico’s rapidly eroding coastline.

Producer Cathy Edwards and I were finalists for the Royal Society Audio Award 2024, which celebrates outstanding science journalism. Our BBC Radio 4 documentary followed a famous Norwegian jazz musician who gave it all up to search for dust from space.

The judges said:
“Lovely, quirky story about trying to find particles up on the roof of a house; entertaining and well made.”

Producer Hannah Fisher and I were finalists in the Moment of Behind the Scenes Brilliance category at the International Women’s Podcast Awards 2024. The nomination recognised an episode of CrowdScience I presented about the psychology of phobias. Behind the scenes, I had therapy for claustrophobia – which not only shaped the story but helped me conquer a fear (I can use lifts now!).

I was runner-up in the Moment of Compelling Storytelling category at the International Women’s Podcast Awards 2023. The award recognised a Radio 4 documentary I made about a Norwegian musician who gave up a successful jazz career to search for dust from space.

My Co-Presenter Marnie Chesterton and I were finalists for the Royal Society Audio Award 2023, which celebrates outstanding science journalism. The nomination was for an episode of CrowdScience where we investigated just how efficient humans really are – are we more or less efficient than a kettle? 

Producer Anand Jagatia and I won the Royal Society Audio Award 2022, which celebrates outstanding science journalism. Our winning CrowdScience episode tried (and failed) to answer the question: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

The judges said:
“An original story idea told creatively with plenty of good science and audio texture along the way. This World Service strand is a jewel in the crown of radio science.“

Judging

I also regularly judge podcast awards, most recently the International Women’s Podcast Awards 2025. If you’d like a fair and friendly judge on your panel, please get in touch.