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Documentary on Sunshine Skyway Bridge jumpers wins national Murrow Award

"Suicide" is often considered a sensitive topic in society.  But independent radio producer Rich Haltensays he hopes his recent Murrow Award winning documentary on the subject can help make a difference to people thinking about taking their life.  Halten recently produced a documentary called "Splash" telling the story of a man who survived jumping off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay. Halten talked with Florida's 89.1, WUFT-FM's Donna Green-Townsend.

http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/BridgeJumperLongversionforWeb.mp3

 

 

Donna is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.