2003 – TV/Radio

Broadcast Division
RADIO STATIONS
Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event, all markets
First Place:

Mark Miller
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
Mark Miller
“Serial Snipers: Days of Terror!”
Second Place: WKSU-FM, Kent, OH
Vincent Duffy, Kevin Niedermier & Mark Urycki
“Traficant on Trial”
Third Place: WMAL-AM, Washington, DC
John Matthews & WMAL News Staff
“The Sniper Attacks”
Documentary of Series of Reports
First Place:


Vincent Duffy


Mark Urycki

WKSU-FM, Kent, OH
Vincent Duffy & Mark Urycki
“A Place for Me: Adoption & Foster Care in Ohio”
Second Place: WCPN ideastream, Cleveland, OH
Karen Schaefer
“Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant”
Third Place: KCBS, San Francisco, CA
Holly Quan
“Cancer Puzzle”
Feature or Human Interest Story
First Place:
John Patti
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
John Patti
“The Hokeyman”
Second Place: KCBS, San Francisco, CA
Rebecca Corral
“Trauma Unit”
Third Place: WBAL, AM, Baltimore, MD
Pieter Bickford
“Induction Day”
RADIO STATIONS, NETWORKS & SYNDICATORS
Best Newscast
First Place: Christopher Glenn CBS Radio News, NY
Christopher Glenn & Paul Farry
“CBS World News Roundup”
Second Place: WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
John Patti, Scott Wykoff, Pieter Bickford
“Anniversary”
Third Place: ABC News Radio, NY
Doug Limerick
“9/11/02 Newscast”
Coverage of a Spot News Event, all markets
First Place:
Jim Hickey
ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio Team
“Newscast: Miners Trapped”
Second Place: CBS Radio News, NY
CBS Radio News Staff
“9/11/02”
Third Place: No award given
Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event, all markets
First Place & BEST OF SHOW IN RADIO DIVISION:


Steve Inskeep


Loren Jenkins

NPR News, Washington, DC
Steve Inskeep & Loren Jenkins
“Oruzgan Raid”
Second Place: Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio News
“Minnesota Senate Race”
Third Place: CBS Radio News
CBS News Radio Staff
“Sniper”
Investigative Reporting
First Place:


John Burnett


BebeCrouse


Marisa Penaloza

NPR News, Washington, DC
John Burnett, Marisa Penaloza & Alisa Barba
“Corruption at the Gates”
Second Place: American RadioWorks & Minnesota Public Radio, Durham, NC
John Biewen & Deborah George
“Corrections, Inc.”
Third Place: No award given
Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place:


Mike Shuster

Loren Jenkins

NPR News, Washington, DC
Mike Shuster & Loren Jenkins
“The Mideast: A Century of Conflict”
Second Place: Diaries on National Public Radio, NY
Joe Richman
“My So-Called Lungs”
www.radiodiaries.org
Third Place: Rowan Radio, WGLS-FM, Glassboro, NJ
“It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want To”
Feature or Human Interest Story
First Place:


Margo Melnicove


Tom Cole

NPR News, Washington, DC
Margo Melnicove & Tom Cole
“Matt Savage: Jazz Pianist”
Second Place: Common Ground Radio, Muscatine, Iowa
Kristin McHugh
“Kosovo’s Pied Piper: The Liz Shropshire Story”
http://www.commongroundradio.org/shows/02/0252.shtml
Third Place: The Infinite Mind, NY
Bill Lichtenstein, Emily Fisher & Devorah Klahr
“Laughter”
http://lcmedia.com/rafiles/laugh.ram
TELEVISION STATIONS 
Best Newscast
First Place:   KSTP, St. Paul, MN
KSTP Staff
“Wellstone Plane Crash”
Second Place: KIRO, Seattle, WA
Dave Humphrey & KIRO News Staff
“Vintage Plane Crash”
Third Place: WEWS, Cleveland, OH
WEWS Staff
“Ohio Tornadoes”
Spot News Event
First Place: WTAE, Pittsburgh, PA
WTAE News Staff
“Pennsylvania Miner Rescue”
Second Place: KSTP, St. Paul, MN
Tom Hauser, Bill Kirgiss & Bob McNaney
“Wellstone Plane Crash”
Third Place: WEWS, Cleveland, OH
WEWS Staff
“Warehouse Explosion”
Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event
First Place:


Bill Sheil


Dave Hollis


Greg Easterly

WJW, Cleveland, OH
Bill Sheil, Dave Hollis & Greg Easterly
“What the Bishops Knew”
Second Place: WCVB, Needham, MA
WCVB Staff
“Church Sex Abuse Scandal”
Third Place: WGBH, Boston, MA
Anne-Marie Dorning, Emily Rooney & John Carroll
“Political Coverage Composite”
Feature, Sports or Human Interest Story
First Place:
Chuck Kraemer
WGBH, Boston, MA
Chuck Kraemer
“Chuck Kraemer’s Steeplejack”
http://greaterboston.tv/about/who.html
Second Place: News 12 Long Island
Michael DelGiudice & Rita Nissan
“Ride for Life: 2002”
Third Place: WFAA, Dallas, TX
Sean Hamilton, Arnold Payne, Dale Hansen & Jeff Collette
“On Route 22 – The Emmitt Smith Story”
Public Service
First Place &BEST OF SHOW IN TELEVISION DIVISION:


Brad Willis


Don Jackson


Lee Brown

WYFF, Greenville, SC
Brad Willis, Don Jackson & Lee Brown
“Truth Check”
Second Place: KMGH, McGraw Hill, Denver CO.
7 News Investigates Team
“You Paid For It”
Third Place: WCVB, Needham, MA
Rhonda Mann, Heather Unruh & Dr. Timothy Johnson
“Playing it Safe”
Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place:
Ben Saboonchian & Peter Gamba
KIRO, Seattle, WA
Ben Saboonchian, Richard Marshall & Peter Gamba
“War of the Woods: The Last Stand”
Second Place: WCPO, Cincinnati, OH
Hagit Limor, Michael Benedic & Phyllis Parker
“Critical Condition: Cincinnati’s Medical Emergency”
Third Place: WBAL, Baltimore, MD
WBAL Staff
“Unitas We Stand”
Investigative Reporting
First Place:


Phil Williams

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Bryan Staples

WTVF, Nashville, TN
Phil Williams & Bryan Staples
“Friends in High Places”
http://newschannel5.com/news/investigates/
Second Place (Tie): KIRO, Seattle, WA
Chris Halsne
“The Final Ride”
KHOU, Houston, Texas
Anna Werner, David Raziq & Cristobal Henao
“Evidence of Errors”
Third Place: KTRK, Houston, TX
Wayne Dolcefino, Steve Bivens & Dave De Franchi
“Hungry for Answers”
TELEVISION AND CABLE NETWORKS, AND SYNDICATORS 
Best Newscast
First Place:
Aaron Brown
CNN
NewsNight with Aaron Brown
“6 Month Anniversary of 9/11”
Second Place: NBC News
NBC Nightly News Staff
“The Arrest of the Snipers”
Third Place: NBC News
NBC Nightly News Staff
“9/11/02 Newscast”
Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place:


Kathy Abbott


Stone Phillips


Betsy Wagner

NBC News Productions
NBC News Production Staff
“Miracle at the Mine with Stone Phillips”
Second Place: NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News Staff
“After the Storms”
Third Place: MSNBC
Meghan Schaefer & Ashleigh Banfield
“Inside Fresh Kills”
Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place: CNN Productions
CNN Productions Staff
“America Remembers”
Second Place: Dateline NBC
Tom Brokaw & Colleen Halpin
“Controllers”
Third Place: Dateline NBC
Timothy Gorin, Stone Phillips & Debbie Goodison
“Silencing the Rifle”
Feature, Sports or Human Interest Story
First Place:


Stone Phillips


Carol Gable

Dateline NBC
David Corvo, Stone Phillips & Carol Gable
“Cardinal Sins”
Second Place: Dateline NBC
David Corvo, Rob Stafford & Jack Cloherty
“For the Love of Katelyn”
Third Place: MSNBC
Meghan Schaefer & Ashleigh Bansfield
“The Lifesaving Flight of 9/11”
Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place:


Kathy Abbott


Tim Beacham

NBC News Productions
NBC News Productions Staff
“Behind the Headlines: Understanding Iraq”

Keith McKay

Forrest Sawyer
Second Place: CNN
Susan Candiotti & James Polk
“CNN Presents: In the Line of Fire”
Third Place: NBC News
Tom Brokaw, Mark Lukasiewicz & Philip Alongi
“Inside the Real West Wing”
Investigative Reporting
First Place:


Brian Ross


Brenda Breslauer

ABC News
Brian Ross, Brenda Breslauer & Yoruba Richen
“Unsolved Rapes”
Second Place: ABC News
Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz & David Scott
“Nuclear Smuggling”
Third Place: ABC News
Brian Ross
“Florida Foster Care”
News Magazine Program
First Place:


Barbara Walters


Martin Clancy


Katie Thomson

ABC News 20/20
Barbara Walters, Martin Clancy & Katie Thomson
“Fidel Castro”
Second Place: Dateline NBC
Keith Morrison, Shachar Bar-On, Robert O. Allen, Marc Rosenwasser
& David Corvo
“A Separate Peace”
Third Place: Dateline NBC
Meade R. Jorgensen, Bob McKeown & Allan Maraynes
“Preacher Man”