2005 – TV/Radio

RADIO STATIONS
Best Newscast
First Place: First Place: KCBS, San Francisco
KCBS News Team
Second Place: WBAL, Baltimore
Bill Vanko, John Patti and Anne Kramer
“The Execution of Steven Oken”
Third Place: No award given
Coverage of a Breaking News Event, Continuing Coverage, Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place:
  
WMFE, Orlando
Pat Duggins, Scott Kim & Bud Lowell
“Columbia Remembered”
Second Place: Chicago Public Radio
Jay Field and Cate Cahan
“Education Referenda”
Third Place: WFDD, North Carolina
Stephanie Martin
“Answering the Call”
Continuing Coverage
First Place & GRAND AWARD IN RADIO: WNYC, New York
Jad Abumrad, Aaron Cohen and Elena Park
“The Ring and I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
Second Place: Wisconsin Public Radio
Brian Bull
“End of a Red-Hunter’s Crusade: The Censure of Joseph McCarthy”
Third Place: WFDD, North Carolina
Stephanie Martin
“Tannenberg Organ”
Public Affairs
First Place: Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, Glassboro, N.J
Rob Lightfoot, Melissa Cassara, Alisa Hogan and Frank Hogan
“Tobacco: Filtering Out The Truth”
Second Place: WCPN, Cleveland
Dave Pignanelli, Paul Cox and Marie Andrusewicz
“90.3 @ 9
Third Place: KTCU, Fort Worth, TX
Sean Greene
“Wildlife Radio”
BROADCAST RADIO NETWORKS & SYNDICATORS
Best Newscast
 First Place:  CBS Radio News
Christopher Glenn and Paul Farry
Second Place: CBS Radio News
Dan Rather, Bill Whitney and  Frank Teltsch
“Reagan Funeral”
Third Place: ABC News Radio
ABC Radio News Staff
“Information Network”
Coverage of a Breaking News Event, Continuing Coverage, Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place:  CBS Radio News
“Reagan”
Second Place: CBS Radio News
“Campaign ‘04”
Third Place: ABC Radio News
Kathy Healy and ABC News Radio Staff
“Road to the White House”
Feature or Human Interest Story
First Place:
   
Colorado Public Radio / KCFR’s Colorado Matters
Dan Drayer and Kelley Griffin
“A Day in the Life of a Lawmaker”
Second Place: Common Ground Radio and The Stanley Foundation
Kristin McHugh and Keith Porter
“Congo: Displaced in the Heart of Darkness”
Third Place: Trillium Media
Sandra Sleight-Brennan
“Deep in Our Hearts”
Public Affairs
First Place:
ABC News Radio
Hank Weinbloom, Ryan Kessler and Sylvia Chase
“Perspective”
Second Place: KCRW, Santa Monica
Warren Olney and Karen Radziner
“To The Point”
Third Place: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Lester Graham and Mark Brush
“Dead Zone Series”
BROADCAST OR CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS 
Best Newscast
First Place: KIRO-TV, Seattle
KIRO News Team
“KIRO 7 Eyewitness News”
Second Place: WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh
Maria Dravecky and Matthew Hilk
“Action News at 5:00”
Third Place: WFAA-TV, Dallas
Robert Cartwright and Art MacLaren
“News 8 Update: Call for Help”
Coverage of a Breaking News Event
First Place:
  
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh
Jake Ploeger and Jon Greiner and Maria Dravecky
“Manhunt”
Second Place: Bay News 9
Bay News 9 Staff
“Radio Shack Shooting”
Third Place: WHNS Fox Carolina News
WHNS Fox Carolina News Staff
“Hostage Crisis”
Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event
First Place: WJW-TV, Cleveland
Tom Merriman, Bill Sheil and Lorrie Taylor
“Secrets and Lies”
Second Place: WCVB-TV, Boston
WCVB-TV Staff
“Boston Hosts the DNC”
Third Place: News 12 Westchester, N.Y.
Tracy Everson, Paul Simone, Bart Dellarmi and Konstandino Stratigeas
“Budget Battle”
Feature, Sports or Human Interest Story
First Place:    News 12 Long Island, N.Y.
Elizabeth Hashagen and Michael DelGiudice
“Hope”
Second Place: WTVJ- TV, FL
Patricia Andreu, Scott Zamost and Pedro Cancio
“Touched by Angels”
Third Place: WFAA-TV, Dallas
Sean Hamilton and Arnold Payne
“Conquering the Dream”
Public Service
First Place: WTHR-TV, Indianapolis
Angie Moreschi, Bill Ditton and Gerry Lanosga
“Failure to Protect/Cries for Help”
Second Place: WTVJ-TV, FL
Patricia Andreu, Scott Zamost and Pedro Cancio
“911 Disconnect”
Third Place: News 12 New Jersey
Walt Kane, William Schlosser and Anthony Cocco
“Handicapped Buses”
Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place & GRAND AWARD IN TELEVISION:         WTHR-TV, Indianapolis
Anne Ryder, Steve Starnes and Jason Richards
“To Hell and Back”
Second Place: WHYY, Philadelphia
“Presidential Conversations”
Third Place: KIRO-TV
Ben Saboonchian, Peter Frerichs and Rick Woolery
“The Troubled Waters of Puget Sound”
Investigative Reporting
First Place: WJW-TV, Cleveland
Tom Merriman, Dave Hollis and Matt Rafferty
“CPD Death Squad”
Second Place: KCTV-TV, KS
Steve Chamraz, John McGrath and Sam Zeff
“Internet Predators”
Third Place: KCNC-TV, Denver
Carisa Scott, Brian Maass and Kevin Hartfield
“Water Thieves”
Business and Consumer Reporting
First Place:      WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh
Wendy Bell, Ralph Bell and Mike Lazorko
“Airfare Secrets”
Second Place: WTHR-TV, Indianapolis
Sandra Chapman, Bill Ditton and Gerry Lanosga
“As Good as New?”
Third Place: WFLD-TV, Chicago
Mark Saxenmeyer, Paulina Sztylka and Lou Hinkhouse
“Living with Lasik”
BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORKS, CABLE NETWORKS AND SYNDICATORS 
Best Newscast
First Place:  NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News Staff
“Tsunami: One Day After”
Second Place: NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News Staff
“Death of a President”
Third Place: CNN
Aaron Brown, Sharon van Zwieten and Chris Adair
“NewsNight With Aaron Brown: Lady Liberty”
Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place:   Dateline NBC
David Corvo, Marc Rosenwasser & Stone Phillips
“Remembering Ronald Reagan”
Second Place: MSNBC
“Battleground America: Winning the White House”
Third Place: CNN
“Anderson Cooper 360: Wave of Destruction”
Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place:  Independent Television News / The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Lindsay Hilsum and Tim Lambon
“Target: Fallujah”
Second Place: CNBC
Scott Cohn, Mary Thompson and Patti Domm
“Insurance Scandal”
Third Place: NBC Nightly News
Jim Maceda, Dawna Friesen and Yuka Tachibana
“Russian School Siege”
Feature, Sports or Human Interest Story
First Place:   ABC News Primetime Thursday
Jay Schadler, Clem Taylor and Gina Pampinella
“My Friend Rocket”
Second Place: CNN
Tom Foreman, Stephanie Halasz, Laura Bernardini,
Brian Puchaty  & Joshua Rubin
“G.I. St. Nick”
Third Place: NBC Today Show
Stephanie Giambruno, Melissa Stark and Kevin Maninno
“Against the Odds Series”
Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place:  CNN
Aaron Brown, Beth Nissen and Amanda Townsend
“NewsNight with Aaron Brown: War Dead Series”
Second Place: Dateline NBC
David Corvo, Ellen Mason, Keith Morrison and Vince Sturla
“Secrets and Lies”
Third Place: CNN
Kathy Slobogin and David Ensor
“Warsaw Rising: The Forgotten Soldiers of World War II”
Investigative Reporting
First Place:   Dateline NBC
David Corvo, Allan Maraynes, Richard Greenberg and Chris Hansen
“Children for Sale”
Second Place: ABC News Primetime
Diane Sawyer, Robbie Gordon and Ira Rosen
“Fighting for Care”
Third Place: ABC News 20/20
Brian Ross and Jill Rackmill
“The Royal Treatment”
News Magazine Program
First Place:   Dateline NBC
David Corvo, Marc Rosenwasser, Elizabeth Cole and Benita Alexander-Noel
“Tom Brokaw: Eyewitness to History”
Second Place: CNN
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Carol Kinstle and Caleb Hellerman
“The First Patient: Health and the Presidency?”
Third Place: ABC News Productions
Lisa Zeff, Caroline Sommers and Peri Muldofsky
“Court TV Safety Challenge: Children at Risk”
Business and Consumer Reporting
First Place:  CNBC
Sue Herera, Steve Liesman and Wally Griffith
“CNBC on Russia”
Second Place: CNBC
Jim Goldman and Candice Tahi
“Nanotech Series”
Third Place: Public Affairs Television – NOW with Bill Moyers
Brenda Breslauer, Sylvia Chase and Candice Waldron
“New Medicare, Old Story”