2013 – TV/Radio

roadcast Division
RADIO STATIONS
Radio stations newscast, all markets
First Place: “October 30th, 8 a.m.”
WTOP staff
WTOP, Washington, D.C
Second Place: “WBAL News 2 p.m.”
WBAL 1090 News Staff
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
Third Place: No third-place award given
Radio stations breaking news or continuing coverage of a single news event
First Place: “Unconventional Conventions”
Scott Wykoff
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, Md
Second Place: “Sexual Cyberbullying: A Modern Day Letter A”
Temitayo Fagbenle, Courtney Stein and Marianna McCune
WNYC Radio, New York, N.Y.
Third Place: “2012 Election Night Special”
WCPN and WKSU News Staffs
WCPN ideastream and WKSU 89.7 FM, Cleveland, Ohio
Radio stations feature or human interest story, all markets
First Place:
“Al-Haj’s Sacred Oud”
KUYI Hopi Radio and Constance DeVereaux
KUYI Hopi Radio, Keams Canyon, Ariz.
Second Place: “Holy Smoke”
Stan Ingold
Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Third Place: “The weight of the city’s violence, on one school principal”
Linda Lutton and Cate Cahan
WBEZ/Chicago Public Media, Chicago, Ill
Radio stations documentary or public affairs
First Place & GRAND AWARD: “Culture Shock 1913”
Sara Fishko
WNYC Radio, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Remembering Hurricane Andrew”
WLRN Miami Herald News Team
WLRN Miami Herald News, Miami, Fla.
Third Place: “Forged in Flames: An Oral History of the Labor Day Wildfires”
Emily Donahue and KUT News
KUT Radio Austin, Austin, Texas
Radio stations news series
First Place: “Dispatches from the Swing State”
Kenny Malone, Patrick Farrell, Pierre Taylor and Lazaro Gamio
WLRN and Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.
Second Place: “Postponement Generation Grows Up”
Mark Mills, Al Mayers and Carole Zimmer
WBBR Bloomberg Radio, New York, N.Y
Third Place: “Stop and Frisk: The Cycle of Mistrust Between Minority Youth and the NYPD”
WNYC Radio Rookies
WNYC Radio, New York, N.Y.
BROADCAST RADIO NETWORKS & SYNDICATORS NEWSCAST
Newscast
First Place: “CBS Radio News”
Sam Litzinger and Dianne James
CBS Radio, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: No award given
Third Place: No award given
Breaking news or continuing coverage
First Place: “Tragedy in Newtown”
CBS Radio News staff
CBS Radio, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Superstorm Sandy”
CBS Radio News staff
CBS Radio, New York, N.Y.
Third Place: “Sandy Shutters Wall Street”
MarketWatch Radio Staff
MarketWatch Radio Network, Washington, D.C
Feature or human interest story
First Place: “The Man Aisle”
Heather Bosch
CBS Radio, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “The ‘Lost’ Speech of Malcom X”
Guy Raz, Lily Percy and Muthoni Muturi
NPR, Washington, D.C.
Third Place: “Buy Low, Sell High”
Jenny Brundin
Colorado Public Radio, Centennial, Colo.
Documentary or public affairs
First Place:      “Forever Ace: The Richard Bong Story”
Mike Simonson and Jim Packard
Wisconsin Public Radio, Superior, Wis.
Second Place: “An Occupational Hazard: Rape in the Military”
Bob Edwards, Ariana Pekary and Ed McNulty
SiriusXM Radio, Washington, D.C.
Third Place: “Colorado Matters”
Colorado Matters staff
Colorado Public Radio, Centennial, Colo.
News series
First Place: “Women Warriors”
Heather Bosch
CBS Radio, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Campaigning for Any Job in the Land”
Andrew O’Day and Alisa Parenti
MarketWatch Radio Network, Washington, D.C.
Third Place: “The Child Cases: Guilty Until Proved Innocent”
Joseph Shapiro and Steve Drummond
NPR, Washington, D.C.
BROADCAST OR CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS 
Newscast
First Place: “11News at 5:00”
WBAL-TV News Team
WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Md.
Second Place: “Newtown shootings”
Mike Friedrich, Kendis Gibson and Richard Reeve
WJLA-TV, Arlington, Va.
Third Place: “Newscenter 5 at 11 p.m.: Newtown School Tragedy”
The WCVB NewsCenter 5 Team
WCVB-TV, Boston, Mass.
Coverage of a live breaking news event
First Place: “Newtown School Tragedy”
Andrew Vrees, Gerry Wardwell and NewsCenter5 team
WCVB-TV, Boston, Mass.
Second Place: “Hubig’s Pie Factory Fire”
Travers Mackel, Bryan McCann and Keith Bliven
WDSU TV, New Orleans, La.
Third Place: “I-75 Pileup”
Kristin Moore, Jacqueline Ingles and Scott Wilson
WFTS-TV, Tampa, Fla.
Continuing coverage of a single news event
First Place: “Prescription for Disaster”
Bill Sheil, Ali Ghanbari and Mary Stiene
WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH
Second Place: “Vote 2012”
WJLA-TV/NewsChannel 8 Staff
WJLA-TV, Arlington, Va.
Third Place: “Secret Service Strip Clubs: El Salvador”
Chris Halsne and David Weed
KIRO-TV, Seattle, Wash.
Feature, sports or human interest story
First Place:
“Ali’s Guiding Lights”
Joe Fryer, Matt Mrozinski, Pete Cassam, Dave Wike and Eric Wold
KING-TV, Seattle, Wash.
Second Place: “Neighborhood of Love”
Boyd Huppert and Jonathan Malat
KARE-TV, Minneapolis, Minn.
Third Place: “Voices of the Homeless”
Schewislzer Lewis and Jim Gilson
WGCL-TV, Atlanta, Ga.
Public service
First Place: “NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Policing for Profit”
Phil Williams, Bryan Staples and Kevin Wisniewski
WTVF-TV NewsChannel 5, Nashville, Tenn.
Second Place: “School of Shocks”
Mike Beaudet, Allan DiMaio, James Goff, Kevin Rothstein and Richard Ward
WFXT FOX 25, Dedham, Mass.
Third Place: “Money & Justice”
Stuart Watson, John Gray and Jeremy Markovich
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC
Documentary or series of reports on the same subject
First Place
:
“Investigating The Fire”
Amanda Kost, Marshall Zelinger, Jeff Harris, Jennifer R. Castor and Doug Schepman
KMGH-TV, Denver, Colo.
Second Place: “Rebounding from Loss”
Deborah Weiner, Chuck Cochran and John Cassini
WBAL-TV, Baltimore, Md.
Third Place: “Ten Years of Shattering the Silence”
Angela Cain and Young-Hee Yedinak
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, Ind.
Investigative reporting
First Place: “NewsChannel 5 Investigates: UCDD”
Phil Williams, Kevin Wisniewski and Bryan Staples
WTVF-TV NewsChannel 5, Nashville, Tenn.
Second Place: “The Candy Kids”
Abigail Sterling, Linda Yee and Grace Lee
KPIX/CBS5, San Francisco, Calif.
Third Place: “Speeding Police”
Tony Pipitone, Darran Caudle and Lauren Sweeney
WKMG-TV, Orlando, Fla
Business and consumer reporting
First Place: “7 On Your Side”
Kris Van Cleave and Mary Kay Mallonee
WJLA-TV, Arlington, Va.
Second Place: “NewsChannel 5 Investigates: The Pool People, People Trust”
Jennifer Kraus and Iain Montgomery
WTVF-TV NewsChannel 5, Nashville, Tenn.
Third Place: “UPS Truck Safety”
Chris Halsne, Katie Doptis and Brian Doerflinger
KIRO-TV, Seattle, Wash.
Health/science reporting
First Place: “The Massachusetts Mandate”
Megan Thompson, Emily Senay, Marc Rosenwasser and David Kreger
Need to Know/WNET, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “About Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia”
Kay Colby, Mark Rosenberger and David Molpus
WVIZ/PBS ideastream, Cleveland, Ohio
Third Place: “No Charge, No Chance”
Jeff Baillon, Tyler Ryan and Brad Swagger
KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, Minneapolis, Minn.
Environmental reporting
First Place: “Melting Point”
Ma Jing, Sean Callebs, Snorre Wik, Guo Chun, Mei Yan and Matthew Simon
CCTV-America, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Paradise Lost?”
William Brangham, David Kreger, Marc Rosenwasser, Danielle Muniz and Hannah Yi
Need to Know/WNET, New York, N.Y.
Third Place: “NewsChannel 5: Investigates: It’s the Money, Stupid”
Ben Hall and Iain Montgomery
WTVF-TV NewsChannel 5, Nashville, Tenn.
BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORKS, CABLE NETWORKS AND SYNDICATORS 
Newscast
First Place: “Hurricane Sandy”
Staff of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Tragedy at Sand Hook Elementary”
Staff of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.
Third Place: No award given
Coverage of a major news event
First Place: “Sandy’s Fury”
David Corvo, Elizabeth Cole, Brian Williams and Lester Holt
Dateline NBC, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Hurricane Sandy”
Staff of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.
Third Place: “Benghazi: U.S. Consulate Attack”
Arwa Damon and Sarmad Qaseera
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Continuing coverage of a major news event
First Place: “Inside Syria”
Richard Engel, Ghazi Balkiz and John Kooistra
NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “CNN’s coverage Inside Syria 2012”
Tony Maddox, Parisa Khosravi and Deborah Rayner
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Third Place: “Mexico: the War Next Door”
Mark Potter, Erika Angulo and Al Henkel
NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.
Feature, sports or human interest story
First Place & GRAND AWARD: “Kick of Hope”
Victor Vitarelli, Jose Morales & Kory Kozak
ESPN
Second Place: “Randall Lineback Cows”
Dan Lothian, Eric Marrapodi and Jeremy Harlan
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Third Place: “From Forest to Field”
Victor Vitarelli, Valerie Gordon & Chris Bloxom
ESPN
Documentary or series of reports on the same subject
First Place: “Semper Fi: Always Faithful”
Rachel Libert, Tony Hardman, Jedd Wider, Todd Wider and Vicki Sufian
MSNBC, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Going Big”
Jon Fish & Tom Friend
ESPN
Third Place: “Healing Through Hockey”
Bill Galvin, Sheri England, Jenni Watts and Samantha Weihl
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Investigative report
First Place: “Prescription for Cheating”
Scott Zamost, Drew Griffin and Azadeh Ansari
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Second Place: “Fast and Furious”
Isaac Lee, Daniel Coronell and Gerardo Reyes
Univision, Miami, Fla.
Third Place: “The Hansen Files: Questionable Coverage”
David Corvo, Elizabeth Cole, Dan Slepian and Chris Hansen
Dateline NBC, New York, N.Y.
News magazine program
First Place: “Belle Harbor”
60 Minutes
60 Minutes, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Newtown”
60 Minutes
60 Minutes, New York, N.Y.
Third Place: “America Now: Lost in Suburbia”
David Corvo, Elizabeth Cole, Lester Holt and Izhar Harpaz
Dateline NBC, New York, N.Y.
Business and consumer reporting
First Place: “Hansen Files: Supplements”
Chris Hansen, Steve Eckert and Allan Maraynes
Dateline NBC, New York, N.Y.
Second Place: “Refund Robbery”
Scott Zamost and Randi Kaye
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Third Place: “The Diamond Rush”
CNBC Staff
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Health/science reporting
First Place: “World’s Untold Stories: Super Volcano”
Bill Galvin, Sheri England and Amanda Sealy
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Second Place: “CNN Special Projects: Technovations”
Kim Bui and Natalie Angley
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Third Place: “CNN Special Reports: Start Small, Think Big”
Kim Bui and Ryan Bergeron
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Environmental reporting
First Place: “Going Green: Secrets in the Ice”
Bill Galvin, Sheri England and Amanda Sealy
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.
Second Place: “DRC Mountain Gorillas”
David McKenzie, Christian Streib and Lillian Leposo
CNN, Atlanta, Ga.