2015 – TV/Radio

RADIO STATIONS
Radio stations newscast, all markets
First Place: September 4th, 6 p.m.”
WTOP Staff
WTOP
Washington, D.C.
Second Place: April 30th, 4 p.m.”
WBAL Radio News
WBAL Radio
Baltimore, MD
Radio stations breaking news or continuing coverage of a single news event
 First Place: City Leaves Police Commander in Post Despite Assault Allegation, DNA Match”
Chip Mitchell and Derek John
WBEZ
Chicago, IL
Second Place: Gaithersburg Plane Crash”
WTOP Staff
WTOP
Washington, D.C.
Third Place: Chris Christie, White House Ambitions and Abuse of Power”
Andrea Bernstein, Matt Katz and Nancy Solomon WNYC/NJPR
New York, N
Y
Radio stations feature and human interest story, all markets
First Place & GRAND AWARD:
Pimlico Preakness Jockeys of Tomorrow”
Scott Wykoff
WBAL
Baltimore, MD
Second Place: If This Violin Could Talk”
Jamie Forzato
WTOP
Washington, D.C.
Third Place: Odd Jobs: Don’t Abandon That Knitting Project, Call a Finisher”
Stina Sieg
KJZZ
Tempe, AZ
Radio stations documentary or public affairs
First Place: 60 Words from Radiolab”
Gregory Johnsen, Kelsey Padgett and Matt Kielty
WNYC/NYPR
New York, NY
Second Place: Chicago to Mexico, by bus”
Linda Lutton and Cate Cahan
WEBZ
Chicago, IL
Third Place: Help Wanted”
Luke Malone, Robyn Semien and Ira Glass
This American Life
New York, NY
Radio stations news series
First Place: Political Dark Arts”
Alex Keefe and Cate Cahan
WBEZ
Chicago, IL
Second Place: Chicago Police for Failing to Register Sex Offenders” Robert Wildeboer and Cate Cahan
WBEZ
Chicago, IL
Third Place: Living on the Line: Oregon’s Working Poor”
Amanda Peacher, John Rosman and Jason Bernert
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland, OR
BROADCAST RADIO NETWORKS & SYNDICATORS NEWSCAST
Newscast
First Place: “CBS World News Roundup” Steve Kathan and Paul Farry
CBS Radio News, New York, N.Y. No second- or third-place given
Breaking news or continuing coverage
First Place: “Police Killings”
CBS Radio News Staff
CBS Radio
New York, NY
Second Place: “Malaysia Airlines Flight 17”
CBS Radio News Staff
CBS Radio
New York, NY
Feature and human interest story
First Place: Beatles 50th Anniversary”
Dave Barrett
CBS Radio
New York, NY
Second Place: How You’re Interested in Oil and Gas”
Dan Boyce
Inside Energy
Denver, CO
Third Place: My Big Break”
Daniel Hajek, Priska Neely and Steve Lickteig
National Public Radio
Culver City, CA
Documentary or public affairs
First Place:     “Coast Guard’s Deadly Accidents”
G.W. Schulz, Al Letson and Ben Adair
Reveal radio, by
The Center for Investigative Reporting and Public Radio Exchange
Second Place: “Profiting off the GI Bill”
Aaron Glantz, Adithya Sambamurthy and Susanne Reber
Reveal radio, by
The Center for Investigative Reporting and Public Radio Exchange
Third Place: No award given
News series
First Place: “Mid-Term Election”
Barry Bagnato
CBS Radio News
New York, NY
Second Place: “Indiana DCS”
Michael Puente and Derek John
WBEZ
Merrillville, IN
Third Place:  No award given
BROADCAST OR CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS 
Newscast
First Place: “NewsCenter 5 at 11: Back Bay Fire”
Chris Roach and Nick Terry
WCVB-TV
Boston, MA
Second Place: “11News at 5:00 – April 30, 2014”
Shannon Encina, Traci White and WBAL-TV News Team
WBAL-TV
Baltimore, MD
Third Place: “NewsCenter 5 at 11 p.m.: Revere Tornado”
Chris Roach and Nick Terry
WCVB-TV
Boston, MA
Coverage of a live breaking news event
First Place: “FSU Shooting”
Jacqueline Ingles, Carson Chambers and Ashley Yore
WFTS-TV, Tampa, Florida
Second Place: “Revere Tornado”
Andrew Vress, Gerry Wardwell and the NewsCenter 5 team
WCVB, Boston, M
Third Place: “Storm of the Century”
Mark Casey and 12 News Staff
12 News KPNX
Phoenix, AZ
Continuing coverage of a single news event
First Place: “Letters to Sex Offenders”
Sherri Jackson, Scott MacDowell and David Baxley
WIAT
Birmingham, AL
Second Place: “26th Street Collapse”
WBAL-TV 11 News Team
WBAL
Baltimore, MD
Third Place: “Kane in Your Corner: Helmetta Animal Shelter”
Walt Kane, Karin Attonito and Taso Stefanidis
News 12 New Jersey
Edison, NJ
Feature, sports or human interest story
First Place:
“The Lost Boys of Sudan: Found in Cleveland”
Bill Sheil, Dave Bradford and Mary Stiene
WJW-TV
Cleveland, OH
Second Place: “Elston Howard: Our Jackie Robinson”
Mike Colombo, Jim Thomas and Krista Ulberg
KMOV-TV
St. Louis, MI
Third Place: “Charlie’s Challenge”
Mike Colombo, Mark Griffin and Oscar Rayford
KMOV-TV
St. Louis, MI
Public service
First Place: Heroin Hits Home”
Bill Sheil, Jim Pijor and Mary Stiene
WJW-TV
Cleveland, OH
Second Place: When Dogs Attack”
Chris Papst and William Seiders
WHP-TV
Harrisburg, PA
Third Place: The Human Toll of Hanford’s Dirty Secrets”
Susannah Frame, Steve Douglas and Russ Walker
KING-TV
Seattle, WA
Documentary or series of reports on the same subject
First Place: “The Hunt for William Bradford Bishop”
Tisha Thompson, Rick Yarborough and Steve Jones
WRC-TV NBC 4
Washington, D.C.
Second Place: “Molly’s Journey”
Liza Meak and David Burgess
KNTV NBC Bay Area
San Jose, CA
Third Place: “Chronicle: Shoeless Joe”
Lee Brown, Jennifer Mihalic and John Hendon
WYFF 4
Greenville, SC
Investigative reporting
First Place: Ticket-Rigging Traffic Enforcement”
Jeremy Rogalski and Keith Tomshe
KHOU-TV
Houston, TX
Second Place: Reports on Phoenix Fire Department Arson Unit”
Wendy Halloran, Jeff Blackburn and Mark Phillips
12 News KPNX
Phoenix, AZ
Third Place:
“Flaws in GPS Monitoring Programs”
Chris Ingalls, Steve Douglas and Russ Walker
KING 5 TV
Seattle, WA
Business and consumer reporting
First Place: Chronicle: Main Street Carolina”
Lee Brown, Jennifer Mihalic and John Hendon
WYFF 4
Greenville, SC
Second Place: I Did My Part”
A.J. Lagoe, Gary Knox and Ron Stover
KARE 11
Minneapolis, MN
Third Place: Bloomdoggle”
Vicky Nguyen, Elizabeth Wagner and Mark Villarreal
KNTV NBC Bay Area
San Jose, CA
Health/science reporting
First Place: “Battle Against Time”
Kathy Bickimer, Brian Menz and Anthony Everett
WCVB-TV
Boston, MA
Second Place: “Super Utilizers”
Chris Halsne, Isaias Medina and Chris Koeberl
KDVR-TV
Denver, CO
Third Place: “Medical Compilation”
Lisa Robinson, Donna Hamilton and WBAL-TV News Team
WBAL-TV
Baltimore, MD
Environmental reporting
First Place: “The Ghost of the River Burning”
Bill Sheil, Mary Stiene and Ali Ghanbari
WJW-TV
Cleveland, OH
Second Place: “No Right to Know”
Brett Shipp, Jason Trahan and Mark Muller
WFAA-TV
Dallas, TX
Third Place: “Sage Grouse”
Todd Sonflieth, Lisa Suinn Kallem and Vince Patton
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Portland, OR
BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORKS, CABLE NETWORKS AND SYNDICATORS 
Newscast
First Place: “AJAM News: Crisis in Yemen, ISIL on the Turkish Border”
Mary Caraccioli, Sharon Newman and the Al Jazeera America Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Coverage of a major news event
First Place: The Downing of MH14”
Scott Heidler, Alexi O’Brien and Jamie Bowles
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Second Place: Flashpoint Ferguson: The Way Forward”
Mary Caraccioli, Sharon Newman and the
Al Jazeera America Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Third Place: Fault Lines: Ferguson: Race and Justice in the United States”
Sebastian Walker, Sweta Vohra and the Fault Lines Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Continuing coverage of a major news event
First Place: “Finding Michelle”
Charmian Ling and Savannah Guthrie
Dateline NBC
New York, NY
Second Place: “Broken Borders, Broken Dreams”
Mary Caraccioli, John Seigenthaler and Sharon Newman
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Third Place: “Coverage of Ukraine”
Nick Schifrin, Karl Bostic and Volodymyr Solohub
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Feature, sports or human interest story
First Place: Music Therapy”
Josh Aronson, Saskia de Melker and Marc Rosenwasser
WNET-PBS News Hour Weekend
New York, NY
Second Place: E60: Owen and Haatchi”
Andy Tennant, Ben Houser and Tom Rinaldi
ESPN
Bristol, CT
Third Place: E:60: Catching Kayla”
Michael Baltierra, Mike Johns and Tom Rinaldi
ESPN
Bristol, CT
Documentary or series of reports on the same subject
First Place: “Killing the Messenger”
Eric Matthies, Tricia Todd and the Al Jazeera America Presents Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Second Place: “Saving Dr. Brantly”
Tim Uehlinger and Matt Lauer
Dateline NBC
New York, NY
Third Place: “To Kill a Sparrow”
Zohreh Soleimani, Stephanie Mechura and Sharon Tiller
Reveal TV on PBS and The Center for Investigative Reporting
Investigative report
First Place & GRAND AWARD: “Deadly Force”
Sweta Vohra, Sebastian Walker and the Fault Lines Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Second Place: “Under the Radar”
Mark Greenblatt, Lawan Hamilton and Ellen Weiss
Scripps Washington Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Third Place: “On the Front Lines with the Taliban”
Clover Films and Fault Lines Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
News Magazine program
First Place: Outside the Lines”
ESPN Outside the Lines Staff
ESPN
Bristol, CT
Second Place: A Bronx Tale”
Dan Slepian and Josh Mankiewicz
Dateline NBC
New York, NY
Third Place: Breathless”
Izhar Harpaz and Lester Holt
Dateline NBC
New York, NY
Business and consumer reporting
First Place: “Digital Death”
Zachary Green, Hari Sreenivasan and Marc Rosenwasser
WNET-PBS NewsHour Weekend, New York, New York
Second Place: Gas Pump Pirates”
Scott Zamost and Drew Griffin
CNN
Atlanta, GA
Third Place: Who’s Behind the Takeover of the World’s Biggest Pork Producer?”
Nathan Halverson, Amanda Pike and Sharon Tiller
The Center for Investigative Reporting and the
PBS NewsHour

Health/science reporting
First Place: Outside the Lines: Tragic State”
John Barr, William Weinbaum and Carolyn Hong
ESPN
Bristol, CT
Second Place: Techknow: ALS Voice Banking”
Steve Lange, Roland Woerner and Techknow Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Third Place: The Coverage Gap”
Josh Rushing, Lauren Rosenfeld and the Fault Lines Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Environmental reporting
First Place: Water for Coal”
Josh Rushing, Kavitha Chekuru and the Fault Lines Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Second Place: “Oil Train Disaster”
Sheila MacVicar, Aaron Ernest and the
America Tonight Staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY
Third Place: TechKnow: Fracking”
Roland Woerner, Steve Lange and Techknow staff
Al Jazeera America
New York, NY