Oregon Media Insiders

Oregon Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards

Station Managers:

Winners of the 2007 Oregon AP Broadcast Awards are listed below,

except for Overall Excellence, Best Newscast, One-Person Shop and

Best Contributor. Those will be announced at the Oregon AP

Broadcasters Association Convention on the coast at the Agate Inn,

in Newport, on April 5.

OREGON AP BROADCAST AWARDS

TELEVISION

DIVISION ONE:

BEST OVERALL: (To Be Announced)

BEST NEWSCAST (To Be Announced)

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BEST BREAKING NEWS

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KGW, Highway 26 Slide, News Staff

2nd PLACE: KPTV, Good Day Oregon, KPTV 12 Staff

3rd Place: KATU, Vancouver Standoff, KATU Staff

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KVAL, Home Invasion, Meghan Kalkstein, Doug Schwindt

2nd PLACE: KMTR, Springfield House Fire, Nohelani Graf

3rd PLACE: KMTR, Airport Closure Newscast, Rich Hinrichs

BEST FEATURE: Series.

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KATU, Homeless Teen, Anna Song, Beth English

2nd PLACE: KGW, Delayed Degree, Tracy Barry, Brian Robertson

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KMTR, Citizenship Test, Mun Li Kong

2nd PLACE: KDRV, Faces of Breast Cancer, Andrea Pettes

3rd PLACE: UO Tailgating, Andy Peterson, Adam Grunseth

BEST FEATURE: SINGLE STORY

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KGW, Where's Molly Now, Laural Porter, Ken Austin

2nd PLACE: KATU, 301 Ceremony, Anita Kissee, Sean Estee

3rd PLACE: KPTV, Freemont Bridge Climb, Joe Vithayathil; Josh

Miller

BEST FEATURE: SINGLE STORY

DIVISION II

1st PLACE: KTVL, Home for the Holidays, Libby Dowsett

2nd PLACE: KMTR, 42nd Street Memorial, Jared Meyer

3rd PLACE: KVAL, Buster Keaton, Meghan Kalkstein, Bill Goetz

BEST HARD NEWS: SINGLE STORY

1st PLACE: KGW, Highway 26 Devastation Zone, Pat Dorris

2nd PLACE: KATU, Bullets & Greed, Grant McOmie, Kevin Eyres

3rd PLACE: KPTV, Dumpster Documents, Jamie Wilson, Pete Hermann

Franzen

DIVISION II:

1st PLACE: KTVL, A Dangerous Path, Erin Guy

2nd PLACE: KTVL, Cyber Savvy Parents, Libby Dowsett

3rd PLACE: KVAL, Highway 38 Slide, Elissa Harrington, Loren

Ruark

BEST HARD NEWS: Continuing Coverage

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KPTV, Gabriel Allred, Kerry Tomlinson, Kevin Coari

reporter, James Sparks photographer, Deb Curran

2nd PLACE: KATU, Pastor Arrested, Derek Sciba,

3rd PLACE, KATU, December Floods, KATU Staff

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KATU, Dangerous Ground, Thom Jensen

2nd PLACE: KGW, In the Shadows, Amy Troy, Mike Galimanis

3rd PLACE: KPTV, Returned Meat, Kevin Coari, Josh Miller, Deb

Curran

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KVAL, Lopez House, Tom Adams, Bill Goetz

NO OTHER WINNERS

BEST NEWS WRITING

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KATU, Austin Crumbley, Anna Song, Beth English

2nd PLACE: KGW, Falls City Riders, Laural Porter

3rd PLACE: KPTV, Dumpster Documents, Deb Curran

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KVAL, Manure Energy, Elissa Harrington

2nd PLACE: KVAL, Pioneer Cemetery, Tom Adams

3rd PLACE: KVAL, Crest Romance, Jennifer Winters

BEST BREAKING NEWS: CONTINUING COVERAGE

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KGW, December Storm, KGW Staff

2nd PLACE: KATU, School Shooting, KATU Staff

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KVAL, Search for Daming Xu, Meghan Kahlstein, Alan

Dale

BEST PHOTOJOURNALIST-BREAKING NEWS

DIVISION ONE:

1st Place: KATU, Marijuana Bust, Tim Hurtt

1st PLACE: KGW, Traffic Reporting, Michael Convery

BEST PHOTOJOURNALIST-FEATURE:

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KATU, Global Warming Caves, Beth English

2nd PLACE: KATU, 301 Ceremony, Sean Estes

3rd PLACE:

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE:

2nd PLACE:

3rd PLACE:

EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KATU, 301 Ceremony, Anita Kissee, Sean Estes

2nd PLACE: KATU, Black Rock Bikes, Kevin Eyres

3rd PLACE:

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KVAL, Robinson Railroad, Doug Schwindt

2nd PLACE: KDRV, Cell Phone Cross, Tim Conroy

3rd PLACE: KMTR, Coburg Hills Fire, Jonathan Judd

BEST SPECIAL or DOCUMENTARY:

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KPTV, Living in the Landfill, Pete Ferryman, Mike

Heinrich, Corey Hanson

2nd PLACE: KGW, Stories of the Decmember Storm, Scott Collins

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KMTR, Losing It, Kelli Warner

2nd PLACE: KMTR, Back to School Special, Kelli Warner

3rd PLACE: KVAL, Inside the Pac: Sun Bowl Special, Tom Ward

BEST WEATHERCAST

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KGW, Matt Zaffino

2nd PLACE: KATU, Rod Hill

3rd PLACE: KPTV, Mark Nelsen

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KTVL, News 10, Weather First (March 19), Kevin Lollis

2nd PLACE: KMTR, Weather, 11 p.m. newscast (March 19) Brent

Prasnikar

3rd PLACE: KVAL, Weather at 11 p.m. (March 19) Tim Chuey

BEST SPORTSCAST

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: KPTV, Barn Ball, Che Lowenstein

2nd PLACE: KPTV, Bosma Spotlight, Mark Ross, Che Lowenstein

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: KVAL, Blind Racer, Dirk Weishaar

2nd PLACE: KDRV, State Trooper Football Coach, Kelly Burke

3rd PLACE: KVAL, Lil' Dragon Kidz, Nick Krupke

BEST TRAFFIC REPORTING

DIVISION ONE: KGW, Michael Converoy

1st PLACE:

BEST WEBSITE

DIVISION ONE:

1st PLACE: www.kgw.com

2nd PLACE: www.kptv.com, Alicia Sanders; Ian Forrest

3rd PLACE: www.katu.com

DIVISION TWO:

1st PLACE: www.kmtr.com

2nd Place: www.kval.com

3rd PLACE: www.ktvl.com

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