Oregon AP Awards (Updated)

Submitted by pdxtvwatcher on Tue, 03/20/2007 - 10:29pm.

Click "read more" below for the just-announced Oregon AP Awards for the Portland (TV) market. If you have the awards for other Oregon markets, you're welcome to post them here too. Congratulations to all!

[Update: Division 2 is in the comments. Thanks, Anonymous Source!--L]

BEST BREAKING NEWS
1st - KGW, "Hillsboro Airshow Crash"
2nd - KOIN, "Taylor Fire"
3rd - KATU, "Police Shootout"

BEST FEATURE (SINGLE STORY)
1st - KATU, "Blind Tree Farmer" (Anita Kissee/Beth English)

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
1st - KATU, "OHSU Tort Claim"
2nd - KGW, "Credit Theft"
3rd - KPTV, "Cyber Sting"

BEST NEWS WRITING
1st - KATU, "Helping Victoria" (Anna Song)
2nd - KPTV, "Hot Jobs"

BEST HARD NEWS (SINGLE SUBJECT)
1st - KGW, "Natural Gas Explosion" (Pat Dooris/Casey Nolan)
2nd - KATU, "Outdoor Outlaws" (Grant McOmie/Bryon Garvin)
3rd - KPTV, "Homeless Sex Offenders" (Jamie Wilson/James Sparks)

BEST HARD NEWS (CONTINUING COVERAGE)
1st - KGW, "Mt. Hood Search"
2nd - KPTV, "Search For James Kim"
3rd - KATU, "Missing Mt. Hood Climbers"

EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
1st - KGW, "O'Slavic's Parade" (Kurt Austin)
2nd - KGW, "Blues for Curtis" (Ken McCormick)
3rd - KGW, "Just the 17th" (Alex Lynch)

BEST SPECIAL OR DOCUMENTARY
1st - KPTV, "Cyber Sting" (Corey Hanson/Kerry Tomlinson)
2nd - KGW, "KGW: Then/Now/Always"

BEST WEATHERCAST
1st - KPTV, "Mark Nelsen"
2nd - KATU, "Rod Hill"
3rd - KGW, "Matt Zaffino"

BEST SPORTS REPORTING
1st - KPTV, "Trey Foote" (Matt Smith/Che Lowenstein)
2nd - KGW, "Japanese American Baseball Player" (Kyle Iboshi/Kurt Austin)
3rd - KATU, "Beating the Odds" (Ron Carlson/Mike Rosborough)

BEST SPORTSCAST
1st - KATU, "Katy Brown"
2nd - KGW, "Ron Pivo"

BEST TRAFFIC REPORTING
1st - KPTV, "Good Day Oregon" (Tony Martinez/Daryl Mitchell)

BEST WEBSITE
1st - KGW, "www.kgw.com"
2nd - KATU, "www.katu.com"
3rd - KPTV, "www.kptv.com"

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Fallout and KGW uprising
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 3:56am.

That Mt. Hood search weekend was huge for KGW... KOIN did a great job on that airshow stuff... Kudos to them... thankful that the whole sex-offender obsession didn't skew the winnerse in this thing... I Would like to see more competition in photography and more enterprising stories across this market as whole next year... These awards are always so interesting... seven eight nine years ago our shop used to throw a big bash for the winners.

Zaffino in third? Wow.

I have to say, KATU reporter Anna Song wins a first in best writing, and holy hell, I'm thinking that was her OHSU tort piece that won first in best investigative reporting as well. No wonder KGW is lurking with her contract up...

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zaffino
Submitted by mfrk on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 7:20am.

Zaffino down to 3rd?

Rod Hill may be the only good thing KATU has going for them. I wonder if he's glad he left KPTV?...

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No one can stand against the mighty weather nerdiness
Submitted by LynnS on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 10:30am.

of Mark Nelsen.

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Lynn Siprelle * Fairy Blogmother

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KGW Weather
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 11:24pm.

I have never been fond of the weather segments at KGW. The actual weather graphics are ugly to begin with, then Matt scribbles all over them and truely makes a mess out of them. They just look sloppy. I have to agree with Lynn that Mark is the leader here in town and I do think it's fair to put Rod in second, followed by Mr. Zaffino. My 2 cents....

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congrats to anna song for
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 10:02am.

congrats to anna song for winning two awards! she's awesome!!

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Anna Song Awards
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Fri, 03/23/2007 - 9:02am.

Anna Song, an award winning writer?

In Peter Carlin's recent article on KATU, he quoted 2 lines from an Anna Song 'KATU Investigates: What Are We Afraid Of?':

"But the reality is, none of us are actually dying from those scary-sounding things. The things that are actually killing us are much more common and far less dramatic."

These are sentences from an award winning writer?

Let me offer a rewrite, and then you too can offer your rewrite:

"But the reality is, none of us are actually dying from these scary-sounding diseases (or events). What is killing us is much more common and far less dramantic."

Granted, not award winning writing, but far better than what Anna wrote.

Never, ever, ever, use the word "that". It's a terrible word. It's a "crutch" word. Write a sentence with "that" in it, then rewrite the sentence without "that". Your writing will read 100% better.

What are "things"? Don't use the word "thing". Name it, call it what it is.

And I'm sssssoooooo tired of reporters and anchors starting their reads with the word "well". What does this mean? It adds nothing to the report and gives me the impression the reporter/anchor isn't exactly sure what they're talking about.

Somebody, anybody, tell me what the word "well" means in this contect, Please enlighten me.

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I might agree with you, but
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Sat, 03/24/2007 - 4:28am.

What is "dramantic"?
It is not in my dictionary. Talent reads what is written. Many times unseen.

This is a communications industry. Let's do it correctly. (Sorry Lynn).

[But you know I have to "tsk" you anyway. ;)--L]

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Where is the link for this info?
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 12:32pm.

What site is this being pulled from? Some of us would like to see what the rest of Oregon is doing, lest this blog be re-named "Portland Media Insiders"

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Zaffino's a prick, and is
Submitted by rifleman69 on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 1:57pm.

Zaffino's a prick, and is like a used-car salesman in personal dealings.

JMO YMMV

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Ouch!
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 4:40pm.

But True!

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Portland Only
Submitted by mfrk on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 3:45pm.

Thought I'd point out not a signal station out of Portland won anything.

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Other AP winners
Submitted by pdxtvwatcher on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 4:23pm.

No, there were lots of Oregon winners (from Eugene and Medford) in "Division 2". I only posted the awards for "Division 1", which is Portland.

If someone wants to post the Division 2 results, feel free. I don't have time right now to do it.

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Division 1 only listed
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 4:07pm.

There's a second division for smaller markets, the results just weren't posted here.

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Does someone have Division 2?
Submitted by LynnS on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 9:10pm.

Please? :)

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Lynn Siprelle * Fairy Blogmother

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Division 2
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 12:10am.

BEST BREAKING NEWS
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KVAL, "Highway Shooting," Andy Peterson, Doug Schwindt
2nd PLACE: KDRV, "Lost Family," Andrea Pettes, Jennifer Seeker, Susan White
3rd PLACE: KEZI, "North Eugene Lockdown
BEST FEATURE: Series. NO entries for Divsion One.
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KTVL, "Homeless Candidate," Matthew Workman
2nd PLACE: KEZI, "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle,"
3rd PLACE: KDRV, "A Call for Help," Andrea Pettes
BEST FEATURE: SINGLE STORY
DIVISION II
1st PLACE TIE: KVAL, "Whale Watching," KVAL, "BMX Family,"
2nd PLACE: KEZI, "Miracle Twins,"
3rd PLACE: KDRV, "A Call for Help," Andrea Pettes
BEST HARD NEWS: Continuing Coverage
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KVAL, "BiPolar Teen Shot," Carla Castano, Cathryn Stephens, Dough Schmidt, Alan Dale, Chris Abernathy
2nd PLACE: KDRV, "Lost Family," News Watch 12 News Staff
3rd PLACE: None
BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KTVL, "System Breakdown," Libby Dowsett
2nd PLACE: KMTR, "Payday Loans," Cheryl Larson
3rd PLACE: KEZI, "Cancer Cluster," Ben McKee
BEST NEWS WRITING
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KVAL, "Local Marine,"
2nd PLACE: KTVL, "Breaking the Cycle," Libby Dowsett
BEST HARD NEWS
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KEZI, "Fight Club,"
2nd PLACE: KMTR, "KFC Blood Sandwich,"
3rd PLACE: KVAL, "Too Much Homework,"
BEST BREAKING NEWS: CONTINUING COVERAGE
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KTVL, "Kim Family Search," KTVL Staff
2nd PLACE: KMTR, "Teacher Arrest,"
3rd PLACE: KVAL, "Call to Duty," Michele Amand, Rob Woodward
BEST PHOTOJOURNALIST-FEATURE:
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KMTR, "Prosthetic Scanning," Mun Li Kong, Kris Seibel
2nd PLACE: KVAL, "Tee Ball," Nick Krupke
3rd PLACE: KVAL, "Bird Watching," Joel Kempff
EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KEZI-TV, "Outback," Kurt Richter
2nd PLACE: KTVL-TV, "Spinach Returns," Matthew Workman,
3rd PLACE: KVAL-TV, Totem Pole Makers,"
BEST SPECIAL or DOCUMENTARY:
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KDRV, "Citizen Soldier: Mission to Mississippi,"
Megan Cloherty and James Novogrod
2nd PLACE: KMTR, "Trim the Fat II"
3rd PLACE: KEZI, "Rick Dancer Reports: Invisible"
BEST WEATHERCAST
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KDRV-TV, "Scott Lewis, Newswatch Weather 12"
2nd PLACE: KTVL-TV, "News 10 Weatherfirst,"
3rd PLACE: KEZI-TV, "KEZI 9 Weather"
BEST SPORTS REPORTING
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: KDRV, "A Gridiron Coaching Classic," Kelly Burke
2nd PLACE: KVAL, "Blind Swimmer,"
3rd PLACE: KEZI, "Oregon Football,"
BEST SPORTSCAST
1st PLACE: KVAL, "Tom Ward,"
2nd PLACE: KEZI, "9 Sports,"
BEST WEBSITE
DIVISION TWO:
1st PLACE: www.kmtr.com
2nd PLACE: www.ktvz.com
3rd PLACE: www.ktvl.com

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pettes
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 1:54am.

It's a disgrace that the name Pettes is associated with an award. The reporter/anchor at KDRV messes up every story she reads.

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Are you telling me there's no Oregon AP awards webite?
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 8:42am.

I cannot Google the source of this Division 1 or Division 2 information. Nothing comes up on the AP.org website. Pathetic. And this group deems itself worthy to issue awards for "Best Website"?

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KATU
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 9:27am.

Didn't KATU win all of he major awards last year? What's happened to that station to send it into a spiral?

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No spiral
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 11:25pm.

Look again. KATU still won a lot. There were a few more not listed, like 2nd in the Best Feature category. It was also a strange year for the station considering not having a ND for 8 months. I count

kgw - 12
katu - 11
kptv - 9
koin - 1

put your focus on KOIN. That's sad.

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Best Website?!
Submitted by Farwest on Fri, 03/23/2007 - 5:39pm.

All right... Here's an open-ended question. Do you think the results are fair that KGW's website got first place and KATU's got second?

My opinion is "no". Before KATU's online renovation, I would definitely agree that KGW won first. However, upon this amazing upgrade and face-lift, I don't believe any of the other stations could out-beat this. What is so special about KGW's website that makes it a 1st place winner? I find KATU to be modern, streamlined, organized, easy to navigate, and wonderfully teched out. Anybody agree?

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Best Website?!
Submitted by Christiana on Fri, 03/23/2007 - 6:27pm.

The other thing about KGW.COM is that you have to register before you can see most of the website. I have to agree that KATU.COM is better.

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Yup
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Fri, 03/23/2007 - 10:29pm.

I find KATU.com FAR better than KGW's clutter of a site. Belo's cookie cutter designer created a horrible template for their stations to use so it's not entirely KGW's fault. But still...

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I wouldn't know about KGW website
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Sat, 03/24/2007 - 4:41am.

because I refuse to register on a site just to see something. I know it is a one time thing but I don't care. Unless it is a pay site that I want, make it easy for me to want to go to your site. Why register at KGW.com when I can get the same info from KATU.com without registering.

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Anna Song
Submitted by Farwest on Sun, 03/25/2007 - 1:57am.

I am happy to agree that Anna Song really is a good writer. Now to the commenter who wrote about Peter Carlin quoting some of her writing on KATU, I must admit those words were not the strongest and could have benefited from revision. However, I must refute your overall remark. Maybe the choice for quoting by Carlin is a mistake on his own behalf. Maybe it is he who deserves your comment, not Anna. Before judging Ms. Song you must first analyze her work for what it is, juxtapose the content she utilizes to other competing writer, and only then criticize her efforts for what it is or is not.

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