Because I can. We got a table close to an outlet, there's wifi, I mean, why not.
Mark and Dave are crackin' wise.
Annie Shooman with Best Contributor: Bob Snedden from KCST.
Best Breaking News Radio Div 2: KWSO, Sue Matters "Talking Circles"
Breaking News Radio Div 1 Best: KPAM, Tim Hohl, Pat Boyle, Mark Provost, "Three Days of Arson" (KPAM swept 1-2-3 in the category.)
Best Breaking News TV Div 2: KVAL, "Home Invasion"
Best Breaking News TV Div 1: KGW, "Highway Landslide"
Best Breaking News Continuing Coverage TV Div 2: KVAL "Search for Daming Xu"
Best Breaking News Continuing Coverage TV Div 1: KGW "December Storms"
Best Hard News Single Story TV Div 2: KTVL "A Dangerous Path"
Best Hard News Single Story TV Div 1: KGW "Highway 26 Devastation Zone"
Best Hard News Continuing Coverage Div 1: KPTV "Gabriel Allred"
Best Investigative Reporting Radio Div 2: KQEN Brian Prawitz "Computergate"
Best Investigative Reporting Radio Div 1: KEX Felicia Heaton "Helmet Liners"
Best Investigative Reporting TV Div 2: KVAL "Lopez House"
Best Investigative Reporting TV Div 1: KATU "Dangerous Ground"
Best Photojournalist Breaking News TV Div 1: KATU Tim Hurtt "Marijuana Bust"
Best Photojournalist Feature TV Div 2: KVAL Joe Rainieri "Redneck Golf Tourney"
Best Photojournalist Feature TV Div 1: KATU Beth English "Global Warming Caves"
Best Use of Sound Radio Div 2: KLCC Jes Burns, "Roller Derby"
Best Use of Sound Radio Div 1: KEX Scott Lynn "Opening Day"
Excellence in Photography TV Div 2: KVAL "Robinson Railroad" Doug Schwindt
Excellence in Photography TV Div 1: KATU Sean Estes "301 Ceremony"
Best Newswriting Radio Div 1: KOPB "Meteor Showers" Ethan Lindsey, Allison Frost
Best Newswriting TV Div 2: KVAL Elissa Harrington "Manure Energy" (KVAL swept 1-2-3)
Best Newswriting TV Div 1: KATU Anna Song, Beth English "Austin Crumbley"
Best Feature Series TV Div 2: KMTR Mun Li Kong "Citizenship Test"
Best Feature Series TV Div 1: KATU Anna Song "Homeless Teen"
Best Feature Single Story Div 2: KTVL Libby Dowsett "Home for the Holidays"
Best Feature Single Story Div 1: KGW Laural Porter, Kurt Austin "Where's Molly Now"
Best Feature Radio Div 2: KLCC Ann Dornfeld, Tripp Sommer "Suburban Renewal"
Best Feature Radio Div 1: KOPB Kristian Foden-Vencil, Allison Frost, Eve Epstein "Cost of War in Rural Oregon"
Best Treatment of a Single Subject Radio Div 2: KLCC Claude Offenbacher, Angela Kellner, Jes Burns, Mike Van Meters, Tripp Sommer "Road to '08"
Best Treatment of a Single Subject Radio Div 1: KPAM Tom Hohl, Pat Boyle, Mark Provost "Three Days of Arson"
Best Special or Documentary TV Div 2: KMTR Kelli Warner "Losing It"
Best Special or Documentary TV Div 1: KPTV Pete Ferryman, Mike Heinrich, Corey Hanson "Living in the Landfill"
Best Sports Reporting Radio Div 2: KLCC Andrew Bartholomew, Mike Van Meter, Tripp Sommer "Steroids and Biomechanics"
Best Sports Reporting Radio Div 1: KEX Scott Lynn
Best Sportscast TV Div 2: KVAL Dirk Weishaar "Blind Racer"
Best Sportscast TV Div 1: KPTV Ron Pivo, Che Lowenstein "Barn Ball"
Best Weathercast TV Div 2: KTVL Kevin Lollis
Best Weathercast TV Div 1: Matt Zaffino
Best Traffic Reporting Radio Div 2: KPNW Michael Fleming
Best Traffic Reporting Radio Div 1: KXL Rebecca Marshall, Tony Martinez "Truck Overturned"
Best Traffic Reporting TV Div 1: Michael Convery
Best Website Radio Div 2: KSOR Eric Teel
Best Website Radio Div 1: KEX
Best Website TV Div 2: KMTR
Best Website TV Div 1: KGW Frank Mungeam, Teresa Blackman, Antonia Giedwoyn, David Krough
Best Commentary Radio Div 2: Bing Bingham, Tripp Sommer
...and finally...the ones you've been waiting for...the ones that haven't been announced yet...the ones that make sense for me to type...
Best Newscast Radio Div 2: KQEN
Best Newscast Radio Div 1: KPAM
Best Newscast TV Div 2: KMTR
Best Newscast TV Div 1: KGW
Best One-Person Shop: KQEN Brian Prawitz
Best Overall Excellence Radio Div 2: KQEN Brian Prawitz
Best Overall Excellence Radio Div 1: KPAM
Best Overall Excellence TV Div 2: KTVL
Best Overall Excellence TV Div 1: KGW
Annnd that's all! Time to hit the hot tub!
That guy, Brian Prawitz is from Roseburg, and he is representing KQEN.
He is the lead in a one-person shop.He is the one person shop at KQEN.He won 4 AP awards. 4. By his lonesome. 4.
On top of that, he is a nice egg, too!
He could have left a few awards for some other folks, but since he didn't, here is a congrats to you, Brian!
Oh, yeah. Mark and Dave are very funny, and seem to enjoy wine. Dave enjoys it a LOT, apparently :-)
As requested, I shall explain that after the ceremony, we tried to get into the bar, but since there Dave was there with a couple of cases of wine, we didn't make it into the bar proper (can't bring booze INTO a bar, even if the provenence of the booze in question is actually that same bar.) So, that left a hallway, a few chairs a table, a bunch of really happy news folks, a few cases of wine bottles that had been opened, and Dave.
He tried his best, but others were actually drinking at a faster clip than he. But let it be known that he made a valiant effort.
All kidding aside, it was an excellent discussion tonight. Everyone was very very nice, and we had a great time.
thank you, AP.
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