Congratulations to Rob Collett and Chencho Flores from KTUL for their 1st Place win in the Team Category for “A Day in the Life of Animal Control”
2nd-”A Link to the Lost” Ron Johnson, Eric Geddy, & Brad Swagger-KMSP
3rd-”Ball of Fury” Darren Durlach & Stan Heist-WBFF
HM-”Emma’s Class” Anne Herbst & Dave Delozier-KUSA
Bill Middeke from KARE placed 1st in Sports Feature for his wiffle ball story “Not Your Kids League”
2nd-”Courage to Sail On” Jim Douglas KARE Minneapolis
3rd-”Defined by Seconds” Anne Herbst KUSA Denver
HM-”Back Where She Belongs…in the Mountains” Scott Jensen KTUU Anchorage
HM-”A Bump in the Road” Michael DelGiudice WNBC New York
In the Deadline Category, Ernesto Torres’ (KHOU) story of hurricane survival won 1st place in “Live or Die”
2nd-”If Only for an Hour” John Doung WNDU South Bend
3rd-“You Call This a Stadium?!” Michael DelGiudice WNBC New York
HM-”Homeowners Worst Nightmare” Everett McEwan KWGN Denver
In the Documentary category there were only 4 entries and the judges only awarded a 3rd Place and Honorable Mention. They were disappointed in the lack of entries.
3rd-”Journey of Hope” Dave Wertheimer & Shawn Montano KWGN Denver
HM-”The Other North Carolina” Jay Jennings, Clay Johnson, Laura Riddle WRAL Raleigh
You can see the finalists and read the judges comments on NPPA.org coming soon.
And starting tomorrow those 1st place winners will be posted on Poynter.org
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