Associated Press Television And Radio Association Names 2018 Award Winners

Awards

The ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEVISION AND RADIO ASSOCIATION (APTRA), the AP chapter for 13 states in the Western UNITED STATES, has announced the award winners of its 2018 contest.

Radio first place winners include:

Radio I:

• Best Continuing Coverage: ENTERCOM News KCBS-A-KFRC-F/SAN FRANCISCO, "CALIFORNIA Wildfires"
• Best Daytime Newscast: BONNEVILLE News-Talk KTAR-F/PHOENIX
• Best Digital Presence: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk KPCC/PASADENA-LOS ANGELES
• Best Documentary: COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk KCFR/DENVER, NATHANIEL MINOR and RACHEL ESTABROOK, "The Crusade For Center (Part One)"
• Best Enterprise Reporting: KCFR, ALLISON SHERRY and MEGAN VERLEE, "CPR Investigates COLORADO's Crisis of Mentally Ill Inmates"
• Best Evening Newscast: KCBS-A
• Best Feature Story: KQED INC. News-Talk KQED-F/SAN FRANCISCO, TONYA MOSLEY, "Innovation in EAST OAKLAND: The Realities of Keeping Up Outside of SILICON VALLEY's Bubble"
• Best Investigative Reporting: KPCC, AARON MENDELSON and MARY PLUMMER, "LA COUNTY's Reported Employee Sexual Misconduct Includes 134 Cases, $36M in Payouts"
• Best Public Service: KPCC, PRISKA NEELY, "What's Behind the High Black Infant Mortality Rate? Racism, Not Race"
• Best Reporter: KCBS-A, DOUG SOVERN
• Best Special Programming: KCBS-A, KEITH MENCONI, "In Depth: CALIFORNIA Wildfires"
• Best Sports Feature Story: KTAR-F, MARTHA MAURER, "The Story Of NATALIE VIE"
• Best Sports Reporting: KQED, RACHAEL MYROW, "50 Years on, the Olympic Power Salute of 1968 Gets its Due Respect"
• Best Sportscast: SINCLAIR News KOMO-A-F/SEATTLE, GAARD SWANSON, "Kickoff"
• Best Spot News Coverage: KCBS-A, "Camp Fire"
• Best Use of Sound: KCBS-A, DOUG SOVERN, "Shoulder Patrol"
• Best Weather Reporting: KOMO, "WESTERN WASHINGTON Tornado"

Radio II:

• Best Continuing Coverage: CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY News-Talk KCLU-F/VENTURA-SANTA BARBARA, LANCE OROZCO, "BORDERLINE Shooting- Hill and Woolsey Fires"
• Best Daytime Newscast: OWENS Country KUZZ-A-F/BAKERSFIELD, SUZANNE GRANT
• Best Digital Presence: MONTANA PUBLIC RADIO Variety KUFM/MISSOULA, JOSH BURNHAM
• Best Documentary: KUFM, NORA SAKS, "The Last First Mile"
• Best Enterprise Reporting: KUNR, "Priced Out: The Housing Crunch"
• Best Feature Story: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO, RYAN FINNERTY, "Artificial Intelligence Will Transform the Hospitality Industry"
• Best Investigative Reporting: ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk KSKA/ANCHORAGE, NATHANIEL HERZ, "ALASKA Law Says Lobbyists Can’t Fundraise for Candidates, But the Invitations Keep Coming"
• Best Reporter: KCLU, LANCE OROZCO
• Best Sports Coverage: KCLU, LANCE OROZCO, "Fore! Golfer Plays 10,000th Round"
• Best Spot News Coverage: KUFM, NICKY OUELLET, "Howe Ridge Fire Evacuees Meet with Glacier Park Staff"
• Best Use of Sound: COLORADO COLLEGE Variety KRCC/COLORADO SPRINGS, ABIGAIL BECKMAN, "Audio Postcard: The Sounds and Stillness 0f Motorless Morning"

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