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Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association Award Winners Announced
June 23, 2020 at 7:50 AM (PT)
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The CHESAPEAKE ASSOCIATED PRESS BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION has announced the winners of its 2020 awards, handed out in a ZOOM conference virtual ceremony on SATURDAY (6/20). 22 stations submitted 284 entries for the awards.
The radio first place winners were:
All Categories:
- Best in Show: NICK IANELLI, HUBBARD News WTOP/WASHINGTON, Light Feature, "Sharks in the Making"
- Best Podcast - Audio: MEGAN CLOHERTY and JACK MOORE, WTOP, "22 HOURS: AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE"
Radio I/Metro:
- Outstanding Spot News Reporting: HEARST News-Talk WBAL-A-W268BA/BALTIMORE, "Raid of Mayor CATHERINE PUGH's Home"
- Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing Story: MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Jazz WEAA/BALTIMORE, "Poe Homes Water Crisis"
- Outstanding News Series: J.J. GREEN, WTOP, "The Fog of Espionage"
- Outstanding Use of Sound: RACHEL NANIA, "George's Harpsichord"
- Outstanding Talk Show: CLARENCE MITCHELL IV, RYAN BLUMBERG, and DAVE GEGOREK, WBAL, "THE C4 SHOW"
- Outstanding Editorial or Commentary: DR. KAYE WISE WHITEHEAD, JUSTINA POLLARD, and ANDRE MELTON, WEAA, "TODAY WITH DR. KAYE: Black Community Genocide"
- Outstanding Public Affairs: ANNE KRAMER and JOHN PATTI, WBAL, "Project CommUNITY"
- Outstanding Specialty Reporting: CARLA BABB, VOICE OF AMERICA, "Military Beat"
- Outstanding Documentary/In-Depth Reporting: TOM HALL, CIANNA GREAVES, and KATHLEEN CAHILL, YOUR PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk WYPR/BALTIMORE, "CATHERINE PUGH Pleads Guilty"
- Outstanding Enterprise Reporting: JENNY GLICK, WTOP, "Starving for Perfection"
- Outstanding Sports Feature: JOHN DOMEN, WTOP, "Ovi O's"
- Outstanding Serious Feature: MEGAN CLOHERTY and DAVE DILDINE, WTOP, "ROCK CREEK Rescue"
- Outstanding Light Feature: NICK IANELLI, WTOP, "Sharks in the Making"
- Best Reporter: MEGAN CLOHERTY, WTOP
- Outstanding Year-Round Local Sports: WTOP
- Outstanding Website: WTOP
- Outstanding Newscast: WTOP
- Best Radio News Anchor: ROBERT LANG, WBAL
- Outstanding News Operation: WTOP
Radio II/Non-Metro:
- Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing Story: DON RUSH, SALISBURY UNIVERSITY Classical WSCL/SALISBURY-Variety WSDL/OCEAN CITY, MD, "Immigrants Crossing the Border"
- Outstanding News Series: DON RUSH, WSCL-WSDL, "Legacy of Lynching"
- Outstanding Use of Sound: DON RUSH, WSCL-WSDL, "OC Prepares For White Marlin Open"
- Outstanding Talk Show: CONNOISSEUR MEDIA News-Talk WFMD-A/FREDERICK, MD, "MID-MARYLAND LIVE"
- Outstanding Editorial or Commentary: GEORGE MERRILL, WSCL-WSDL, "Climate Change"
- Outstanding Public Affairs: DONNA COLE, SAJAK Full Service WNAV-A-W260BM/ANNAPOLIS, "Koda's Story and Suicide Prevention"
- Outstanding Documentary/In-Depth Reporting: DONNA COLE, WNAV, "The Killing of Bald Eagles on MARYLAND's Eastern Shore - the History of a Dirty Little Secret"
- Outstanding Specialty Reporting: DON RUSH, WSCL-WSDL, "History of African American School"
- Outstanding Sports Feature: DON RUSH, WSCL-WSDL, "Hockey Comes to DELMARVA"
- Outstanding Serious Feature: DON RUSH, WSCL-WSDL, "Vigil"
- Outstanding Light Feature: DON RUSH, WSCL-WSDL, "Earth Day at the Zoo"
- Outstanding Year-Round Local Sports: WFMD
- Outstanding Newscast: BERNIE BENNETT, WNAV
- Best Radio News Anchor: JULIE REITER, WNAV
- Outstanding News Operation: WFMD