PASADENA, Calif.—Here is a complete list of winners of the 2012 APTRA Mark Twain awards:
TELEVISION
T-1 BILL STOUT MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE
KMEX, Los Angeles: Julio Cesar Ortiz, Andres Bonilla for “Panalitos Para Gabriel”
T-2 BILL STOUT MEMORIAL AWARD FOR SPOT NEWS
KTVU, Oakland: KTVU News Staff for “Occupy Oakland”
KVOA-TV, Tucson: KVOA News 4 Tucson for “January 8th Tragedy in Tucson”
KITV, Honolulu: KITV4 News for “2011 Tsunami”
CLASS 1 TELEVISION
T-3 BEST NEWS WRITING
KMEX Los Angeles: Julio Cesar Ortiz for “Hotel De Alas Rotas”
T-4 BEST SPORTS SEGMENT
KPIX, San Francisco: Dennis O’Donnell, Brian Dea for ” KPIX Sportscast”
T-5 BEST WEATHERCAST SEGMENT
KPHO Phoenix: Chris Dunn for “KPHO Weather”
T-6 BEST LIVE COVERAGE OF A NEWS EVENT
KGW, Portland: KGW News Staff for “N-17: A Day of Protest” T-8 BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
KTVU, Oakland: Heather Holmes, Cristina Gastelu, Greg Grinsell, John Klossner for “Questionable Tickets”
T-9 BEST COVERAGE OF AN ONGOING STORY
KPIX, San Francisco: CBS 5 Morning/Noon News Team for “Quarry Shooting”
T-10 BEST SPECIAL PROGRAM
KTVU, Oakland: KTVU News Staff for “Remember Them: Champions for Humanity”
T-11 BEST SERIOUS FEATURE
KPIX, San Francisco: Julie Watts, Mary Janczura, Brian Yuen, Abby Sterling, Chris Mistrot for “ID Theft Secrets – From Behind Bars”
T-12 BEST LIGHT FEATURE
KGW, Portland: Laural Porter, Kurt Austin for “The Sounds of Healing”
T-13 BEST SPORTS REPORTING
KTVU, Oakland: Christina Gastelu, Rita Williams, Tony Hodrick, Dina Munsch for “Victor Conte: A Wanted Man”
T-16 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS
KOMO, Seattle: Jon Knorr for “…getting wet, dirty and muddy…”
T-19 BEST FEATURE EDITING
KOIN, Portland: Margaret DeMarco for “Ten Years Later”
T-20 DICK TERRY VIDEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
KGO, San Francisco: Dean C. Smith
T-21 BEST ASSIGNMENT TEAM/LIVE BREAKING NEWS
KPIX, San Francisco: Angelina Baray for “Occupy Oakland Raid”
T-22 CHRIS HARRIS REPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARD
KPIX, San Francisco: Julie Watts
T-23 BEST NEWS BROADCAST-30 MINUTES
KGW, Portland: Jay Belcher for “The N:17 Protests”
T-24 BEST NEWS BROADCAST-60 MINUTES
KTVU, Oakland: Mike Mibach, Julie Haener, Darren Alan Zulberti, Michael Kelly, Heather Yugo for “The Ten O’clock News”
CLASS 2 TELEVISION
T-8 BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
KVOA-TV, Tucson: Tom McNamara, Kean Bauman for “Student Loan Debt Crisis”
T-9 BEST COVERAGE OF AN ONGOING STORY
KVVU, Las Vegas: Kevin Bolinger, Arron Healy for “Nevada’s Rural Drug Wars”
T-10 BEST SPECIAL PROGRAM
KVVU, Las Vegas: Adam P. Bradshaw for “Speedway Saturday Night”
T-11 BEST SERIOUS FEATURE
KVVU, Las Vegas: Matt DeLucia, Joe Lybarger for “Silent Killer”
T-12 BEST LIGHT FEATURE
KVVU, Las Vegas: Matt DeLucia, Roger Bryner for “Gold Diggers”
T-13 BEST SPORTS REPORTING
KVOA, Tucson: Ryan Recker, Paul Hanke for “The Territorial Cup: Yesterday & Today”
T-16 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS
KVOA, Tucson: Paul Hanke for “Cienega All Access”
T-19 BEST FEATURE EDITING
KOLD, Tucson: Paul J. Durrant for “Speed Trap Apps”
T-22 CHRIS HARRIS REPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARD
KVVU, Las Vegas: Matt DeLucia
CLASS 3 TELEVISION
T-6 BEST LIVE COVERAGE OF A NEWS EVENT
KSBY, San Luis Obispo: Carina Corral, Richard Gearhart, Frankie Van Hooser, Jimena Martinez for “Tsunami Watch 2011”
T-7 BEST SPOT NEWS STORY
KGET, Bakersfield: Victoria Spilabotte for “Canal Rescue”
T-8 BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
KBAK, Bakersfield: Kurt Rivera, Zac Gooch, Steve Mills for “Stolen Valor?”
T-10 BEST SPECIAL PROGRAM
KITV, Honolulu: Lara Yamada, Rex Von Arnswaldt for “Kokoro: Hearts Across the Pacific”
T-11 BEST SERIOUS FEATURE
KHON, Honolulu: “Marisa Yamane, Taires Hiranaka for “Pearl Harbor Shipmates Reunited”
T-12 BEST LIGHT FEATURE
KSBY, San Luis Obispo: Carina Corral for “Germiest Things”
T-13 BEST SPORTS REPORTING
KHON, Honolulu: Marisa Yamane, Taires Hiranaka for “Derby Girls”
T-15 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF A NEWS FEATURE
KERO, Bakersfield: Evan C. Hinojos for “On the Job at Starbucks”
T-17 BEST ANCHOR OR ANCHOR TEAM
KBAK, Bakersfield: Leyla Santiago
T-19 BEST FEATURE EDITING
KYMA, Yuma: Matt Boyer, Wes Williamson, Josue Duran for “Bernie Montoya’s Miracle Mile”
T-20 DICK TERRY VIDEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
KGET, Bakersfield: Grant Simpson
T-22 CHRIS HARRIS REPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARD
KBAK, Bakersfield: Kurt Rivera
T-24 BEST NEWS BROADCAST-60 MINUTES
KITV, Honolulu: KITV4 News Staff for “KITV4 News at 10”
RADIO CATEGORIES
R-1 BILL STOUT AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE (all classes)
KCBS, San Francisco: Doug Sovern for “The Sahara Ceiling: Women of the Last World”
R-2 BILL STOUT AWARD FOR STATION SPOT NEWS (all classes)
KNX, Los Angeles: KNX News Team for “Japan Quake”
CLASS 1 RADIO
R-3 BEST NEWS WRITING
KPCC, Pasadena: Sanden Totten for “Mars Rover”
R-4 BEST SPORTS SEGMENT
KGO, San Francisco: Kevin “The Rat” Radich for “Sound Bites of the Day”
R-5 BEST LIVE COVERAGE OF A NEWS EVENT
KCBS, San Francisco: KCBS News Team for “Tsunami”
R-6 BEST SPOT NEWS STORY
KCBS, San Francisco: Chris Filippi and the KCBS News Team for “Occupy Oakland Riot”
R-7 BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
KCBS, San Francisco: Doug Sovern for “Children Left Behind”
R-8 BEST SPECIAL PROGRAM
KPCC, Pasadena: Patt Morrison Show, Noelle Conti for “Boyle Heights”
R-9 BEST COVERAGE OF AN ONGOING STORY
KCBS, San Francisco: KCBS News Team for “The Occupy Movement.”
R-10 BEST SERIOUS FEATURE
KGO, San Francisco: Bret Burkhart for “The Kids of 9/11”
R-11 BEST RADIO LIGHT FEATURE
KGO, San Francisco: Scott Lettieri for “Shakespeare in San Quentin”
R-12 BEST SPORTS REPORTING
KPCC, Pasadena: Raghu Manavalan for “Ball Hawks”
R-13 BEST ANCHOR OR ANCHOR TEAM
KNX, Los Angeles: Dick Helton, Vicky Moore
R-14 BEST USE OF SOUND-SERIOUS OR HARD NEWS
KPCC, Pasadena: Frank Stoltze for “Occupy LA Montage”
R-15 BEST USE OF SOUND-FEATURE
KGO, San Francisco: Brett Burkhart for “Cast for Kids”
R-16 PAT DAVIS RADIO REPORTER OF THE YEAR
KGO, San Francisco: Bret Burkhart
R-17 BEST NEWS BROADCAST LESS THAN 15 MINUTES
KFI, Los Angeles: KFI News Staff for “7 a.m. News on KFI”
R-18 BEST NEWS BROADCAST MORE THAN 15 MINUTES
KGO, San Francisco: The KGO News Team for “The KGO 5 O’clock News”
CLASS 2 RADIO
R-3 BEST NEWS WRITING
KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara: Lance Orozco for “Four Legged Landscapers”
R-8 BEST SPECIAL PROGRAM
KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara: John North for “Bullying – Kids in Crisis”
R-11 BEST LIGHT FEATURE
KSRO, Santa Rosa: Curtiss Kim for “North Bay Trails: Calif. Historical Radio Society”
R-12 BEST SPORTS REPORTING
KSRO, Santa Rosa: Curtiss Kim for “North Bay Trails: Al Davis”
R-13 BEST ANCHOR OR ANCHOR TEAM
KUZZ, Bakersfield: Suzanne Grant
RACHEL AMBROSE WEB SITE HONORS
W-2 BEST USE OF A NEWS WEBSITE (Class 2 Radio)
KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara: Lance Orozco, Jim Rondeau for “KCLU Local News Online”
W-3 BEST USE OF A NEWS WEBSITE (Class 1 TV)
KGW, Portland: Frank Mungeam for “KGW.com”
W-20 BEST BLOG Light (television – class 1 and 2 combined)
KGO-TV, San Francisco: Mariel Calizo Myers, Sara Bueno, Jarrod Lowe for “ABC7 7Live Blogs”
NEWS PROMOS
NP-4 BEST NEWS PROMO (Class 2 TV)
KESQ, Palm Springs: Isning Gamez for “Online and On the Go”
STUDENT CATEGORIES:
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ST-2 Best Serious Feature
Sean Patrick Lewis, USC for “Cyber Hate”
ST-3 Best Light Feature
Sean Patrick Lewis, USC for “A Place Called Home”
