PASADENA, Calif.—Here is a list of winners of the Mark Twain Awards presented by Associated Press Television-Radio Association for 13 Western states:
Stan Chambers Award for Extraordinary Achievement: Hal Eisner, KTTV, Los Angeles
APTRA Hall of Fame: Pat McMahon, KTAR radio and AZ-TV, Phoenix
Television: (all markets)
Station of the Year: KTVU, Oakland
Bill Stout Award for Enterprise: Peter Saiers, Abigail Sterling, Brian Yuen, Chris Mistrot, Arthur Pines of KPIX, San Francisco for “The Bullet Button”
Bill Stout Award for Spot News: Staff of KGW, Portland for “Clackamas Town Center Shooting”
Television: (Markets 1-50)
Chris Harris Reporter of the Year Award: Monte Francis of KNTV, San Francisco
Best Evening News Broadcast: Jessica Nelson, Rich Kurz of KGW Portland for “Mall Shooting”
Best Anchor or Anchor Team: Maria Leticia Gomez of KDTV, San Francisco
Best Assignment Team/Live Breaking News: Gary Conner, Norm Mah, Julie Berg, Cathy Rollins, Della Kostelnik-Juarez ofKOMO, Seattle for “Cafe Racer Shooting and Manhunt”
Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story: Eric Rasmussen, Tony Hodrick, John Klossner, Erin Pannel of KTVU, Oakland for “Stripping Funds”
Best Editing: Laurie Fernandez of KCBS, Los Angeles for “Chaos in Anaheim After Officer Involved Shooting”
Best Investigative Reporting: Stephen Stock, David Paredes, Matt Goldberg, Jamie Peraza of KNTV, San Francisco for “Children in the Fields”
Best Light Feature: Ken Bastida, Abigail Sterling, Brian Yuen, Sue Lane of KPIX, San Francisco for “A Real Steal”Best Live Coverage of a News Event: Staff of KGW, Portland for “Clackamas Town Center Shooting”
Best Morning News Broadcast: Megan Jurgemeyer, Nicole Denne, Ana Cabrera, Mitch Jelniker, Tarin Deuster of KMGH, Denver
Best News Writing: Mike Mibach of KTVU, Oakland
Best Serious Feature: Sally Showman, Ty Nguyen of KOIN, Portland for “Heart to Heart”
Best Special Program: Brian Hackney, Donna Pangburn, Branson Tarr, Daniel Murphy, Sean Phillips of KPIX, San Francisco for “Hitchcock: Step By Step”
Best Spot News Story: Laurie Fernandez, Jay Jackson of KCBS, Los Angeles for “Chaos in Anaheim After Officer Involved Shooting”
Best Use of Social Media: Frank Mungeam, staff of KGW, Portland
Best Videography of a News Feature: Tony Hodrick of KTVU, Oakland for “Real Poem”
Best Videography of Hard News: Laurie Fernandez of KCBS, Los Angeles for “Chaos in Anaheim After Officer Involved Shooting”
Best Videography of Sports: Ty Nguyen, Tim Becker of KOIN, Portland for “Stacking Up”
Best Weathercast Segment: Brian Hackney of KPIX, San Francisco
Dick Terry Videographer of the Year: Jon Martin of KOMO, Seattle
Rachel Ambrose Best News Website: KGW Web Staff of KGW, Portland for “kgw.com”
Television (markets 51+)
Best Evening News Broadcast: Scott Humber, Mark Platte of KGMB, Honolulu for “Hawaii News Now at 6pm Twister Hits Oahu”
Best Anchor or Anchor Team: Teri Okita of KGMB, Honolulu
Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story: Scott Humber, Mark Platte, Keoki Kerr, Brenda Salgado of KGMB, Honolulu for “Wonder Blunder”
Best Investigative Reporting: Bud Foster, Michelle Germano, Paul Durrant of KOLD, Tucson for “Grave Mistake”
Best Light Feature: Paul Hanke of KVOA, Tucson for “Olympic Dreamers”
Best Live Coverage of a News Event: staff of KVOA, Tucson for “Loughner Sentencing”
Best Morning News Broadcast: Scott Humber, Mark Platte, Jonathan Saupe, Ryan Wilson of KGMB, Honolulu for “Hawaii News Now Sunrise”
Best Producer: Robby Messer of KVOA, Tucson for “KVOA News 4 Tucson at 5”
Best Serious Feature: Danielle Lerner, Jeffrey Westlake of KVOA, Tucson for “Defying the Odds- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords”
Best Special Program: Steve MacDonald, Albert Lutan, Clinton Bennett, Tracy Sabo of KTUU, Anchorage for “The Fairbanks Four”
Best Sports Reporting: Paul Hanke, Ryan Recker of KVOA, Tucson for “Olympic Hopefuls”
Best Sports Segment: Damien Alameda of KOLD, Tucson for “The 2012 Territorial Cup”
Best Spot News Story: Erika Flores of KVOA, Tucson for “Neighbors react to officer involved shooting”
Best Videography of a News Feature: Paul Durrant of KOLD, Tucson for “Grave Mistake”
Best Videography of Sports: Paul Hanke of KVOA, Tucson
Dick Terry Videographer of the Year: Paul Hanke of KVOA, Tucson
Radio: (all markets)
Station of the Year: KCBS News Team of KCBS, San Francisco for “KCBS Radio 740AM/106.9FM”
Bill Stout Enterprise: Molly Peterson of KPCC, Pasadena for “Proposition 37”
Bill Stout Spot News: Bret Burkhart, Kim Foster, Chris Brecher, Scott Lettieri, staff of KGO, San Francisco for “Oikos University Shooting”
Radio: (markets 1-50)
Pat Davis Radio Reporter of the Year: Bret Burkhart of KGO, San Francisco
Best News Broadcast: staff of KNX, Los Angeles for “KNX Morning News”
Best Anchor or Anchor Team: Stan Bunger, Susan Leigh Taylor of KCBS, San Francisco
Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story: Air Talk staff of KPCC, Pasadena for “Newtown Shooting and its Aftermath”
Best Investigative Reporting: Doug Sovern of KCBS, San Francisco for “Watching What You Eat”
Best Light Feature: James Kim of KPCC, Pasadena for “First Language Attrition: Why my parents and I don’t speak the same language”
Best Live Coverage of a News Event: Bret Burkhart, Kim Foster, Chris Brecher, Scott Lettieri, staff of KGO, San Francisco for “Oikos University Shooting”
Best News Writing: Sanden Totten of KPCC, Pasadena for “LACMA Rock”
Best Serious Feature: Bret Burkhart of KGO, San Francisco for “Lizzy’s Dream”
Best Special Program: Off-Ramp staff of KPCC, Pasadena for “LA Riots 20th Anniversary”
Best Sports Reporting: Scott Lettieri of KGO,San Francisco for “Spotlight: Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield”
Best Spot News Story: Bret Burkhart, Kim Foster, Chris Brecher, Scott Lettieri, staff of KGO, San Francisco “Oikos University Shooting”
Best Use of Sound-Serious or Hard News: Steve Proffitt of KPCC, Pasadena for “Aurora Shooting”
Rachel Ambrose Best News Website: staff of KTAR, Phoenix for “ktar.com”
Radio: (markets 51+)
Pat Davis Radio Reporter of the Year: Lance Orozco of KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara
Best Anchor or Anchor Team: Jim Rondeau of KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara
Best News Writing: Lance Orozco of KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara of “My Cancer”
Best Use of Sound-Feature: Suzanne Grant of KUZZ, Bakersfield of “Under Your Spell Again”
Best Use of Sound-Serious or Hard News: Lance Orozco of KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara for “Malibu Lagoon”
Best Spot News Story: Lance Orozco of KCLU, Ventura/Santa Barbara for “Horse at Sea”
Student TV:
Best General News: Ed Zuchelli, Lindsay Macleod of Cal Poly TV for “Explaining the Top-2 Primary System in California”
