WCCO-AM, WDIO-TV, MPR Among Top Minnesota AP Award Winners
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — WDIO-TV of Duluth, Minnesota Public Radio and WCCO-AM of Minneapolis are among top winners in the 2014 Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters awards contest.
WDIO won best in show among television stations for its report on domestic violence. KXLT-TV of Rochester won first place for an examination of whether or not to vaccinate. KTTC-TV of Rochester won best newscast.
MPR's report on problems with Minnesota's health insurance exchange was a best-in-show winner. WCCO won first place in spot news for its report on the killing of a Mendota Heights police officer.
Other radio winners include KTOE of Mankato, WTIP of Grand Marais, KVSC of St. Cloud and KFGO of Fargo, North Dakota
The awards will be presented Friday night at the annual AP banquet at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington.
Winners in Minnesota AP broadcast contest
Here's a list of the winners in the 2014 Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters news contest.
Radio II
Spot/Hard News
1st: KTOE, Mankato, "Hard News Reporting - Kato Shooting April 21, 2014," by Wendy Wilde
Honorable Mention: KTOE, Mankato, "Hard News Reporting - WW Blacktopping Fire March 10, 2014," by Wendy Wilde, Philip Weyhe
Honorable Mention: KTOE, Mankato, "Hard News Reporting - Nelson / Kolstad Folo May 13, 2014," by Wendy Wilde, Dave Williams, Dan McCargar, Pete Steiner
Feature
1st: KTOE, Mankato, "Feature - Cops and Bobbers August 14, 2014," by Wendy Wilde
Honorable Mention: WTIP, Grand Marais, "Local Music Project: Radio Waves," by Will Moore
Honorable Mention: KTOE, Mankato, "100 Years of Weather August 29, 2014," by Wendy Wilde
Series/Special
1st: WTIP, Grand Marais, "Lake Superior Project: Trafficking & Lake Superior," by Kelly Schoenfelder
Honorable Mention: KTOE, Mankato, "Biggest Road Construction Year Ever April 3-10, 2014," by Wendy Wilde
Honorable Mention: KVSC, St. Cloud, "World War II Flying Fortress Makes Stop at St. Cloud Regional Airport," by Vicki Ikeogu
Documentary/Investigative
1st: KVSC, St. Cloud, "Genocide Awareness Project," by Korina Borash
Honorable Mention: WTIP, Grand Marais, "History Speaks: Ernest Oberholtzer - Advocate for the Quetico-Superior," by Martha Marnocha
Sports Reporting
1st: KVSC, St. Cloud, "Husky Sports Friday on KVSC," by Declan Goff
Honorable Mention: KVSC, St. Cloud, "SCSU Women's Basketball 2014-15 Season Preview," by Daniel Papp
Writing
1st: WTIP, Grand Marais, "Gus' Wild Side: Cache Lake Country," by Dennis Kaleta, Martha Marnocha
Best Newscast
1st: KTOE, Mankato, "KTOE Noon News - November 12, 2014," by Wendy Wilde, Pete Steiner
Sports Play by Play
1st: KVSC, St. Cloud, "SCSU Men's Hockey #6 vs #1 Univ. of MN 10/31/14," by Declan Goff, Jeremiah Graves
Honorable Mention: KVSC, St. Cloud, "SCSU Women's Basketball vs Northern State Univ. 12/13/14," by Daniel Papp, Zach Fuchs
Best Website
WTIP-FM Grand Marais, www.wtip.org
Best in Show
WTIP, Grand Marais, "Lake Superior Project: Trafficking & Lake Superior," by Kelly Schoenfelder
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Radio III
Spot/Hard News
1st: WCCO, Minneapolis, "Officer Down," by WCCO News
Honorable Mention: MPR, St. Paul, "Building explosion, fire rock Minneapolis neighborhood," by Laura McCallum , Tim Nelson, Brandt Williams, Laura Yuen, Mark Zdechlik, Curtis Gilbert, Tom Crann, Phil Picardi, John Wanamaker, Jeff Jones, Mike Mulcahy, Jennifer Ehrlich
Honorable Mention: KFGO, Fargo, "Deputy Shot," by Paul Jurgens, Jim Monk, Don Haney
Feature
1st: MPR, St. Paul, "As homelessness overwhelms, Dorothy Day Center struggles, plans," by Tim Nelson, Jennifer Ehrlich
Honorable Mention: WCCO, Minneapolis, "The Anoka Tornado - 75 Years Later," by Edgar Linares
Series/Special
1st: MPR, St. Paul, "Beneath the surface: Minnesota's pending groundwater challenge," by Elizabeth Baier, Elizabeth Dunbar, Dan Kraker, Mark Steil, Bill Catlin, Mike Edgerly, Kate Smith, Bill Wareham, Dave Peters
Honorable Mention: WCCO, Minneapolis, "Inside the Razor Wire," by Susie Jones
Documentary/Investigative
1st: MPR, St. Paul, "Management, technology failures, miscommunication plagued MNsure," by Catharine Richert, Elizabeth Stawicki, Bill Catlin
Honorable Mention: KFGO, Fargo, "Train Explosion 911," by Paul Jurgens
Honorable Mention: WCCO, Minneapolis, "Inside the Razor Wire," by Susie Jones
Sports Reporting
1st: WCCO, Minneapolis, "Good Sport," by Dave Lee
Writing
1st: MPR, St. Paul, "Mattress apocalypse? Buried in trashed bedding, Mpls. may seek relief," by Curtis Gilbert, Laura McCallum
Best Newscast
1st: MPR, St. Paul, "All Things Considered Nov. 12, 2014," by Tom Crann, Jayne Solinger, Perry Finelli, Brigitta Greene, Curtis Gilbert, Elizabeth Dunbar, Laura McCallum, Mike Edgerly
Honorable Mention: WCCO, Minneapolis, "The WCCO Morning News," by WCCO News
Honorable Mention: KFGO, Fargo, "KFGO News 12:30 PM," by Bonnie Amistadi, Jim Monk, Don Haney
Sports Play by Play
1st: KFGO, Fargo, "NDSU vs. Fort Wayne," by Scott Miller
Honorable Mention: WCCO, Minneapolis, "St. Thomas Playoff Football," by Dave Lee
Honorable Mention: KFGO, Fargo, "NDSU upsets South Dakota State," Jack Michaels
Best Website
Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, www.mprnews.org
Best in Show
MPR, St. Paul, "Management, technology failures, miscommunication plagued MNsure," by Catharine Richert, Elizabeth Stawicki, Bill Catlin
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