APTRA’s 2006 Mark Twain Awards: TV Categories
Twenty-four television stations in California and Nevada have won – or received nominations for – APTRA’s new Mark Twain Awards.
Judges from stations and networks based in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Florida gathered at KOCE-TV in Orange County where they went through almost 400 entries in both television and radio.
Here are the winners for all the television categories. The winners in the nominee categories are highlighted in blue. Those awards were announced at the Mark Twain Awards banquet on March 25.
T-1 BILL STOUT MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENTERPRISE NEWS COVERAGE (ONE DIVISION)
“Meth: Crackdown And Recovery”
John Beard. Phil Shuman, Bob Tarlau, Mark Sudock, Ken Moore, Yolanda Santana-Santillan
KTTV/Los Angeles
T-2 BILL STOUT MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STATION SPOT NEWS (ONE DIVISION) (TIE)
“Airport Shooting”
CBS 2 News Staff
KPSP, Palm Springs
“Pacific Storm”
KTTV News Team
KTTV, Los Angeles
TELEVISION - CLASS ONE
T-3 BEST NEWSWRITING
“KTLA Prime News”
Ryan Cowan, Diana Chi, Christine Miceli, Scott Aulerich, Shawn McGinnis,
Patrick O’Connor, Susan Haag, Alicia Sieradzki
KTLA, Los Angeles
T-4 BEST SPORTS SEGMENT
“Sports With Damon Andrews”
Damon Andrews, Ted Green, Tom Klimasz
KTLA, Los Angeles
T-5 BEST WEATHER
“Early Edition Pinpoint Weather”
Roberta Gonzales, Eric Elliott
KPIX/San Francisco
T-6 BEST LIVE COVERAGE OF A NEWS EVENT
“La Conchita Landslide”
CBS2/KCAL 9 News Team
KCBS/KCAL, Los Angeles
T-7 BEST SPOT NEWS STORY
“Woolsey Canyon Fire”
Phil Shuman, Larry Croner
KTTV/KCOP, Los Angeles
T-8 BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
“The Body Show”
Dan Noyes, Beth Rimbey, Lynn Friedman
KGO, San Francisco
T-9 BEST COVERAGE OF AN ONGOING STORY (TIE)
“La Conchita Landslide”
CBS2/KCAL 9 News Team
KCBS/KCAL, Los Angeles
"Hurricane Katrina"
Nischelle Turner, Jeff Michael, Ed Laskos, Tricia Takasugi, Ken Moore, Greg
Montemurro, Ed Almonte, Ramon Nunez.
KTTV, Los Angeles
+T-10 BEST SPECIAL PROGRAM
“Misterios De la Fe”
(Mysteries Of The Faith)
Fernando Escandon, Diego Carro, Jose Hernandez Junior, Juan-Manuel Martinez
KVEA, Los Angeles
T-11 BEST SERIOUS FEATURE
“World Airways: Baby Lift”
Thuy Vu
KGO, San Francisco
T-12 BEST LIGHT FEATURE
“Milpitas Hum”
Garvin Thomas, Donald Hardy
KNTV, San Francisco/San Jose
+T-13 BEST SPORTS REPORTING
“Caron Butler-From Troubled Youth To NBA Star”
Barry LeBrock
Fox Sports Net, Los Angeles
+T-14 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF HARD NEWS
“La Conchita Slide”
Carl Stein
KCBS/KCAL, Los Angeles
+T-15 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF A NEWS FEATURE
“French Laundry”
Jonathan Drum
KNTV, San Jose/San Francisco
+T-16 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS
“Elsie Allen H.S. Rugby-Road To Nationals”
Alforde M. Joaquin
KICU-TV, San Jose/San Francisco
T-17 BEST ANCHOR OR ANCHOR TEAM (TIE)
“Lisa Kim-NBC 11”
Lisa Kim
KNTV, San Jose/San Francisco
Maria Leticia Gomez
KDTV, San Francisco
+T-18 BEST HARD NEWS EDITING - NO WINNER
+T-19 BEST FEATURE EDITING
“Elsie Allen H.S. Rugby-Road To Nationals”
Alforde M. Joaquin
KICU, San Jose/San Francisco
T-20 DICK TERRY VIDEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Dean Smith
KNTV, San Jose/San Francisco
T-21 BEST ASSIGNMENT DESK/LIVE BREAKING NEWS
KTLA Morning News Assignment Desk for "Metrolink Train Disaster"
T-22 CHRIS HARRIS REPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Hal Eisner
KCOP/KTTV. Los Angeles
T-23 BEST NEWS BROADCAST-30 MINUTES
“Channel 13 News”
Lauren Sanchez, Rick Garcia, Maria Quiban, Jeff Schultz, Ruben Villaescusa,
Marla Fain, Larry Croner, Carol Breshears. Tom Searson, Jose Rios
KCOP, Los Angeles
T-24 BEST NEWS BROADCAST-60 MINUTES
“CBS 2 News At 5”
CBS 2 News Team
KCBS, Los Angeles
TELEVISION - CLASS TWO
T-3 BEST NEWSWRITING
“Against All Odds”
Matt Skryja
KSEE, Fresno
T-4 BEST SPORTS SEGMENT - NO WINNER
T-5 BEST WEATHER SEGMENT - NO ENTRIES
T-6 BEST LIVE COVERAGE OF A NEWS EVENT
“Michael Jackson Verdict”
KCOY News Staff”
KCOY-TV, Santa Maria
T-7 BEST SPOT NEWS STORY
“Airport Shooting”
Erin Gilhuly
KPSP, Palm Springs
T-8 BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (TIE)
“Wake Up Call”
Jeff Nguyen, Chris Paxton
KCOY-TV, Santa Maria
“Cal Works Investigation”
Pablo Espinoza
KUVS, Sacramento
T-9 BEST COVERAGE OF AN ONGOING STORY
“Soldier Death”
Sandra Gonzalez
KGET, Bakersfield
+T-10 BEST SPECIAL PROGRAM
“Encuentro En La Bahia”
Valeria Hernandez, Mahelda Rodriguez, Maria Leticia Gomez, Luis Echegoyen
KDTV, San Francisco
T-11 BEST SERIOUS FEATURE
“Earthwatch-Otter Pups”
Wendy Thies, Kenny Nichols
KSBY, San Luis Obispo
T-12 BEST LIGHT FEATURE
“Healdsburg Rooster”
Curtiss Kim, Ben Arnoff
KFTY, Santa Rosa
+T-13 BEST SPORTS REPORTING
“Hope From The Slopes”
Dean Leisgang
KRNV, Reno
+T-14 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF HARD NEWS
“Airport Shooting”
Arron Healy
KPSP, Palm Springs
+T-15 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF A NEWS FEATURE
“Gingerbread 101”
Chris Bollini
KFTY, Santa Rosa
+T-16 BEST VIDEOGRAPHY OF SPORTS
“Dancing Gorilla”
Felix Mendoza
KUVS, Sacramento
T-17 BEST ANCHOR OR ANCHOR TEAM
“KSEE Sunrise”
Bud Elliott & Faith Sidlow
KSEE, Fresno
+T-18 BEST HARD NEWS EDITING
“Hidden Hangout”
KCOY, Santa Maria
+T-19 BEST FEATURE EDITING
“Gingerbread 101”
Chris Bollini
KFTY, Santa Rosa
T-20 DICK TERRY VIDEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Felix Mendoza
KUVS, Sacramento
T-21 BEST ASSIGNMENT DESK/LIVE BREAKING NEWS – NO
ENTRIES
T-22 CHRIS HARRIS REPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARD – NO ENTRIES
T-23 BEST NEWS BROADCAST-30 MINUTES
"CBS 47 At Six”
James Gonzalez
KGPE, Fresno
T-24 BEST NEWS BROADCAST-60 MINUTES
"Eyewitness News at 10 on Fox 58"
Aaron Rothkopf
KBFX, Bakersfield
+Awards to be presented at lunch