Chicago Radio & TV Stations & Staffers Win AP Excellence Awards

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: It was announced this week that many Chicago area radio & television stations and staffers are recipients of being honored with Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association Journalism Excellence awards for work done in 2009. : Chicago radio winners include: : BEST REPORTER: Bob Roberts, WBBM-AM. : BEST NEWSCAST: WBBM-AM "6:05am Newscast - January 27, 2009", Felicia Middlebrooks, JOhn Hultman, Josh Liss, Jim Bennes, Ken Kosek, Barbara Hillebrand. : OUTSTANDING NEWS OPERATION: WBEZ-FM, Chicago Public Radio Staff. : BEST NEWSWRITER: Ashley Gross, WBEZ-FM. : BEST INVESTIGATIVE SERIES: WBEZ-FM, "Moldy Metropolis: Homeowners Struggle with Leaky Concrete", Ashley Gross, Cate Cahan. : BEST SPOT NEWS: WGN-AM, "Fire On High", Don Norton, Christopher Michael, Jeremy Gorner, Margaret Larkin, Steve King, Johnnie Putman. : BEST SPORTS: WBBM-AM, "Super Bowl XLIII", Jeff Joniak. : BEST SERIES/DOCUMENTARY: WBEZ-FM, "Where They Are, Why They're Gone: Three 9th Grade Dropouts", Sally Eisele, Linda Lutton. : BEST LIGHT FEATURE: WGN-AM, "Last Ride At Kiddieland", Don Norton. : BEST HARD NEWS FEATURE: WBEZ-FM, "Are Aldermen Taking It Easy On Carothers?", Sam Hudzik, Cate Cahan. : BEST USE OF SOUND: WBEZ-FM, "The NIU Community Reflects On 2008 Shootings", Carrie Shepherd, Aurora Aguilar. : Chicago television winners include: : BEST REPORTER: Kim Vatis, WMAQ-TV. : BEST NEWSCAST: WFLD-TV, "FOX Chicago News At 9: May 7, 2009", Carol Fowler, Geoff Dankert, PEete Odon, Tony Statz, Lisa Vucsko, Jay Sondheimer. : OUTSTANDING NEWS OPERATION: WFLD-TV, "Fox Chicago News 2009", Fox Chicago News Team. : BEST INVESTIGATIVE SERIES: WFLD-TV, "Cutting Class: The Truth About Chicago Teacher Absences", Mark Saxenmeyer, Lou Hinkhouse, D. Osborne Gresham, Dartise Johnson. : BEST SERIES/DOCUMENTARY: (FIRST PLACE TIE) : - WGN-TV, "Honor Flight Chicago", Steve Sanders, Pam Grimes, Mike D'Angelo. : - WFLD-TV, "Heroin In The Suburbs", Mark Saxenmeyer, Lon Hinkhouse, Dartise Johnson, D. Osborne Gresham. : BEST LIGHT FEATURE: WFLD-TV, "Foreclosure Disclosure", Mark Saxenmeyer, Dartise Johnson. : BEST HARD NEWS FEATURE: WFLD-TV, "After The Fenger Beating Death: Chicago's Cycle Of Violence", Mark Saxenmeyer, Lou Hinkhouse, D. Osborne Gresham. : The Illinois AP Broadcasters Association awards are for acknowledging excellence in radio and television journalism produced by AP members. The contest was open to all Illinois TV and radio stations which were in good standing with the Associated Press and for work from those stations broadcast during the 2009 calendar year. The awards are given strictly for journalistic excellence -- production value does not necessarily play into a decision. Awards are based ONLY on the entries received. If a station did not enter its broadcasts by the deadline, they cannot win an award. What this means is if station WXYZ wins a "Best" Award, it does not necessarily mean that WXYZ is the best in the state, just the best from the entries received, from the qualifying stations. : The AP awards will be presented to the winners on Saturday, April 17th, at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association Spring 2010 Convention at the the Oak Brook Marriott Resort in Oak Brook, IL.

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