This past Saturday (19 Apr 2008) the Alaska Press Club held its annual banquet and awards ceremony and reporters from across the Alaska Public Radio Network scooped up a bundle of awards in a variety of categories. We couldn’t be more excited for the achievements.
Congratulations to all the reporters and the supporting staff of the APRN!
NOTES: Only the APRN winners are listed. Original stories are linked, where possible. Special thanks to Steve Heimel for assembling this list.
BREAKING NEWS
- First: Charles Homans, KIAL – Unalaska, “Fire on the Stellar Sea“
- Second: David Shurtleff, APRN – Anchorage, “FBI Raids Home of Senator Ted Stevens“
BEST SINGLE STORY
- First: Libby Casey, KUAC – Fairbanks, “Iraq war widow chooses in vitro“
- Second: Rebecca Sheir, AK / APRN – Anchorage, “Selling the U.S. One Inch at a time“
- Third: Matt Lichtenstein, KFSK – Petersburg, “Record Snowfall”
COMPREHENSIVE
- First: CoastAlaska, “Voices of Tongass”
- Second: David Shurtleff, APRN – Anchorage, “Alaska Corruption Trials”
- Third: John Ryan, KTOO – Juneau, “Avalanche Series”
ONGOING PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM
- Second: Dixie Hutchinson, KNBA – Anchorage, “Out-migration”
- Third: Casey Kelly, KMXT – Kodiak, “The Alaska Fisheries Report”
GOVERNMENT /POLITICAL REPORTING
- First: David Shurtleff, APRN – Anchorage, “Congressional Picnic Gone Wrong“
- Second: Leah Mann, KCAW – Sitka, “Youth Election“
BUSINESS REPORTING
- First: Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska, “Real Estate Boom”
- Second: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg, “Rural Hospital Connections”
- Third: Jay Barrett, KMXT – Kodiak, “Beer Supply in Danger”
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
- First: Charles Homans, KIAL – Unalaska, “Fish Drift from Familiar Alaska Waters”
- Second: Dixie Hutchinson, KNBA – Anchorage, “Anchorage Running Clean”
- Third: Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska, “Yakutat Hubbard Glacier“
BEST REPORTING ON CRIME OR COURTS
- First: Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage, “Fred the Bailsman“
- Second: Ellen Lockyer, AK / APRN – Anchorage, “Exxon Payback“
- Third: David Shurtleff, APRN – Anchorage, “Feds Outline Case Against Kott“
BEST REPORTING ON HEALTH OR SCIENCE
- Second: Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage, “Traditional Healers“
BEST FEATURE
- First: Charles Homans, KIAL – Unalaska, “End of an era in Unalaska”
- Second: Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage, “Arctic Ocean”
- Third: Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka, “Yaadaas”
BEST PROFILE
- First: Celeste Novak, Mike Mason, KBBI – Homer, “Howard Hedges Obituary”
- Second: Charles Homans, KIAL – Unalaska, “Dr. David Baines“
- Third: Ellen Lockyer, AK / APRN – Anchorage, “Moses Obeidi“
BEST SPORTS STORY
- First: Rebecca Sheir, AK / APRN – Anchorage “Keeping Up With The Jumpers: Competitive Rope Skipping in the Last Frontier“
- Second: Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage, “Risking It on Denali”
- Third: Dixie Hutchinson, KNBA – Anchorage, “WEIO Kickoff“
BEST ARTS REPORTING
- First: Charles Homans, KIAL – Unalaska, “Philippines Pop in Unalaska”
- Second: Rebecca Shier, AK / APRN – Anchorage, “Alaska in da Bronx“
- Third: Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage, “Prison Music”
BEST DAILY NEWS PROGRAM
- First: KMXT Midday Report with Jay Barrett, KMXT – Kodiak
