KY3 and KSPR in Springfield, Mo. won 31 awards in Missouri broadcast competition in May and June, highlighted by KY3 being named a National Edward R. Murrow award winner for excellence in electronic journalism.
The National Murrow award was in Video News Series category for small market TV stations and went to Paula Morehouse and Taka Yokoyama for their stories from Afghanistan titled “Bombing and Rebuilding: The Reality of War In Afghanistan”,
Morehouse and Yokoyama had previously won three Regional Murrow awards for Video News Series, Use of Video and Writing.
KY3 also won eight Missouri Broadcast Assn. awards and one SPJ award. KSPR won seven Missouri Broadcast Assn. awards and 12 Kansas City Press Club awards.
One unique achievement was by Jamie Dopp who swept the Public Service Announcement category, but with two different stations, a first with KY3 and a second with KSPR.
The KY3 award winners were:
Missouri Broadcast Assn. Firsts – Children’s Programming, Cara Restelli and Robin Yancy; Documentary/Public Affairs, Maria Neider and Jerrod McCully; Investigatuve Reporting, Sara Forhetz and McCully; News Series, Morehouse and Yokoyama; Public Service Announcement, Dopp. Certificate of Merit – Complete Newscast, Brett Onstott; Best Weathercast, Brandon Beck; Promotion, Charlie McDonald.
Society of Professional Journalists. Gold Award – Morehouse and Yokoyama.
The KSPR award winners were:
Missouri Broadcast Assn. First – Best Weathercast, Kevin Lighty; Feature Reporting, Joe Daues and Paul McReynolds; Spot News, Joanna Small and McReynolds; Second – Sports, Mike Scott; Station Sponsored Community Event, KSPR; Promotions, Dan McGrane; Public Service Announcement, Dopp.
Kansas City Press Club Awards. Gold – Public Service Event, KSPR; Franchise Feature, Doug Magditch; Online News Program, KSPR.com. Silver – General Assignment, Joel Girdner, McReynolds, Ben Knaup, Brian Mattson and Michelle Sherwood; Feature Reporting – Daues and McReynolds; Sports, Joel Girdner; Public Service Event, KSPR. Bronze -- Photojournalism, Girdner; Newscast. KSPR News at 4:00 p.m.; Spot News, Small and McReynolds. Honorable Mention – Newscast, KSPR News At 4:00 p.m.; Spot News, Magditch; and General Assignment, Small and Girdner.
The National Murrow award was in Video News Series category for small market TV stations and went to Paula Morehouse and Taka Yokoyama for their stories from Afghanistan titled “Bombing and Rebuilding: The Reality of War In Afghanistan”,
Morehouse and Yokoyama had previously won three Regional Murrow awards for Video News Series, Use of Video and Writing.
KY3 also won eight Missouri Broadcast Assn. awards and one SPJ award. KSPR won seven Missouri Broadcast Assn. awards and 12 Kansas City Press Club awards.
One unique achievement was by Jamie Dopp who swept the Public Service Announcement category, but with two different stations, a first with KY3 and a second with KSPR.
The KY3 award winners were:
Missouri Broadcast Assn. Firsts – Children’s Programming, Cara Restelli and Robin Yancy; Documentary/Public Affairs, Maria Neider and Jerrod McCully; Investigatuve Reporting, Sara Forhetz and McCully; News Series, Morehouse and Yokoyama; Public Service Announcement, Dopp. Certificate of Merit – Complete Newscast, Brett Onstott; Best Weathercast, Brandon Beck; Promotion, Charlie McDonald.
Society of Professional Journalists. Gold Award – Morehouse and Yokoyama.
The KSPR award winners were:
Missouri Broadcast Assn. First – Best Weathercast, Kevin Lighty; Feature Reporting, Joe Daues and Paul McReynolds; Spot News, Joanna Small and McReynolds; Second – Sports, Mike Scott; Station Sponsored Community Event, KSPR; Promotions, Dan McGrane; Public Service Announcement, Dopp.
Kansas City Press Club Awards. Gold – Public Service Event, KSPR; Franchise Feature, Doug Magditch; Online News Program, KSPR.com. Silver – General Assignment, Joel Girdner, McReynolds, Ben Knaup, Brian Mattson and Michelle Sherwood; Feature Reporting – Daues and McReynolds; Sports, Joel Girdner; Public Service Event, KSPR. Bronze -- Photojournalism, Girdner; Newscast. KSPR News at 4:00 p.m.; Spot News, Small and McReynolds. Honorable Mention – Newscast, KSPR News At 4:00 p.m.; Spot News, Magditch; and General Assignment, Small and Girdner.
