2005 Florida AP Broadcasters Competition Winners

Orlando (AP) – The winners of the 2006 Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Contest were announced Saturday, April 8 in Orlando at the Shearton Safari Hotel during the FAPB's annual awards banquet.

Best Hurricane Coverage:

First “Hurricane Dennis”-WMBB

No Second place winner

Best Weathercast:

First “Mike McCall”-WCTV, Mike McCall

Second “ Noon Weather”-WWSB, John Scalzi

Best TV Newscast:

First 8/2/05 -WWSB

No Second place winner

Best Short Light Feature:

First “Little Fire Fighter”-WWSB, Travell Eiland, Chetan Rakietan

Second “Little Hero”-WWSB, Travell Eiland, Chetan Rakietan

Best Long Light Feature:

First “High Tech Homes”-WWSB, John Scalzi, Tom Sharkey

Second “Thrill Factor”-WWSB, Ken Jefferson, Jarod Rogers

Best Short Hard News Feature:

First “Pictures of Life”-WCJB, Gary Widom

Second “ Uganda Choir”-WWSB, Monica Yadav, Chetan Rakietan

Best Long Hard News Feature:

First “ADDHD”-WWSB, Heidi Godman, Tom Sharkey

No Second place winner

Best Sportscast:

First “Football Friday Night”-WWSB, Kevin Negandhi

Second “Best Sportscast”-WWSB, Kevin Negandhi

Best Sports Feature:

First “Racing Family”-WWSB, Lowell Galindo, Tom Sharkey

No Second place

Best Breaking Sports News:

First “Head Coach Hired”-WWSB, Kevin Negandhi

No Second place

Best Continuing Coverage:

First “Toxic Tallevast”-WWSB, WWSB

(tie) “Joe Smith Trial”-WWSB, Amanda Stanzilis, Tom Sharkey, Ric Russo, Jarod Rogers

Second “Meyer Trial”-WCTV, Laura Kadechka, Julie Montanaro, Kate Gaier

Best Public Affairs:

First “Toxic Tallevast”-WWSB, Ken Jefferson, Robin Roy, Jarod Rogers

Second “Hurricane Charley-One year Later”-WWSB, Bob Harrigan, Robin Roy, Darren Cook

Best Spot Video:

First “Pulled Out of Gulf”-WJHG, Kevin Barnhart

No Second place winner

Individual Achievement:

First “Alcides Segui”-WWSB

No Second place winner

MEDIUM MARKET TELEVISION

Best Hurricane Coverage:

"Team Coverage: Hurricane Wilma"-WBBH/WZVN, NBC 2 STAFF, ABC 7 Staff

No Second place winner

Best Weathercast:

First " 9/2/2005 "- First Coast News, Tim Deegan

No Second place winner

Best TV Newscast:

First “WBBH News at Six PM ”-WBBH NBC 2 Staff

Second “CBS 47 News at 11”-WTEV, Leslie Coursey, Jeff Houston

Best Short Light Feature:

First “Witness of History”- First Coast News, Eric Gederose, Alan Gionet

Second “Minervini Recovers”-WINK, Holly Wagner, Melissa Martz

Best Long Light Feature:

First “Soldier Salute”-WPBF, Desiree Malky

Second (tie) “Juliana’s Progress”-First Coast News, Jeannie Blaylock, Paul King, Jonathan Cordell

“Gator in Georgia ”-WJXT, Dan Leveton, Travis Burdick, Mike Jones

Best Short Hard News Feature:

First “Senior Drivers”-WINK, Candace Rotolo, Chris Heikel

Second “Hurricane Fatigue”-WBBH, Chad Oliver, Brian Kae

Best Long Hard News Feature:

First “Stranger Danger”-WEVN, Sharon Gregory, Peter Irberseder

Second “Fight For Freedom”- First Coast News Team, Jackelyn Barnard, Jim McIntyre, Jonathan Cordell

Best Sports Feature:

First “Immokalee Recovers from Wilma”-WZVN, Noah Pransky

No Second place winner

Best Breaking Sports News:

First “ Jaguars Might Leave Town ”-WTEV, Lee Gordon

No Second place winner

Best Continuing Coverage:

First “Mystery Disease”-WAWS Fox 30, Celine McArthur, Bernardo Santana, Carmel Bryant

Second (tie) “Super Bowl”-First Coast News, First Coast News Team

“Westside Flooding”- First Coast News, First Coast News Team

Best Public Affairs:

First (tie) “Buddy Check 12”- First Coast News, First Coast News Team

WZVN TV Stranger Danger

No Second place winner

Best Spot News:

First “Landfill Fire”- First Coast News, First Coast News

Second “Too Close for Comfort”-WINK, Grant Greenberg, Becky Kagan

Best Photo Essay:

First “Native American Tribute”-WINK, Melissa Martz

Second “One Man Band”-WINK, Matt Lucht, Chris Cifatte

Best Investigative:

First “ Secret City ”- First Coast News, Jackelyn Barnard, Paul King

Second “Who’s Guarding Our Caost?”-WPEC, Eric Roby

Individual Achievement:

First Jeannie Blaylock-First Coast News

Second (tie) Jim Piggott-WJXT

Charlene Shirk, First Coast News

Best Overall:

First WTLV

No Second place winner

LARGE MARKET TELEVISION

Best TV Newscast:

First “ January 11, 2005-Plane Crash on Tape”-WKMG, WKMG

Second “ August 2, 2005 ”-WKMG, WKMG

Best Short Light Feature:

First “Water Gone”-Bay News 9, Jason Lanning, Larry Richards

Second “USF Can’t Spell”-WFLA, Mark Douglas, Eric Hulsizer

Best Long Light Feature:

First “Dylan’s Story”-WTSP, Bill McGinty, Joe Bamford, Alex Atwell

Second “My Dearest Little Savannah ”-WTSP, Preston Rudie, Gene Yagle

Best Short Hard News Feature:

First “Terror Coalition”-Bay News 9 En Espanol, Carleth Keys and Jonathan Cruz

Second “Riding Religion”-WTVJ, Joel Connable, Scott Zamost

Best Long Hard News Feature:

First “ Lake County Cold Case”-WFTV, Berndt Petersen

Second “Mammograms-A Safe Screening Tool”-Bay News 9, Tammy Robiconti, CJ Johnson, Efrem Sanchez

Best Sportscast:

First “Hall of Fame Show”-WTVT, Fox 13 Sports

Second “Eye Witness Sports”-WFTV, Dan Hellie, Justin Whitman

Best Sports Feature:

First “One Mile at a Time”-WTSP, Angela Jacobs, Devin Marshall

Second “Female Boxers”-WFTS, Sarina Fazan, Jim Jones, Drew Duncan

Best Continuing Coverage:

First “The Terri Schiavo Case”-Bay News 9

Second “Miami Commissioner Art Teele”-WFOR

Best Public Affairs:

First “Missing Boy Scouts?”- WFTS/ABC Action News, Matt McGlashen, Aaron Wische, Robin Guess

Second (tie) “Hurricane Alert 2005”-WFTV, Matt Parcell, Bruce Wiley, Margaret Norman

“Eye on the Storm”-WTSP, Alex Atwell, Matt King, Dick Fletcher

Best Spot News:

First “Plane Crash Caught on Tape”-WKMG, Dan McCarthy, Chris Miller

Second “ Miami Airport Shooting”-WFOR

Best Photo Essay:

First “The Chicken Man”-WESH, Marc Rice, Kathy Marsh

Second “Migrants”-Bay News 9 En Espanol, Jonathon Cruz

Best Investigative:

First “Sacerdote Amante y Espia”-Noticias 23 Univision, Mario Vallejo, Manuel Rodriguez, Helga Silva

Second “Bus Stop ADA ”-WFLA

Individual Achievement:

First “Tony Pipitone-2005”-WKMG, Tony Pipitone

Second “Covering Central Florida 2005”-WKMG, Erik von Ancken

Best Overall:

First “Best Overall”-WFOR-TV, WFOR

Second “Best Overall”-WFTV

RADIO DIVISION II

Best Long Light Feature:

First “Hip Hop Influence”-WRUF, WRUF

No Second place winner

Best Short Hard News Feature:

First “Bodies: The Exhibition”-WUFT, Navideh Forghani

No Second place winner

Best Long Hard News Feature:

First “Migrant Camp”-WGCU FM, Valerie Alker

Second “Checking Sex Predators”-WUFT FM, Navideh Forghani

Best Sports Feature:

First “McArthur Returns”-WUFT FM, German Elias

Second “Middle School Football”-WRUF, WRUF

Best Use of Sound:

First “Sonic Vision”-WGCU. Dustin Hapli

Second “Fire Training”-WQCS, Joe Lenartiene

Best Continuing Coverage:

First “ Treasure Coast Helps Katrina Victims”-WQCS, Jill Roberts, Joe Lenartiene

Second “Wilma”-WQCS, Jill Roberts

Best Public Affairs:

First “Life on the Streets”-WRUF, WRUF

Second “Unification Debate”-WUFT, Lauren Rodriguez

Individual Achievement:

First Navideh Forghani-WUFT FM

Second Alyssa Zamora-WUFT FM

Best Overall:

First “WUFT/Mid-Florida Public Radio 2005”, WUFT FM, Staff

RADIO DIVISION I

Best Hurricane Coverage:

First “WDBO Coverage”-WDBO, WDBO News Staff

Second “Hurricane Coverage 2005”-WOKV, WOKV News Team

Best Short Light Feature:

First “Toilet Tax”-WFLF, Michelle Murillo

Second “Yom Kippur + Rammadon”-WUSF, Valerie Ingram

Best Long Light Feature:

First (tie) “ Central Florida ’s Search for Community: Orlando Before Disney”-WMFE, Judith Smelser

“House and Garden”-WLRN- Miami Herald News, Christine Dolen, Michael Hibblen, Irina Lallemand

Second “Dance Concert”-WUSF, Bobbie O’Brien

Best Short Hard News Feature:

First “Homeless Crackdown”-WDBO, Bob Hazen

Second “Schiavo Protestors”-WUSF, Steve Newborn

Best Long Hard News Feature:

First “The Assassination of Harry T. Moore”-WXEL, Rick Stone, Rhonda Miller

Second “Bitter Fruit in Citrus Country”-WUSF, Carson Cooper, Tom Parkinson

Best Sportscast:

First Sportscast-WOKV, Aaron Schachter

Second “ South Florida ’s First Sports”-WIOD, Jorge Sedano

Best Sports Feature:

First “ Stanley Cup: One Year Later”-970 WFLA-AM, Eben Brown

Second “ Miami Dolphins Preview”-WIOD, Wayne Roustan

Best Breaking Sports News:

First “Jag-Wars”-WOKV, Nick Gale , Chad Petri, WOKV News Team

Second “Miami Heat Coach Quits”-WIOD, Wayne Roustan, Nathalie Rodriguez

Best Use of Sound:

First “Lights, Motors, Action”-WFLF, Michelle Murillo

Second “Spring Training”-WUSF, Tom Parkinson

Best Continuing Coverage:

First “The Terri Schiavo Case”-WUSF Public Broadcasting, Steve Newborn, Bobbie O’Brien, WUSF News Team

Second “The Indictment of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer”-WMFE-FM Orlando, Judith Smelser

Best Public Affairs:

First “The Mariel Migration-25 Years Later”-WLRN Miami Herald News, Patricia Nazario, Irina Lallemand

Second “Storm Track 2005”-WOKV, WOKV News Team

Best Spot News:

First “ Lake Deputy Dies”-WDBO, Bob Hazen, Gina Jordan, Mike Synan

No Second place winner

Best Investigative:

First “Bus Stop Deaths”-WUSF

Second Tasers: A Shockumentary”-WIOD, Al Warnell

Best Newscast-5 minutes or less:

First “ 10/24/05 ”-WDBO, News Staff

Second “ 11/18/05 ”-WFLA

Best Newscast-Over 5 minutes:

First (tie) “ Central Florida ’s Morning News”-WDBO, WDBO News Staff ( 2-9-05 )

“ Central Florida ’s Morning News”-WDBO, WDBO News Staff ( 11-18-05 )

Second “ Jacksonville ’s Morning News”-WOKV, WOKV News Team

Individual Achievement:

First “Bobbie O’Brien”-WUSF 89.7 FM, Bobbie O’Brien

Second “Individual Achievement”-WIOD, Wayne Roustan

Best Overall:

First WDBO

Second “WIOD 610-AM Newsradio”-WIOD, Peter Bolger, Lori Shepard

The Chris MacGill BEST OF SHOW awards went to:

For TV, Jackelyn Barnard and Paul King with First Coast News

For Radio, WDBO News Team

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