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10/07/2004
AP announces nine staff winners for its 11th annual Gramling
Awards
NEW YORK -- The Associated Press has named nine staff members
from around the world as winners of its 2004 Gramling Awards
for excellence. The honorees include a correspondent who faces
daily challenges covering the news in Myanmar, a producer
who has been the linchpin of AP's television coverage in Iraq,
a Washington journalist who routinely uses source reporting,
technology and strategic thinking to consistently put the
AP ahead on major breaking stories, and a technology expert
who is helping lead APTN's conversion to digital production.
The Oliver S. Gramling Awards, now in their 11th year, are
given annually to staff members whose work and initiative
contribute significantly to the news report and to overall
AP operations. The awards are named for Oliver S. Gramling,
an AP newsman and executive who in 1941 developed AP's first
radio wire. Gramling bequeathed his estate
to AP when he died in 1992, with instructions it be used for
AP staff members nominated for excellence by their colleagues.
A committee of bureau and department managers selected the
winners.
This year's winners:
-- $10,000 Gramling Journalism Awards: Rangoon-based Correspondent
Aye Aye Win for her daily coverage of Myanmar under difficult
circumstances, and Washington reporter Ted Bridis for putting
the AP ahead on a wide range of major breaking stories such
as the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal and the decision
in the Microsoft anti-trust case with a blend
of source reporting, technology and strategic thinking.
-- $10,000 Gramling Achievement Awards: London-based APTN
Head of Technology and Strategic Products David Hoad for helping
lead APTN's conversion to digital production and other projects,
and Baghdad-based APTN Senior Producer Ahmed Sami for being
the linchpin of the company's television coverage in Iraq
for a decade and significantly contributing this year to AP's
print, photo and radio newsgathering efforts.
-- $3,000 Gramling Spirit Awards: New York-based National
Writer Jerry Schwartz, who wrote the AP Reporting Handbook,
for embodying the spirit of the AP by sharing his insights
with any colleague around the world who calls and asks for
guidance on issues ranging from writing and editing to personal
concerns; Los Angeles Assistant Chief of Bureau Andy Lippman
for his decades-long devotion to the company, his work and
his colleagues; and Lisa Matthews, All News Radio Editor for
the Broadcast News Center in Washington, for her daily dedication
to the AP's mission of cooperation and her exceptional and
enthusiastic service to colleagues around the globe and member
broadcasters.
-- $3,000 Gramling Scholarship Awards: Chicago-based Business
Writer David Carpenter, who will use his award to participate
in the Financial Decision Making certificate program at the
University of Chicago's Graham School of General Studies,
and Omaha-based Nebraska News Editor Kia Breaux Randle, who
will use her award toward a Master of Science in Management
degree at Baker University in Overland Park, Kan.
-- Founded in 1848, The Associated Press is the world's oldest
and llargest newsgathering organization, providing content
to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of 1 billion
people around the world. Its multimedia services are distributed
by satellite and the
Internet to more than 120 nations.
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