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06/18/07
AP Broadcast Press Release
AP Radio wins national Murrow award
for behind-the-scenes Olympics coverage
WASHINGTON -- AP Radio has been honored by the Radio-Television
News Directors Association with the prestigious Edward R.
Murrow 2007 Award for excellence in radio network news series.
AP Radio received the national news award for its coverage
of "life behind the scenes" at the 2006 Olympic
Games in Turin, Italy.
Produced by veteran AP correspondent Warren Levinson, the
12-part series captured the human side of Turin and the Olympics.
The series covered a wide range, everything from the thriving
chocolate makers in Turin to the strange phenomenon of non-partisan
cheerleaders at the hockey games to an athlete known as "Grandma
Luge". Levinson even asked the biathletes -- who ski
and shoot -- what they thought of Vice President Dick Cheney
accidentally shooting a hunting companion.
“Warren is a wonderful story teller,” said Brad
Kalbfeld, Managing Editor and Deputy Director of AP Broadcast.
“He finds the offbeat angle, and uses it to take the
listener behind the usual image of the Olympics, showing us
the quirks of the locale and the athletes. We're proud of
his accomplishment and of being honored with this prestigious
award.”
The Radio-Television News Directors Association has been honoring
outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the
Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow's pursuit of excellence
in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry
his name. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of
excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic
news profession.
AP Radio will be officially recognized at the Edward R. Murrow
Awards Ceremony on Oct. 15, 2007 in New York.
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Contact: Roger Lockhart, 202.736.1145, rlockhart@ap.org
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