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KENTUCKY

KAPB announces 2013 award winners

LOUISVILLE, April 6, 2013 -- Radio and television members of The Associated Press claimed victories in statewide news competition as the Kentucky AP Broadcasters handed out awards in Louisville on Saturday, April 6.

Competition was fierce among large-market TV stations and WDRB-TV in Louisville took home one more award than the second-place finisher.

Among WDRB's win were two news feature categories, sports feature and news videography. Crosstown rival WHAS-TV won top awards in best newscast, best sportscaster and best website. WAVE-TV in Louisville took top spot news honors for a police chase story and won the prestigious investigative category win.

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2012 Photo of the Year

Gleaner’s Darrin Phegley wins 2012 Kentucky AP Photo of the Year

Congratulations to Darrin Phegley of The Gleaner in Henderson, Ky., for winning the 2012 Kentucky AP Photo of the Year for his image of Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Long reflected in the granite of the Henderson War Memorial after he laid a wreath at the Marines insignia on the memorial during the Memorial Day event in Central Park in Henderson, Ky., Monday morning, May 28, 2012.

Phegley’s image was selected by AP staff from photos submitted by Kentucky members throughout 2012. He will receive $100 and a framed copy of his image.

Kentucky AP Joins Facebook

Kentucky Associated Press Members:

We hope you will "like" the page for Kentucky. we want these pages to foster better communication between AP and its members. Will will use the pages to highlight excellent content by AP, behind-the-scenes newsgathering information from AP, staff updates, corporate information from AP, notes baout upcoming events and kudos to members for excellent journalism or cooperation. We will also use them to communicate about upcoming industry events and training.

We'd like these Facebook pages to be another way you and your staffs can communicate with us. The pages will be open to the public, and we're interested to see what kind of feedback we get on Kentucky news.

This is a work in progress, and we're eager to get your feedback. Please take a second to "like" the appropriate page, and share this information with your staff members so they can do the same. If you have any ideas or thoughts about the page, please send an email to bureau chief Adam Yeomans, give him a call or send a message on the Facebook page.

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Tribute to Ed Reinke, 1951-2011

By JANET CAPPIELLO LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ed Reinke didn't think of his job so much as taking photos, but rather as creating them. When the award-winning Associated Press photographer grabbed his camera and headed out to an assignment, he would tell his colleagues, "I am going to make a picture."

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