| 2008 TAPB WINNERS | ||||
| TELEVISION | ||||
| CATEGORY | PLACE | NAME | STATION | TITLE |
| Best TV Newscast |
1st Place Hon Men |
Staff Staff |
WATE-TV WTVF |
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| Best Spot News |
1st Place Hon Men |
Mike Rose Jason Law and Allen Fairbanks |
WTVF WDEF |
"Snake Bit" "Plane Crash" |
| Best Investigative Reporting |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Phil Williams, Bryan Staples, Kevin Wisniewski Dana Rebik and Matt Stringer Jeni DiPrizio and Brad Nygaard |
WTVF WPTY WPTY |
"Dishonorable Deceptions" "Soldier Sickened" "Business Taxes" |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place Hon Men |
Mike McCarthy Joe Legge and Allen Fairbanks |
WVLT WDEF |
"Flea Market Church" "YouTube Chattanooga" |
| Best Videography |
1st Place Hon Men |
Kevin Umberger Matt Stringer |
WBIR WPTY |
"Sinkhole" "Stringer Composite" |
| Best Short Light Feature |
1st Place Hon Men |
John Dunn and Robert Brown Dana Rebik and Matt Stringer |
WZTV WPTY |
"A Day in the Life" "Shopping Divas" |
| Best Long Light Feature |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men |
Barry Simmons and Iain Montgomery Dana Rebik and Matt Stringer Laura Faber and Brad Pfranger Matt Stringer |
WTVF WPTY WZTV WPTY |
"Milton's Dream" "Sugar Daddies" "In Your Dreams" "New Glass Eye" |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men |
Stacy McCloud and Nate McLaughlin Amy Rao and Ted Nelson |
WVLT WTVF |
"Tennessee Avenue Church Fire" "Drug Round Up" |
| Best Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men |
Dennis Ferrier Christine Maddela |
WSMV WKRN |
"Raped & Billed" "The Border" |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place Hon Men |
Phil Williams, Bryan Staples, Kevin Wisniewski Jeremy Finley, Don Mashburn, Zina Bauman |
WTVF WSMV |
"Dishonorable Deceptions" "The Young and the Lawless" |
| Best Sports Feature |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Dave Staley Jeff Tang and David Willis Eric Yutzy and Brian McKeegan |
WTVC WTVF WTVF |
"Dave's Diamond Darlings" "Team Without A Home" "Fallen Champion" |
| Best Web Site |
1st Place Hon Men |
James Smith and Angie Vicars Dutch Terry and Todd Buccelli |
WATE WDEF |
www.wate.com www.wdef.com |
| Best TV Editing |
1st Place Hon Men |
Matt Stringer Ray Arzate |
WPTY WKRN |
"Cost of DUI in Tennessee" The Border |
| Best TV Producing |
1st Place Hon Men |
Christy Brown Ronnie Adcock, Ken Smith and Rhonda Roberts |
WSMV WZTV |
"A 32-Year-Old Scoop" "Game Over, Pacman" |
| Best TV News Anchor | 1st Place | Christine Maddela | WKRN | "Maddela Composite" |
| Best TV Reporter |
1st Place Hon Men |
Jeff Tang Jeremy Finley |
WTVF WSMV |
"Jeff Tang Composite" "Jeremy Finley Composite" |
| Best TV News Videographer |
1st Place Hon Men |
David Willis None awarded |
WTVF |
"Willis Composite" |
| Best TV Weather Anchor | 1st Place | Lisa Spencer | WSMV | "Spencer Composite" |
| Best TV Sportscaster |
1st Place Hon Men |
Paul Jones, Dave Foster and Dan Phillips Rick Nyman |
WZTV WDEF |
"Paul Jones Composite" (no title) |
| Best Overall |
1st Place Hon Men |
Matthew Hilk and Staff Eyewitness News Everywhere Staff |
WSMV WPTY |
Channel 4 News Eyewitness News Everywhere |
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| 2008 TAPB WINNERS | ||||
| RADIO | ||||
| CATEGORY | NAME | STATION | TITLE | |
| Best Radio Newscast |
1st Place Hon Men |
Dave Foulk Duane Nelson |
WNOX WTFM |
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| Best Spot News |
1st Place Hon Men |
Michael Grider & Dave Foulk WTFM Staff |
WNOX WTFM |
"Downtown Burning" "Johnson City Police Shootout" |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Matt Shafer Powell, David Habercom WTFM Staff Nashville Public Radio Staff |
WUOT WTFM WPLN |
"The Other Side of the Street" "Tazewell Police Officer Shot" "Urban Plunge" |
| Best Use of Sound |
1st Place Hon Men |
Nashville Public Radio Staff Kim Green |
WPLN WPLN |
"Urban Plunge" "Tuning the Schermerhorn Pipes" |
| Best Long Light Feature |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Kim Green Adrienne Outlaw, Scott Smith, Anita Bugg Kevin West |
WPLN WPLN WGOW |
"Tuning the Schermerhorn Pipes" "The Doyle & Debbie Show" "Riding with the President" |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men |
Nina Cardona WTFM Staff |
WPLN WTFM |
"Residents Upset Over Landfill Secrecy" "School Lockdown" |
| Best Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men |
Blake Farmer Ann Lloyd Blake Farmer Ann Lloyd |
WPLN WUOT WPLN WUOT |
"Urban Plunge" "American Contractors in Iraq" "McKendree Caps Record Year" "Internet Censorship" |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place Hon Men |
Nashville Public Radio Staff Catherine Howell |
WPLN WIVK |
"Nashville's Mayoral Race" "Sunshine Trial" |
| Best Breaking Sports News | 1st Place | Chip Kain | WIVK | "Cutcliffe Denies Duke" |
| Best Sports Feature |
1st Place Hon Men |
Chip Kain Shawn Jacobs |
WNML WMOT |
"Legacy" "Pop Geers" |
| Best Radio Talk Show | 1st Place | Staff | WUOT | "Dialogue" |
| Best Overall | 1st Place | Nashville Public Radio Staff | WPLN | |
| Best Radio Newscaster |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Blake Farmer Jacqueline Fellows Catherine Howell |
WPLN WPLN WNOX |
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