| 2009 TAPB WINNERS | ||||
| TELEVISION | ||||
| CATEGORY | PLACE | NAME | STATION | TITLE |
| Best TV Newscast |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Sarah Moore Angie Froemel & News Team Eyewitness News Team |
WTVF-TV WATE-TV WRCB-TV |
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| Best Spot News |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Jeff Tang & Nathan Sharkey Toney Cook, John Pate & Dewayne White Matthew Hilk |
WTVF-TV WTVF-TV WSMV-TV |
Gas Shortage Can't Get Lives Back A Tennessee Tragedy |
| Best Investigative Reporting |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men |
NewsChannel 5 Investigative Team Scott Noll & Terry Muldoon Jeremy Finley, Don Mashburn & Zina Bauman Rachel Withers & News Team |
WTVF-TV WREG-TV WSMV-TV WRCB-TV |
General Sessions Court Who's Watching Your Kids? I-Team Investigates Cancer Con |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Stephanie Scurlock, Jim O'Donnell & Lisa Dandridge Scott Couch, Cam Cornelius & Brad Pfranger Ben Watson, Juan Delafuente & Doug John |
WREG-TV WZTV-TV WMC-TV |
Rock Bottom Guy Men at Work MLK Preparing a Legacy |
| Best Videography |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
NewsChannel 5 Photography Team Mike Hamlet Steve Coy |
WTVF-TV WMC-TV WBIR-TV |
Behind the Lens Hamlet Composite Jefferson County Fair |
| Best Short Light Feature |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Bob Stinnett Mike McCarthy Jeff Tang |
WTVF-TV WVLT-TV WTVF-TV |
Postcards to the President New Day at New Midway Pay It Backwards |
| Best Long Light Feature |
1st Place Hon Men |
Benjamin Watson & Terrance Bates Mark Bellinger & Mike Rose |
WPTY-TV WTVF-TV |
The Homeless & Dr. King Harvesting the Wind |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men |
John Dunn Chris Bundgaard |
WZTV-TV WKRN-TV |
Real Gun, Fake Gun Death Row Inmate Released |
| Best Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men |
Nick Beres & Mike Rose Nick Beres & Nathan Sharkey Andrew Douglas Brad Pfranger, Sky Arnold & Robert Brown |
WTVF-TV WTVF-TV WMC-TV WZTV-TV |
Justice Reversed Secret Life of a Serial Killer By Appointment Only Stations Out of Gas |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
NewsChannel 5 Investigative Team Keli Rabon & Jim O'Donnell Laura Faber & Brad Pfranger |
WTVF-TV WREG-TV WZTV-TV |
Playing With Fire Home Sweet Meth Home Medicine & Miracles |
| Best Sports Feature |
1st Place Hon Men |
Eric Yutzy & Brian McKeegan Dave Staley |
WTVF-TV WTVC-TV |
A Wish For Chase Dave's Diamond Darlings |
| Best Breaking Sports News |
1st Place Hon Men |
Jim Wogan, Mark Nagi & Prentice Elliott None awarded |
WATE-TV |
Fulmer Steps Down |
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Best TV Sports Talk Show |
1st Hon Men |
Jim Wogan, Mark Nagi & Prentice Elliott John Dwyer, Cory Curtis & Dawn Davenport |
WATE-TV WKRN-TV |
Vols/UCLA Pre-Game Special Monday Night Live w/Jeff Fisher |
| Best Web Site |
1st Place Hon Men |
Emily McFadden, Angela Sims & Jared Turner Eyewitness News Team |
WTVF-TV WRCB-TV |
www.newschannel5.com www.wrcbtv.com |
| Best TV Editing |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Brad Pfranger & John Dunn Ray Arzate Nathan Thompson |
WZTV-TV WKRN-TV WTVF-TV |
Day In The Life "Farrier" Arzate Composite Krystal's Square Off |
| Best TV Producing |
1st Place Hon Men |
Ken Smith & Rhonda Roberts Ken Smith & Rhonda Roberts |
WZTV-TV WZTV-TV |
Marcia's Murder Solved? Tennessee Tornadoes |
| Best Overall |
1st Place Hon Men |
Matthew Hilk None awarded |
WSMV-TV |
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| Best TV News Anchor |
1st Place Hon Men |
Aaron Solomon Rhori Johnston |
WSMV-TV WTVF-TV |
Channel 4 News Today |
| Best TV Reporter |
1st Place-Tie 1st Place-Tie Hon Men |
Don Dare Jeff Tang Andrew Douglas |
WATE-TV WTVF-TV WMC-TV |
Dare Composite Tang Composite Douglas Composite |
| Best TV News Videographer |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Ray Arzate David Willis Cam Cornelius |
WKRN-TV WTVF-TV WZTV-TV |
Arzate Composite Willis in Tennessee Cam-posite |
| Best TV Weather Anchor |
1st Place Hon Men |
Lelan Statom Dan Thomas |
WTVF-TV WSMV-TV |
Lelans' Weather Mix Thomas Composite |
| Best TV Sportscaster |
1st Place Hon Men |
Paul Jones Cory Curtis |
WZTV-TV WKRN-TV |
Jones Composite Curtis Composite |
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| 2009 TAPB WINNERS | ||||
| RADIO | ||||
| CATEGORY | NAME | STATION | TITLE | |
| Best Radio Newscast |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Staff Duane Nelson Shawn Jacobs |
WPLN WTFM WMOT |
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| Best Spot News |
1st Place Hon Men |
Blake Farmer Nina Cardona & Daniel Potter |
WPLN WPLN |
Macon County Hardest Hit MTSU Lockdown |
| Best Enterprise |
1st Place Hon Men |
Matt Shafer Powell Shawn Jacobs |
WUOT WMOT |
My Life, My Vote ELL in Tennessee |
| Best Use of Sound |
1st Place Hon Men |
Kim Green Blake Farmer |
WPLN WPLN |
Ken Mink Vulnerability Index |
| Best Light Feature |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men |
Blake Farmer Wayne Hudgens Dave Foulk Jacqueline Fellows |
WPLN WFTZ WNOX WPLN |
Barbershop Disharmony Mule Power Coal Creek Fisk Rocket Team |
| Best Short Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Joe White Blake Farmer Wayne Hudgens |
WPLN WPLN WFTZ |
Shut Out of Buyout Unemployment Claims Department Head Corruption |
| Best Hard News Story |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Blake Farmer Chrissy Keuper Blake Farmer |
WPLN WUOT WPLN |
Cleanup Begins Following Storm Hill vs TVA Vulnerability Index |
| Best Public Affairs |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Blake Farmer & Christine Buttorff Blake Farmer & Jacqueline Fellows Shawn Jacobs |
WPLN WPLN WMOT |
Another Downtown Iraq War 5th Anniversary Granny Behind Bars |
| Best Breaking Sports News | 1st Place | Jimmy Hyams & Chip Kain | WNML | UT Confirms Kiffin as Coach |
| Best Sports Feature |
1st Place Hon Men |
Kim Green Chip Kain |
WPLN WNML |
Ken Mink The Goon Squad |
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Best Radio Talk Show |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men |
Matt Shafer Powell, Chrissy Keuper & Greg Hill Scott Shasteen & Binns Jordon Hallerin Hill, Chris Marion & Dave Foulk |
WUOT WFTZ WNOX |
Dialogue 2008 High School Sports Plus H. H. Hill Morning Show |
| Best Overall |
1st Place Hon Men |
Staff Matt Shafer Powell, Chrissy Keuper & Ann Lloyd |
WPLN WUOT |
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| Best Radio Newscaster |
1st Place Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men Hon Men |
Chris Hensley David Foulk Jacqueline Fellows Duane Nelson Blake Farmer Matt Shafer Powell Nina Cardona |
WNOX WNOX WPLN WTFM WPLN WUOT WPLN |
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| Top of Page | ||||
| FREEDOM OF INFORMATION | ||||
| 1st Place |
Jeremy Finley, Don Mashburn & Zina Bauman, WSMV-TV |
A Failure To Protect | ||
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2nd Place TIE: |
Mark Hicks and Ann Wallace, The Leaf-Chronicle Staff, The Daily News Journal |
School Sexual Harassment Garrett Traffic Stop |
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| 3rd Place | Anne Paine, The Tennessean | TVA | ||
| Honorable Mention | Skyler Swisher, The Daily Herald, Columbia | Aluminum Landfill Effort Aborted | ||
| Scott Noll and Terry Muldoon, WREG-TV | Who's Watching Your Kids? | |||
| Dan Morris, The Jackson Sun | Troubled Waters | |||