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2009 TAPB FINALISTS
TELEVISION
*** ALL results are in and listed in random order***
CATEGORY NAME STATION TITLE
Best TV Newscast
Sarah Moore
Eyewitnews News Team
Angie Froemel & News Team		 WTVF-TV
WRCB-TV
WATE-TV		  
Best Spot News Matthew Hilk
Toney Cook, John Pate & Dewayne White
Jeff Tang & Nathan Sharkey		 WSMV-TV
WTVF-TV

WTVF-TV		 A Tennessee Tragedy
Can't Get Lives Back

Gas Shortage
Best Enterprise
Scott Couch, Cam Cornelius & Brad Pfranger
Stephanie Scurlock, Lisa Dandridge & Jim O'Donnell
Ben Watson, Juan Delafuente & Doug John		 WZTV-TV

WREG-TV
WMC-TV

 		 Men At Work

Rock Bottom Guy
MLK Preparing a Legacy

 
Best Investigative
Rachel Withers & News Team
Jeremy Finley, Don Mashburn &
Zina Bauman
Scott Noll & Terry Muldoon
NewsChannel 5 Investigative Team		 WRCB-TV
WSMV-TV

WREG-TV
WTVF-TV		 Cancer Con
I-Team Investigates

Who's Watching Your Kids?
General Sessions Court
Best Videography 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
Mike McCarthy
Bob Stinnett
Jeff Tang & Audra Rogers		 WVLT-TV
WTVF-TV
WTVF-TV		 New Day at New Midway
Postcards to the President
Pay It Backwards
Best Long Light Feature Benjamin Watson & Terrance Bates
Mark Bellinger & Mike Rose		 WPTY-TV
WTVF-TV		 The Homeless & Dr. King
Harvesting The Wind
Best Short Hard News Story Chris Bundgaard
John Dunn		 WKRN-TV
WZTV-TV		 Death Row Inmate Released
Real Gun, Fake Gun
Best Hard News Story
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 NewsChannel 5 Investigative Team
Laura Faber & Brad Pfranger
Keli Rabon & Jim O'Donnell		 WTVF-TV
WZTV-TV
WREG-TV		 Playing With Fire
Medicine & Miracles
Home Sweet Meth Home
Best Sports Feature Eric Yutzy & Brian McKeegan
Dave Staley		 WTVF-TV
WTVC-TV		 A Wish For Chase
Dave's Diamond Darlings
Best Breaking Sports News Jim Wogan, Mark Nagi & Prentice Elliott WATE-TV Fulmer Steps Down
Best TV Sports Talk Show John Dwyer, Cory Curtis & Dawn Davenport
Jim Wogan, Mark Nagi & Prentice Elliott		 WKRN-TV

WATE-TV
 		 Monday Night Live w/Jeff Fisher

Vols/UCLA Pre-Game Special
Best Web Site Eyewitness News Team
Emily McFadden, Angela Sims & Jared Turner		 WRCB-TV

WTVF-TV		 www.wrcbtv.com

www.newschannel5.com
Best TV Editing Ray Arzate
Brad Pfranger & John Dunn
Nathan Thompson		 WKRN-TV
WZTV-TV
WTVF-TV		 Arzate Composite
Day in the Life "Farrier"
Krystal's Square Off
Best TV Producing Ken Smith & Rhonda Roberts
Ken Smith & Rhonda Roberts		 WZTV-TV
WZTV-TV		 Marcia's Murder Solved?
Tennessee Tornadoes
Best TV Reporter Jeff Tang
Andrew Douglas
Don Dare		 WTVF-TV
WMC-TV
WATE-TV		  
Best TV News Videographer Ray Arzate
David Willis
Cam Cornelium		 WKRN-TV
WTVF-TV
WZTV-TV		  
Best TV News Anchor Aaron Solomon
Rhori Johnston		 WSMV-TV
WTVF-TV 		  
Best TV Weather Anchor Dan Thomas
Lelan Statom		 WSMV-TV
WTVF-TV		  
Best TV Sportscaster Paul Jones
Cory Curtis		 WZTV-TV
WKRN-TV		  
Best Overall Matthew Hilk WSMV-TV  
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RADIO
***Results are in random order***
CATEGORY NAME STATION TITLE
Best Radio Newscast Staff
Shawn Jacobs
Duane Nelson		 WPLN
WMOT
WTFM		  
Best Spot News Blake Farmer
Nina Cordona & Daniel Potter		 WPLN
WPLN 		 Macon Co. Hardest Hit
MTSU Lockdown
Best Enterprise Shawn Jacobs
Matt Shafer Powell		 WMOT
WUOT		 ELL in Tennessee
My Life, My Vote
Best Use of Sound Kim Green
Blake Farmer		 WPLN
WPLN 		 Ken Mink
Vulnerability Index
Best Long Light Feature Dave Foulk
Blake Farmer
Jacqueline Fellows
Wayne Hudgens		 WNOX
WPLN
WPLN
WFTZ		 Coal Creek
Barbershop Disharmony
Fisk Rocket Team
Mule Power
Best Short Hard News Story Blake Farmer
Wayne Hudgens
Joe White		 WPLN
WFTZ
WPLN		 Unemployment Claims
Department Head Corruption
Shut Out of Buyout
Best Hard News Story Chrissy Keuper
Blake Farmer
Blake Farmer		 WUOT
WPLN
WPLN		 Hill vs TVA
Cleanup Begins Following Storm
Vulnerability Index
Best Public Affairs Blake Farmer & Jacqueline Fellows
Shawn Jacobs
Blake Farmer & Christine Buttorff		 WPLN
WMOT
WPLN		 Iraq War 5th Anniversary
Granny Behind Bars
Another Downtown
Best Breaking Sports News Jimmy Hyams & Chip Kain WNML UT Confirms Kiffin as Coach
Best Sports Feature Chip Kain
Kim Green		 WNML
WPLN		 The Goon Squad
Ken Mink
Best Radio Talk Show

 		 Hallerin Hill, Chris Marion & Dave Foulk
Scott Shasteen & Binns Jordan
Matter Shafer Powell, Chrissy Keuper
& Greg Hill		 WNOX
WFTZ
WUOT
 		 H. H. Hill Morning Show
High School Sports Plus
Dialogue 2008
 
Best Overall Staff
Matt Shafer Powell, Chrissy Keuper
& Ann Lloyd		 WPLN
WUOT
 		  
Best Radio Newscaster Chris Hensley
David Foulk
Jacqueline Fellows
Duane Nelson
Blake Farmer
Matt Shafer Powell
Nina Cordona		 WNOX
WNOX
WPLN
WFTM
WPLN
WUOT
WPLN		  
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Freedom of Information Finalists

Jeremy Finley, Don Mashburn and Zina Bauman, WSMV-TV, "A Failure to Protect"
Scott Noll and Terry Muldoon, WREG-TV, "Who's Watching Your Kids?"
Anne Paine, The Tennessean, "TVA"
Mark Hicks and Ann Wallace, The Leaf-Chronicle, "School Sexual Harassment"
Staff, The Daily News Journal, "Garrett Traffic Stop"
Skyler Swisher, The Daily Herald, "Aluminum Landfill Effort Aborted"
Dan Morris, The Jackson Sun, "Troubled Waters"