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Austin’s local TV news hauls in awards!

Once again, Austin stations raked in awards from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters.

In the Division 2 category, KVUE brought in the most awards, but all of Austin’s news stations, including Time Warner’s News 8 Austin, picked up honors.

Here is the list of our distinguished winners:

NEWSCAST

  1. KSAT, San Antonio

  2. KTBC, Austin

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin

SPORTSCAST

  1. KENS, San Antonio

  2. KENS, San Antonio

Hon Men: News 8 Austin, Austin (Jeff Power)

WEATHERCAST

  1. KTBC, Austin (Scott Fisher)

  2. KVUE, Austin (Ilona Torok)

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin (Mark Murray)

NEWS ANCHOR

  1. KXAN, Austin (Michelle Valles)

  2. WOAI, San Antonio (Randy Beamer)

Hon Men: News 8 Austin, Austin (Paul Brown)

SPOT COVERAGE/STATION

  1. KVUE, Austin. Flash Flood

  2. KTBC, Austin. Underground Explosions

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin. May Storm

SPOT STORY/Individual

  1. KVUE, Austin. Hays County Fire. Rudy Koski & Todd Rogenthien.

  2. KVUE, Austin. Shoal Creek Flood. Lee McGuire.

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin. San Marcos Hail. Kevin Peters & John Fisher.

FEATURE/SERIOUS

  1. KENS, San Antonio. The Dead in our Midst. Joe Conger & Michael Humphries.

  2. KEYE, Austin. Unwed Mothers. Seema Mather.

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin. Amputee Golfers. Clara Tuma & Doug Naugle.

FEATURE/LIGHT

  1. KXAN, Austin. J.L. Henry Mason. Jim Swift

  2. KVUE, Austin. Band Fundraiser. Clara Tuma & Todd Rogenthein

Hon Men: KTBC, Austin. Videogamers. Craig Lucie, Chris Walker, Dan Goodman.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

  1. KEYE, Austin. Stolen from the Grave. Nanci Wilson & Joe Moreno

  2. WOAI, San Antonio. SAWS: Down the Drain. Tanji Patton, Mandi Johnston, Joey Mendoza.

Hon Men: WOAI, San Antonio. Sleeping on the Job. Jaie Avila, Joey Mendoza, Mandi Johnston.

PHOTOJOURNALISM (station)

  1. KENS, San Antonio.

  2. KVUE, Austin

Hon Men: KXAN, Austin.

PHOTOJOURNALISM (individual)

  1. KVUE, Austin. Todd Rogenthein

  2. KENS, San Antonio. Michael Humphries.

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin. Doug Naugle

SPORTS STORY

  1. KEYE, Austin. Amputee Golfers. Skip Baldwin & Anthony Geronimo

  2. News 8 Austin, Austin. Trading Helmets. Crestina Chavez & Chris Hardie

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin. Penguin Pride. Brian Mays

DOCUMENTARY

  1. News 8 Austin. The Tower Shooting. Paul Brown & Rachel Elsberry

  2. WOAI, San Antonio. Mission in Iraq. Randy Beamer, Maritza Nunez, Chris Graczyk.

Hon Men: KTBC, Austin. Tour of Duty. Arezow Doost, Chris Walker, Pam Vaught

SERIES

  1. News 8 Austin, Austin. The Tower Shooting. Paul Brown & Rachel Elsberry.

  2. KVUE, Austin. Star Loan Money. Christine Haas & Todd Rogenthein.

Hon Men: KEYE, Austin. Austin’s Miracle in India. Seema Mathur.

BEAT REPORTING

  1. WOAI, San Antonio. Jaie Avila

  2. KVUE, Austin. Elise Hu

Hon Men: News 8 Austin. Amy Hadley

REPORTER

  1. KVUE, Austin. Melissa McGuire

  2. KENS, San Antonio. Barry Davis.

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin. Kevin Peters

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT

  1. KVUE, Austin. Bereavement Photography. Melissa Gale & Doug Naugle.

  2. WOAI, San Antonio. Bloody Leak. Delaine Mathieu & Francisco Barragan.

Hon Men: KXAN, Austin. Day Labor. Chris Willis & Frank Martinez

WEB SITE

  1. KVUE, Austin.

  2. KSAT, San Antonio.

Hon Men: News 8 Austin

MAGAZINE/SPECIAL

  1. KTBC, Austin. Tour of Duty. Arezow Doost, Chris Walker, Pam Vaught.

  2. KEYE, Austin. Sunday Sports Extra. Skip Baldwin & Anthony Geronimo.

Hon Men: KVUE, Austin. Town Hall Meeting: Austin’s Quality of Life. Kathy Hadlock.

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