WGNO/ABC 26 Honored with Seven Press Club Awards

WGNO/ABC 26 Honored with Seven Press Club Awards

Station Wins Three First Place Awards

WGNO, Tribune Broadcasting’s ABC Television Network affiliate for the greater New Orleans area, is proud to announce the station was honored with seven Press Club of New Orleans Awards at the 2015 Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism awards gala on July 18.

Editor Paul Milhet was honored for the second year in a row for his graphics and animation for News with a Twist’s Dr. Rachel: The Teaching Doctor franchise. Good Morning New Orleans anchor Anne Cutler and producer Deepak Saini were honored for a story on premature babies—a very personal story for Anne. And WGNO’s Creative Services Staff was honored for Feature Videography for a special News with a Twist report on the Bourbon Boom. WGNO also received three second place honors and one third place honor.

“I’m very proud of winners, nominees, and our entire staff at WGNO,” said News Director Rick Erbach. “The wide range of talents at WGNO is impressive. Our stories are unique, compelling and relevant to the viewer, showcasing New Orleans and the Gulf Coast culture at their best.”

Below is the list of winners for the station:

SCIENCE/HEALTH/TECHNOLOGY — TV
FIRST PLACE:
Anne Cutler, Deepak Saini
WGNO-TV
World Prematurity Day: Louisiana Has a Long Way to Go

GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION – TV
FIRST PLACE:
Paul Milhet
WGNO-TV
Dr. Rachel Gives You 5 Numbers to Live By

FEATURE VIDEOGRAPHY
FIRST PLACE:
Creative Services Staff
WGNO-TV
Bourbon Boom

PHOTO ESSAY VIDEOGRAPHY
SECOND PLACE:
Alyson Titkemeyer
WGNO-TV
Dog People: We’re Not Normal

SPORTS ACTION VIDEOGRAPHY
SECOND PLACE:
Carlton Rahmani
WGNO-TV
Ivana Coleman – Boxer

STATION PROMOTION CAMPAIGN TV
SECOND PLACE:
Creative Services Staff
WGNO-TV
God Bless Louisiana

DOCUMENTARY VIDEOGRAPHY
THIRD PLACE:
Creative Services Staff
WGNO-TV
New Orleans Voodoo Myth and Mystique

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ABOUT WGNO
WGNO, owned by Tribune Media, is the ABC Television Network affiliate for the greater New Orleans, Louisiana area, as well as parts of southern and coastal Mississippi. It is home to the popular and eccentric “News with a Twist” at 5 and 6PM, the Award Winning “God Bless Louisiana” campaign and all of your favorite ABC shows. WGNO, which launched as WWOM in 1967, becoming WGNO in 1969, currently airs 22 ½ hours of locally produced news and informational programming every week (23 ½ hours in the fall with Friday Night Football.) For more information, please visit http://wgno.com/

Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming. Tribune Media is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting’s 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching more than 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, available in approximately 73 million households, Tribune Studios, and Gracenote, one of the world’s leading sources of TV and music metadata, powering electronic program guides in televisions, automobiles and mobile devices. Tribune Media also includes Chicago’s WGN-AM and the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the Company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds other strategic investments in media. For more information please visitwww.tribunemedia.com.