13 Apr WHO-HD Earns 14 Eric Sevareid Awards For Journalism Excellence
Station honored with 5 1st Place trophies and 9 Awards of Merit
Channel 13 News earns 1st place for Best Weather, Sports, Photojournalism and Writing
WHO-HD Weather Team earns 1st place for second straight year
DES MOINES, IA – WHO-HD was the big Iowa winner at this weekend’s Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association awards gala bringing home 14 Eric Sevareid Awards…the most of any station in Iowa.. The accolades included 5 First Place and 9 Awards of Merit. In the coveted categories of Weather and Sportscast, the 1st Place awards all went to Channel 13 News. The awards were presented Saturday Night in Bloomington, MN.
The Channel 13 Weather Team with Chief Meteorologist Ed Wilson and meteorologists Jeriann Ritter, Megan Salois, Brett McIntyre and Jennifer McDermed earned 1st place for weather excellence for the second straight year.
“I’m humbled by the quality of work the men and women of Channel 13 News continue to achieve,” said WHO-HD News Director Rod Peterson. “Their hard work and dedication to excellence continues to be recognized not only by our incredible viewers but also by their peers. I am proud to work with them every day.”
The entire list and links to the award-winning stories are below.
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1ST PLACE Eric Sevareid Award |
Weather
Chief Meteorologist Ed Wilson Meteorologists Jeriann Ritter, Megan Salois, Brett McIntyre, Jennifer McDermed |
| 1ST PLACE
Eric Sevareid Award |
Sportscast
Keith Murphy, Sports Director Michael Admire & John Sears – Reporters |
| 1ST PLACE
Eric Sevareid Award |
Sports Reporting
Jodi Whitworth, Reporter Matt Van Winkle, Photojournalist |
| 1ST PLACE
Eric Sevareid Award |
Broadcast Writing
Andy Fales, Anchor/Reporter |
| 1ST PLACE
Eric Sevareid Award |
Photojournalism
Randy Schumacher, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
General Reporting
Jodi Whitworth, Reporter Matt Van Winkle, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Hard Feature
Sonya Heitshusen, Anchor/Reporter Eric Gooden, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Investigative
Dan Winters, Anchor/Reporter Lee Rouse, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Newscast
WHO-HD News Staff Dan Hendrickson, Producer |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Series
Stephanie Moore, Reporter Mike Borland, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Soft Feature
Eric Wheater, Reporter Matt Van Winkle, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Sports Reporting
Andy Fales, Anchor/Reporter Brandon McCauley, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Spot News
Stephanie Moore, Reporter Sam Musser, Photojournalist |
| Eric Sevareid
Award Of Merit |
Spot News WHO-HD News Staff Lee Rouse, Eli Gardiner, Matt Van Winkle. Photojournalists |
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About MBJA
The Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association (MBJA) serves Midwest electronic journalists with training, networking and career growth. The MBJA’s service area covers six states including North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Chartered in 1949 as the Northwest Broadcast News Association (NBNA), the association changed their name in 2014 to better reflect the group’s identity.
About WHO-HD Channel 13
WHO-HD Channel 13, owned by Tribune Media Company, is celebrating 60 years of broadcast service to central Iowa. Channel 13 News prides itself on bringing viewers rich, local content in total high definition. From investigations to ground-breaking, creative coverage of the big daily story, more and more Iowans are choosing Channel 13 News.
WHO-HD continues to earn the most prestigious journalism awards in the broadcast industry. In 2014, the station earned a total of 65 awards for Journalism Excellence including 6 regional Emmy awards, 22 regional Emmy nominations from the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 3 prestigious regional Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) including the categories of Investigation and News Series. Plus, 19 Eric Sevareid Awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association (MBJA) including accolades for Spot News, Investigative, and Best Newscast.
The technology leader, WHO-HD Channel 13 is now utilizing a powerful-new S-Band Doppler Radar that includes the most advanced technology available in Iowa. In 2010, WHO-HD became the first commercial television station in Iowa to begin broadcasting all local programming in total high definition in 2010. In addition, WHO-HD was the first station in Iowa to: utilize videotape, broadcast live from news events and protect with live Doppler radar.
About Tribune Media Company
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 visit www.tribunemedia.com.
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