HOUSTON PRESS CLUB 2018 LONE STAR AWARDS WINNERS
RADIO
Radio Use of Sound First Place 2018 Jack Morgan Texas Public Radio “Beethoven Maennerchor Sings The Praise of Being German Americans”
Second Place Jack Morgan Texas Public Radio “San Antonio Remembers, Sings Praises For Alameda Theater”
Third Place 2018 David Martin Davies Texas Public Radio “Rebuilding After Harvey: A Rockport Fulton Christmas Carol”
Radio Talk Show First Place 2018 Jill Ament, David Brown, Rhonda Fanning, Leah Scarpelli, Casey Cheek Texas Standard “Sexual Harassment At Texas Capitol”
Second Place 2018 David Martin Davies, Kim Johnson, Jan Ross Piedad Texas Public Radio “After Sutherland Springs, How Do We Cope With The Trauma Of Another Mass Shooting?”
Radio Hard News Feature First Place 2018 Carson Frame Texas Public Radio “Closed Doors & Toxic Fumes” Second Place 2018 Alan Stephens Texas Standard “Blowback”
Third Place 2018 Paul Flahive Texas Public Radio “Remote Workers Vulnerable In Disputes With Company, Says Employees”
Radio Politics/Government First Place 2018 Ryan Poppe Texas Public Radio “Texas' First Medical Cannabis Dispensary Set To Open In December”
Second Place 2018 David Martin Davies Texas Public Radio “Questions Rise About Manuel Medina's Many Roles In Bexar County Democratic Party”
Radio Series First Place 2018 Joey Palacios Texas Public Radio “Rebuilding After Harvey”
Second Place 2018 Joy Diaz Texas Standard “Help Wanted – Get Out”
Third Place 2018 David Martin Davies Texas Public Radio “Lead Poisoning In San Antonio Zip Codes”
Radio Soft News Feature First Place 2018 Michael Marks Texas Standard “Operation Longhorn”
Second Place 2018 Carson Frame Texas Public Radio “A Swan Song For Some Military Bands: Budget Cuts Stop The Music”
Third Place 2018 Paul Flahive Texas Public Radio “San Antonio's Last Traveling Typewriter Repairman”
Radio Journalist Of The Year Joey Palacios Texas Public Radio
INTERNET
Internet News Feature Story First Place 2018 Ernie Manouse, Matthew Brawley, Shannon Harrison Houston Public Media “Bufkins Christmas Wonderland”
Second Place 2018 Stacey Welsh KENS5.com “Keep Going: Texas Veteran Marks 75th Anniversary Of Bataan Death March”
Third Place 2018 Ron Kabele, Curtis Craven, Eliot Stone, Susan Shore, April Garner Texas Historical Commission Texas Time Travel Website “Marcelino Serna, A World War 1 Hero”
Internet Collaborative News Reporting First Place 2018 KENS Staff KENS5.com “Team Coverage: The Sutherland Springs Church Massacre”
Second Place 2018 KENS Staff KENS5.com “Ingram Square Fire: A hero dies, a suspected arsonist speaks”
Internet Opinion First Place 2018 Elizabeth Fordham Energy Marketing Conferences “Ghostwriting: The Very Apparent Fork In The Road”
Second Place 2018 Elizabeth Fordham buffythebitchyblogger.com “More Than 13 Reasons Why”
Third Place 2018 Nathan Cone Texas Public Radio “No One Is Innocent: Revisiting “Fire Walk With Me””
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Public Relations Annual Report First Place 2018 Roy Prichard, Dwight Andrews, Darla Brown McGovern Medical School, UTHealth “McGovern Medical School Year In Review”
Second Place 2018 Doris Huang, Rebecca Hall Houston Methodist Institute For Academic Medicine “Houston Methodist Institute For Academic Medicine Annual Report”
Third Place 2018 Roy Prichard, Dwight Andrews, Darla Brown McGovern Medical School, UTHealth “Institute of Molecular Medicine IMMPact Report”
Public Relations Corporate Video First Place 2018 Daniel Villarreal Harris Co. Department of Education “HCDE Tax Rate” Second Place 2018 Gordon Williams, Jonathan Tippett, Tyler Hargraves, Edward Long, Johnny Lively LUTV Productions “Lamar University Department of Theater & Dance”
Third Place 2018 Daniel Villarreal Harris County Department of Education “Mayor GoPublic Message”
Public Relations Feature Article First Place 2018 Ronda Wendler MD Anderson Cancer Center “To Treat Or Not To Treat”
Second Place 2018 Ronda Wendler MD Anderson Cancer Center “A Recurring Nightmare”
Third Place 2018 Carol Vaughn Harris County Department of Education “Overcoming Grief and Anger with Harris Co. Dept. of Education's Help”
Public Relations News Release First Place 2018 Mike Emery University Of Houston-Downtown “UHD Professor Teaching Criminology Using Comics”
Second Place 2018 Rob Cahill UTHealth Website “UTHealth/Harris Health physician performs emergency brain surgery during Hurricane Harvey”
Third Place 2018 Elizabeth Fordham Newswire “Three steps for developing a system-wide access strategy”
Public Relations Publication First Place 2018 Michael Clark, Ronda Wendler, Andy Olin MD Anderson Cancer Center “Conquest Magazine”
Second Place 2018 Mike Emery, Sheryl Taylor, Thomas Shea, Elisa Crossland University of Houston-Downtown “UHD Magazine Winter 2017”
Public Relations Communicator Of the Year Rob Cahill UT Health Website
NEWSPAPER/PRINT Newspaper – News or Feature Story First Place 2018 Mike Hixenbaugh, David Hunn, Mark Collette Houston Chronicle “Fifty-one Inches”
Second Place 2018 Maria Recio Austin-American Statesman “An Austin company is among bidders for Trump's border wall”
Newspaper – General Commentary/Criticism First Place 2018 Lisa Falkenberg Houston Chronicle “We shouldn't accept 'new normal' of mass shootings in America”
Second Place 2018 Arnold Wayne Jones Dallas Voice “Appreciation: Rene Moreno”
Print Photography First Place 2018 Cody Duty TMC Pulse “Scar Stories: Portraits Of Survival” Second Place 2018 Lindsey Sanders Harris County Department of Education “Focus”
Third Place 2018 Arnold Wayne Jones Dallas Voice “North To Vancouver”
Print Journalist Of The Year Mike Hixenbaugh Houston Chronicle
TELEVISION
TV Hard News Feature First Place 2018 Kyle Porter, Grace White KHOU “Battle For The Border”
Second Place 2018 Greg Groogan, John Heads, David Lanier, Ray Williams, Matt Matejka KRIV “11 Voices of Suffering On The San Jacinto”
Third Place 2018 Mario Diaz, John Barone, Jon Hill, Bill Carruthers, Allen Reid Aaron Wische KPRC “Harvey Emissions”
TV Investigative Series First Place 2018 Greg Groogan, John Heads, Aprille Meek, Ray Williams, Matt Matejka KRIV “Toxic Trouble” Second Place 2018 Rose-Ann Aragon KPRC “Series: Generation Under Fire”
TV Soft News Feature First Place 2018 Laura Lucas, Matthew Brawley, Shannon Harrison Houston Public Media “Eco-Artist Grant Manier”
Second Place 2018 Oscar Margain, Jose Sanchez KENS “Mowing Man”
Third Place 2018 Daniel Gotera, Mike Orta, Justin DeYoung KHOU “A Storyteller's Story”
TV Documentary or Public Affairs First Place 2018 Rachel McNeill, Allen Reid, Dawn Campbell, Robert Grant KPRC “Saving Madagascar”
Second Place 2018 Karen Loke, Ron Kabele Texas Parks & Wildlife Television “In Memory of Jacob”
Third Place 2018 TV Documentary or Public Affairs Daniel Gotera, Mike Orta, Justin DeYoung KHOU “The Program: Pearland Oilers”
TV Editing First Place 2018 Matthew Brawley Houston Public Media “Bufkins Christmas Wonderland”
Second Place 2018 Michael Humphries KENS “A Glimpse Into Heaven”
Third Place 2018 Tammy Griffin KRIV “EaDo Street Art”
TV Feature Photography First Place 2018 Michael Humphries KENS “A Glimpse Into Heaven”
Second Place 2018 Matthew Brawley Houston Public Media “Unbelievably Cool Easter Eggs”
Third Place 2018 Matthew Brawley Houston Public Media “Eco-Artist Grant Manier”
TV Sports Feature First Place 2018 Daniel Gotera, Mike Orta KHOU “Maggie's Second Chance”
Second Place 2018 Daniel Gotera, Mike Orta KHOU “Fishing With An Angel”
Third Place 2018 Vinnie Vinzetta, Marcus Floyd, Jason Eggleston KENS “Loveable Losers: The Saga of the San Antonio Gunslingers”
TV Journalist Of The Year Dillon Collier KSAT
TV Photojournalist Of The Year Kyle Porter KHOU MAGAZINES
Magazine Column First Place 2018 Britni Riley TMC Pulse Magazine “Curated: The Intersection of Arts And Medicine”
Second Place 2018 Kristopher Sharp, John Wright OutSmart Magazine “The Deadly Consequences of Texas' House Bill 3859”
Third Place 2018 Shanley Chien Pierce TMC Pulse Magazine “On the Side: How TMC Employees Spend Their Spare Time”
Magazine Layout First Place 2018 Maggie Galehouse, Alyssum Klopp TMC Pulse Magazine “TMC Pulse March 2017”
Second Place 2018 John Wright, Blase DiStefano, Alex Rosa, Ashkan Roayaee, Staff OutSmart Magazine “Harvey's Heroes: OutSmart October 2017”
Third Place 2018 Staff Houstonia Magazine “February 2017 Issue”
Magazine Article First Place 2018 Shanley Chien Pierce TMC Pulse Magazine “Twin Skin: 3 TMC Doctors, 2 Identical Sisters and 1 Extraordinary Transplant”
Judges Comment: Adeptly balances the personal story of two sisters in sync with the larger, life and death drama surrounding them.
Second Place 2018 John Wright, Alex Rosa OutSmart Magazine “Harris County DA Kim Ogg Is America's Top Gay Cop”
Third Place 2018 Roxanna Asgarian Houstonia Magazine “Family In Transition”
STUDENT CATEGORIES
Student Print Sports Story First Place 2018 Nathan Keil The Baylor Lariat “Baylor football shows signs of life”
Second Place 2018 Karisa Norfleet Lamar University Press “Worst to first”
Third Place 2018 Nathan Keil The Baylor Lariat “West Virginia stuns Baylor on overtime free kick”
Student Print Photography First Place 2018 Shane Proctor Lamar University Press “State Fair Carousel” Second Place 2018 Liesje Powers The Baylor Lariat “Bonfire marshals”
Third Place 2018 Matt Beadle Lamar University Press “Cards demolish Falcons”
Student Print News or Feature Story First Place 2018 Dani Yan The Review “Deliverance: How a father-son duo decided to brave Harvey’s waters … ”
Second Place 2018 Sophie Caldwell The Review “Culture of Silence: How a lack of consent education harms high school students”
Third Place 2018 Dani Yan, Emily Chen, Sophie Gillard The Review “Locked Down: Campus security changes prove vital”
Student TV & Radio News or Feature Story First Place 2018 Jessica Babb The Baylor Lariat “Board to vote on task force recommendations”
Second Place 2018 Brooke Kirchhofer LUTV News “Dream Still Alive?”
Third Place 2018 Jessica Babb The Baylor Lariat “Trump inauguration”
Student TV & Radio Sports Story First Place 2018 Elisabeth Tharp The Baylor Lariat “NCAA volleyball first round”
Second Place 2018 Brooke Kirchhofer LUTV News “Raising Steers”
Third Place 2018 Jennifer Yacuta LUTV News “Knocking Out Addictions”
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