IBNA Contest Results for Television for 2019 News Year PUBLIC AFFAIRS Small Market TV First Place KCAU “Stuff the Stroller” , Tom Stock Second Place KIMT “Homeless for the Holidays” Calyn Thompson Third Place KHQA “Borders in Beardstown” David Amelotti Large Market TV First Place KWWL The Steele Report - Closing the Gap: Racial Disparity in Waterloo”, Ron Steele Second Place KCCI “Project Community: Living a Life of Color” Third WHO HD "The Cost Of Conviction" FARM AND AGRIBUSINESS Small Market TV First KHQA “From the Ground Up” , Lynsey Whitaker Second KMEG “ Planting and harvesting after the floods”, Jacob Heller Third Place KHQA “Tri-State Ag Struggles”, Lynsey Whitaker Large Market TV First KWWL “Growing Forward: The Future of Farming in Iowa” Ron Steele (Anchor), Abby Turpin (Anchor), Sara Belmont (Producer), Jeff Sandlin (Director), Nick Mussehl (Audio), Collin Dorsey (Reporter), Travis Breese (Reporter), Vinny Lowerre (Reporter), Leslie Stone (Reporter), Ashley Scott (Reporter), Mark Schnackenberg (Chief Meteorologist), Kyle Konigsmark (Graphic Artist), Daniel Hampe (Chief Photographer), Allison Gibson (News Director), Andrew Pearce (Website/Social Media) Second WHO HD "Lost Lake Farm", Andy Fales Third Place KCCI “Fish Farm Lawsuit”, Alex Schuman (Reporter), Bob Thomas (Photographer) IN-DEPTH/SERIES Small Market TV First Place KMEG “3 Years Later: SSC residents reflect on how their lives remain turned upside down” Katie Copple Second Place KTIV “The Honor Flight”, Al Joens (Reporter), Jake Rains Third Place KHQA “Understanding Anxiety” Chad Douglas Large Market TV First Place WHO HD "Breaking Point - Extreme Behavior Pushing Teachers To Their Limits" Dan Winters Second Place Iowa PBS “Wind Industry Tackles Trouble on Two Fronts.” Tom Torpy Third place KWQC “Clinton Firefighters”, Sara Jones, Courtney Spinellis, Angela Rose
News Photography Small Market TV First Place WGEM “Living through the flood.” Large Market TV First Place WHO-HD “Return of the record” Randy Schumacher (Photojournalist) Second Place KCCI “Bull in a nursing home” Glen Biermann (Photographer) Third Place WQAD “Master Gardner” Stephanie Mattan (Photographer) FEATURE Small Market TV First Place KIMT “Pet Potrait Artist”, Katie Lange (Anchor/Reporter) Second Place KTIV “Horse Team Farmer”, Al Joens (Reporter) Third Place KCAU “Training for the Tundra”, Tim Seaman (Anchor/Reporter) Large Market TV First Place KGAN “Road to Rehabilitation”, Mitch Fick Second Place WQAD “Making Memories”, Elizabeth Wadas (Reporter), Andy McKay (Photographer) Third Place WHO-HD "The Barbell Club", Megan Reuther (Reporter) SPORTS COVERAGE Small Market TV First Place WGEM “Sports in Focus: Nick Trotter”, David Sugarman (Sports Reporter) Second Place KIMT “Ashlyn Clark battles cancer, inspires many”, Kaleb Gillock Third Place KIMT “This one's for Sanger”, Kaleb Gillock (Sports Director) Large Market TV First Place WQAD “Teammates” , Matt Randazzo (Sports Anchor/Reporter), Scott Weas (Photographer) Second Place WHO HD “"No Limits For Owen" John Sears (Sports Reporter) Third Place KCCI “Austin's Story” Scott Reister (Reporter), Robbie Rissman (Photographer) SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY Small Market TV First Place WGEM “Crosstown Rivalry Basketball”, Tony Cornish, Jr. Large Market TV First Iowa PBS “Rubber Match - Valley v. Waukee”, Paule Yeager Second Place KCRG-TV9 “Friday Night Lights: Mid-Prairie vs. Williamsburg” Erin Rooney (Executive Producer), Aaron Scheinblum (Play-by-Play), Mike Gerken (Engineer/Director/TD), Andy Drzycimski (EVS Operator) POLITICAL COVERAGE Small Market TV First Place WGEM “Election Night” WGEM News Team Second Place KIMT “Election Night” Elizabeth Stay (Executive Producer), George Mallet (Anchor), Katie Lange (Anchor), Brooke McKivergan (Reporter), Isabella Basco (Reporter), Alex Jirgens (Reporter), Nick Kruszalnicki (Reporter), Megan Tonn (Director), Nathin Voeller (Director), Nick Haxton (Graphics) Large Market TV First Place KCCI “Commitment 2019” Second Place WHO HD “Dave Price Reports” Third Place KWWL “Campaign 2019”
GENERAL REPORTING Small Market TV First Place KMEG “Siouxland Farmer Amputates Leg To Save His Life” Jetske Wauran Second Place KTIV “Road to recovery: Mold” Michaela Feldmann Third Place KHQA “Double Fatal Fire On Oak Street” Lynsey Whitaker Large Market TV First Place KCRG “Safety concerns as firefighters respond to calls” Forrest Saunders, Marlon Hall (Photographer) Second WHO HD “The Tinder Trap” Jannay Towne Third KWWL “Czech Baker Facing Closing” Ashley Neighbor EXCELLENCE IN REPORTING Small Market TV First Place KIMT Calyn Thompson Second Place KHQA Rajah Maples Third Place KHQA Lynsey Whitaker Large Market TV First Place WQAD Elizabeth Wadas Second Place KCCI Eric Hansen “This is Iowa” Third Place KCRG-TV9 Josh Scheinblum
EXCELLENCE IN ANCHORING Small Market TV First Place KIMT Katie Lange Second Place KTIV Matt Breen Third Place WGEM Natalie Will and Don Dwyer Large Market TV First Place KWWL Ron Steele & Abby Turpin Second Place KGAN CBS2 Nick Weig WEATHER COVERAGE Small Market TV First Place KTIV “Holstein Hail Damage” Second Place KIMT “Winter Storm Impedes Thanksgiving Travel” Elizabeth Stay (Executive Producer), Chris Nelson (Chief Meteorologist), Katie Lange (Anchor), Isabella Basco (Reporter), Nick Kruszalnicki (Reporter), Kaleb Gillock (Sports Director/Reporter), Megan Tonn (Director) Third Place WGEM “WGEM StormTrak Weather” Large Market TV First Place WHO HD WHO Staff Second Place KGAN “Johnson County Tornado” KGAN Staff Third Place KGAN “Rising Waters: The making of the 2019 flood forecast” KGAN Weather Team FLOOD COVERAGE Small Market TV First Place KTIV, Sioux City “Siouxland flood begins.”, KTIV Staff Second Place WGEM Third Place KCAU Large Market TV First Place KWQC-TV Second Place KCCI Third place WQAD Mississippi River Flood of 2019
SPOT NEWS Small Market TV First Place KTIV “Siouxland Flooding Begins” KTIV Staff Second Place WGEM “West Quincy Evacuates As Levee Fails”, WGEM Staff Third Place KIMT “Technology helps in river rescue” Nick Kruszalnicki, Amy Fleming Large Market TV First Place KCRG “Sumner Plane Crash” Josh Scheinblum Second Place WQAD “The Breach” WQAD Staff Third Place KCCI “Gutheie County Shooting”
BEST SPORTSCAST Small Market TV First Place KTIV “SportsFource October 1”, Brad Pautsch Second Place WGEM-TV WGEM Sports with Sports Director Tony Cornish, Jr. Third Place KMEG Owen Siebring (Sports Director) Large Market TV First Place WHO-HD "Keith Murphy Sports" Second Place KGAN Zach Hanley BEST NEWSCAST Small Market TV First Place KTIV News 4 At Six Second Place WGEM WGEM News at Six Third Place KMEG Siouxland News at 5 11/25/19 Large Market TV First Place WHO HD "Channel 13 News At 10" Second Place KCCI Third Place KWWL KWWL News at 6 (December 18, 2019)
OVERALL EXCELLENCE Small Market TV First Place KTIV News 4 Second Place KIMT News Director Jamie Copley Third Place WGEM News Director Chad Mahoney Large Market TV First Place WHO HD Second Place KCCI 8 News Third Place KWWL