AREA AWARDS For Outstanding Achievement in: SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT: STATION AWARDS Station Excellence “KCRA 3” Elliott Troshinsky, President & General Manager “KFSN-TV ABC30” Bob A. Hall, President & General Manager “KGMB 9 in 2007,” KGMB 9 Chris Archer, News Director; Candace Hirleman, Marketing Director “KGO-TV Station Excellence 2007,” KGO ABC 7 Valari Staab, President & General Manager “2007 KTVU Station Excellence,” KTVU 2 Tim McVay, Vice-President & General Manager News Excellence “KCRA 3 Reports,” KCRA 3 Anzio Williams, News Director; James Stimson, Assistant News Director “ABC 30 Action News,” KFSN ABC 30 Tracey Watkowski, News Director “ABC7 News,” KGO ABC 7 Kevin Keeshan, News Director “KHNL NEWS 8,” KHNL News 8 Dan Dennison, News Director “NBC11 in 2007: Chronicling Our Times. Changing With the Times.,” KNTV NBC 11 Susan Sullivan, Vice President of News “CBS 5 Eyewitness News,” KPIX CBS 5 Dan Rosenheim, News Director Community Service “Noticias Univision 14 a Su Lado,” KDTV Univision 14 Sandra Thomas, News Director; Mahelda Rodriguez, Executive Producer; Juan Carlos Guerrero, Producer; Vicenta Jauregui, On Line Producer; Jose Luis Tello, Assignment Desk “ABC 30 GIVES BACK,” KFSN ABC 30 Bob A. Hall, President & General Manager; Beth Marney, Public Affairs Manager “Celebration of Cultural and Ethnic Diversity,” KGO ABC 7 Mimi Kwan, Executive Producer “SPCA Telethon,” KION 46 Lupe Martinez, Director & Technical Director “Bay Area Jefferson Awards,” KPIX CBS 5 Stephanie Roach, Executive Producer; Sam John, Producer; Rosemary Gill, Photographer/Editor “Immigration in Focus - a multi-platform community initiative,” KQED 9 Jeff Clarke, President/CEO “Estudiar es Triunfar,” KSTS Telemundo 48 Ana Marφa Lamas, News Producer; Carla Ivette Yashiro, Producer/Art Director Raul Ayrala, News Coverage Coordinator; Carmen Valencia, Public Outreach Coordinator: Elias Gonzales, Field Photographer; Bobee Padilla, Animation Design “Done vida, done Sangre,” KUVS Univision 19 Uriel Posada, Producer; Steve Stuck, Associate Producer NEWS PROGRMMING Newscast - Daytime - Larger Markets “KCRA 3 Reports at 6AM,” KCRA 3 Anzio Williams, News Director; James Stimson, Assistant News Director; Gretchen Littlejohn, Executive Producer; Joshua Hubbard, Producer; Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Walt Gray, Anchors; John Hamilton, Pilot/Reporter “NBC11's The Bay Area Today at 11AM - 04/30/07,” KNTV NBC 11 Kirsten Chiala, Executive Producer; Mariam Rodriguez, Producer; Brent Cannon, Laura Garcia-Cannon, Anchors; Mike Inouye, Traffic Anchor; Christien Kafton, Reporter “NBC11's The Bay Area at 6AM - 11-08-07,” KNTV NBC 11 John F. Peck, Executive Producer; Tom F. Stilwell, Producer; Marika Krause, Kellie Onaga, Associate Producers; Scott McGrew, Business & Tech. Reporter; Lisa Bernard, Bob Redell, Christie Smith, Reporters; Mike Inouye, Traffic Anchor; Angelina Baray, Assignment Editor; Steve Wheelock, Photographer “NBC11's The Bay Area Today at 11AM - 11/08/07,” KNTV NBC 11 John F. Peck, Executive Producer; Mariam Rodriguez, Producer; Kevin Springer, Director; Brent Cannon, Laura Garcia-Cannon, Anchors; Lisa Bernard, Bob Redell, Christie Smith, Reporter; Mike Inouye, Traffic Anchor; Steve Wheelock, Photographer Shayna John, Editor Newscast - Daytime - Medium Markets “Action News AM Live,” KFSN ABC 30 Tracey Watkowski, News Director; Kathryn York, Producer; Reuben Contreras, Associate Producer; Tim Bawden, Director; Margot Kim, Jason Martinez, Anchors; Christine Park, Reporter; Gary Brooks, Photojournalist; Gabrielle Ornstein, Editor- Photographer; Ross Rumsey, Audio Director Newscast - Daytime - Smaller Markets “Channel 2 News This Morning,” KTVN 2 Jason Pasco, News Director; Wes Severson, Producer; Emily Frega, Associate Producer; Tom Henkenius, Anchor; Patranya Bhoolsuwan, Reporter Newscast - Evening - Larger Markets “ABC 7 News at 5 PM,” KGO ABC 7 Bob Goldberger, Executive Producer; Cheryl Jennings, News Anchor; Sandhya Patel, Meteorologist; Randall Yip, Consumer Producer; Michael Finney, Consumer Reporter Wayne Freedman, News Reporter; Tomas Roman, News Reporter; Henry Mulak, Jeffrey Rios, News Writers; Mitch Turner, Media Manager “NBC11 News at 11 - 8/17/07,” KNTV NBC 11 Jim Gaughran, Executive Producer; Marina Perelman, Producer; Lisa Kim, Anchor; Darryl Hawks, Reporter “CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11PM 12/25/07,” KPIX CBS 5 Wilson Walker, Producer; Christian Otero, Director; Allen Martin, Thuy Vu, Anchors; Sue Kwon, Simon Perez, Tony Russomanno; Joe Vazquez, Reporters; Eric Ramin, Graphic Designer; Mark Baggs, Camera/Chyron Operator “The Ten O'Clock News,” KTVU 2 Darren Zulberti, Producer; Jamie Bankson, Assignment Editor Newscast - Evening - Medium Markets “Action News Live at Five,” KFSN ABC 30 Tracey Watkowski, News Director; Chelsea Wilhite, Producer Warren Armstrong, Nancy Osborne, Anchors; J. Andres Araiza, Maureen Naylor, Sontaya Rose, Reporters “KGMB 9 News at 10pm,” KGMB 9 Brenda Salgado, Assignment Manager Newscast - Evening - Smaller Markets “Channel 2 News at 6:30pm 9/24/07,” KTVN 2 Kellene Stockwell, News Producer Breaking News “Trestle Fire,” KCRA 3 Anzio Williams, Executive Producer; Justin Chechourka, Corey Egel, Ryan Endean, James Stimson, Wilson Walker, Producers; Mark Finan, Chief Meteorologist; Leticia Ordaz, Reporter; Dann Shively, Pilot-Reporter; Frank Curry, Photographer “SoCal Fires 10/23/07,” KGO ABC 7 Wayne Freedman, Producer “NBC11 Breaking News Freeway Collapse,” KNTV NBC 11 Marika Krause, John F. Peck, Producers; Blake Buford, Associate Producer; Joie Healy, Managing Editor; Sabrina Hughes Lochner, Assignment Editor Mike Inouye, Traffic Anchor; Cheryl Hurd, Reporter “San Francisco Bay Oil Spill,” KPIX CBS 5 Jeffery Schaub, Reporter; Don Ford, Photographer/Editor “Angora Fire: Day 1,” KTXL FOX 40 Tim Sakahara, Reporter General Assignment Report “Stolen Pipes?,” KCRA 3 Michael Teselle, Reporter “The Godfather of Fitness,” KNTV NBC 11 Marianne Favro, Reporter; Brad Williams, Photographer “Someone Remembers,” KNTV NBC 11 Noelle Walker, Reporter Jeremy Carroll, Photographer/Editor “Familia De Luto,” KSTS Telemundo 48 Pilar Nino, Reporter Hernan Garcia, Photographer/Editor “Meltdown At The Maze,” KTVU 2 Mike Mibach, Reporter “Baby Trevor,” KUVS Univision 19 Catalina Martinez, Reporter Albert Garcia, Photographer “Train Crossing Safety,” KUVS Univision 19 Nelson Castillo, Photographer/Editor Continuing Coverage “Y Ahora que Hago?,” KDTV Univision 14 Fernando Gomez, Reporter/Writer/Editor “Baker's Dozen,” KGO ABC 7 Dan Noyes, Reporter; Lynn R Friedman, Editor “Maze Crash,” KPIX CBS 5 Abigail Sterling, Investigative Producer; Anna Werner, Investigative Reporter/Producer “Pet Cemetery,” KPIX CBS 5 Abigail Sterling, Investigative Producer; Anna Werner, Investigative Reporter/Producer Gerard Watson, Producer/Photojournalist; Greg Marasso, Editor “Reporter Assassinated / Behind the Black Muslim Bakery,” KPIX CBS 5 Craig Franklin, Producer; Joe Vazquez, Reporter; Arthur Pines, Editor “The California Real Estate Crisis,” KPIX CBS 5 John Lobertini, Reporter “Un Sueno en Crisis,” KUVS Univision 19 Uriel Posada, Producer; Pamela Diaz, Maribel Lopez, Santiago Lucero, Jairo Diaz Pedraza, Johanna Suarez, Reporters; Christian Anguiano, Nelson Castillo, Photographers Investigative Report “Doc 420,” KGO ABC 7 Ken Miguel, Producer; Dan Noyes, Investigative Reporter; Cathy Cavey, Photographer Lynn R Friedman, Editor “Fatal Boat Crash: Wrong Man Charged?,” KGO ABC 7 Dan Noyes, Investigative Reporter; Cathy Cavey, Photographer; Harvey Weinman, Editor “Valet Confidential,” KPIX CBS 5 Jeff Harris, Executive Producer; James Reid, Abigail Sterling, Anna Werner, Producers; Craig Franklin, Gerard Watson, Photojournalist; Greg Marasso, Editor Feature News Report - Light “Street Opera,” KNTV NBC 11 Noelle Walker, Reporter; Jeremy Carroll, Photographer “Summer of Love Poster Artists,” KNTV NBC 11 Robert Wellington, Producer “The Drive-In That Drives In,” KNTV NBC 11 Bob Redell, Reporter “A Dark Secret,” KOVR CBS 13 Kris Pickel, Reporter; Carl Lemon, Videographer/Editor “Fine Print,” KPIX CBS 5 Mike Sugerman, Reporter; Jennifer Mistrot, Photographer; Chris Mistrot, Editor “Backpack Risks,” KUVS Univision 19 Nelson Castillo, Photographer/Editor “From Scapel to Handcufrfs,” KUVS Univision 19 Pamela Diaz, Reporter; Mariana Castorena, Photographer/Editor Feature News Report - LightûSeries “Weekend Adventures with Brian Hickey,” KCRA 3 Brian Hickey, Reporter “Gripman,” KNTV NBC 11 Kent Wilhoite, Reporter /Photographer/Editor “Moving Pictures: Ethiopian Adoption,” KNTV NBC 11 Vicky Nguyen, Reporter; Brad Williams, Photographer and Editor; Alex Bozovic, Editor “Chasing Barry's Balls,” KPIX CBS 5 Mike Sugerman, Reporter; Jim Flanagan, Jennifer Mistrot, Brian Yuen, Photographer/Editors “Louisa's Outdoor Adventures "Animal Trainer for a Day",” KTXL FOX 40 Louisa Hodge, Reporter; Tom Long, Photography/Editing “La Capirucha,” KUVS Univision 19 Martha Minjarez, Reporter/Writer; Mariana Castorena, Photographer/Editor Feature News Report - Serious “Buscando Una Esperanza,” KDTV Univision 14 Flavio Lacayo, Reporter/Writer/Editor; Silverio Almanza, Photographer “Green Waste,” KGO ABC 7 Jennifer Olney, Writer/Producer; Dan Ashley, Reporter; Michael D. Clark, Photographer Deric Fujihara, Photographer; Harvey Weinman, Editor “Modern Day Slavery,” KNTV NBC 11 Liza Meak, Producer; Noelle Walker, Reporter; Jeremy Carroll, Photographer “Delayed Justice,” KPIX CBS 5 Anna Werner, Investigative Reporter/Producer; Craig Franklin, Producer/Photographer “Contra La Tecnologia,” KSTS Telemundo 48 Pilar