Hearst’s Boston ABC affiliate, WCVB, won five awards for outstanding journalism at the 81st National Headliner Awards, one of the oldest and largest annual award contests in the country recognizing journalistic merit across the communications industry. Since 1935, more than 2,000 Headliner medallions have been presented to outstanding writers, photographers, daily newspapers, magazines, graphic artists, […]
Hearst’s Boston ABC affiliate, WCVB, won five awards for outstanding journalism at the 81st National Headliner Awards, one of the oldest and largest annual award contests in the country recognizing journalistic merit across the communications industry.
Since 1935, more than 2,000 Headliner medallions have been presented to outstanding writers, photographers, daily newspapers, magazines, graphic artists, radio and television stations and networks, and news syndicates.
WCVB and Chronicle, the station’s daily weekday news magazine, took home two first-place awards.
In the Newscast category, WCVB received first place for its coverage of a fire that claimed the lives of two Boston firefighters last April in Boston’s Back Bay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAOS8U-ib4g
WCVB’s Chronicle also captured a first place award in the Health and Science Reporting category for a story entitled Battle Against Time, profiling the journey of a veteran reporter documenting his battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Here are all four parts of that story.
WCVB was also acknowledged in the following categories:
Broadcast or cable television stations newscast
Third place, WCVB NewsCenter 5 at 11: Revere Tornado
Synopsis: Coverage of a destructive tornado that tore through Chelsea and Revere last July that had a path length of two miles and path width of 3/8th of a mile, and maximum wind gusts estimated at between 100 and 120 mph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCM1xu64e8Q&feature=youtu.be
Broadcast or cable television stations coverage of a live breaking news event
Second place, WCVB NewsCenter 5 at 11: Revere Tornado
Broadcast television station website
Second place, http://www.wcvb.com/
(NOTE: Last month, WCVB was honored with two Gracie Awards given by The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM), a nonprofit professional organization of 10,000 women and men who work in the media and allied fields.
WCVB, Who Says Roseann Can’t Run
Outstanding Soft News Feature
WCVB’s Chronicle, Breaking the Silence
Local Market Outstanding Magazine
A courageous sophomore shares her story of campus rape in order to save others. And she’s not alone; studies say 25% of female college students will be raped before they graduate.
To view all four segments, click on the links: Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3, Segment 4.
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