GENERAL EXCELLENCE
Division A
1st KIVI – Channel 6
2nd KTVB – Channel 7
3rd KTRV – Fox 12
Division B
1st KIDK – Channel 3
2nd KIFI – Channel 8
GENERAL NEWS REPORT
Division A
1st Alyson Outen, Troy Colson – KTVB Channel 7 – “Ice Shelf Teens”
2nd Edmundo Aguilar, Doug R. Locksmith – KIVI Channel 6 – “Arson Arrest”
3rd Shane Johnson, Justin Rickelman, Jeremy Jones – KIVI Channel 6 – “Shuttle Launch”
Division B
1st Nate Eaton – KIDK Channel 3 – “Party Thief”
2nd Bridget Shanahan – KIFI Local News 8 – “Signs of Growth”
SPOT NEWS REPORT
1st Shane Johnson, Justin Rickelman, Lance Johnson – KIVI Channel 6 – “Dust Storm”
2nd Mark Johnson, Jason O’Brien, Paul Boehlke, Tim Stokes, Brian Holmes – KTVB Channel 7 – “Middleton High Fire”
3rd Seth Ogilvie – KBCI Channel 2 – “Severe Weather”
BEST LIVE SHOT
1st Joe Hughes, Justin Rickelman – KIVI Channel 6 – “Trunk or Treat”
2nd Kaycee Murray – KTVB Channel 7 – “Live Shot”
3rd Hank Nystrom, Blake McCoy – KBCI Channel 2 – “Wilder Fatal”
WATCHDOG/INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
1st Eric Harryman, Kevin Eslinger – KIVI Channel 6 – “Micron Under the Microscope”
2nd Mellisa Paul, Doug R. Locksmith – KIVI Channel 6 – “Sick Pools”
3rd Eric Harryman, Doug R. Locksmith – KIVI Channel 6 – “Deadly Delay”
SERIOUS FEATURE REPORT
Division A
1st Ysabel Bilbao, Mike Perry – KTVB Channel 7 – “Gangs in Idaho”
2nd Alyson Outen, Paul Boehlke – KTVB Channel 7 – “Lightning Survivor”
3rd Mark Johnson, Mike Perry – KTVB Channel 7 – “Wishes Do Come True”
Division B
No Entries this year
LIGHT FEATURE REPORT
Division A
1st Heather Skold, Justin Rickelman – KIVI Channel 6 – “Derby Girls”
2nd Hannah Naito, Kevin Eslinger – KIVI Channel 6 – “Walk of Wonder”
3rd Rebecca Swart, Kevin Eslinger – KIVI Channel 6 – “Larry Craig Costumes”
Division B
1st Doug Andersen- KPVI Channel 6 – “Hurricane”
2nd Doug Andersen- KPVI Channel 6 – “Mississippi Queen”
3rd Nate Eaton – KIDK Channel 3 – “Trash King”
SERIES
1st Paul Fredericks – KBCI Channel 2 – “Bring Back the Band”
2nd Dan Hamilton, Jill Hardy – KTRV Fox 12 – “Lineman College Shooting”
3rd Sally Showman – KIFI Local News 8 – “Just 16 and Life in Prison”
PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM – STUDIO
1st Marcia Franklin, Jody Lee, Ricardo Ochoa – Idaho Public Television – “Dialogue: A Look Back at the Sunshine Mine Disaster”
2nd Joan Cartan-Hansen, Al Hagenlock, Sue Nass – Idaho Public Television – “D4K”
3rd Marcia Franklin, Jay Krajic, Ricardo Ochoa – Idaho Public Television – “Dialogue: Astronaut in Waiting”
PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM – FIELD
1st Alyson Outen, Gary Salzman – KTVB Channel 7 – “Barbara Morgan – Idaho’s Teacher in Space”
2nd Carolyn Holly, Xanti Alcelay – KTVB Channel 7 – “Special Olympics – China to Idaho”
3rd Bruce Reichert, John Crancer, Pat Metzler, Chuck Cathcart, Jeff Tucker, Janette Crancer – Idaho Public Television – “OUTDOOR IDAHO: A Middle Fork Journey”
Honorable Mention
– Don Nelson – KIVI Channel 6 – “Montel Williams”
DOCUMENTARY
1st Jim Peck, Alberto Moreno – Idaho Public Television – “The Idaho Homefront: Of Camps and Combat”
2nd Tim Stokes, Troy Colson – KTVB Channel 7 – “Life or Meth”
3rd Staff – KIVI Channel 6 – “Fiesta Bowl Rewind”
Honorable Mention
– Mark Johnson, Xanti Alcelay, Tim Stokes, David Augusto – KTVB Channel 7 – “The Greatest Game Ever Played”
– Bruce Reichert, Pat Metzler, Jeff Tucker, Jim Peck, Alberto Moreno, Ricardo A. Ochoa, Marcia Franklin, John Crancer, Joan Cartan-Hansen – Idaho Public Television – “ASSASSINATION: Idaho’s Trial of the Century”
SPORTS NEWS STORY
1st Seth Ogilvie – KBCI Channel 2 – “Steelheads Are Champs”
2nd Joe Hughes, Kevin Eslinger – KIVI Channel 6 – “Davey at Indy”
3rd Justin Corr, David Augusto – KTVB Channel 7 – “Steelheads & Ivory Teeth”
Honorable Mention
Joe Hughes, Kevin Eslinger, Justin Rickelman – KIVI Channel 6 – “Anthony Nelson”
Randy Simon – KIVI Channel 6 – “Kayaker Death”
Maggie O’Mara, Gary Salzman – KTVB Channel 7 – “Baby Tadman”
SPORTSCAST
Division A
1st Justin Corr – KTVB Channel 7
2nd Nate Kuester, Benji Mallicoat – KTRV Fox 12
3rd Joe Hughes – KIVI Channel 6
Division B
No entries this year
WEATHERCAST
Division A
1st Scott Dorval – KIVI Channel 6
2nd Nate Kuester – KTRV Fox 12
3rd Brian Carrington – KBCI Channel 2
Division B
1st Michael Coats – KIFI Local News 8
2nd Jamie Kagol – KIFI Local News 8
OUTDOOR / ENVIRONMENT REPORT
1ST Victoria Osborn, Marc Morris – Idaho Fish & Game – “Salmon: An Idaho Tradition”
2nd Joni Shriver, Troy Colson – KTVB Channel 7 – “Wildfire Training”
3rd Bridget Shanahan – KIFI Local News 8 – “Grizzlies Worry Ranchers”
Honorable Mention
John Crancer, Chuck Cathcart – Idaho Public Television – “Desert Hideaways – Outdoor Idaho”
CONSUMER REPORT
1st Jacqueline Bennett, Doug R. Locksmith – KIVI Channel 6 – “Paying Through the Nozzle”
2nd Shane Johnson, Justin Rickelman – KIVI Channel 6 – “Toxic Toothpaste”
3rd Ysabel Bilbao, Paul Boehlke – KTVB Channel 7 – “Salmonella Poisoning”
HEALTH / MEDICAL REPORT
1st Joni Shriver, Ryan Larrando – KTVB Channel 7 – “Mom Interrupted”
2nd Michelle Edmonds, Edward Hewitt, Kevin Eslinger, Justin Rickelman – KIVI Channel 6 –
Deadly Disease”
3rd Jonelle Merrill, Mike Perry – KTVB Channel 7 – “Sink or Swim”
CRIME / COURT REPORT
1st Doug Petcash, Gary Salzman, Xanti Alcelay – KTVB Channel 7 – “Kay Lynn 10 Years Later”
2nd Alyson Outen, Gary Salzman – KTVB Channel 7 – “Mark Stall 10 Years Later”
3rd Hannah Naito, Lance Johnson – KIVI Channel 6 – “License To Kill”
Honorable Mention
Rebecca Swart, Kevin Eslinger, Edward Hewitt – KIVI Channel 6 – “Gang Tracker”
GOVERNMENT / POLITICAL
1st Jacqueline Bennett, Jeremy Jones – KIVI Channel 6 – “Hailey Pot”
2nd Hannah Naito, Lance Johnson – KIVI Channel 6 – “Garvey Tapes”
3rd Dan Hamilton, Jill Hardy – KTRV Fox 12 – “Larry Craig”
TELEVISION WRITING
1st Michelle Stark- KIVI Channel 6 – “Women of Steel”
2nd Hannah Naito – KIVI Channel 6 – “Walk of Wonder”
3rd Michelle Stark- KIVI Channel 6 – “Idaho’s Hidden Silos”
VIDEOGRAPHY
1st Justin Rickelman – KIVI Channel 6 – “Witches Among Us”
2nd TIE
Gary Salzman – KTVB Channel 7 – “Dying Fish”
Kevin Eslinger – KIVI Channel 6 – “Woman of Steel”
3rd TIE
Mike Perry – KTVB Channel 7 – “McCall Curling”
Gary Salzman – KTVB Channel 7 – “Trash the Dress”
VIDEO ESSAY
1st Jeff Gordon – KIVI Channel 6 – “The One and Only”
2nd Derek Weimer – KBCI Channel 2 – “Bogus Basin Night Rail Jam”
3rd Justin Rickelman – KIVI Channel 6 – “Celtic Games”
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1st Monique James – KTVB- TV Channel 7
2nd E.J. LeFebvre – KBCI-TV Channel 2
3rd Blake McCoy – KBCI-TV Channel 2