HPC 2016 Lone Star Awards Program

HOUSTON
PRESS CLUB
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2016
LONE
STAR
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JUNE 25, 2016
2016 LONE STAR AWARDS
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CLECO
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NEWSPAPERS
Print Journalist of the Year
First Place: Dianna Wray,
Houston Press
Second Place: Arnold Wayne
Jones, Dallas Voice
Third Place: Leif Reigstad,
Houston Press
Print News or Feature Story Over 50,000 Circulation & Wire
Service
First Place: Dianna Wray,
Houston Press, “Going Under:
What Can Happen If Your
Anesthesiologist Leaves the
Room During an Operation”
Comments: A deep dive on one
of the less-covered aspects
of healthcare and creative
approaches to finding savings in
the system. In this case, the story
raises the distinct possibility the
savings have gone too far, putting
patients’ lives at risk.
Second Place: Maria Recio, Fort
Worth Star-Telegram, “For Cruz,
Ideology Trumps Texas Interests”
Third Place: Michael Barajas,
Houston Press, “Use of Force:
How the Courts Judge Police
Violence Doesn’t Always Lead to
Justice”
Print News or Feature Story
- Under 50,000 Circulation &
Wire Service
First Place: Arnold Wayne Jones,
Dallas Voice, “Soup 2 Nuts”
Dianna Wray - Houston Press - “Going Under: What Can Happen If Your
Anesthesiologist Leaves the Room During an Operation”
Print News or Feature Story - Newspapers Over 50K
Comments: What a fun story! I
felt as if I knew Blythe and Cassie
by the end of the story. Full of
sass and wonderful quotes.
Second Place: Michael Duke,
Jewish Herald-Voice, “Bereaved
Family Focuses on Lives After
Deadly Flood”
Print Investigative Reporting
First Place: Leif Reigstad,
Houston Press, “Varsity Brands
Owns Cheerleading and Fights
to Keep It From Becoming an
Official Sport”
Comments: Absolutely incredible
writing, interesting subjects, filled
with energy. OUTSTANDING!
Second Place: Steve Jansen &
Leif Reigstad, Houston Press,
“Flooding Part 1 and 2”
Print Business Story
First Place: Craig Malisow &
Phaedra Cook, Houston Press,
“Jonathan’s The Rub: Great
Food, Glowing Reviews and a
Bitter Family Feud”
Comments: Interesting piece on
the challenges of a family-owned
business.
Second Place: Chris Ramirez,
Corpus Christie Caller Times,
“Ingleside’s Rebirth”
Print General Commentary/
Criticism
First Place: Michael Duke, Jewish
Herald-Voice, “Israel Was Reborn
Despite the Holocaust”
Second Place: Margaret
Downing, Houston Press, “The
Rise and Crashing Fall of Girls
Third Place: Arnold Wayne
Jones, Dallas Voice, “Uchi
Coochie — Could She Cook!”
TV Photojournalist of the Year
TV Soft News Feature
First Place: Matthew Brawley,
Houston Public Media
Print Sports Story
Second Place: Bryan Wendland,
KENS/San Antonio
First Place: Deborah Knapp &
Michael Humphries, KENS/San
Antonio, “The Ballet of Life”
First Place: Sean Pendergast,
Houston Press, “Plan B: Brennan
Williams Hopes to Turn His NFL
Disappointment into a Wrestling
Career”
Comments: Based on the
headline, the readers expect
to read about wrestling much
sooner. But you do a good job
right from the top of the story of
making the reader care about
Williams. That helped keep me
moving forward through the story.
The photo piqued my interest,
too. Keep taking chances with
your writing, experimenting with
things like the bus pass analogy.
This gives your writing a voice.
Second Place: Matt Samuels,
Jewish Herald-Voice, “ALWAYS
ON THE RUN: Jewish Mother
Brings Intense Marathon
Schedule to Houston”
TELEVISION
TV Journalist of the Year
First Place: Scott Noll, KHOU 11
News
Second Place: Joel Eisenbaum,
KPRC-TV
Third Place: Jace Larson, KPRCTV
Third Place: Fujio Watanabe,
Houston Public Media
TV Breaking News
First Place: Marcelino Benito
& Scott McKenney, KHOU 11
News, “Shots Fired into Crowd at
Vigil”
Comments: Great job putting
this together in the chaos of the
moment, and keeping your cool
well enough to report on the story
in a sincere and sensitive way.
Second Place: Courtney
Friedman, KSAT 12 News,
“Floresville Storm Damage”
Third Place: Francisco Barragan
& Christine Dobbyn, KTRK-TV,
“Weeble Wobble”
TV Hard News Feature
First Place: Elizabeth Saab,
Shane Gordon & Juan
Rodriquez, Fox 7 Austin, “Who’s
Keeping Our Highways Safe?”
Second Place: Rebecca Suarez
& Douglas Zepeda, KXLN 45
Univision Houston, “Ante la
Adversidad (In the Midst of
Adversity)”
Third Place: Scott Noll & Gregg
Ramirez, KHOU 11 News, “A
Broken Promise to Joplin”
Comments: Beautifully created
piece that shows viewers a part
of a culture not usually seen.
Second Place: Julie Coan &
Ron Kabele, KLRN San Antonio,
“Coming Home San Antonio: Luis
Alvarado”
Third Place: Joel Eisenbaum
& Scott Sherman, KPRC-TV,
“Comma Drama”
TV Investigative/Series
First Place: Jeremy Rogalski,
KHOU 11 News, “Keeping HPD
Honest”
Second Place: Scott Noll, John
Gibson & Jennifer Cobb, KHOU
11 News, “Texas Concussions
Uncounted”
Third Place: Dillon Collier
& Jason Eggleston, KENS/
San Antonio, “The Walking
Wounded?”
TV Politics/Government
First Place: Robert Arnold, John
Barone & Jon Hill, KPRC-TV,
“Pulling Back the Curtain”
Second Place: Scott Noll, John
Gibson & Jennifer Cobb, KHOU
11 News, “(Not So) Low Income
Housing”
Third Place: Dillon Collier &
Jason Gonzales, KENS/San
Antonio, “Profane Politics”
TV Consumer News
Third Place: Marcelino Benito
& John Gibson, KHOU 11
News, “Texas Wife Carrying
Championships”
Third Place: Kate McGee, KUT
90.5 Austin
Comments: Serious,
comprehensive and complete
investigative reporting paid off
for consumers in this station’s
community; nicely done.
TV Feature Photography
First Place: Shelley Kofler, Texas
Public Radio, “Property Owners
Worry Vista Ridge Pipeline Will
Drain Their Wells”
Second Place: Dillon Collier &
Michael Humphries, KENS/San
Antonio, “I Guess I’m Gonna Be
on Teevee Tonight”
Second Place: Matthew Brawley,
Houston Public Media, “Gelazzi”
First Place: Jace Larson &
Lauren Sweeney, KPRC-TV,
“Running Off With the Money”
Third Place: Scott Noll, Keith
Tomshe & Jennifer Cobb, KHOU
11 News, “Scrap Yard IDs”
TV Documentary or Public
Affairs
First Place: Andy Cerota, Damon
Sales, Brian Perry & Dawn
Campell, KPRC-TV, “Saving
Gorillas: From Houston to
Rwanda”
Second Place: KPRC2 Staff,
KPRC-TV, “Hurricane Survival
Guide 2015”
First Place: Matthew Brawley,
Houston Public Media, “Michael
Roque Collins: A Legacy of Art”
Third Place: Fujio Watanabe,
Houston Public Media, “Jera
Rose Petal Lodge”
TV Editing
First Place: Michael Humphries,
KENS/San Antonio, “The Ballet of
Life”
Second Place: Fujio Watanabe,
Houston Public Media, “Jera
Rose Petal Lodge”
Third Place: Michael Humphries,
KENS/San Antonio, “Counting
Concussions”
Third Place: Greg Groogan &
John Heads, KRIV-TV, “Making
the Grade”
Radio Journalist of the Year
TV Sports Feature
First Place: Mose Buchele, KUT
90.5 Austin
First Place: Vinnie Vinzetta,
KENS/San Antonio, “The
Message is the Name”
Second Place: Daniel Gotera
& Kyle Porter, KHOU 11 News,
“Football’s Biggest Nerd”
RADIO
Comments: The stories submitted
as part of this entry were unique,
interesting, informative, and wellproduced. This reporter is a solid
storyteller whether reporting on
hard news or feature items.
Second Place: Lauren Silverman,
KERA
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Radio Hard News Feature
Second Place: Carrie Feibel,
Houston Public Media-News
88.7, “Houston Fire Department
Using Doctor Video Chats for
Minor 911 Calls”
Third Place: David Martin Davies,
Texas Public Radio, “Operation
Lone Star Brings Emergency
Medical Care to the Border”
Radio Soft News Feature
First Place: Gail Delaughter,
Houston Public Media-News
88.7, “How to Get from Houston
To Galveston On Public Transit”
Comments: Felt like I was on the
trip.
Second Place: Jack Morgan,
Texas Public Radio, “How World
War II Changed History at San
Antonio’s Japanese Tea Garden”
Third Place: David Martin Davies,
Texas Public Radio, “Sister
Elizabeth of the Eagle Ford”
Radio Politics/Government
First Place: Ryan Poppe, Texas
Public Radio, “Lawmakers Push
to Reclaim Control Over College
Tuition Rates”
Comments: This reporter gets his
beat. I appreciated the variety of
the stories included in this entry,
the telling of which made these
pieces standout from the rest of
the entries in this category.
Second Place: Ben Philpott, KUT
90.5 Austin, “Texans in the GOP
Presidential Hunt”
Third Place: Florian Martin,
Houston Public Media-News
88.7, “As The Race for Houston
Mayor Starts, What Happens
When They Leave Office?”
Radio Public Affairs
First Place: Joey Palacios &
Shelley Kofler, Texas Public
Radio, “Looking for a Leader:
Who Do You Trust to Lead San
Antonio?”
Second Place: David Martin
Davies, Texas Public Radio,
“Should Texas Remember or
Forget the Slocum Massacre”
Repercussions: An Investigation
into Brain Injuries in Texas High
School Football”
Third Place: KERA Staff, KERA,
“THINK: The Aftermath of Sandra
Bland”
Third Place: Gail Delaughter,
Houston Public Media-News
88.7, “Rerouting Houston Buses”
Radio Use of Sound
Radio Series
First Place: Lauren Silverman,
KERA, “Growing Up After
Cancer”
Comments: The story of one
family from all angles was
riveting.
Second Place: David
Martin Davies, Texas Public
Radio, “Concussions and
First Place: Matt Largey, KUT
90.5 Austin, “The Invisible Thing
That (Almost) All Your Music Has
in Common”
Second Place: Ed Mayberry,
Houston Public Media-News
88.7, “Archive Hosts Relics of
Houston Blues”
Robyn Ross, Austin Monthly, “Good Eggs”
Magazine Article
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Third Place: Dave Fehling,
Houston Public Media-News
88.7, “A Houston Bayou Fought
with Steel, Concrete and
Boulders”
Radio Talk Show
First Place: Stella Chavez &
Laura Isensee (KUHF), KERA,
“Dallas Vs. Houston: How The
Two Biggest School Districts In
Texas Match Up”
Jessica Schurz, The Baylor Lariat, “All in the Family”
Student Print Photography
Comments: Creative presentation
on a subject of wide importance
to the audience.
Second Place: Paul Flahive,
David Martin Davies & Elena
Souris, Texas Public Radio, “The
Source: Alzheimer’s Explored
in New Play Depicts Caregiver
Struggles”
Third Place: Craig Cohen &
Staff, Houston Public MediaNews 88.7, “Houston Matters:
Remembering Katrina Ten Years
Later”
MAGAZINES
Magazine Article
First Place: Robyn Ross, Austin
Monthly, “Good Eggs”
Second Place: Jennifer Oakley,
The Buzz Magazines, “Ghost
Bikes”
Third Place: John T. Davis, Austin
Monthly, “Building Hope”
Magazine Column
First Place: Dale Dudley, Austin
Monthly, “Piece of My Heart”
Comments: An unusual take on
the break-up story, with a happy
twist at the end. Man loses girl,
finds sushi (and friendship).
Second Place: Dale Dudley,
Austin Monthly, “Waiting to Say
Goodbye”
Third Place: Jeff Share, Pipeline
& Gas Journal, “Goodbye to a
Friend and Colleague”
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Magazine Layout
First Place: Hector Sanchez,
Cory Rivademar & Jenn Hair,
Austin Monthly, “November 2015
issue”
Comments: A first-class design
and layout that demonstrates
a staff able to stretch itself to
accommodate the magazine’s
large number of content types.
The Best Of section was inviting
and usefully arranged for actual
users lugging the magazine
around town to find hotspots.
First Place: Mike Emery,
University of Houston, “UH
Special Collections Hosts
Archives from Houston’s Blues
History”
Comments: Good use of
recent history to draw readers
to archives. Very nice use of
quotations.
Second Place: Mike Emery,
University of Houston, “UH
Coogs Cooking Up Plan to
Address Food Insecurity in Third
Ward”
Second Place: Staff, Texas
Medical Center News, “TMC
Pulse September 2015”
Third Place: Lisa Merkl,
University of Houston, “Hackers
Gonna Hack”
Third Place: Heidi Bane, City
of Houston Employee News,
“Benefits Pulse Issue 2 - 2015”
PR Feature Article
PUBLIC RELATIONS
PR Communicator of the Year
First Place: Stephen Stewart,
Enbridge
Comments: Beautifully executed
short for “Call or Click Before You
Dig.” Very clean, eye-pleasing
reports.
Second Place: Leslie DentonRoach, City of Houston
Employee News
Third Place: Robert Cahill,
UTHealth
PR News Release
First Place: Mike Emery,
University of Houston Magazine,
“Game Changers”
Second Place: Elise Rambaud
Marrion, City of Houston
Employee News, “Davis Leads
City’s Fight Against Human
Trafficking”
Third Place: Lucha Morales, City
of Houston Employee News,
“Waiting to Inhale”
PR Annual Report
First Place: Staff, The University
of Texas Medical School at
Houston, “Year in Review”
Second Place: Nursing Service,
University of Texas Medical
Branch - Galveston, “2015 UTMB
Health Nursing Annual Report”
PR Corporate Video
First Place: Enbridge Public
Affairs & Communications Team,
Enbridge, “Enbridge Call Before
You Dig: One Texas Landowner’s
Story”
Second Place: Enbridge Public
Affairs & Communications Team,
Enbridge, “Enbridge Call Before
You Dig: A Farmer’s Story”
Third Place: Gordon Williams,
Shenid Bhayroo & Clinton Rawls,
LUTV Productions, “Lamar’s
Legacy, Lamar’s Future”
PR Publication
First Place: Kellie Bramlet,
Danielle Underferth & Stephanie
Kim, MD Anderson Cancer
Center, “Focused on Health”
Second Place: Nell Reed &
Courtney Martinez, Houston
Community College, “Houston
Community College Recruiting
Brochure”
Third Place: Greg Baulding,
Steve Stewart & Paul Thibault,
“Enbridge GPP Safety News”
INTERNET-BASED NEWSORIGINAL
Internet News Feature
First Place: Matt Keyser,
KHOU.com, “Eye of the storm:
Remembering Hurricane Ike”
Comments: Strong mix of photos,
videos and compelling interviews
to tell a story that had such a big
impact on so many people.
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Second Place: Michael Foster,
SHSU, “SHSU’s COBA Creates
3-D Printed Hand”
Third Place: Nathan Cone,
Texas Public Radio, “At SXSW, A
Modern ‘Western’ Opens Eyes to
a Closed Border”
Internet Hard News Article
First Place: Meagan Flynn,
Houston Press, “Jesse Jacobs
Died in Lockup Six Days After
Galveston County Jailers Cut Off
His Meds”
Second Place: KHOU.com
Staff, KHOU.com, “School Bus
Involved in Deadly Wreck”
Third Place: KHOU.com Staff,
KHOU.com, “A Matter of
Seconds”
Internet Collaborative News
Reporting
First Place: KHOU.com Staff,
KHOU.com, “Fallen Deputy
Darren Goforth”
Comments: A strong piece that
provides a wealth of detail on
the story, allowing readers to
dive into long-form video and
follow contextual links to related
coverage.
Second Place: KHOU.com Staff,
KHOU.com, “Historic Texas
Flooding”
Internet Opinion
First Place: Cory Garcia, Houston
Press, “Taylor Swift Is the Modern
Queen of Pop, For Better or
Worse”
Sean Pendergast, Houston Press, “Plan B: Brennan Williams Hopes to Turn His
NFL Disappointment into a Wrestling Career”
Print Sports Story
Comments: This article does a
nice job of using the concert as
a springboard to a bigger piece
about the evolution of a pop star
into a larger-than-life persona.
Comments: A solid, detailed
example of finding the local
angle on an important story of
international importance. Good
work.
Second Place: James Russell,
Dallas Voice, “Bought and Sold:
How a Handful of Wealthy Men
Are Remaking the Texas Lege”
Second Place: Reubin Turner,
The Baylor Lariat, “Student Court
Issues BU New-Contact Order”
STUDENT ENTRY CATEGORIES
Third Place: Rebecca Hennes,
The Cougar, “Surviving Stats:
How One Student Almost Didn’t”
Student Print News or Feature
Story
Student Print Sports Story
First Place: Lauren van Gerven,
University Press, “Lamarites
Reflect on Paris Attacks”
First Place: Shehan Jeyarajah,
The Baylor Lariat, “Taylor Young
Breaks Conventions”
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Comments: Excellent writing
style that draws the reader in and
makes the article very interesting.
Second Place: Shehan
Jeyarajah, The Baylor Lariat, “In
the Shadow: Phil Bennett”
Comments: This collection of
three stories would make any
commercial TV News Director
proud. Well shot and edited.
Music used to fine effect. I finally
learned where my favorite shrimp
cocktail originated. Kudos to all.
Third Place: Shardanna Jones,
The Cougar, “New Cougar Finds
a Second Chance in Houston”
Second Place: Kevin McGee &
Marva Craig, LUTV News, “Bull
Doggin’”
Best Student Newspaper
Third Place: Jessica Babb, Baylor
Lariat TV News, “Giving Back to
Veterans”
First Place: Glissette Santana,
Monica Rojas & Sean Alder, The
Cougar
Second Place: Staff, University
Press
Third Place: Revelation Staff, San
Antonio Christian High School
Student TV & Radio Sports
Story
First Place: Alexa Brackin, Baylor
Lariat TV News, “Baylor Falls in
Cotton Bowl”
Comments: Well done package.
Report has it all. The ups and
downs of the game and the
postgame locker room. Well shot
and edited. Closing standup
might have been shot from an
angle showing the final score, but
that’s a minor point.
Second Place: Kevin McGee &
Caleb McFarland, LUTV News,
“Beautiful Mountain Boarding”
Third Place: Thomas Mott, Baylor
Lariat TV News, “Bears Lose to
Longhorns”
Hector Sanchez, Cory Rivademar & Jenn Hair, Austin Monthly,
“November 2015 issue”
Magazine Layout
Student Print Photography
First Place: Jessica Schurz, The
Baylor Lariat, “All in the Family”
Comments: A wonderfully human
illustration of family.
Second Place: Sarah Pyo,
The Baylor Lariat, “Horsecollar
Penalty”
Third Place: Stephen Nunnelee,
The Baylor Lariat, “Quarterback
Concussion”
Student TV & Radio News or
Feature Story
First Place: Kelsey Johnson &
Kevin McGee, LUTV Productions,
“LUTV on Fox”
HOUSTON PRESS CLUB
Houston Press Club Lone Star Awards
The Lone Star Awards are given each year in recognition of outstanding achievements
in journalism and mass communication in the state of Texas. The competition encompasses efforts in the fields of print, radio, television and internet journalism; student
publications and broadcasts; and public relations. Awards are given to first, second,
and third place entries in each category.
The Houston Press Club is dedicated to fostering growth and interaction in these various fields with the aim of improving the whole business of mass communications. The
Houston Press Club also supports the efforts of tommorow’s professionals through
achievement awards and scholarship funding for students in these fields.
Thanks for your help in so many ways
Mike O’Neill, President of Houston Press Club*
Liz Johnson, PR Sr. Manager, Society of Petroleum Engineers *
Jack Barnett, Chief Communications Officer Harris County Appraisal District*
Trish Cunningham,Business Development Manager Brookwoods Group*
Sean Thompson, Directory of Marketing, Donna Wick PR *
Steve Stewart, Corporate Communications Enbridge Energy*
Kristy Gillentine, Director of Public Relations, Drive West Communications*
Jared Counts, Houston Public Media
David Medina & Seraphina Van and Rice University
Enbridge, Inc
Melange Catering & Special Event
*denotes Members of the Press Club Board of Directors
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