Nov 25, 2008 11:52 am US/Pacific
CBS 5 WINS NORCAL RTNDA AWARDS IN SIX CATEGORIES
For Immediate Release, November 17, 2008
San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose-- CBS 5 (KPIX-TV) Eyewitness News won awards in six categories at the NorCal RTNDA Banquet, more than any other local station --. The awards were presented on November 15, 2008.
Greg Maras
so was the big winner, sharing in five of the awards. Our investigative team members Anna Werner, Craig Franklin, Abby Sterling and Gerald Watson each won four. Our team led by Dana King won for their series of special reports from Ghana, and Wendy Tokuda, with Sandy Lee as EP, won for the story of her mother's long struggle to receive her college degree.
The winners include:
Special News programming:
"Assignment Africa," Dana King, Craig Franklin, Stephanie John, Greg Marasso
Investigative reporting:
"Pet Cemetery," Anna Werner, Abby Sterling, Gerald Watson, Craig Franklin, Greg Marasso
Multi-Part Series:
"The Moth Files," Anna Werner, Abby Sterling, Gerald Watson, Greg Marasso
Feature Reporting -- Serious:
"Lives Interrupted: The Tokuda Story," Wendy Tokuda, Sandy Lee
Feature Reporting – Light:
"Valet Confidential," Anna Werner, Abby Sterling, Gerald Watson, Craig Franklin, Greg Marasso
Specialty Reporting:
"Investigate This," Anna Werner, Abby Sterling, Gerald Watson, Craig Franklin, Greg Marasso
CBS 5/The CW 44cable 12 are part of the CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corporation ( http:// www.cbscorporation.com ).
CBS 5 ( http://www.cbs5.com ) began in 1948 as the first television station in Northern California. The CW 44cable 12( www.kbcwtv.com ) began in 1968 as the first UHF station in the Bay area. The two stations became a duopoly in 2002.
Media contact: Akilah Monifa, Director of Communications, 415 765 8842, amonifa@cbs.com
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