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Emily Kwong (she/her) is the reporter for NPR's daily science podcast, Short Wave. The podcast explores new discoveries, everyday mysteries and the
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KYUK has received regional and statewide awards for journalism produced in 2020. KYUK won three 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow awards and six 2020 statewide Alaska Press Club awards.
The Murrow Awards are awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), and are considered to be among the most respected journalism awards in the world. The RTDNA describes the awards as the embodiment of the values, principles and standards set forth by Edward R. Murrow, a journalism pioneer who set the standards for the highest quality of broadcast journalism. KYUK will be advancing to the National Murrow award competition.
KYUK’s 2020 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Alaska Press Club has recognized work published by three Ketchikan Daily News staff members in 2020.
Daily News Staff Photographer Dustin Safranek, Staff Writer Sam Stockbridge and Wire Editor Robert Rice were among the 2020 Alaska Press Club Award recipients announced this past Saturday.
Dustin Safranek earned awards in the Best Scenic Photo and Best Portirait categories.
Safranekâs âSnowy Summitâ image of Ketchikan hiker Ken Arriola ascending near the peak of Deer Mountain on March 7, 2020, was awarded second place in the all-media Best Scenic Photo category, to which a judge commented âMan, Alaska is beautiful!â
A seven-image collection of Safranekâs portraits of local families who were hunkering down during the first wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic was published in the April 4-5, 2020, edition of the Daily News, and earned the second-place award in the all-media Best Portrait category.
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Photo courtesy of John Havrilek
This photo by John Havrilek earned the Petersburg Pilot a third place award from the Alaska Press Club. The photo appeared in the April 9 edition of the paper in 2020.
The Petersburg Pilot earned two awards presented by the Alaska Press Club this weekend.
John Havrilek was awarded third place for his photo of a Bald Eagle perched against the backdrop of Petersburg Mountain.
The Pilot staff was awarded third place for best weekly newspaper. Judges commented: Good mix of pure news and advertiser-driven information for a very specific audience (yours). Nicely put together.