四虎影院

四虎影院 collected a half-dozen trophies last weekend, these from the Houston Press Club's Lone Star Awards. That brings the station's total award haul this year to 21 -- including second place for best newscast among large stations nationally from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. Here's a rundown of the station's awards this year.

(a statewide competition sponsored by the Houston Press Club)

• Internet News/Feature Story (1^st place): Eric Aasen and 四虎影院 Staff, the digital series leading up to the 50^th anniversary of the JFK assassination.
• Radio Politics/Government (1^st place): Shelley Kofler, , a look at a water district election that had only a single vote 鈥� the son of a developer.
• Radio Politics/Government (3^rd place): Shelley Kofler, 
• Radio Use of Sound (2^nd place): Lauren Silverman, Lyndsay Knecht and Sam Baker,
• Radio Talk Show (3^rd place): Think staff, a discussion after the murder of 鈥淎merican Sniper鈥� Chris Kyle.
• Radio Series (3^rd place): Lauren Silverman, , which spotlights health/science/tech breakthroughs born in North Texas.

(a national competition among public radio stations)

• Best Newscast (2^nd place) for .

(Radio Television Digital News Association honors for the Texas-Oklahoma region)

• Newscast (1^st place): 四虎影院 staff, reporting on that day鈥檚 JFK 50 commemoration in Dealey Plaza.
• Feature reporting (1^st place): Lauren Silverman, 鈥�,鈥� Lauren鈥檚 story was also by Morning Edition.
• Use of sound: Lauren Silverman, Lyndsay Knecht and Sam Baker, 鈥�.鈥�

(a statewide competition with commercial and public radio stations)

• Digital (1^st place): 四虎影院 staff, .
• Spot News (2^nd place): Bill Zeeble, .
• Use of Actuality-Production (2^nd place): Courtney Collins, .
• Feature, Light  (2^nd place): Lauren Silverman, Lyndsay Knecht & Sam Baker. .
• Spot News (honorable mention): Courtney Collins, .
• Continuing Coverage (honorable mention): 四虎影院 Staff, .

(a statewide competition with TV, radio and print; 四虎影院 won five awards in all, most of any media organization in Texas)

• Texas Health Journalist of the Year (1^st place): B.J. Austin
• Texas Health Journalist of the Year (runner-up): Lauren Silverman
• Radio (1^st place): Lauren Silverman, .
• In-Depth Radio (1^st place): Krys Boyd, Jeff Whittington, Stephen Becker,
• In-Depth Radio (runner-up): Lauren Silverman,