四虎影院

四虎影院 staffers earned 30 awards in 2018. Six of those honors came from national journalism organizations. 

Here's a look at the station's winners in 2018:

四虎影院 received two first-place awards and one second from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI). Texas stations won 14 in all, including first place for the Texas Station Collaborative's coverage of Hurricane Harvey.

The 四虎影院 series "," reported by Courtney Collins and Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, was the state's only double winner, taking first in the Enterprise/Investigative category and second in Multimedia Presentation; Molly Evans was lead producer on the digital project. Reporter Christopher Connelly's story on the rowdy reception U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions got at a town hall was named best Nationally Edited Breaking News.

KUT in Austin won six awards in all -- the most of any large station in the country. Three of those were second-place honors for the statewide newsmagazine Texas Standard, which is co-produced by the Texas Station Collaborative partners: KUT, 四虎影院, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. Marfa Public Radio earned three plaques in the small-station categories, including two first places.

Here are 四虎影院's winners:

• Enterprise/Investigative (1st place): 
• Nationally Edited Breaking News (1st place):
• National Edited Continuing Coverage (1st place): Texas Station Collaborative: Hurricane Harvey
• Multimedia Presentation (2nd place): "

Here's , which were presented in Philadelphia in June.

Bill Zeeble, a 26-year veteran of 四虎影院, was named best broadcast beat reporter in the country by the Education Writers Association. Zeeble was honored at the EWA's national conference in May. 

The  -- its first EWA winner -- included Zeeble's contributions to the series , as well as stories on food insecurity on a college campus and a group of 1,300 dads who've come together to bolster a local high school.

"Bill Zeeble's best stories artfully weave together images, sounds and video to draw audiences into stories filled with people," one EWA judge wrote.

Two other public radio organizations also received EWA awards: WBEZ in Chicago and the investigative news program Reveal, which airs Saturday nights at 7 on 四虎影院 radio. 

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四虎影院's Stella M. Ch谩vez has won a national award for Excellence in Radio or Podcast Religion Reporting. Her reporting on the  at Liberty High School in Frisco, part of the series 鈥�,鈥� earned third-place honors from the Religion News Association. Ch谩vez was the only public radio reporter honored by RNA. You can see .

Christopher Connelly, who covers Fort Worth and politics for 四虎影院, was named the state's best radio reporter by the Charles E. Green Awards from the Headliners Foundation of Texas.  with a Green Award. The Headliners Foundation selected from a field made up of awardees from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters and the Texas AP Managing Editors. Connelly was a double winner in the AP Broadcasters contest.

The Texas Station Collaborative also earned from the foundation for its coverage of Hurricane Harvey.

四虎影院's multimedia project "" won two of the station's three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The series, reported by Courtney Collins and Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, earned top honors for news series and continuing coverage. 四虎影院's Dane Walters was also honored for excellence in video for his Art&Seek Artist Spotlight .

Texas Standard won three Murrows in Region 6, which covers stations in Texas and Oklahoma. The public radio newsmagazine, which airs weekdays at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., is a co-production of KUT in Austin, 四虎影院, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio -- which make up the Texas Station Collaborative.

KUT won five other regional Murrows; TPR won two. That means Collaborative stations won 13 of the 15 Murrows in Region 6. KRLD earned the other two, including Overall Excellence.

In the small-station regional competition, Marfa Public Radio won nine of the 10 categories. The Texas Tribune, another 四虎影院 partner, won seven regional Murrows for small digital organization.

Here's the . And here are 四虎影院's honors:

• Continuing Coverage:
• News Series: ""
• Excellence in Video: ""

Journalists from 四虎影院  won five first-place Texas Associated Press Broadcasters awards, and 12 honors in all. Christopher Connelly was a double winner, for reporter of the year and best serious feature. Jerome Weeks and the station's Art&Seek team also earned two first-place honors: Weeks for specialty or beat reporting and the Artist Spotlight series for online/special content.

The 四虎影院 project "" was named best investigative report and also collected two second-place honors.

Every current 四虎影院 reporter was honored in at least one category.

KUT in Austin -- a partner in the Texas Station Collaborative with 四虎影院, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio -- won 16 Texas AP Broadcasters Awards this year. Eleven were first place, including overall excellence.

Here are 四虎影院's winners:

• Reporter: (first place) and  (second place)
• Specialty or Beat Reporting (first place): 
• Investigative Report (first place): ""
• Feature (Serious): Christopher Connelly (first place), "," and Bill Zeeble (second place), ""
• Online/Special Content: "" (first place) and "" (second place)
• Digital (second place): 四虎影院 (, , , )
• Continuing Coverage (second place): Stella M. Ch谩vez, ""
• Series (second place): ""
• Best Local Talk Show (second place): ""

Here's a of Texas AP Broadcasters Awards.

四虎影院 won three Hugh Aynesworth Awards from the Press Club of Dallas, part of a sweep of the statewide contest's radio categories by public stations.

The awards, named for the longtime North Texas news icon, were presented Dec. 1 at the Irving Convention Center. The public radio program Texas Standard won the fourth radio award, for breaking news; 四虎影院 reporters were runners-up in that and the feature reporting category.

Here are the radio winners:

• Investigative Reporting (1st place): Courtney Collins and Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, 四虎影院, . (Runner-up, David Martin Davies, Texas Public Radio, .)
• Feature Reporting (1st place): Stella M. Chavez and Bill Zeeble, 四虎影院, . (Runners-up: Hady Mawajdeh, 四虎影院's Art&Seek, , and Laura Isensee, Houston Public Media, ).
• Criticism (1st place): Jerome Weeks, 四虎影院's Art&Seek, .
• Breaking News (1st place): David Brown, Texas Standard, . (Runner-up: Rachel Osier Lindley, 四虎影院, .)

Here's for the Aynesworth Awards. And here's a . 

Sam Baker, who's welcomed 四虎影院 listeners to mornings for more than a quarter-century, was honored as a "Legend" by the Press Club of Dallas.

Baker, the station's senior editor and Morning Edition host, was one of nine journalists honored at an Oct. 13 dinner. Other honorees included:

• Jacquielyn Floyd, recently retired columnist for The Dallas Morning News.
• George Getschow, longtime Wall Street Journal reporter and editor, who co-founded the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
• Marty Haag (posthumous), who built a news powerhouse at WFAA-Channel 8.
• Mercedes Olivera (posthumous), who wrote a column on Latino issues for The Dallas Morning News for 32 years.
• Shaun Rabb, longtime reporter for KDFW-Channel 4.
• John Sparks who worked as a leader in all four of the biggest TV newsrooms in North Texas.
• Charean Williams, a groundbreaking NFL reporter who spent most of her career at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
• David Woo, who spent four decades as a photographer at The Dallas Morning News.

四虎影院 earned two health-reporting awards from the Texas Medical Association. TMA representatives came to the station to present the Anson Jones, M.D., Awards:

• In-Depth Radio (first place): Krys Boyd, Stephen Becker, Samantha Guzman and Jeff Whittington for ""
• In-Depth Radio (honorable mention): Stephanie Kuo for ""

四虎影院's Courtney Collins was named Best Reporter in the from D Magazine.

四虎影院's series  was named a finalist for the First Amendment Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists' Fort Worth chapter. Courtney Collins, Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, Molly Evans, Justin Bowers and Christy Robinson were honored.