Denver - 9NEWS won 12 out of 22 possible awards for the large market television category at the Associated Press contest Saturday at the Golden Hotel including five first place awards for investigative reporting, spot news coverage, general reporting, feature reporting and best sportscast.
The AP repeatedly recognized the outstanding reporting of the 9NEWS investigative team, 9Wants to Know. Deborah Sherman claimed top honors with photographer Anna Hewson in the investigative category for her in-depth reporting on an identity theft ring. Sherman's investigation led to a police investigation that ultimately led to convictions in the case. The unit as a whole was recognized with a second place award for their year-end documentary, "9Wants to Know Case Files: 9 Doing Time." That special featured nine cases from 2009 that resulted in criminal prosecutions or convictions of the various criminals profiled.
9Wants to Know reporter and weekend anchor Kyle Clark further won best spot-news coverage on the fire line from the Boulder wildfires. 9NEWS swept the spot news category with recognition for the entire 9NEWS staff on its coverage of the Southlands tornado.
Drew Soicher won top honors from the AP as having Colorado's best sportscast, building on his earlier success this year as the Colorado Broadcasters Association best sportscaster. 9NEWS reporter Anastasiya Bolton together with photographer Corky Scholl won best general reporting for their story, "Montbello Teacher."
Nelson Garcia, along with regional photographer of the year, Anne Herbst, won first place in the feature category for their story, "Colorado Carnegie Hall." 9NEWS also swept the features awards as Cheryl Preheim and Herbst had their story, "Crafting a Contradiction" recognized with a second place honor.
9NEWS winners from the 2010 Associated Press awards:
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Investigative Reporting
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1st - Identity Thieves
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Deborah Sherman, Anna Hewson
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General Reporting
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1st - Montbello Teacher
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Anastasiya Bolton, Corky Scholl
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Feature Reporting
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1st - Colorado Carnegie Hall
2nd - Crafting a contradiction
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Nelson Garcia, Anne Herbst
Cheryl Preheim, Anne Herbst
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Sportscast
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1st - Drew Soicher Sports
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Drew Soicher, Wade Steiner, Kris Mulholland
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Spot News
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1st - Boulder Fires
2nd - Southlands Tornado
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Kyle Clark, Tom Cole, 9NEWS Staff
9NEWS Staff
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Documentary
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2nd - 9Wants to Know Case Files: 9 Doing Time
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Nicole Vap, Anna Hewson, Deborah Sherman, Jace Larson, Kyle Clark
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Morning Newscast
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2nd - 9NEWS at 6am - 9/30/09
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Colleen Locke, Alex Brancard, Brad Rudolph
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Sports Special
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2nd - Overtime
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Wade Steiner, Rod Mackey, Brian Olson, John Kuhrt
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Weathercast
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2nd - Meteorologist Ashton Altieri
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Ashton Altieri
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Website
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2nd - 9NEWS.com
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9NEWS Web Team
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