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GOOD NEWS AWARDS
Good News Awards - Winners
Sacramento American Women in Radio and Television (SAWRT) held its 5th Annual Good News Awards and Scholarship luncheon on January 16, 2008 at Arden Hills Country Club in Sacramento. The Awards Presentation was hosted by Dr. Barbara O’Connor, Professor of Communications and Director of the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media - California State University, Sacramento.
The mission of the Good News Awards and Scholarship program is to encourage and pay tribute to broadcast news coverage that furthers the triumph of the human spirit. The presentation of these awards is intended to be an incentive for the continued pursuit of excellence for those working in the television and radio broadcast news industry.
The mission of the Good News Scholarships is to recognize high school and college students of broadcasting/journalism and communications curriculums who produce news stories that further the triumph of the human spirit, and to be an incentive for the continued pursuit of Good News when they enter the broadcast industry.
Because of a generous donation from Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), each Good News Awards winner receives a trophy and the station receives $5,000 which it donates to a charity or charities of its choice. The Good News Scholarship winner receives a trophy, a $2,500 cash scholarship and an annual SAWRT membership. Over the past five years, PG&E has granted almost $200,000 to the Good News Awards and Scholarship program which has then been given to students and charities across Northern California.
The winners of the 2007 Good News and Scholarship Awards are:
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ABC 7 (KGO) |
Kids helping kids with nothing |
San Francisco |
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KXJZ Capital
Public Radio |
A Survivor's
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Sacramento |
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Television-Magazine
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KVIE
PBS |
Someone's
Somebody |
Sacramento |
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KUVS
Univision 19 |
Yaya |
Sacramento |
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Lygia Navarro |
Organizing Across Cultures |
UC Berkeley | |
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Micheal Mitchell (SAWRT Pres), Jennifer Ramp (PG&E Spokesperson), Lygia
Navarro (Student Scholarship Winner), Dr. Barbara O'Connor (Emcee)
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PG&E news representatives at the event
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Jann Taber (Good News Founder), Dr. Barbara O'Connor (Emcee), Jennifer Goto
(Good News Chairman)
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Wide shot of event at Arden Hills Country Club
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