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WVPB Newsroom Wins 12 Awards At Virginias AP Broadcasters Luncheon
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[CHARLESTON, WV] — The winners of the 2025 Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters (VAPB) Awards were announced on March 28 at the Awards Luncheon and Annual Membership Meeting at Hotel Madison & Shenandoah Conference Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) Newsroom won 12 awards this year.
Thirty-seven news organizations in Virginia and West Virginia submitted 598 entries into the contest, which featured news and sports stories from 2025.
The WVPB Newsroom received three first place awards and nine second place awards.
“The West Virginia Public Broadcasting News team is small but mighty,” said WVPB Director of Broadcast Journalism, Eric Douglas. “We keep our community informed but also tell stories that you probably won’t hear on the commercial stations. The sheer fact that we dominate the Mountain State Heritage category speaks to the types of in-depth, behind-the-scenes reporting we do every day.”
The VAPB is an independent association comprised of local members of The Associated Press, a not-for-profit news cooperative that represents thousands of newspapers and broadcast stations across the United States.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting brought home 12 awards on Saturday, March 28, 2026 from the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters Awards Luncheon.
Photo Credit: Eric Douglas/West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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[CHARLESTON, WV] – West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s (WVPB) news team has won three awards from the 2026 Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) Awards Competition.
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