WVPB Newsroom Brings Home Awards From Virginias AP Broadcasters

Winners of the 2023 Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters Awards were announced March 23 at the Awards Luncheon and Annual Membership Meeting at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. WVPB brought home five first place awards and seven second place awards in eight different categories. 

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Winners of the 2023 Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters (VAPB) Awards were announced March 23 at the Awards Luncheon and Annual Membership Meeting at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Thirty-eight news organizations in Virginia and West Virginia submitted 619 entries in the contest, which featured news and sports from 2023.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) brought home five first place awards and seven second place awards in eight different categories. 

The VAPB also awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Hunner Moore, a student majoring in media and broadcast journalism at West Virginia University’s (WVU) Reed College of Media.

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.

Winners In The 2023 Virginias AP Broadcasters Contest: 

West Virginia Public Broadcasting brought home 12 awards on Saturday, March 23, 2024 from the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters Awards Luncheon.

Photo Credit: Eric Douglas/West Virginia Public Broadcasting

COMBINED DIVISION (TV/RADIO):

Best Podcast-Audio:

RADIO I/METRO:

Best Continuing News:

Best Light Feature:

Best MMJ/One-Person Band Reporter:

Best QA (One-on-One) Interview:

Best Specialty Reporting:

  • First, Ben Paviour, VPM News, Richmond, VA, “Politics/Criminal Justice”

  • Second, Emily Rice, WVPB-FM, Charleston, WV, “Unwinding Medicaid.”

Best Mountain State Heritage:

Excellence in Public Service Through Journalism:

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