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Station awards |
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Note: Non-student entries are no longer being accepted. Student entries are being accepted until Sept. 15. |
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Station awards
Divisions
Radio: All stations in North Carolina and South Carolina.
TV Division I: Stations with news departments in these markets: Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Raleigh-Durham, Greenville-Spartanburg, Asheville and Columbia. Public television also will compete in this division. Stations in these markets with fewer than 20 full-time people will have the option of competing in Division II.
TV Division II: All other stations. News departments in these markets with news staffs of 20 or more full-time employees have the option of competing in Division I.
Categories
Best Newscast: Submit one newscast that you feel represents your best effort. State on the form accompanying the entry what hour and date the newscast was broadcast and recorded. Newscasts entered must be complete and unaltered from the way that they were broadcast and recorded. No retakes allowed. Judges will consider the quality of reporting and content, news judgment, writing, delivery and technical quality. Entry limited to 35 minutes.
Sports Special: A special program either outside or inside a regularly scheduled newscast or program. Entry limited to 30 minutes.
Sports Reporting: Best treatment of a single sports story for which advance planning was possible. No play-by-play is permitted. Entry limited to 10 minutes.
Best Photography: Best video photography in a single report or series. Entry limited to 15 minutes.
Consumer/Economic: A story or series of stories that will help a consumer make choices in the marketplace and/or understand the forces that shape the marketplace. Entry limited to 15 minutes.
News Documentary: A news documentary exclusive of a regularly scheduled newscast, dealing cohesively with a single subject. Entry limited to 30 minutes.
Education: Best treatment of an educational issue presented as a story or series.Entry limited to 10 minutes
Feature: A human interest story as opposed to hard news. Entries will be judged on style and human qualities expressed. Entry limited to 5 minutes.
General News: A single story or combination of related stories of which advance planning was possible. Entry limited to a 15-minute segment.
Health-Medicine: Best treatment of a health or medical issue presented as a story or series. Entry limited to 10 minutes
Investigative: Story or series of stories on the same topic in which the reporter uncovered facts that otherwise might not have become public knowledge. You may accompany your entry tape with materials outlining steps taken to prepare reports and ensure accuracy. Entry limited to 20 minutes and other materials to 2 pages.
Political-Election: Best election coverage. May include composite coverage or an individual story. Entry limited to 15 minutes.
Political-General: Best individual story or series dealing with the political process, not including Election Day coverage. Entry limited to 15 minutes. May include composite coverage.
Radio News Block: Entry must include a locally produced newscast and may also include weather, sports interviews, etc. The entry must be an off-air recording of a live program with no editing or alteration. Judges will consider the quality of the overall presentation, writing, sound, information and impact. Entry limited to 15 minutes.
Series: A series of stories about a single topic. Entries will be judged on presentation, relevance of topic and quality of research. Entry limited to 20 minutes.
Special Report: An expanded presentation of a breaking news event or current news issue . Entry limited to 30 minutes.
Spot News: A specific story, unscheduled and for which no prior or advance planning was possible. Entries will be judged on immediacy (whether broadcast live or after the event), quality of reporting, use of actualities and style. Judges will be asked to keep in mind that spot news is outside the control of the broadcaster and that treatment of the individual story, rather than the nature of the story, is to be evaluated. Entry limited to 20 minutes.
News Website: Site will be reviewed during an unannounced one-week period. Sites will be judged based on the amount and depth of original local information content, as well as original design. Division (market size/staff) for the News Web Site award is the same as for the Station Awards.
Student awards (Complete the online entry form)
Student awards will be judged by the RTDNAC Board of Directors. They will judge the content and editorial quality of the entry. To level the criteria, consideration is given to the production limitations of many educational institutions.
Best Student Newscast: Submit one newscast produced, reported and anchored by students. This includes both radio and television newscasts. They must have aired in the past year on your college or university station, cable system or other outlet. Entry limited to 30 minutes.
Best Student News Reporting: Submit a single report covering a hard news event, spot news or serious topic. The story can be investigative in nature. Humorous or soft-topic stories should not be submitted in this category. Report must have appeared in a regularly scheduled news program. Entry may not be entered in Feature Reporting category.
Best Student Weathercast: Submit one weathercast that you feel represents your best effort. This applies to TV only. The weathercast must be part of a regularly scheduled newscast, not continuing coverage. State on the form accompanying the entry with hour and date the weathercast was broadcast and recorded. Weathercasts entered must be complete and unaltered from the way they were broadcast and recorded. No retakes allowed.
Best Student Sportscast: One television or radio sportscast that you feel represents your best effort. Sportscasts entered must be complete and unaltered from the way they were broadcast and recorded. No retakes allowed.
Best Student Sports Story: This radio or television story must have aired in the past year.
Best Student Feature Reporting: Submit a single report covering a human interest or profile subject that is not spot news or investigative in nature. Report must have appeared in a regularly scheduled news program. Entry may not be entered in News Reporting category.
Best Photography: Best video photography in a single report.
D. Haney Howell Student Journalist of the Year: Submit best examples of an individual's broadcast work.
Individual achievement awards
Requirements: A composite achievement record for the calendar year. CD/DVD (30-minute maximum) must contain at least three examples of aired material for which the entrant had primary responsibility.
Best Weathercaster: Submit one weathercast that you feel represents your best effort. The weathercast must be part of a regularly scheduled newscast, not continuing coverage. State on the form accompanying the entry with hour and date the weathercast was broadcast and recorded. Weathercasts entered must be complete and unaltered from the way they were broadcast and recorded. No retakes allowed.
Best Sportscaster: One sportscast that you feel represents your best effort. Sportscasts entered must be complete and unaltered from the way they were broadcast and recorded. No retakes allowed.
South Carolina Television Reporter of the Year
North Carolina Television Reporter of the Year
South Carolina TV News Photographer of the Year
North Carolina TV News Photographer of the Year
South Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year
North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year
News Director of the Year award
The Margaret Murchison News Director of the Year award is presented to the News Director of the Carolinas who the RTDNAC Board of Directors selects from nominations and supporting documents. Any person who has served as a news director in the Carolinas during the award year is eligible. Applications and nominations may include supporting documents, letters, etc. No entry fee.
Deadline for all entries except student entries is Aug. 15, 2010. (Entries must be postmarked by Aug. 15.) Deadline for student entries is Sept. 15. (Entries must be postmarked by Sept. 15.)
Entry fee is $15 per entry (not $15 per station).
Entries must have been aired between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010.
Each entry must be submitted on a separate CD/DVD.
Entry forms must be completed online. Two copies of the online entry form e-mail confirmation you receive after submitting your information must be attached to the CD/DVD and must be labeled with the station's name, address, category and division.
A particular story may only be entered in one category.
TV entries are to be submitted on DVD only.
Radio entries are to be submitted on CD only.
Stations may submit a maximum of two entries per category.
Simulcast material must be entered under the medium of origination.
For station awards, entries must be in the name of the station/cable/network. Individual achievement awards can be in the name of the individual.
All awards are subject to the approval of the RTDNAC Board of Directors.
Winners not claiming their awards at the awards dinner may request their awards be shipped to them at a cost of $10 per award.
Any supporting material for an award entry is limited to one page.
Identity of the judges is confidential.
The RTDNAC Awards Committee has authority to interpret contest rules.
Online entry forms
Entry forms must be completed online. Two copies of the online entry form e-mail confirmation you receive after submitting your information must be attached to the CD/DVD and must be labeled with the station's name, address, category and division. Send all materials to:
Ken White
News Director, FOX Charlotte
1 Television Place
Charlotte, NC 28205
(704) 632-7362
Make checks payable to RTDNAC.