KATV Wins Awards

Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (sub needed) KATV-TV Channel 7 was a big winner in the 2005 Arkansas Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists contest. The awards were presented Saturday afternoon at a luncheon at the Airport Holiday Inn in Little Rock.

Television Division

• Spot News — "Detco Explosion," Staff, KATV.
• Non-Spot News — "Clinton Library," Staff, KATV.
• Feature — "Body Farm," Kate Sullivan, Dana Mosley, Randy Dixon and Stewart McLendon, KATV. HM: "Arkansas by Air," Scott Munsell and Skylar Gregson, KATV.
• Interpretive or Investigative — "A.D. Hurd," Pamela Smith and Tim Hamilton, KATV
• Sports Reporting — "Lights Out in McCrory," Steve Sullivan and Tim Hamilton, KATV.
• Special Reports/Documentaries — "396 Days," Randy Dixon, Tim Vahsholtz, Tim Hamilton and Dale Nicholson, KATV.