Six Stations Grab duPonts

Best local-TV awards performance in decades

By Michael Malone -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/14/2010 5:38:28 PM

Stations were very well represented in the 2010 duPont-Columbia awards, with six cited for excellence in broadcast journalism. That was the best station representation in over two decades, said the organizers of the prestigious awards.

CBS News grabbed two of the 14 duPonts. Other winners include HBO and NPR.  

The winning stations were KHOU Houston (Mark Greenblatt: Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard), KMGH Denver (Tony Kovaleski: 33 Minutes to 34 Right), WCAX Burlington (Kristin Carlson: Foreigners on the Farm), WSVN Miami (Carmel Cafiero and Anthony Pineda: Pill Mills), WTVF Nashville (Phil Williams: General Sessions Court) and WWL New Orleans (NOAH Housing Program Investigation).

The winners claim their silver batons Jan. 21 in New York.

A complete list of winners can be found here.