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Monday, April 28, 2008

GPB Reporters win AP Awards

Georgia Public Broadcasting Reporter Orlando Montoya of Member station WSVH in Savannah won an Associated Press Award for Best Investigative Reporting. It was a story about controversial sheriff in Camden County that convinced the judges.

GPB Columbus reporter Dave Bender scored a win in the category of Specialized Reporting for his story about the proposed coal plant in Early County.

Josephine Bennett, GPB' s Macon Reporter Received an honorable mention for her story on tornado damage in Crawford County.

Emily Kopp's story about the dangers of Mercury from coal fired power plants won an honorable mention in Investigative Reporting.

You can listen to GPB's winning entries here.

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