Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Monica Kaufman WSB/Channel 2

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Dale Russell WAGA/Channel 5

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Monica Kaufman

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Dale Cardwell
There are plenty of script readers on the tube who’d have you believe they’re journalists. There also are a handful of people who, despite the preening mannerisms, do considerable labor on the public’s behalf. This year, it’s WSB-TV’s DALE CARDWELL who deserves the laurels. Cardwell knows howmore...
There are plenty of script readers on the tube who’d have you believe they’re journalists. There also are a handful of people who, despite the preening mannerisms, do considerable labor on the public’s behalf. This year, it’s WSB-TV’s DALE CARDWELL who deserves the laurels. Cardwell knows how to dig, evidenced by one of his major coups in the last year, exposing blemishes on the hide of the volatile DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones. Cardwell also is tireless in pursuing businesses who prey on consumers and politicians who put their own welfare above their constituents’. “www.wsbtv.com” less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Monica Kaufman

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Monica Kaufman

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

John Pruitt
Co-anchor and fellow WSB longtimer Monica Kaufman gets high approval ratings from viewers for her cheery warmth. But we think JOHN PRUITT’s cool professionalism was the godsend in a year that required steady reassurance and straightforward professionalism. Two other authoritative anchors - WAGA’smore...
Co-anchor and fellow WSB longtimer Monica Kaufman gets high approval ratings from viewers for her cheery warmth. But we think JOHN PRUITT’s cool professionalism was the godsend in a year that required steady reassurance and straightforward professionalism. Two other authoritative anchors - WAGA’s Russ Spencer and WXIA’s Brenda Wood - excelled, while some other supposedly professional journalists leaned on sappy patriotism for ratings. We give Pruitt the edge for his deep knowledge of the community and its issues, which shows. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
Russ Spencer
Channel 5 WAGA-TV www.fox5atlanta.com While stations in smaller markets often construct anchors from brittle plastics and even plywood, this model uses revolutionary polymers to simulate facial muscles and create an almost human appearance. Head revolves easily to correct cameras. Hair and earlobesmore...
Channel 5 WAGA-TV www.fox5atlanta.com While stations in smaller markets often construct anchors from brittle plastics and even plywood, this model uses revolutionary polymers to simulate facial muscles and create an almost human appearance. Head revolves easily to correct cameras. Hair and earlobes stay in place and please to the eye from all angles. Princeton degree offers credentials of high intelligence; expressions and vocal intonations correspond to the nature and meaning of stories. Look for the Russ Spencer 2001 to be replicated in various formats; after field testing, it may qualify for network deployment. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
Brenda Wood
Channel 11 WXIA-TV www.11alive.com Brenda Wood’s long tenure in Atlanta and the dispassionate intelligence she conveys from the anchor’s desk separate her from colleagues at other stations. The city’s airwaves actually are blessed with several good anchors: veteran John Pruitt at WSB-TV 2, themore...
Channel 11 WXIA-TV www.11alive.com Brenda Wood’s long tenure in Atlanta and the dispassionate intelligence she conveys from the anchor’s desk separate her from colleagues at other stations. The city’s airwaves actually are blessed with several good anchors: veteran John Pruitt at WSB-TV 2, the highly professional Russ Spencer (our prod at his made-for-TV looks, notwithstanding) at WAGA and WAGA’s effervescent Amanda Davis come to mind. But Wood’s consistently professional demeanor and, especially, the easy manner with which she occasionally ad libs smart questions and comments, conspire to give her an unmatched gravitas. She’s certainly not just another pretty face; she’s an authoritative anchorwoman who lets the viewer relax, knowing that a pro is firmly in control of the broadcast. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
Fox 5 News
Channel 5 WAGA-TV 404-875-5555 www.fox5atlanta.com WAGA’s newscasts differ from those of three other news stations in town in two significant respects: Because Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Network still hasn’t brought his wacko bias to an evening news show, channel 5’s local broadcast is the onlymore...
Channel 5 WAGA-TV 404-875-5555 www.fox5atlanta.com WAGA’s newscasts differ from those of three other news stations in town in two significant respects: Because Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Network still hasn’t brought his wacko bias to an evening news show, channel 5’s local broadcast is the only news for the station in the early evening; and Fox’s entertainment lineup ends at 10 p.m., which gives channel 5 a full hour of news at night. More time and the mandate to do national news helps make Channel 5 the best news station in town. The format helps the station eschew (relatively speaking) the combination of blood and happy talk that, sadly, predominates in local news across the country. Two other factors come into play: 1) From anchor to sports to in-the-field reporters, WAGA has the deepest talent pool of any other station, and 2) Channel 5’s I-team (see “Best Local TV Reporter) regularly breaks substantive stories. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
Fox 5 News
Channel 5 WAGA-TV 404-875-5555 www.fox5atlanta.com WAGA’s newscasts differ from those of three other news stations in town in two significant respects: Because Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Network still hasn’t brought his wacko bias to an evening news show, channel 5’s local broadcast is the onlymore...
Channel 5 WAGA-TV 404-875-5555 www.fox5atlanta.com WAGA’s newscasts differ from those of three other news stations in town in two significant respects: Because Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Network still hasn’t brought his wacko bias to an evening news show, channel 5’s local broadcast is the only news for the station in the early evening; and Fox’s entertainment lineup ends at 10 p.m., which gives channel 5 a full hour of news at night. More time and the mandate to do national news helps make Channel 5 the best news station in town. The format helps the station eschew (relatively speaking) the combination of blood and happy talk that, sadly, predominates in local news across the country. Two other factors come into play: 1) From anchor to sports to in-the-field reporters, WAGA has the deepest talent pool of any other station, and 2) Channel 5’s I-team (see “Best Local TV Reporter) regularly breaks substantive stories. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
Dale Russell
Channel 5 WAGA-TV www.fox5atlanta.com Dale Russell was recognized this year with his profession’s highest honor, the George Foster Peabody Award. That shouldn’t surprise longtime Atlanta viewers. It’s almost a cliche among local journalists that Russell, the star of WAGA’s “I-team, ismore...
Channel 5 WAGA-TV www.fox5atlanta.com Dale Russell was recognized this year with his profession’s highest honor, the George Foster Peabody Award. That shouldn’t surprise longtime Atlanta viewers. It’s almost a cliche among local journalists that Russell, the star of WAGA’s “I-team, is “that rare breed: a TV reporter who actually digs up substantive stories on his own (we like to think that’s because he got his start in the alternative press - with the “Atlanta Gazette”, a long-passed competitor of “Creative Loafing”). Russell’s reports also are marked by a strict refusal to talk down to his viewers; he assumes his audience is intelligent enough to be spoken to as adults. He won the Peabody for his 1999 expose of U.S. Customs racial profiling at Hartsfield International Airport; those reports led to congressional hearings and reforms within the agency. But that report wasn’t unusual. Week in and week out, Russell scoops the rest of the media on stories that make Georgia a more just and better place to live. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Monica Kaufmann

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Glen Burns

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
Action News

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
WAGA Channel 5
Fox affiliate WAGA offers a local newscast that is similar to the other stations’, which itself is neither good nor bad, just there. Where it currently shines, and what hopefully readers picked up on, is the Dale Russell factor. He alone is worth choosing the station if you’re interested in realmore...
Fox affiliate WAGA offers a local newscast that is similar to the other stations’, which itself is neither good nor bad, just there. Where it currently shines, and what hopefully readers picked up on, is the Dale Russell factor. He alone is worth choosing the station if you’re interested in real news. As an investigative reporter, Russell has broken a lot of big stories recently and won his due in local and national awards. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
WSB-TV News 2
The ABC affiliate wins here because of the station’s recent decision to simulcast in Spanish, a rightful nod to this growing population. Otherwise all the local news in Atlanta is much the same.

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Cityscape » Readers Pick
WSB-TV News 2
Monica Kaufman is the Walter Cronkite, Barbara Walters and Oprah of Atlanta, all rolled into one head of hair. She’s determined, dedicated and dependable. What she really is, is personable and credible and has been so for a long time, which counts where TV news comes into play as, again, the offeringsmore...
Monica Kaufman is the Walter Cronkite, Barbara Walters and Oprah of Atlanta, all rolled into one head of hair. She’s determined, dedicated and dependable. What she really is, is personable and credible and has been so for a long time, which counts where TV news comes into play as, again, the offerings can be largely indistinguishable. less...

Best Local TV News BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Cityscape » Critics Pick
WSB-TV News 2
As talking heads go, we’ve always been partial to David Byrne, but if we must go local, WSB’s Carol Sbarge, found on the continuous CNN Headline News local updates, is a winner. Why? The best cheekbones in the business. Hate to be so superficial, but little else separates news readers. For the ladies,more...
As talking heads go, we’ve always been partial to David Byrne, but if we must go local, WSB’s Carol Sbarge, found on the continuous CNN Headline News local updates, is a winner. Why? The best cheekbones in the business. Hate to be so superficial, but little else separates news readers. For the ladies, new WSB anchor Gulstan Dart is hunky, and the name is everything you’d want in an anchor. less...
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