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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
‘Top notch': Local coverage lands KFOR team several OAB Awards
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Congratulations to the team at News 4! KFOR and team members were honored for excellence in Journalism by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Chief photographer Marc Dillard and Executive Producer Irish Stogner picked up the award for long-form sports programming. The reward reflects their expertise in showcasing how they headed up a team to produce a KFOR special focused on the college football kickoff last year. Ali Meyer and News 4 win 2025 Gracie Award with 'The April Wilkens Story' Next up, Marc Dillard joined Channel 4's News Director Natalie Hughes for the team's work on a documentary they put together marking KFOR's 75th anniversary last year. According to Hughes, 'Channel 4 was Oklahoma's FIRST television station and the special programming they produced honored that milestone!' The two also picked up an additional award for small stories they put together showcases moments in history from the Channel 4 archives. Hughes said. they spent months working on the project highlighting some of the forgotten moments in our state. Ali Meyer and News 4 receive duPont-Columbia Award Closing out the awards sweep, News Director Natalie Hughes was also joined by Reporter Hunter Elsye and General Manager Wes Milburn for an award recognizing reporting on civil discourse and social change. This award was given for KFOR's coverage of a legal battle involving Channel 4's efforts to protect the 1st amendment in our state. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Seni Tienabeso Promoted to ABC News Live Vice President
Seni Tienabeso has been promoted to vice president of ABC News Live and specialized units based in New York. In his new role, Tienabeso will lead the 24/7 streaming news channel's strategy, management and editorial direction, overseeing resource and talent management, content development and programming. He will also lead ABC News' business, medical and climate units and collaborate with ABC Owned Television Stations. Tienabeso will report directly to ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic. 'Seni is one of the most talented, hard-working journalists in the industry who has a natural instinct for creative storytelling and impactful reporting,' Karamehmedovic said in a Monday statement. 'He will be instrumental in leading ABC News Live as America's No. 1 streaming news channel and elevating our specialized units to cover issues that help inform our audience during this consequential time.' Prior to his new role, Tienabeso was the first-ever executive director of ABC News Live, which has grown to over 600 million hours streamed in 2024 and earned Emmy and duPont-Columbia Award wins. Before that, he was executive producer of ABC News Live's primetime programming, including creating and leading ABC News Live's 'Prime With Linsey Davis.' Tienabeso started at ABC News in 2007 and his risen through the ranks from a producer at ABC NewsOne's affiliate service to a producer at ABC News based in Miami. He was also a senior producer at 'World News Tonight With David Muir,' where he led foreign and social justice stories and anchor-produced the show when on the road. He has reported from six continents and 45 states on some of the biggest stories in recent history, including several presidential elections, natural disasters, the Israel-Hamas war, the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, the earthquake in Haiti and the Chilean miner rescue. The post Seni Tienabeso Promoted to ABC News Live Vice President appeared first on TheWrap.
