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WRAL is big winner at event for media in the Carolinas

WRAL was a big winner at the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas annual awards on Saturday, taking home first place for outstanding news operation and news director of the year.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WRAL was a big winner at the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas annual awards on Saturday, taking home first place for outstanding news operation and news director of the year.

WRAL claimed first place in the following categories:

Outstanding news operation

News director of the year: Rick Gall

TV News Anchor of the Year: Lena Tillett

TV News Multimedia Journalist of the Year: Bryan Mims

TV News Photographer of the Year: Lauren DesArmo

TV News Producer of the Year: Stephanie Beck

TV News Reporter of the Year: Joe Fisher

– Second Place: Amanda Lamb

TV Special Projects Producer: Stephanie Beck

TV Weathercaster of the Year: Mike Maze

General News by Multimedia Journalist: Bryan Mims for Fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Light Feature: Reporter Matt Talhelm and Photographer Lauren DesArmo for Garner Hidden Figures
Original Digital Video: Multiplatform Producer Heather Leah for Journey Through Abandoned Tunnel on Road to Nowhere
Podcast (Long): Amanda Lamb, Anita Normanly and Shelly Leslie for Follow the Truth
Social Reform: Reporters Cullen Browder, Ali Ingersoll, and Lena Tillett, Photographer Jamie Munden, and Enterprise Executive Producer Ashley Talley for Gentrification Changing Face of Southeast Raleigh.

WRAL also took home second place in these categories:

Best Newscast: WRAL News at 7: Black Friday Southpoint Mall Shooting
Hard News Feature: Reporter Cullen Browder, Producer Randall Kerr and Photographer Jamie Munden for A Judge's Fear During Courthouse Shooting
Long-Form Interview: Anchor/Reporter Lena Tillett and Producer Jeremy Spearman for ER Nurse Says Hope is Fading as Cases Surge
Original Web Reporting: Maggie Brown for Long COVID Sufferers Beg for Answers
Series: Reporter Matt Talhelm and Photographer Lauren DesArmo for Raleigh Responds to the Afghan Refugee Crisis

Special Report: Anchor/Reporter Lena Tillett, Producer Jeremy Spearman and Director Rhett Aycock for Roe V. Wade Overturned: Impact on North Carolina

Sports Special: Battle of the Blues Final Four Showdown

Use of Technology: Meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner, Producer Aimee Wilmoth and Designer Shan Zhong for Tornadoes and Hurricanes in Augmented Reality

TV News Investigative Reporter of the Year: Cullen Browder

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