Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

Congratulations to WKYC's Tom Meyer, The Investigator , who was honored with two #1 finishes in the Ohio Associated Press Broadcaster's contest for Best Investigative Reporting and Best Continuing Coverage for 2009. Tom's 1st place entries include: Best Investigative Reporting for "Pills without Penalties" - This was a 2-part investigation into the Ohio Pharmacy board and how it fails to discipline pharmacists, even if those mistakes prove to be deadly. Best Continuing Coverage for 28 stories on Cuyahoga County Corruption - Tom's coverage included 14 stories that were exclusive stories and the result of our own investigations.

WKYC was a big winner at The Ohio Associated Press Broadcast awards that were announced Sunday in Columbus. The following were presented to WKYC in the large market category: *First place for Best Spot News Coverage for "SuccessTech Shooting". *Second Place for Outstanding News Operation. *Second Place for Best Reporter in a large market for Tom Meyer. *Best Regularly Scheduled Weather for large market for Betsy Kling. *First place for Extradordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event in a large market for Dave Grendzynski for "Indians/Red Sox Game 5". Congratulations to everyone involved at WKYC. This comes after the station received the regional Edward R. Murrow Award for "Overall Excellence."