Emmy Award for Investigative Reporting - City Parties
I-Team Reporter Laure Quinlivan and Photographer Phil Drechsler won the Emmy Award for investigating city politicians spending taxpayer money on parties. Our I-Team reports inspried them to stop the practice.
Emmy Award for Continuing Coverage - Cincinnati Archdiocese Investigation
I-Team Reporter Laure Quinlivan Photographer Phil Drechsler won the Emmy Award for continuing coverage of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Laure has exposed leaders' cover up of sexual abuse and their hiring of criminal to do background checks. I-Team reporting began in 2003 and is in its third year.
Emmy Award for Education Reporting - Missing Principal
I-Team Reporter Laure Quinlivan and Photographer Phil Drechsler turned the I-Team spotlight on a progressive high school principal who led the largest public high school in Ohio to a 98% graduation rate. The original tip to the I-Team was the principal was off school grounds half the week and not doing his job.
I-Team Photographer Tony Mirones won an Emmy for photography for the report "We're Still Here."
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Ohio Society of Professional Journalism Awards
Best Investigative Reporting: I-Team Reporter Laure Quinlivan and Photographer Phil Drechsler won the First Place Award for two investigations: The Cincinnati Archdiocese Investigation and Private Parties paid for by Taxpayers.
Best Coverage of Children's Issues: I-Team Reporter Hagit Limor and Photographer Tony Mirones won the award for their story about a treatment program that some believe is a cult, called "Kids Helping Kids."
Ohio Associated Press Awards
Reporter Laure Quinlivan and photographer Phil Drechsler won First Place in Best Enterprise Reporting from the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters for their story about a local charter school's weight-loss program.
Judges' Comments: Good content. Interesting concept to shed some light on. A good investment of time. Great sound, nice photojournalism. Interesting story. Loved the coach character.
Society of Professional Journalists, Cincinnati Chapter Awards
Reporter Laure Quinlivan and photographer Phil Drechsler won a Cincinnati SPJ First Place Award for Investigative Reporting for "City Parties", a story of two communities wasting taxpayer money on parties for employees and officials.
Judges' Comments: "Well researched and told through use of open records and a refusal to be stonewalled by embarrassed, but later somewhat repentant local officials. Fair, balanced, creative presentation that no doubt helped drive the community's news agenda as a result."
Reporter Laure Quinlivan and photographer Phil Drechsler won the Cincinnanti SPJ First Place Award for long feature for "Mallory/Pepper profiles", an in-depth personality profile of the 2005 Cincinnati Mayoral candidates.
Judges' Comments: "Features of this sort should set the standard for all profile/issue stories. No stilted sound bites here. Reporter successfully disarms candidates to help viewers find their difference. Engaging. Thorough.
Laure Quinlivan and Phil Drechsler also won the Cincinnati SPJ Second Place Award for long feature for their documentary-style examination of a local charter school's successful pilot program "Weightloss School."
Reporter Laure Quinlivan and photographer Phil Drechsler were named Finalists in the national IRE Awards from Investigative Reporters & Editors for their investigation of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Ohio Valley Chapter
Hagit Limor was awarded two Emmys, one for "Consumer Investigative Reporting" for her piece Roof Crush, and one for "General News Story, Single Story" for her piece I.M. Pauster.
Anthony Mirones was awarded two Emmys in the "Editor, News" and "Composite and Photographer News, Composite" categories.
Laure Quinlivan and Phil Drechsler won an Emmy Award for "Investigating Reporting" for their series of stories on Norwood School Spending.
Ohio Chapter of SPJ Awards, Hagit Limor, Anthony Mirones The Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awarded Hagit Limor and Anthony Mirones two awards for work done over the past year. In the Best Coverage of the Environment category they won first place with the piece, "This Is Unacceptable." Judges said, "The airport is caught red-handed by Channel
9 dumping de-icing fluid into streams that feed into the water supply. Bravo."
In the Best Consumer Reporting category they won second place for the piece, "Roof Crush." Judges said, "A definite public service."
2004 Awards
Best Reporter In Ohio, Laure Quinlivan
The Society of Professional Journalists chooses the I-Team’s Laure Quinlivan as Best Reporter in Ohio. Judges said she "excellently balances serious, investigative journalism with feature-oriented reports." Ohio State Senator Mark Mallory honored Laure on the floor of the Senate, a first for a journalist. The resolution says "Laure has generously shared her special talents and has entertained, enlightened and inspired many people." WCPO story | Enquirer story
National Sigma Delta Chi Award
WCPO-TV’s Reporter Laure Quinlivan and Photographer Phil Drechsler won the national Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service from the Society of Professional Journalists for their investigation into the Cincinnati Archdiocese's cover up of priest sex abuse, a story Laure continues to follow up.
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2003 Awards
National Headliner Award
WCPO-TV came in second place for Hagit Limor's "Critical Condition" documentary. The investigation focused on the fact that area doctors are woefully underpaid because of insurance company reimbursements.
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Sigma Delta Chi Award
This very significant national award was bestowed on WCPO by The Society of Professional Journalists, this time for Hagit Limor's "Critical Condition" special report.
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Regional Emmy Award, Investigative
Laure Quinlivan won an Emmy for her investigation of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and its cover up of sexual abuse by priests.
Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence, a National Award presented April, 2003 in Las Vegas.
"Investigative Reporter Laure Quinlivan took viewers behind political closed doors to expose Ohio party leaders secretly
hand-picking candidates and intimidating others from running for office." More details
2003 Regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage and News Documentary
The I-Team's Laure Quinlivan won this honor for her continuing in-depth reporting on the progress and problems revitalizing Cincinnati's urban core. More Details
2002 Excellence in Urban Journalism Award
The I-Team's Laure Quinlivan won this national honor from The Enterprise Foundation and The Freedom Forum for the powerful documentary, "Visions of Vine Street." More details
2002 Awards
2002 Regional Emmy Award for Investigative Reporting
Reporter Laure Quinlivan won a Regional Emmy for her investigation of the Lawrenceburg Education Fund.
2002 National Education Writers Award
I-Team Reporter and Producer Laure Quinlivan won this national award for her reporting on the Lawrenceburg Education Fund. More details
2001 Awards
2001 Sigma Delta Chi Award
I-Team reporter Hagit Limor, photographer Gary Hughes, photographer Paul Grundy and photographer Michael Benedic won the 2001 television investigative reporting award from the Society of Professional Journalists' national competition. More details
2001 Peabody
WCPO-TV I-Team reporter Laure Quinlivan has won the station's second Peabody Award in three years for the "Visions Of Vine Street" documentary. More Details | Enquirer Story
2001 Dupont
I-Team Reporter Laure Quinlivan's investigation of the spending on the Bengals stadiums won the Alfred I. duPont Silver Baton Award for 2001. More details
1999 Awards
1999 Peabody
The I-Team's relentless and courageous pursuit of the truth resulted in a state investigation of stadium spending. In addition, Reporter Laure Quinlivan’s investigation found Hamilton County well short of its stated goal to award 15 percent of the work to companies owned by women and minorities. More details
