San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club to Honor Media Excellence At The 9th Annual Pubby Awards Ceremony

San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club to Honor Media Excellence At The 9th Annual Pubby Awards Ceremony

Bay Area Nominees Announced in Eighteen Categories

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club, a non-profit network of public relations professionals, announced today the nominees for the 9th Annual Pubby Awards. The "Pubby" award signifies excellence in media in 2005. Winners in each category will be formally recognized at the awards ceremony luncheon on Wednesday, September 14 at 11:30 a.m. at The Argent Hotel in downtown San Francisco. The event will be hosted by Liam Mayclem of KPIX-TV.

Nominees for the Pubby Awards are elected by the Club's Board of Directors and winners are chosen by ballot by current members of the Publicity Club. The awards ceremony is open to the public and luncheon fee is $45 at the door. Additional details can be found at www.sfpublicityclub.org or by calling (415) 437-4440.

The 2005 Pubby Award nominees are:

Best Bay Area Anchor
Pam Moore, KRON 4Frank Somerville, KTVU 2
Brent Cannon & Laura Garcia Cannon, NBC 11
Dana King, CBS 5
Ken Wayne, KTVU 2

Best Bay Area Meteorologist
Bill Martin, KTVU 2
Roberta Gonzales, CBS 5
Spencer Christian, ABC 7
Mark Danon, KRON 4
Shannon O'Donnell, NBC 11

Best Bay Area Sportscaster
Mike Krukow & Duane Kuiper, Fox Sports Net
Larry Beil, ABC 7
Dennis O'Donnell, CBS 5
Raj Mathai, NBC 11
Vernon Glenn, KRON 4

Best Bay Area Assignment Editor/Producer
Tamara Berry, KRON 4
Jay Martinez, KTVU 2
Tim Bollinger, NBC 11
Bruce Dinsmore, CBS 5
Dory Culver, KCBS Radio

Best Bay Area On-Air Radio Personality
Pete Wilson, KGO
Michael Krasny, KQED Forum
Don Bleu, Star 101.3
Sarah & No Name, Alice 97.3
Annalisa, KFOG

Best Bay Area Columnist
PJ Corkery, San Francisco Examiner
Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle
Brenda Payton, Oakland Tribune
Matt Smith, San Francisco Weekly
Bruce Bellingham, Baghdad by the Bay

Best Bay Area Business Reporter
Daniel Levine, San Francisco Business Times
Clif Edwards, BusinessWeek
Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
Tim Simmers, San Mateo County Times
Don Clarke, Wall Street Journal

Best Bay Area Technology Reporter
Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle
Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News
Ellen Lee, Contra Costa Times
Elinor Mills, CNET
Bob McMillan, IDG

Best Bay Area Magazine
Business 2.0
Wired
7x7
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Dwell

Best Bay Area Print Editor
Kai-Ping Liu, World Journal
John Mecklin, San Francisco Weekly
Randy McMullen, Contra Costa Times
Jim Gardner, San Francisco Business Times
Cathy Schutz, ANG Newspaper Group

Best Bay Area Community Newspaper
San Francisco Weekly
Bay Area Business Women
Sunset Beacon
San Francisco Business Journal
Pacific Sun

Best Bay Area On-Air TV Personality
Doug McConnell, KRON 4
Jan Wahl, KRON 4
Gary Radnich, KRON 4
Scott Budman, NBC 11
Martin Wyatt, ABC 7

Best Bay Area Overall Print Reporter
Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle
Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle
Jim Wetle, Marin Independent Journal
K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News
Sara Deseran, 7x7

Best San Francisco Website
Craigslist.org
CNET.com
Laughingsquid.com
SFStation.com
Dailycandy.com

Best Bay Area TV Reporter
Rita Williams, KTVU 2
Ross Palombo, KRON 4
Damian Trujillo, NBC 11
Manny Ramos, CBS 5
Lilian Kim, ABC 7

Best Bay Area Blog
SiliconValleyWatcher.org
DaveyD.com
Splendora.com
Sfist.com
Travelblog.org

Best Bay Area Local TV Show
Rob Black & Your Money, KRON 4
Real Deal, CBS 5
This Week in Northern California, KQED
Bay Area Backroads, KRON 4
P.O.V., KQED

Best Ethnic Media
Latin Eyes
Nuevo Mundo
Univision San Francisco
Cantonese Evening News
Jewish News Weekly

The 2005 San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club Board of Directors consists of:

-- Liana Goh, President
-- Nicole Rogers, Vice President - Programs
-- Fabiola Price, Vice President - Membership Co-Chair and past President
-- John Brunello, Vice President - Membership Co-Chair
-- Matt Itelson, Treasurer
-- Gary Carr
-- Elisa Feinstein
-- Stu Smith

The San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club is a non-profit network of 150 public relations professionals, agencies, independent practitioners, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and media. The Club is a resource for publicists interested in regularly hearing directly from the media, staying current with issues in the communications industry, networking with professionals, and improving media contacts and skills through ongoing developed relationships. The organization was founded in 1955.

Source: San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

CONTACT: Liana Goh, San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club,
+1-415-277-4911, or liana@allisonpr.com; or Fabiola Price, Vice
President/Membership, +1-415-974-8715, or fprice@destinationhotels.com

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