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Your friends and neighbors at KTOO are winners again...

KTOO FM & TV picked up more honors during the annual meeting of the Alaska Press Club in Anchorage on April 17th.

Anne Sutton won first place in government and political reporting in television for "The Boxer," first place in radio business reporting for "Point Sophia," shared a first place for comprehensive reporting in radio with Ed Schoenfeld of CoastAlaska and Matt Lichtenstein of KFSK on "Tourism Changes," and first place in radio reporting of the arts with "Transformations."

Rosemarie Alexander won first place in radio health and science reporting with "The Forgetting," and third place in radio sports reporting for "Tough Bears."

Jeff Brown won third place in public affairs programming for radio with the "American State Songbook."

Legal commentator Tom Wagner's analysis of rulings on presumptive sentencing that aired during Morning Edition's Courtwatch segment won second place in crime and court reporting.

Gavel-to-Gavel Alaska won first place as the best media website.

Katie Bausler, Skip Gray, and Terry Tavel won first place in television public affairs special with "Who's in? Who's Out?," and third place in feature photography with "Glacier Bay Blessing of the Fleet."

The Alaska Press Club issues awards each year for outstanding work done by print and broadcast journalists in Alaska.

And, congratulations Cheryl Levitt!

Cheryl Levitt has been appointed Station Manager for KTOO-FM, Juneau's public radio station. Levitt is currently Development Director for KTOO and CoastAlaska, the Southeast Alaska regional radio organization. Levitt comes to the position with nearly a decade of public broadcast management and fundraising experience, starting in Sitka in 1996 as CoastAlaska's first Development Representative. She moved to Juneau in 1997 and worked as KTOO FM & TV's Development Director and in 2001 became the regional development director for CoastAlaska's five public radio stations. In making the announcement, KTOO President and General Manager said, Cheryl will be a great leader for KTOO. She understands public radio inside and out, and knows the community. Cheryl will bring new ideas and energy to KTOO-FM. Levitt graduated magna cum laude from Brandeis University in 1993 with a BA degree in history. She is an avid biker, runner and outdoors person.