Cincinnati freelance TV reporter (and City Council Candidate) Laure Quinlivan has won a national journalism award from Germany’s RIAS (Radio in the American Sector) for her television news series “Cincinnati to Germany Connections” that aired on WLWT-TV in August 2008. She’ll be attending the RIAS award ceremony Sunday, June 7 at the Ritz Carleton in Berlin, Germany.
“The very lively and entertaining reports by Laure Quinlivan on the Sister Cities Cincinnati and Munich, show how Germans and Americans in both cities get to know each other and work together “said the official awards jury. “The TV reports were supported by the very good internet blog “Cincinnati to Germany Connections.”
RIAS judges included John Dancy, former NBC news correspondent; William Skane, former CBS producer; Dr. Melinda Crane, Berlin freelance journalist and Deutsche Welle news anchor; Claus Detjen, publicist; and Deiter Schroder, former publisher of Berlines Zeitung.
Quinlivan reported and produced 6-minute stories on Cincinnati’s Fairview German Language School, the University of Cincinnati’s “Summer in Munich” program and Cincinnati & Munich Parks exchanges. The reports aired on WLWT’s late newscasts. Quinlivan researched ideas and proposed the stories as a freelance project after being accepted as a RIAS fellow last year. RIAS, in partnership with RTNDF, pays the travel expenses of American journalists selected as fellows so they can produce stories for their American TV news stations following the two-week RIAS program.
WLWT-TV News Director Brennan Donnellon was pleased with the results. “Laure found exciting angles for these long form stories and provided extra material for versions we posted online,” said Donnellan. “We’re excited judges gave the stories an international award and you can still watch them on our web site.” http://www.wlwt.com/specialreports/index.html?rss=cin&psp=news
“The RIAS experience was incredible,” says Quinlivan. “We got to meet political and civic leaders in Germany, visit NATO headquarters, the World Bank and European Union. The best part for me was experiencing the German lifestyle – they’re way ahead of us when it comes to recycling, conservation and living “green,” says Quinlivan. After noting Germans of every age ride bikes in cities and the countryside, she plans to push for more bike paths in Cincinnati. She is an endorsed Democratic candidate for Cincinnati City Council, with an election in November.
Quinlivan worked 13 years for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, where she won two Peabody Awards and 18 Emmys for investigative reporting. She is a Miami University graduate, and lives with her husband and two children in the Mt. Lookout neighborhood of Cincinnati. She entered the Cincinnati City Council race in March and looks forward to the citywide election in November. She is a member of IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors), SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists), and NATAS (National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences). She is also with the Mt. Lookout Community Council.
Two Cincinnati videographers worked with Quinlivan on “Cincinnati to Germany Connections” and share in the award honors.
WLWT’s Christopher Knight shot the Cincinnati footage and edited the series. He is a 1992 graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s E-Media program, and will be a RIAS fellow this summer. He lives with his family in the Green Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Videographer Joyce Looby shot video with Quinlivan in Munich and Donaueschingen, Germany. She works for Michael Bambino Productions. She graduated from Miami University in 1979, and lives with her family in Oxford, Ohio.
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