ABC11 Eyewitness News Anchor Larry Stogner Inducted Into N.C. Halls of Fame in Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations
Raleigh, NC, April 08, 2010 --(PR.com)-- ABC11 Eyewitness News (www.abc11.com) has announced that anchor Larry Stogner will be inducted into the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Hall of Fame. The N.C. Halls of Fame honor individuals who have made outstanding, career-long contributions to their fields. The inductions into the N.C. Halls of Fame in Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations will be held Sunday, April 11 in the Chancellors Ballroom of the Carolina Inn, located at 211 Pittsboro St. in Chapel Hill, N.C.
A senior broadcast journalist in the Raleigh-Durham market, Stogner joined ABC 11 Eyewitness News in 1976. He began his broadcast career as an anchor at UNC-TV, and he has earned multiple Emmy nominations for reporting on subjects including former Governor Jim Hunt’s first international trip to recruit foreign companies to expand into North Carolina, and the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Most recently, Stogner traveled to Haiti with the 82nd Airborne Division to provide the Raleigh-Durham market with constant updates of the international efforts to aid Haiti in the wake of the earthquake that devastated the country on Jan. 12. He was the first news anchor in the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville market assigned to report live from Haiti.
Quotes:
“We are excited that Larry has been inducted into the N.C. Hall of Fame for his contributions to the field of journalism,” said John Idler, president and general manager of ABC11 Eyewitness News. “He represents the very best of local broadcast journalism and we can think of no other local anchor who is more deserving of this recognition”
New Media Content:
ABC11 Eyewitness News Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/ABC11
ABC11 Eyewitness News Twitter Page:
www.twitter.com/ABC11_WTVD
Details:
- Stogner anchors Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- Throughout his 38 years at ABC11, Stogner has covered a variety of political stories, including the 1988 and 1996 Democratic conventions as well as the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit in Washington. He has conducted one-on-one interviews with former President George Bush and has moderated a number of statewide debates in gubernatorial and senatorial races.
- In 1979, Stogner was the only reporter to travel to Japan and China to cover former Governor Jim Hunt on his first international trip to recruit foreign companies to expand into North Carolina. His exclusive coverage earned Stogner an Emmy nomination.
- In the summer of 2002, Stogner accompanied units of the 82nd Airborne Division into Afghanistan, where he provided live nightly reports from Kandahar and later produced an hour-long special Kandahar Diary.
- A Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Air Force, Stogner also traveled to Vietnam in 1995 to report on the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which effectively ended America's involvement in that conflict. His documentary called Back to Nam was nominated for an Emmy.
- Born in Burlington, N.C, Stogner was raised in Yanceyville, N.C., and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He resides in Durham, N.C.
About ABC11 Eyewitness News:
ABC11 Eyewitness News provides 33 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1 million households in a 23-county area in North Carolina and Virginia. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather and sports information 24 hours a day on ABC11.com as well as serving two additional digital channels, ABC11 Eyewitness News Now on Time Warner cable channel 213, and Live Well HD on Time Warner 212. ABC11 WTVD is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, which is home to all of The Walt Disney Company's worldwide entertainment and news television properties. For more information, go to www.abc11.com.
Jennifer Fair
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
Jennifer@mmipublicrelations.com
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www.mmipublicrelations.com
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A senior broadcast journalist in the Raleigh-Durham market, Stogner joined ABC 11 Eyewitness News in 1976. He began his broadcast career as an anchor at UNC-TV, and he has earned multiple Emmy nominations for reporting on subjects including former Governor Jim Hunt’s first international trip to recruit foreign companies to expand into North Carolina, and the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Most recently, Stogner traveled to Haiti with the 82nd Airborne Division to provide the Raleigh-Durham market with constant updates of the international efforts to aid Haiti in the wake of the earthquake that devastated the country on Jan. 12. He was the first news anchor in the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville market assigned to report live from Haiti.
Quotes:
“We are excited that Larry has been inducted into the N.C. Hall of Fame for his contributions to the field of journalism,” said John Idler, president and general manager of ABC11 Eyewitness News. “He represents the very best of local broadcast journalism and we can think of no other local anchor who is more deserving of this recognition”
New Media Content:
ABC11 Eyewitness News Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/ABC11
ABC11 Eyewitness News Twitter Page:
www.twitter.com/ABC11_WTVD
Details:
- Stogner anchors Eyewitness News at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- Throughout his 38 years at ABC11, Stogner has covered a variety of political stories, including the 1988 and 1996 Democratic conventions as well as the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit in Washington. He has conducted one-on-one interviews with former President George Bush and has moderated a number of statewide debates in gubernatorial and senatorial races.
- In 1979, Stogner was the only reporter to travel to Japan and China to cover former Governor Jim Hunt on his first international trip to recruit foreign companies to expand into North Carolina. His exclusive coverage earned Stogner an Emmy nomination.
- In the summer of 2002, Stogner accompanied units of the 82nd Airborne Division into Afghanistan, where he provided live nightly reports from Kandahar and later produced an hour-long special Kandahar Diary.
- A Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Air Force, Stogner also traveled to Vietnam in 1995 to report on the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which effectively ended America's involvement in that conflict. His documentary called Back to Nam was nominated for an Emmy.
- Born in Burlington, N.C, Stogner was raised in Yanceyville, N.C., and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He resides in Durham, N.C.
About ABC11 Eyewitness News:
ABC11 Eyewitness News provides 33 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1 million households in a 23-county area in North Carolina and Virginia. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather and sports information 24 hours a day on ABC11.com as well as serving two additional digital channels, ABC11 Eyewitness News Now on Time Warner cable channel 213, and Live Well HD on Time Warner 212. ABC11 WTVD is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group, which is home to all of The Walt Disney Company's worldwide entertainment and news television properties. For more information, go to www.abc11.com.
Jennifer Fair
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
Jennifer@mmipublicrelations.com
www.twitter.com/MMIPR
www.mmipublicrelations.com
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