Associated Press Award I was in the radio station just after lunch on a weekday when the police scanner broadcast a call from a police officer about an explosion in downtown Portland. I recognized the approximate location of the explosion, and located a business in the area, a dry cleaning service. The owner answered the phone while hiding under the front counter.
I started a reel-to-reel tape machine and interviewed the man about the conditions in his building (the front windows had blown in). He eventually moved out from under the counter and described the scene on the street, including the sight of the body of a man who died from injuries sustained when an underground gasoline tank, being removed from a service station, exploded. I went on the air immediately (our station allowed that at the time), introduced the story, and ran the taped interview (about eight minutes).


Associated Press Award I wrote, produced, and reported a series on domestic abuse of women, and about those who try to help them.



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