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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