During a ceremony at the Seawell Ballroom on Friday night, 9NEWS photojournalists and reporters received four “Scribes In Excellence Awards.”  In fact, 9NEWS Photojournalist Byron Reed was honored in three of the four categories.  The following are the awards 9NEWS received and a description of each:


Television - News
Tuskegee Airman
Adam Schrager
Byron Reed

In April, Colorado legislators named a portion of I-70 after the United States’ first African-American military pilots.  On that occasion, Adam Schrager and Byron Reed took a look back at the Tuskegee Airmen and their legacy.


Television- Documentary/Feature
Quilts of Wa Shonaji
Byron Reed

Byron Reed profiled a group of quilters who not only create amazing works with African American themes, but also work to preserve the old art by passing it on.  In fact their motto is “Each one, Teach one.”



Television - Sports
Black Cowboys
Kim Christiansen
Dave Delozier

Little boys and girls dream of becoming all sorts of things—superhero, princess, pilot or fireman.  Kim Christiansen and Dave Delozier went out to the National Western Stock Show to meet one who found his dream as a cowboy and is still living it today.




Television Photojournalism
Voices of Watoto
Byron Reed

In Africa 85,000 people die of AIDS every day.  Earlier this year, an African choir called Watoto came to Colorado to raise money and awareness about the needs of orphans created by the epidemic.