I won the 2012 Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters' Association award for Best Weathercast. The results were announced last evening. This marks the third time in the last five years and the fourth time in the last seven years I claimed the prestigious award. I also earned top honors in 2006, 2008, and 2009, and I was accorded honorable mention in 2004 and 2011.
This is truly an honor. I watched the editor produce my entry, and I thought I had a very good chance to win it again this year. I was humbled and excited to win it the first time, but to earn it for the fourth time in the last seven years is remarkable. I am thrilled. The entry included three weather segments from Tuesday morning, November 23, 2011, and showcased animated Thanksgiving Day graphics.
The honor continues a remarkable year of professional success. Last month, I was voted Best Local TV Personality by the readers of Fairfield County Weekly magazine, and I won the Communicator Award of Distinction for my Local Weather Journal. In addition, I received word that I will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award and will be inducted into the Housatonic Community College Hall of Fame at the HCC Foundation's annual gala in November.
The latest awards continue an impressive ten-year stretch which includes a prestigious New York Emmy award (2007), four Emmy nominations (New England, 2005; New York, 2007, 2008, and 2010), four Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters' Association awards for Best Weathercast (2006, 2008, 2009, and 2012), and two Associated Press honorable mentions (2004 and 2011).
Paul
