Want info on jim henry omnivision --tennessee?

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Want info on jim henry omnivision --tennessee?
Want horror stories of abuse by state contracted provider agencies such as omnivision

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Here are a few excerpts from a local TV station's awards for discovering corruption in TN govt. hope that helps! Not the exact topic you wanted in your first question, but corruption in general, as suggested by your second question.

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In 2006, the Murrow Awards honored the "Capitol Hill Corruption" investigation as the best continuing coverage and best news documentary in all of Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia. The work -- by chief investigative reporter Phil Williams and photojournalist Bryan Staples -- exposed the ethical conduct of Tennessee lawmakers.

In 2005, a regional Murrow Award also recognized the pair's "Friends in High Places" documentary that analyzed the continuing fallout from their investigation of state contracts. The awards are named after the legendary CBS broadcaster. Murrow Award recipients "demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the broadcast news profession."


Considered one of the broadcast equivalents of the Pulitzer Prize, a George Foster Peabody Award was given in 2005 for "Friends in High Places." The Peabody committee wrote, "WTVF`s three-year investigation probes the awarding of hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts to friends of the Tennessee governor. The station's ongoing reports on abuse of power have led to federal indictments and the passage of contract reform laws. It was Phil's second Peabody Award.


DuPont Award: The other counterpart to the Pulitzer Prize, a duPont-Columbia University Award was given in 2004 for the "Friends in High Places." Jurors from the duPont Awards say Williams' "reporting is carefully detailed, taking the viewer through a complicated web of personal relationships, government agencies and private businesses. The station aired more than 20 reports and stood up to the loss of substantial advertising dollars pulled by the state's highway safety program."


George Polk Award: A prestigious national award for the "Friends in High Places" investigation. The Polk judges said that when Williams and Staples "began looking into the sometimes too-cozy relationships between Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist and companies doing business with the state, they knew right away they had uncapped a powder keg." In 2003, the NewsChannel 5 Investigates team was the only television unit -- local or national -- to receive a George Polk Award.