[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING WKRG-TV 5 REPORTER TIFFANY CRAIGON RECEIVING A 2008 
                         EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 30, 2008

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, it is with both pride and pleasure that I 
rise today to honor Tiffany Craig, a WKRG-TV5 special assignment 
reporter, for receiving a 2008 Edward R. Murrow award.
   A native of Scotland, Tiffany finished high school in Houston, 
Texas, and went on to study radio, television, and film at Sam Houston 
State University. Her celebrated career began at KTRK in Houston, 
Texas. From there, she went to work for KVII in Amarillo, Texas, and 
then to WBMA in Birmingham, Alabama, before joining Mobile's WKRG-TV5 
in 2002.
   Last year, Alabama landed one of the largest private industrial 
development projects in the United States, ThyssenKrupp's new $3.7 
billion state-of-the-art steel manufacturing and processing facility, 
and Tiffany traveled to Germany to report from the company's 
headquarters. She traveled across the Atlantic once again to cover the 
Air Force tanker competition from the Paris Air Show.
   Alabama's First Congressional District and indeed the state of 
Alabama have been blessed with one good news economic announcement 
after another over the past 18 months. Tiffany and WKRG have provided 
widespread coverage of each of the recent economic developments for the 
city of Mobile. This documentary, ``Mobile's Makeover,'' earned 
reporter Tiffany Craig, editor Ed Smith, photographer Jud Holson, and 
producer Jennifer Dale a national 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award.
   Honoring outstanding achievements and excellence in electronic 
journalism, the Murrow Awards are give by the Radio-Television News 
Directors each year. This year, the Murrow Award was given to 54 news 
organizations representing networks, cable channels, and television 
stations.
   Madam Speaker, Tiffany Craig's career has already been filled with 
much achievement, and I rise today to honor yet another of these 
achievements--a national 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award. May she continue 
to inform and inspire the people of south Alabama. I know her 
colleagues, her family, and her many friends join with me in praising 
her significant accomplishments and a job well done.

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