Sinclair Wins 4 National Headliner Awards

The National Weather Desk Named Best Digital Information Podcast

WBFF’s Project Baltimore, Spotlight on America and WKRC Honored

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinclair is pleased to announce its television stations were honored with 4 National Headliner Awards, including first place in the Digital Information Podcast category. The National Headliner Awards, one of the oldest and largest journalism contests, recognizes the best journalistic merit in the United States.

The following are the awards won by Sinclair:

Best Digital Information Podcast

First Place
“Off The Radar” The National Weather Desk
Emily Gracey and Brian Pietrus

Judges’ comments: Emily Gracey has brightly transformed the science of weather from larger-than-life scale to very human-size — filling her Off the Radar episodes with relevance, accessible experts, enthusiasm and delightful surprises (yes, a baseball scientist talking about the effects of weather conditions on the national pastime!). Kudos for making meteorology so engaging.

Best Feature or Human Interest Story

Second Place
“One of 1”
Chris Papst - Project Baltimore

Broadcast or cable television stations sports story

Second Place
“The Save”
Duane Pohlman, Holden Robinson, Kevin Barnett and Austin Tanner - WKRC-TV

Best Health, Science or Environmental Reporting
Third Place
“Broken Birth Control”
Angie Moreschi, Andrea Nejman and Nathan Aaron - Spotlight on America

“We’re incredibly proud to see our journalists recognized with National Headliner Awards,” said Scott Livingston, Senior Vice President of News. “These honors are a testament to their unwavering commitment to impactful storytelling and to serving our communities with trusted, high-quality journalism that informs, empowers, and inspires.”

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, ROAR and The Nest. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net

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