WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - The Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters group is honoring Larry Clark of WCHS/WVAH-TV in Charleston with its West Virginia Lifetime Achievement Award.
Clark is the station’s news operations manager.
The group gives the award is annually to an individual who has been in West Virginia broadcasting for at least 20 years and who has made significant contributions to news reporting, management or education in the industry. The organization is comprised of more than 30 radio and television stations across Virginia and West Virginia. It presented the award Saturday at its awards lunch and annual meeting at The Greenbrier Resort.
Clark began his career at the ABC affiliate in 1981. He moved through the ranks from news photographer to news editor to chief photographer to news operations chief. He manages a vehicle fleet and newsroom and field equipment, hires personnel, schedules photographers and manages a budget. Clark also still finds time to shoot and edit stories on a weekly basis.
Over the years, he helped cover some of the biggest stories in the state. He was the lead photographer and editor for stories on the ambush murders of two Charleston police officers. He also has covered more than a dozen major floods, chemical leaks from Union Carbide and Dow Chemical plants in the Kanawha Valley, political corruption, the drug crisis and every major election.
His expertise has been used on many occasions by visiting network crews from ABC, FOX and CNN. He has also provided logistical and technical support, including video shooting and editing for “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight.”
Clark has helped mold the careers of hundreds of broadcast journalists. He is responsible for training each photographer and multimedia journalist hired to work at “Eyewitness News,” both in photography and editing.
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