Awards
TO PEOPLE IN PUBLIC MEDIA
Regional Emmys
presented in 2008-09
Chicago/Midwest
Producers and reporters from WTTW in Chicago brought home six statuettes from the Chicago/Midwest Emmys.
The Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History won the Emmy for historical documentary. Credit went to Dan Protess and Geoffrey Baer, producers, and Kathleen Singleton and Susan Godfrey, associate producers.
Reporter Elizabeth Brackett won the Emmy for specialty business/consumer report or series within a regularly scheduled news program for “Refinery Expansion,” a report for Chicago Tonight that also aired on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
In the category of informational programs, Check, Please! won the Emmy for conversation/interview program or series. Production team was V.J. McAleer, David Manilow and Joel Cohen, e.p.’s; Alpana Singh, host; Gallit Greenspoon, producer; and Godfrey and Sarah Warner, associate producers.
Image Union won in the category of arts/entertainment for program or series. Credited were Colleen Finn and Dan Soles, e.p.’s.; Eddie Griffin, series producer; and Cortney Groves and Stefi Weaver, associate producers.
Josephine Lee, director of the Chicago Children’s Choir, won the Emmy for individual excellence on camera for Chicago Children’s Choir: Songs on the Road to Freedom, aired on WTTW and produced by HMS Media, Inc.
Allan Phillips won the Emmy for individual excellence off-camera, music composition/arrangement, for the series Grannies on Safari, aired on WTTW and produced by The Art Explorers, Inc. & Brave New Pictures, Inc.
Bill Bartelt won the composite award in the category of individual excellence off-camera for scenic design/set design/art direction. The award was for his work on WTTW and WMAQ, the NBC affiliate.
WYCC in Chicago won the Emmy for documentary of current significance for Find Yourself a Dream: The Bob Love Story. Arthur Wood and Jim White were producers.
Wisconsin Public Television won the Emmy for soft news feature series in the category of regularly scheduled news program for Wolf Series. JoAnne Garrett was producer.
Upper Midwest
At the Upper Midwest Emmys, Twin Cities Public Television garnered seven awards.
In the category of arts/entertainment program feature/segment/special, the national production Rudy Maxa’s World: Rajasthan won the Emmy. Credit went to Susan McNally, producer/writer.
Budapest to Berlin: On Tour With the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra won the Emmy for cultural documentary. The production team was Dianne Steinbach, e.p.; Emily Goldberg, producer/director; Scott Anger, camera in Europe; Bernie Beaudry, audio in Europe; Robert Hutchings, editor/online; Joe Demko, audio sweetening; Mark Fischer, associate producer; Leah Farrar, production manager.
Prized Performers: A Musical Competition won the Emmy in the category of teen programming. Credit went to Tom Trow, executive in charge; Steve Spencer, producer; Hlee Lee, associate producer; Richard Bowring II, John Clouse and Michael Phillips, videographers; Valerie Mondor, editor; Bernie Beaudry and Vern Norwood, field audio; Luke Heikkila, production manager; and Teresina Evans, senior specialist.
The series Almanac: At the Capitol won two awards, including a composite Emmy for politics/government program. The episode “How it Happens” won the award for politics/government news, single story/series or feature. Credited were Mary Lahammer, host; David Gillette, producer/cartoonist/commentator; Kari Kennedy, series producer; and Butch Bowring, director of photography.
For the third year in a row, Gillette won the Emmy for on-camera commentator/editorialist for his cartoon essays.
Richard Bowring won the Emmy for program photography (non-news) for Rainy Lake Voyageurs.
Laura Shannon of Iowa Public Television won the Emmy for studio lighting for an episode of The Woodsmith Shop.
Suncoast
WEDU in Tampa won six awards at the Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards, and WPBT in Miami won three.
WEDU’s A Gulf Coast Journal With Jack Perkins won the award for best magazine program and an award for best photography. Credited were Jack Perkins, host; Jen Noble, senior producer; Matt Zodrow, editor; and Brad Clore, videographer. Photographer Alex Gazio won for the episode “On the Right Track.”
The series Smart Health won two Emmys. The episode “Drug Treatment: A Family Affair,” produced by Angie Moreschi, won in the category of public/current/community affairs program. “Journey of Faith” won in the category of religion program. Credited were Moreschi, producer, and Gazio, videographer.
The Florida Dream won the Emmy for best cultural documentary. Credited were Larry Elliston, producer; Dax Bedell, creative director; Zodrow and Steve Snead, editors; and Gazio, videographer.
Heroes from the Bay, WEDU’s World War II program, won for best historical documentary. Spencer Briggs was producer, and Zodrow was editor.
WPBT won awards for three documentaries. La Cuba Eterna con Enrique Chia and Colombia: Música de Mi Tierra both won the Emmy for best cultural documentary. Credit for La Cuba Eterna went to Alina Valle and Enrique Chia, producers; Sean Hickey, editor; and Ana Anthony, associate producer. The production team for Colombia was Valle, e.p., Marilu Lozada, producer; and Allan Farrell, editor.
South Florida War Stories received an Emmy for best historical documentary. Jack Kelly was producer, and Bared Maronian was editor.
Composer Mike Esneault won the Emmy for musical composition/arrangement for the Louisiana Public Broadcasting documentary Atchafalaya Houseboat.
Lower Great Lakes
WFYI in Indianapolis brought home six statuettes from the Lower Great Lakes Emmys.
Reading Rainbow, produced by Kyle Travers, won in the category of children/youth special. The Natural Heritage of Indiana, produced by Samuel Orr, won the Emmy for health/science program or special. Orr also won the craft Emmy for photography for the program. Naked Santa, produced by James Simmons, won the award for magazine format programs feature. The series Across Indiana won in the category of magazine format program/series or special. Credited were Simmons and Aric Hartvig, producers, and Christopher Elberfeld and Kaleb Giddens, videographers.Simmons also won a craft Emmy for program writing for Dancing Shadows.
Western Reserve Public Media (WNEO) won three Emmys for Red Tail Reborn, co-produced with Hemlock Films, including the award for informational/instructional program or series. Producer Adam White won a craft Emmy for research. Keith Nickoson won a craft Emmy for music composition/arrangement.
WTIU in Bloomington, Ind., won an Emmy for special event coverage (other than news or sports) for Interfaith Prayer Service With His Holiness The Dalai Lama, produced by Ron Prickel and Phil Meyer.
Ohio Valley
At the Ohio Valley Emmy Awards, WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, won five awards.
The Shadow Knows, produced by Mary Rathke, won the Emmy in the category of children/youth/teens program. iMix @ Ohio State won the award for education/schools program. Credit went to Kevin Theessen, e.p.; Chris Hedrick, videographer; and Jake Housh, manager of video services.
Honor Flight, produced by Rathke, won the Emmy for human interest program.
In the category of interactive advanced media, WOSU’s Ohio War Stories website won the Emmy. Credit went to Susan Meyer, director of marketing and communications; Richard Moore, web specialist; Scott Gowans, web manager; and Brent Davis, senior content director.
Chris Hedrick won the composite Emmy for program photography.
WOSU and West Virginia Public Broadcasting both won Emmys in the category of nostalgia program. WOSU won for interstitials produced by Rathke to accompany Ken Burns’ The War, and WVPB won for West Virginians Remember WWII, produced by Pat Sergent.
ThinkTV in Dayton, Ohio, which recently merged with CET in Cincinnati, won three awards. We Remember World War II won the Emmy for program promo for a single spot/campaign. Credit went to Kay High, director of community initiatives; Julie Davis, producer/director; Mindi Anthony, video editor; and Richard Nordstrom, chief videographer.
Mary Ann and Milton won the Emmy for image promo for a station. Richard Wonderling was client services/promotion producer, and Anthony, video editor. Joe Crane won the Emmy for short-form photography for Mary Ann and Milton.
Kentucky Educational Television won the Emmy for historical documentary for Where the River Bends. The production team was Craig Cornwell, e.p.; Marsha Cooper Hellard, producer/writer; Thomas Bickel, producer/director; and Charlee Heaton and Mary Marshall Hester, associate producers. Frank Simkonis also won a photography Emmy for his work on the documentary.
WOUB in Athens, Ohio, won an Emmy in the category of informational/instructional advanced media for What’s the Problem?, produced by Mark Brewer.
National Capital/Chesapeake Bay
At the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Emmys, WETA won the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Community Service Award.
Maryland Public Television’s John Davis — creator, host and e.p. of MotorWeek — won the special Board of Governors Award for outstanding achievement.
WETA’s award was for the series WETA Hometown Heroes.
WETA brought home four more statuettes. The WETA Guide: Memorials, produced by Susanne Stahley, won the Emmy in the category of Chesapeake heritage, and The WETA Guide: Great Views, produced by Laurie McGuckin, won the Emmy for program/special in the category of magazine program. Jeff Rathner won the Emmy for program photography for Great Views.
The FBI Academy WETA All Access won the Emmy for topical documentary. Jennifer Fetsch was producer.
MPT’s Outdoors Maryland—Water’s Color won the Emmy for magazine program feature/segment. Carol Dana was segment producer.
Michigan
WFUM in Flint, Mich., brought home five Michigan Emmys.
WWII: Through the Lens of Duane Zemper, produced by Donna Ryen, won the award for historical documentary. Childhood Places, Secret Spaces, also produced by Ryen, won the Emmy for public/current/community affairs feature/segment.
Christopher Cook won Emmys for program writing and for producer/writer in the category of advanced media for Where Do The Children Play?, co-produced by Metrocom International. Marc Berg won the Emmy for advanced media photography for the program.
Detroit Public Television won two Emmys for the program Judge Damon J. Keith: Equal Justice Before the Law, produced with ShawneTV. The awards recognized best historic/cultural program/special and best politics / government program/special. Shawne K. Duperon was producer.
Boston/New England
WGBH won four awards at the Boston/New England Emmys.
Connecticut Public TV, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WGBY in Springfield, Mass., each brought home two statuettes.
WGBH won three Emmys in the category of advanced media for online video productions. Two of these projects were created through the WGBH Lab. A Clearing in the Fog, produced by Noah Harlan, won the award for interactive advanced media, and Heather Arment won the award for advanced media animator/motion graphic design for War Games. Also credited for both productions were Denise DiIanni, executive in charge, and Christopher Hastings, supervisor of the WGBH Lab.
Jesse J. Logan won the Emmy for advanced media writer/producer for Surviving the War: The Story of James E. Guilford, Jr., an online production for the website of the series Basic Black.
Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One, Ray Suarez won the Emmy for interview/discussion program. The production team was Joseph Tovares, e.p.; Patricia Alvarado, producer; and DiIaani, executive in charge.
WGBH sister station WGBY brought home two statuettes for the program Kid Quest, produced by Autumn Light, Ltd., including the Emmy for best children’s program. Executive producers were Steven Schoenberg, Robert Marshall and Jane Schoenberg. Marshall also won the Emmy for post-production directing.
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network won two Emmys for its weekly series Maine Experience. An episode won the award for historical/cultural program/special. Chris Sweet was producer/writer, and Heidi Ann Perkins was director/editor. An additional episode won the Emmy for magazine program/special. Credit went to Chad Diamond, producer/videographer; Michael McDade, editor/director; and Laura Schenck, producer.
CPTV won the Emmy for societal concerns program for Closing the Gap: Our Children, Our Destiny. Jay Whitsett was e.p., and Bette Blackwell was editor. Albert Schweitzer: My Life Is My Argument, co-produced with The Albert Schweitzer Institute, won the Emmy for informational/instructional program. Credit went to Rebecca Abbott, director of photography/editor; David T. Ives, producer; and Liam O’Brien, director/writer.
Heartland
The Oklahoma Network (OETA) brought home four Heartland Regional Emmys, including the community service award for Oklahoma’s World War II Veterans.The production and outreach team was John McCarroll, executive director; Lori Holliday and Ashley Barcum, campaign coordinators; Jonathan Siler, graphic and video coordinator; Dick Pryor, talent; and Debra Martin, editor/director.
Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular won awards for special event coverage and set design. Credit went to Lee Allan Smith, e.p.; Blake Wade, associate producer; Steve Dahlem, creative director; Curt Casassa, TV director; Bill Thrash, TV producer; Price Wooldridge, production manager; Jennifer Kiersch, senior project coordinator; Erica Reid and DeLee Smith, project coordinators; Paul Christensen, technical producer; Melinda Lovelace, producer; and Mickie Smith, technical director. Set designers were Steve Dahlem and Gregory Crane.
Christensen won the Emmy for technical achievement for his work on the Oklahoma Centennial Projects.
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications brought the Emmy for sports one-time special for Dream Like a Champion. Credit went to Joe Turco, producer/e.p.; Pat Aylward, videographer/editor; and Ralph Hammack Jr., editor.
Audrey Elling of Rocky Mountain PBS won the Emmy for narration for Colorado Spaces: Historic Hotels.
Rocky Mountain
At the Rocky Mountain Emmys, KUED in Salt Lake City and KAET in Phoenix each won four awards, and KNME in Albuquerque won three.
KUED brought home the Emmy for historical documentary for The Long Walk: Tears of the Navajo, and producer John Howe won the Emmy for program writing.
Healthcare: Facing Barriers won the Emmy for topical documentary. Theproduction team was Nancy Green, producer/writer; David Castleton, associate producer/writer; Joe Prokop, associate producer; and Ken Verdoiam, writer.
Payday Loans won the Emmy for public/current/community affairs program or special. Credited were Elizabeth Southwell, producer; Castelton and Erik Nielsen, associate producers; and Doug Fabrizio, host.
KAET won three Emmys for the series Arizona Stories. An episode wonin the category of historical/cultural program feature/segment or program/special. The production team was Beth Vershure, executive in charge of production; John Booth, e.p.; and Suzanne Guery, Melody Cavanary and David Majure, producers. “The Great Escape of ’44,” produced by Majure, won in the category of magazine program feature or segment. Scot Olson won the Emmy for program editing (non-news) for Arizona Stories: Arizona Highways Magazine.
In the category of interactive new media, KAET’s online video player, “Eight’s Media Player,” won the Emmy. Credit went to Adam Draper.
KNME’s program The Sandias won the Emmy for environment program or special. Producer Michael Kamins also won the Emmy for program photography (non-news).
In the category of new media photography, KNME’s John Britt won for his work on Antoine Predock: Earth Meets Sky.
Mid-America
KETC in St. Louis won the Emmy for station excellence at the Mid-America Emmys.
Credit went to Jack Galmiche, g.m.
KETC also won the Emmy for historical/cultural program story or feature for the Living St. Louis episode “Omar Bradley,” produced by Jim Kirchherr.
KCPT in Kansas City won the Emmy for specialty programming for Assembly Required. Credit went to Randy Mason, e.p., and Angee Simmons, producer.
Lone Star
At the Lone Star Emmys, State of Tomorrow from KLRU in Austin won three awards. The series, about challenges Texans face and how researchers and academics in public higher education are addressing these issues, is produced by Alpheus Media and The University of Texas Foundation. The episode “Shadow of a Doubt” won the award for news story/series/feature in the category of education/schools, “Aging With Dignity” won in the category of human interest, and “The Future of Energy” won in the category of public/current/community affairs. Credited were Mat Hames, series director/e.p.; Randa Safady, e.p.; George Sledge, director/producer; Rod Caspers, Cile Spelce, Anne Nagelkirk and Cara Carney, producers; Ginny Patrick, editor.
In Context: Art Bus Project won the Emmy for program promotion, single spot. Dutch Rall was producer/editor, and Elena Ramirez was producer.
Rall won the Emmy for program photography (non-news), short form, for Venice, Paris . . . Amarillo: Images in Context. He was director of photography.
KERA in Dallas won two awards. Sharing the Power: A Voter’s Voice Special won the Emmy for politics/government program/segment. Credit went to Rick Thompson, e.p./editor; Mary Beth Boehm, director; Shelley Kofler, managing editor; Sam Baker, host; and Alexis Yancey, producer.
In the category of Texas heritage, KERA won the news story/series/feature Emmy for Million Dollar Monarch. The production team was Rob Tranchin, director/photographer; Tom Pribyl, graphic design artist; and David Alvarado, editor.
HoustonPBS’s Matthew Brawley won the award for program editing (non-news) and, along with Fujio Watanbe, the Emmy for program photography for The Last 24.
KWBU in Waco, Texas, won for the documentary The War: Central Texas Remembers WWII. Credited were Jessica Denk and Joani Livingston, producers, and Zachary Morris, photography.
Los Angeles Area
KCET brought home six trophies at the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, including four for Life & Times, a longtime series canceled last December.
The nightly public affairs program won the Emmy for informational / public affairs series filmed remotely more than half the time. Credit went to Linda Burns, supervising producer; Val Zavala, anchor; Vicki Curry, producer; and Toni Guinyard and Hena Cuevas, reporters.
The Life & Times story “Mt. Palomar Light Pollution” won the Emmy for feature segment. Credited were Roger Cooper, reporter, and Brett Wood, camera.
Two Life & Times stories tied for the Emmy for an information segment. Hena Cuevas, reporter; John Sandoval, camera; and Jack Moody, editor, won for “Jessica’s Law Fallout.” Reporter Sam Louie won for the story “Policy Cancellation.”
The station’s WWII doc California At War won the Emmy for arts and culture/history. Credited were Bret Marcus, e.p.; Justine Schmidt, senior producer; Judy Muller, anchor; and Jonathan Dann, Joseph Angier and Lisa McRee, producers.
Brett Wood won the Emmy for outstanding non-news videographer (single camera).
Mid-Atlantic
In the Mid-Atlantic Emmys, WQED in Pittsburgh won seven awards, including five for the nightly newsmag OnQ.
Two OnQ stories tied in the entertainment program feature or segment category. Credit for “OnQ: Calendar Girls” went to David Solomon, writer/producer; Frank Caloiero, photographer/editor; and Paul Ruggieri, photographer. Pierina Morelli was producer/photographer/editor for “OnQ: Almost Human.”
The segment “OnQ: Alicia’s Lesson Plan” won the award for education/schools program feature or segment, and “OnQ: Uncle Leo’s Legacy” won the Emmy for historical / cultural program feature or segment. Credited for both were David Solomon, writer/producer, and Paul Ruggieri, photographer/editor.
“OnQ: Tutu Visits Pittsburgh” won the Emmy for interview/discussion program or special. The production team was Micahel Bartley, producer/reporter; Frank Caloiero, photographer/editor; and Pierina Morelli, producer/photographer.
The OnQ special documentary “Alicia’s Message: I’m Here to Save Your Life” won the Emmy for public/current/ community affairs program or special. Credited again were David Solomon and Paul Ruggieri. Emmai Alaquiva won a craft Emmy for musical composition/arrangement.
The New Jersey Network picked up three Mid-Atlantic Emmys. NJN's weekly law and justice program, Due Process, won in the interview/discussion category. Credit went to Sandra King, e.p. and managing editor; Kristine Ekman, associate producer; Henrietta Parker, coordinating producer; Raymond Brown, host; and Laurel Spira, director.
The award for arts program or special went to “20th Century Unlimited,” an episode from NJN’s State of the Arts series. Credit went to Nila Aronow, e.p.; Susan Wallner, series producer; Amber Edwards, senior producer; and Eric Schultz and Christopher Benincasa, producers.
The Adventures of Young Thomas Edison, an independently produced program that aired on NJN, won the Emmy for children/youth/teen program or special. Randall R. Rossilli Jr. was producer.
Southeast
Alabama Public Television won six Emmys in the Southeast regional competition.
Mr. Dial Has Something to Say won the Emmy for documentary and brought home three more trophies for directing (postproduction), photography and editing. Credit went to Celia Carey, producer/director; J. Whitson, production manager; Jared Schull and Chris Tomberlin, editors; and Christopher Holmes, director of photography.
WWII: Alabama Remembers won the Emmy for promotion for a promo piece aired on the state network and an Emmy for lighting. Production staffers were Amanda Shaw Newsome, producer/director; J. Whitson, production manager; Christopher Holmes, director of photography; Matt Whitson, editor; and Randy Johnson, art director. Holmes and Newsome were credited for the lighting award.
Georgia Public Broadcasting won two Emmys. The award for health/science program went to Georgia Outdoors: Citizen Science. Keely Walker Muse was e.p., and Brandon Arnold was producer/editor. State of the Arts: Jose Limon won the Emmy for arts / entertainment. Credit went to Pamela Roberts, e.p.; Jennifer Houston Wood, associate producer; Barbara O’Brien, education project manager; and Dan Hodlick, photographer.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting won the Emmy for interview/discussion program for the episode “Remembering Willie Morris” from the network’s Writers series. Edie Greene, producer; Rick Klein, director; Gene Edwards, host; and Marie Antoon, executive director, were credited.
South Carolina ETV-Sumter won the craft Emmy for set design for “Carolina Stories: Pirates of the Carolinas.” Bruce Mayer produced, directed and wrote the program. Also credited were Tommy Burgess, William Anderson and Sarah Justice.
The Mid-Atlantic and Southeast winners' names were published in Current, Dec. 22, 2008
Compiled by Katy June-Friesen and Karen Everhart
Copyright 2008 by Current LLC