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HEARTLAND EMMY®AWARDS 3 THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES PRESENTS THE 35TH ANNUAL HEARTLAND REGIONAL EMMY® AWARDS PLUS 2021 SILVER CIRCLE HONOREES, SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS, STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021 LIVE-STREAMED BEGINNING AT 6:00PM MDT / 7:00PM CDT VIA OUR WEBSITE AND THEEMMYS APP WWW. EMMYAWARDS.TV @HEARTLANDEMMY 4 5 T ig h t ’ s Order of E v t s President’s Welcome News Awards Morning Newscast – Larger Markets Morning Newscast – Medium/Smaller Markets Evening Newscast – Larger Markets Evening Newscast – Medium/Smaller Markets News Editor Live News Producer News Anchor Weather Anchor Reporter – Daily News News Excellence Silver Circle Presentation – Scott Thompson Promotion Awards Public Service Announcement – Single Spot or Campaign News Promotion Program Promotion Commercial – Single Spot or Campaign Editor – Spot Announcement Program Awards Arts/Entertainment – Short Form Arts/Entertainment – Long Form Environment/Science Historical/Cultural – Short Form Human Interest – Long Form Nostalgia Politics/Government – Long Form Documentary – Cultural Documentary – Historical Documentary – Topical Magazine Program Public A airs Program Informational/Instructional Program Interview/Discussion Program Branded Content Program Interactive Media 6 Reporting Awards Daily News Report Hard News Report Light News Feature – Single Report Light News Feature – Multiple Reports Business/Consumer Crime Environment/Science Health/Medical Human Interest Military Politics/Government Societal Concerns Technology Investigative Reporter Reporter – Live News Special Silver Circle Presentation – LeAnne Taylor Student Production Awards Newscast Multi-media Journalist Non-fi ction – Short Form Non-fi ction – Long Form Fiction – Short Form Presentation of 2021 Scholarship Awardees Craft Awards Writer – Program Editor – Program Photographer – News, Sports, Program Video Journalist Graphic Arts Music Composition Sports Awards Sports Story – News Feature Sports Program - Live Sports Program – Post-produced or Edited Sports Anchor 7 Specialty Awards Breaking or Spot News Continuing Coverage Investigative - Single Report Investigative – Multiple Reports Journalistic Enterprise Overall Excellence 8 NATAS heartland ad sized 062320 copy D.pdf 1 6/23/20 2:56 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 9 Welcome from the President! On behalf of the Board of Governors, welcome to our 35th Annual Heartland Emmy® Awards show. Once again we celebrate virtually with you and hope that next year will see us together again. It is this evolution that encouraged tonight’s theme - “Into the Light” - as we continue the emergence from an unforgettable last couple of years. We are proud of the work you have done here in our region; the level of excellence shines in every one of tonight’s nominees. Congratulations to you! After taking a laser scalpel to our categories this year, in both English and Spanish, we received over 900 entries from you. Of those, 315 were nominated and we will be awarding the coveted Emmy® statuette to 90 of those nominees tonight. Membership remains high at 960. You’ll be glad to know that the Awards committee will be adding categories next year: not only bringing back several that used to be o ered but also introducing some new ones to refl ect the way this industry is changing. We continue to see a large number of entries that aired on non-traditional platforms, and we encourage all submissions of work that is produced for a local or regional audience – no matter the distribution method! We are delighted to welcome two fantastic additions to the Silver Circle: LeAnne Taylor and Scott Thompson. Their brilliant work, their work ethic, and their personal commitments make them more than worthy of this honor. We are proud to be the chapter where they make their home. Congratulations to Scott and LeAnne! And let’s also recognize our three scholarship awardees – talented students who will soon be competing with us, and whom we will welcome with open arms. Good luck in your studies: Lily Tucker, Victoria Coolidge and Henry Janzen! I stand on the shoulders of a Board of Governors who are a pleasure to work with. They are dedicated professionals who volunteer their considerable time and expertise to make our chapter better year after year. We all strive for a standard of excellence and I’m happy that we can celebrate our chapter’s achievements with you. Carolyn K. Richards President, Heartland Chapter Board of Governors 10 He a l d Ch ap t er Board of Governors The Heartland Chapter consists of 12 DMAs in fi ve states: Denver, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita/Hutchinson, Omaha, Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Lincoln/Hastings-Kearney, Topeka, Grand Junction/Montrose, Cheyenne/Scottsblu , Casper/Riverton and North Platte. The Board meets monthly to process the business of the chapter; its membership consists of representatives from all areas of broadcast, media, production and education, both a liated and independent. They are proud to represent the 960 members of our chapter and encourage you to contact them at any time. Carolyn Richards, Marblehead Productions, Denver President of the Board of Governors Drew Sidener, KCNC, Denver 1st Vice President & Awards Chair Juliana Broste: Traveling Jules Productions, Denver 2nd Vice President & Program Chair Carl Bilek: Colorado Public Radio, Denver Secretary/National Trustee/Silver Circle Chair Steve Replin, Replin Law Group, Denver Treasurer Julie Lucas, Denver (past President) National Trustee Paula Roth, KBDI Denver Sponsorship Chair Blaine Howerton: YGHDTV, Denver (past President) National Trustee Misty Montano: KUSA, Denver (past President) Bill Perry: OETA, Oklahoma City Mike Wallace: City of Omaha Michelle Bauer Carpenter, CU Denver Tony Kovaleski, KMGH, Denver Andrew Barker, KJRH, Tulsa Jeremy Hubbard, KDVR, Denver Annette Lawless, KAKE, Wichita Ryan Bramwell, SPILLT, Denver Linda Kotsaftis, KRMA, Denver Traci Bilek, Heartland Chapter Administrator & Judging Coordinator Audrey Elling, Executive Director o [email protected] 11 Scott Thompson 2021 Silver Circle Honoree Scott Thompson had his fi rst foray into “broadcast news” as a fi rst-grader at Webster School in his hometown of Collinsville, Illinois. On the playground, he would mount his Batman lunch box on his shoulder, grip a pretend microphone in his left hand, and roam around during lunch recess, asking his fellow seven- year-olds questions like, “What are you doing?” and “How long have you been doing it?” For those living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the three other states reached by the signal of KOTV, it’s fortunate that Scott not only continued his TV career on the school playground, but grew his skills and passion into a remarkable body of work and commitment to the Tulsa community. Scott is an artist with words. The pictures he paints are an unforgettable tableau of the human condition and a reminder of the hope, joy and beauty that surround us, if only we take the time to look. He’d look for people and their stories that wouldn’t ordinarily be featured on a television newscast. But as Scott would say, “I want to talk to the people who can’t imagine why I would want to talk with them, and who wonder why I’d want to put them on TV.” Because to Scott the stories of “ordinary” people, told in his extraordinary way, were worth telling and sharing. He traipsed through every one of Oklahoma’s 77 counties, across the United States and around the world and shared his discoveries with us. In addition to being the main weeknight news anchor at KOTV for 20 years, where he led the station to become the highest-rated CBS a liate in the nation for late news, he took us to all the world’s continents. He continues to serve on Boards of Directors across the state and is a strong voice for quality education and the environment, among other passions. Scott Thompson is the embodiment of integrity, professionalism, honor and the highest ideals of the television craft. What began with that Batman lunchbox became one of the most distinguished careers in Oklahoma journalism history: beloved and admired by both the public and his peers. 12 LeAnne Thompson 2021 Silver Circle Honoree From the beginning of LeAnne Taylor’s 37-year (and counting) career in journalism, her passion for people and desire to seek and report the truth has defi ned her career. She has the ability to relate to Oklahomans while at the same time keeping them safe, informed, and entertained. She is a friend you can trust, who brings you the news on the most-watched morning show in town. Two years out of college, in a very competitive television market, she earned her spot as KTUL’s weekend anchor. She worked her way up to a health-beat reporter assignment a year later, and was promoted to 5 pm co-anchor the next year. She continued her success after moving to KOTV’s morning show, Six in the Morning, in 1998. She helped catapult that show to #1 in the Tulsa market. Her humility and bravery came into focus in early 2004. From the anchor desk, LeAnne announced she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She became a fearless advocate for survivors; answering calls and questions from viewers and helping them navigate through diagnosis and treatment. She has spent countless hours working as a volunteer in the Susan G. Komen o ce, delivering care-packages to newly diagnosed patients, registering runners for the Race for the Cure, and giving input on organizational direction in her current role as President of Susan G. Komen Oklahoma. Whether she is in the newsroom, or out in the fi eld reporting on a story, her tenacity is unmatched. This comes from decades of covering Oklahoma’s most important stories. When LeAnne was assigned to cover an explosion at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, she had no idea what a life- and career-changing moment that would be, reporting on one of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S.