Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Overall Excellence The 5 O' Clock News • KPTV • Stefanie Neal, Assistant News Seattle Channel • Shannon Gee, General Manager Director • Bryce Madison, Producer • Catie Briggs, KING • Jim Rose, General Manager Producer • Brenna Kelly, Reporter • Amber Wilmarth, KGW • Steve Carter, President/General Manager Reporter • Antonio Corona, Editor • Emily Higgins, KTUU/KYES • Nancy Johnson, General Manager Photographer Idaho Public Television • Ron Pisaneschi, General Manager KOIN 6 News at 11: Historic Wildfires • KOIN • Carla Judah, OPB • Steve Bass, President/CEO Producer • Jennifer Dowling, Reporter • Jeff Gianola, Anchor • Jenny Young, Reporter • Elizabeth Dinh, Anchor Evening Newscast (Markets 1-20) KOMO News at 6pm: CHOP Cleared • KOMO • Kevin Beatty, Morning Newscast (Markets 21-80) Producer • Abiezer Garnica, Director Good Day Oregon • KPTV • Raegan Cardwell, Executive KOMO News at 5pm: CHOP Cleared • KOMO • Daniel Grohl, Producer • Amber Wilmarth, Reporter • Brian MacMillan, Producer • Jordyn Grinnell, Producer Reporter Seattle Under Siege • KIRO • Erin Newnam, Producer • Up With KREM • KREM • Delaney Gray, Executive Producer Katelin Wangberg, Producer • Bill Skok, Photojournalist • Tim Pham, Anchor • Jeremy LaGoo, Weather Anchor • • Deborah Horne, Reporter • Deedee Sun, Reporter • Cody Crawford, Producer Ethan Ferkiss, Writer • Ryan Simms, Reporter • Linzi Oregon on Fire: Neighbors help neighbors recover from Sheldon, Anchor • Jonathan Simmons, Photographer historic wildfires • KGW • Celeste Ruiz, Executive Producer KOMO news at 6pm: George Floyd Protests • KOMO • Kevin • Paul Kenney, Sunrise Content Manager • Jessica Smith, Beatty, Producer Producer KOIN 6 News This Morning: Historic Oregon Wildfires • Morning Newscast (Markets 1-20) KOIN • Miranda Hutchison, Producer • Elise Haas, Touring the Aftermath of May 31st Riots • KOMO • Emily Reporter Leisten, Producer • Jacci Lewis, Executive Producer • Lee KATU News This Morning • KATU • Alison Dorf, Producer • Stoll, Reporter • Ryan Yamamoto, Anchor • Kelly Danielle Frack, Executive Producer • Dan McCarthy, Koopmans, Anchor • Paris Jackson, Anchor • Gil Ojeda, Reporter • Anthony Balcorta, Photojournalist • Evan Director • Holly Menino, Live Desk Anchor • Louis Sierra, Schreiber, Reporter • Wesleigh Ogle, Anchor • Chase Photographer Amen, Director Day After Seattle Riots • KING • Mark Jovan, News Producer • Emily Wen, Director • Alexis Rodriguez, Writer • Jake Evening Newscast (Markets 81+) Whittenberg, Anchor • Mimi Jung, Anchor • Susan Danz, The 208 • KTVB • Dani Allsop, Producer Writer • Jordan Treece, Photographer • Keith Board, Editor NBC16 News at 5:30 P.M.: Oregon Wildfires • KMTR • • Connie Kim, Executive Producer Marcela Valdivia KOMO News at 6 am: COVID comes to Western Washington Fires Wipe Out Small Towns, Threaten City • KEZI • Bob • KOMO • Emily Leisten, Producer • Jacci Lewis, Executive Schaper, Executive Producer • Renee McCullough, Anchor Producer • Kelly Koopmans, Anchor • Ryan Yamamoto, • Kennedy Dendy, Reporter • Marisa Vitale, Meteorologist • Anchor • Paris Jackson, Anchor • Holly Menino, Anchor Dylan Robichaud, Meteorologist • Chris Lueneburg, KOMO News at 6 am: February Flood • KOMO • Emily Reporter • Walter King, Director • Robert Northrup, Director Leisten, Producer • Jacci Lewis, Executive Producer • Kelly • Taylor Cantrell, Photographer • Emma Jerome, Reporter Koopmans, Anchor • Holly Menino, Anchor • Ryan KEZI 9 News at 4 - Historic Wildfire Season • KEZI • Chynna Yamamoto, Anchor • Paris Jackson, Anchor • Denise Greene, Anchor • Marisa Vitale, Chief Meteorologist • Whitaker, Reporter Phylisha Drayton, Producer • Connor McCarthy, Photog • Robert Northrup, Master Control • Walter King, Director • Evening Newscast (Markets 21-80) Kennedy Dendy, Reporter • Taylor Cantrell, Photog • Dylan The Story with Dan Haggerty: Misinformation vs. Robichaud, Meteorologist • Bob Schaper, Executive Disinformation • KGW • Brian Kosciesza, Producer • Producer Stephanie Villiers, Producer • Mila Mimica, Executive The Channel 2 NewsHour • KTUU • Elinor Baty, Producer • Producer • Dan Haggerty, Anchor Alexis Fernandez, Anchor The 5 O' Clock News • KPTV • Stefanie Neal, Assistant News Director • Bryce Madison, Producer • Catie Briggs, Morning Newscast (Markets 81+) Producer • Brenna Kelly, Reporter • Amber Wilmarth, Wake Up Idaho Election Results • KTVB • Abigail Urbanek, Reporter • Antonio Corona, Editor • Emily Higgins, Producer Photographer 9/10/20 Midday Holiday Farm Fire • KEZI • Jaimie Hays, KATU News at 6 • KATU • Shawn Gilbert, Producer Anchor • Jacob Roberts, Reporter • Ashly Edmiston, Editor KGW News at 11: Oregon Wildfires • KGW • Alison Rodgers, • Andrew Smith, Director Executive Producer • Laural Porter, Anchor Western Oregon Literally and Figuratively on Fire • KEZI • The Story with Dan Haggerty: Historic Megafires Burn Christina Molinari, Producer • Ashly Edmiston, Editor • Oregon • KGW • Mila Mimica, Executive Producer • Brian Jaimie Hays, Anchor • Bryan Anderson, Anchor Kosciesza, Producer • Stephanie Villiers, Producer • Dan Wake Up Northwest 5 am show • KNDU/KNDO • Jana Gray, Haggerty, Anchor News Director Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Downtown Seattle Riots • KIRO • Deborah Horn, Reporter • Daily News Report (single shift) Deedee Sun, Reporter • Ryan Simm, Reporter • Linzi Blake's Graduation • KTVQ • Russ Riesinger, Reporter • Sheldon, Anchor • Katelin Wangberg, Producer • Erin Brandon Sullivan, Photographer Newnam, Executive Producer • Sean Glover, RCOMM • Surviving the Scandies Rose • KOMO • Gabriel Cohen, Sean Quinn, Assignment Editor Reporter Downtown Shooting Chaos & Heroes • KING • Chelsea Past Becomes Present • KING • Michael Crowe, Reporter • Bryant, Producer • Joyce Taylor, Anchor • Vanessa Megan Murnane, Photojournalist Misciagna, Reporter • Jessica Janner Castro, Anchor • There Are Many Uses For A Potato • KHQ • Cory Howard, Carl Pugliese, Writer • Greg Copeland, Anchor • Natalie Producer • Gabriel Ferguson, Photojournalist Swaby, Reporter • Mark Wright, Anchor • Laura Evans, Season kickoff • KTUU • Samie Solina, Multimedia Journalist Assistant News Director • Elise Cartmill, Assignment Editor Coffee is Dope • KGW • Keely Chalmers, Reporter • Kurt Austin, Photographer Continuing Coverage Unrest in Portland • KOIN • Jacquelyn Abad, Reporter • Hard News Report (no production time limit) Jennifer Dowling, Reporter • Jenny Young, Reporter • A Window Into Hell • KIRO • Julie Berg, Investigative Hannah Ray Lambert, Digital Reporter • Andrew Bisset, Producer • Amy Clancy, Reporter/Writer • Jeffrey Ritter, Photographer • Richard Roberson, Photographer • Matt Photographer/Editor Rashleigh, Photographer The Road • KGW • Dan Haggerty, Reporter • Kurt Austin, Covid-19 Is For Real: A Healthcare Workers Struggle • Producer KCPQ • Michael Driver, Photojournalist • Simone Del The Plight of Point Roberts • KING • Mike Perry, Rosario, Reporter • Andy Anderson, Photojournalist • Photojournalist/Editor • Chris Daniels, Producer Alyana Gomez, Reporter Terror from Above • KIRO • Dave Wagner, Producer • Jeff LIFE Inside • KGW • Maggie Vespa, Producer • Mila Mimica, Ritter, Photographer • Mike Griffith, Photographer • Julie Executive Producer • Kurt Austin, Photographer Berg, Producer • Ryan Barber, Graphic Artist The Rise and Fall of CHOP • KOMO • Bill Dallman, News Director Breaking or Spot News Seattle's Summer of Unrest • KCPQ • Simone Del Rosario, Riot Erupts in Downtown Portland • KATU • Breanna Hill, Correspondent • Brandon Davis, Photojournalist Producer • Megan Allison, Reporter • Dan McCarthy, The Daybell story unfolds • EastIdahoNews.com • Nate Reporter • Megan Trihey, Executive Producer • Ellen Eaton, Reporter • Eric Grossarth, Reporter Gordon, Writer/Producer Breaking News Downtown Shooting • KIRO • Jim Waltz, Team Coverage News Photographer • Michael Spears, News Reporter KOMO News at 6pm: Aftermath of 3rd Avenue Shootout • Breaking news – Seattle Riot Coverage • KCPQ • AJ KOMO • Kevin Beatty, Producer • Suzanne Phan, Reporter Janavel, Reporter • Jennifer Lee, Reporter • Jamie • Steven McCarron, Reporter • Patrick Quinn, Reporter • Tompkins, Reporter • Brandi Kruse, Reporter • Frank Bill Fesh, Operations Manager Koumaros, Photographer • Marc LeCuyer, Photographer • Wildfire Emergency in Oregon • KATU • Breanna Hill, Mike Harvey, Photographer • Scott Hopson, Photographer • Producer • Megan Allison, Reporter • Kellee Azar, Reporter Hana Kim, Anchor • David Rose, Anchor • Bhavisha Patel • • Allison Mechanic, Reporter Producer Downtown Seattle Shooting • KIRO • Lauren Fischer, Portland Riot: The first of many • KATU • Kellee Azar, Producer • Jim Waltz, Photojournalist • Anny Lee Patrick, Reporter • Rodney Rocker, Photojournalist Director • Ryan Simms, Reporter • Monique Ming Laven, Riots in Seattle • KOMO • Jordyn Grinnell, News Producer • Anchor • Josh Witsman, Executive Producer • Michael Chelsea Owen Santiago, News Producer • Kevin Hillberg, Spears, Reporter • Dave Wagner, Anchor • Jason Nobles, Director • Steven Miller, Photographer • Adrian Ramirez, Photojournalist • Mike Griffith, Photojournalist Photographer • Cory Meacham, Director • Steve McCarron, Clean-up, Curfew, and a 9-Mile March • KING • Michael Anchor • Suzanne Phan, Reporter • Nick Popham, Reporter Botsford, Photojournalist • Vanessa Misciagna, Reporter • • Jonathan Choe, Reporter • Patrick Quinn, Reporter • Dan Sebastian Robertson, Reporter • Kalie Greenberg, Magden Reporter • Alan Reed, Photojournalist • Juan Montes, May 29th: Rioting and Looting in the Streets of Portland • Producer • Joyce Taylor, Anchor • Mark Wright, Anchor • KOIN • Carla Judah, Producer • Brendan Boyle, Producer Carl Pugliese, Producer • Mark Anderson, Photojournalist Capitol Hill Chaos • KING • Michael Botsford, Field Producer • Ted Land, Reporter • Mark Wright, Anchor • Jessica Investigative Janner-Castro, Anchor Something Deadly in the Air • KING • Chris Ingalls, Reporter Seattle Riots • KING • Michael Crowe, Producer • Mike Perry, • Ryan Coe, Photographer/Editor Photojournalist • Amy Moreno, Reporter • Demetrious School of Broken Promises • KING • Susannah Frame, Holford, Photojournalist • Carl Pugliese, Producer • Alex Reporter • Ryan Coe, Photojournalist Vitale, Executive Producer • Elizabeth Smith, Producer • Pawns for Panhandling in a Pandemic • KIRO • Dave Juan Montes, Producer • Mark Wright, Anchor • Mike Wagner, Reporter/Photographer • Jeff Ritter, Baker, Assignment Editor Photographer/Editor Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Desrosiers, Photographer/Editor • Jake Whittenberg, News Feature - Light Feature Reporter The Pinball Mecca • KGW • Katherine Cook, Reporter • Jon Bold As Love: Saving the soul of the Central District • KING • Gudgel, Photographer Michael Botsford, Photojournalist • Vanessa Misciagna, Tight Blue Lines • Central Oregon Daily News KOHD/KBNZ • Reporter Steve Kaufmann, Photojournalist/Editor Deaf Ear to Business, Blind Eye to Crime • KIRO • Dave The Boy Who Loves Cars • KOMO • Eric Johnson, Reporter Wagner, Reporter • Jeff Ritter, Photographer • Darrin Tegman, Editor • Doug Pigsley, Photographer • Isolated Below the Border • KING • Mike Perry, Producer • Joan Kinsey, Producer Chris Daniels, Producer The best companions • KTUU • Beth Verge, Multimedia Journalist Business/Consumer - Short and Long Form Content A Country Mile • Central Oregon Daily News KOHD/KBNZ • Trey Lamont's Jerk Shack • Seattle Channel • Christopher Steve Kaufmann, Photojournalist/Editor Barnes, Producer Bloom Where You're Planted : Art that Stems from Love • Mudbone Grown • OPB • Jule Gilfillan, Producer • Brandon KCPQ • Michael Driver, Photojournalist • Jamie Tompkins, Swanson, Camera/Editor Reporter The New Normal: Cattle Ranchers Face the Pandemic • 365 Valentines • KTVB • Kevin Eslinger, Producer KCTS • Shaminder Dulai, Senior Producer • Matt McKnight, Hollar For A Dollar • KCPQ • Michael Driver, Producer Producer/Photographer • David Quantic, Video Editor Helmet John • KGW • Laural Porter, Reporter • Kurt Austin, Producer Crime - News Seattle's Homeless Women Targeted Now Fighting Back • News Feature - Serious Feature KOMO • Jonathan Choe, Reporter • Andrew Nitchman, Passive Racist's Dad • KING • Ryan Beard, Producer • Photographer Kierra Elfalan, Reporter Marked a Killer • KHQ • Gabriel Ferguson, Photojournalist As close as you can get: Navigating loss in the time of • Hayley Guenthner, Reporter • Christopher Pittell, coronavirus • The Seattle Times • Lauren Frohne, Video Photojournalist Journalist Murder and Mistaken Identity • KIRO • Dave Wagner, This Too Shall Pass • KOMO • Eric Johnson, Reporter • Reporter Doug Pigsley, Photographer • Darrin Tegman, Editor • One Man Chaos Machine • KIRO • Dave Wagner, Producer Joan Kinsey, Producer • Neil Ikeda, Photographer • Jeff Ritter, Producer • Mike Griffith, Photographer • Julie Running Toward Change: Putting a Movement into Motion Berg, Producer • KCPQ • Michael Driver, Photojournalist • Jamie Tompkins, Who murdered Pat Cress? • Q13 FOX • Olivia LaVoice, Reporter Reporter • Andy Anderson, Photojournalist Widow Covid-19 • KUNS • Jaime Mendez, Reporter/writer Missing Boy: 10 Years Later • KGW • Kyle Iboshi, • Faustino Rodriguez, Photographer/Editor Reporter/Producer • Gene Cotton, Editor The Ultimate Gift • KHQ • Sydnee Stelle, Reporter 'He Didn't Win:' Surviving Sextortion • KHQ • Jasmine She lost her limbs but never lost hope • EastIdahoNews.com Darakjy, Reporter • Kyle Prothe, Photojournalist • Nate Eaton, Reporter/Producer We Are Wildcats • KGW • Cristin Severance, Reporter • Crime - Short and Long Form Content Gene Cotton, Photojournalist/Editor Seeking Justice • KTUU • Tracy Sinclare, Executive Producer • Rebecca Palsha, Anchor/Reporter • Daniella News Special Rivera, Reporter • Jill Burke, Reporter • Eric Sowl, The Fight For The Soul of Seattle • KOMO • Eric Johnson, Photographer/Editor • Jeff Dowd, Post-Production Editor Reporter/Writer • Doug Pigsley, Photographer • Darrin Eleven Seconds That Changed Portland • KATU • Megan Tegman, Editor • Pete Lowell, Senior Designer • Bill Trihey, Executive Producer • Tim Hurtt, Editor • Kellee Dallman, News Director Azar, Reporter The Path 4Ward • KXLY • Melissa Luck, News Director Facing Race | Episode 3: Race and Policing • KING • Christin In it Together • KTUU • Tracy Sabo, News Director/Executive Ayers, Executive Producer • Joyce Taylor, Host/Reporter • Producer • Eric Sowl, Editor Keely Walker, Producer • Kevin Glantz, Editor • Ryan Oregon on Fire • KATU • John Trusso, Editor • Gayle Y Beard, Photojournalist • Michael Botsford Simons, News Director • Erin Luttropp, Senior Producer • Tim Hurtt, Photojournalist Health/Medical - News Business/Consumer - News Alzheimer's and COVID-19 • KING • Vanessa Misciagna, Scott's Gift • KIRO • Jesse Jones, Reporter • Katie Reporter McDowell, Photographer/Editor • Jillian Rafter, Producer Senior Solitude • KCPQ • Hana Kim, Reporter • Walker The Cost of Collections • KGW • Kyle Iboshi, Reporter • Anderson, Photojournalist Gene Cotton, Photojournalist/Editor Unmasking Mask Effectiveness • KHQ • Kevin Ko, Reporter Can't Go Wrong With Tamales • KGW • Kurt Austin, • Aaron Calendine, Photographer Photojournalist Tsunami of Meth • KIRO • Dave Wagner, Reporter • Jeff CBD: Are You Getting What You Paid For? • KING • Eric Ritter, Photographer Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Do No Harm • KING/NBC News • Taylor Mirfendereski, McCluskey, Producer • Todd Sonflieth, Camera Producer • Mike Hixenbaugh, Investigative Reporter Human Elements • KCTS • Sarah Hoffman, Producer/ Humanity is Contagious : Covid Trauma Nurse • KCPQ • Photographer • Amy Mahardy, Senior Video Editor • Michael Driver, Photojournalist • Jamie Tompkins, Reporter Edward Alvarez, Narrator • Shaminder Dulai, Senior Producer Health/Medical - Short Form Content Postcards From The Pandemic: Hope And Innovation • OPB Environment/Science - Long Form Content • Jes Burns, Producer • Jan Boyd, Executive Producer • Nest Zero • TVW • Mike McClanahan, Lead Producer/ MacGregor Campbell, Graphic Animator • Stephani Writer • David McGimpsey, Producer/Videographer Gordon, Camera • Ed Jahn, Executive Producer • Jonathan Oregon Field Guide: Adaptive Skiing, Living Snow, Levinson, Reporter • Cassandra Profita, Producer • Monica Willamette Ferry • OPB • Ed Jahn, Executive Producer • Samayoa, Producer • Arya Surowidjojo, Producer/Camera/ Jes Burns, Producer • Cassandra Profita, Producer • Editor • Todd Sonflieth, Producer/Camera/Editor • Brandon Aaron Scott, Producer • Jule Gilfillan, Producer • Ian Swanson, Camera/Editor McCluskey, Producer • Brandon Swanson, Camera/ The New Normal Kidney Dialysis and COVID • KCTS • Editor • Todd Sonflieth, Camera/Editor • Stephani Beatriz Costa Lima, Producer/Photographer • David Gordon, Camera/ Editor • Michael Bendixen, Camera/ Quantic, Video Editor • Jennifer Dev, Photographer • Editor • Erin Ross, Researcher/Writer Shaminder Dulai, Senior Producer/Photographer Other Side of the Hill • Synchronous Pictures • James The Nightly Howl • MontanaPBS • Breanna McCabe, Parker, Producer/Director • Juliet Grable, Producer Producer Outdoor Idaho: Urban Wildlife • Idaho Public Television • Lauren Melink, Producer • Aaron Kunz, Producer Health/Medical - Long Form Content The Way Forward: Mental Health & Well Being • KING • Politics/Government - News Dawn Boughton, Multiplatform Producer/Editor • Derek State employees paid to stay away from work • KGW • Kyle Haas, Producer • Derek Price, Production Specialist • Iboshi, Gene Cotton • Photojournalist/Editor Joseph Suttner, Producer • Suzie Wiley, Producer • Kim ‘Standing next to our sisters’: Why Portland moms are Holcomb, Host marching in protests • The Oregonian • Brooke Herbert, Parenting during a Pandemic • KTUU • Rebecca Palsha, Producer/cinematographer/Editor Anchor/Reporter • Ariane Aramburo, Anchor/Reporter • Rape and Retaliation? • KIRO • Dave Wagner, Reporter • Kortnie Horazdovsky, Executive Producer/Writer Jeff Ritter, Photographer • Julie Berg, Producer CityStream: Healthcare Heroes & Outdoor Learning • Seattle Where’s Karen? • KGW • Cristin Severance, Reporter • Channel • Norm Ohashi, Senior Producer • Enrique Cerna, Gene Cotton, Photojournalist/Editor Host • Randall Eng, Producer/Photographer/Editor • Ian Devier, Producer/Photographer/Editor • Vincent Pierce, Politics/Government - Short Form Content Producer/Photographer/Editor • Christopher Barnes, Editor Bridging the Gap • City of Seattle Police Department • Travis • Linda Byron, Producer/Reporter • Mona Lee Locke, Smith, Director/Writer/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor • Producer/Reporter/Photographer • Shannon Gee, Anthony Gioconda, Cinematographer/Producer/Writer • Executive Producer Jonathan Fong, Cinematographer/Producer/Audio Engineer • Katie Stern, Audio Engineer Environment/Science - News The City Councilwoman • KCTS • Dorothy Edwards, Staying the night in an Oregon fire lookout | PEAK Producer/Photographer • Amy Mahardy, Senior Video NORTHWEST: Episode Six • The Oregonian • Brooke Editor • Shaminder Dulai, Senior Producer Herbert, Producer/Cinematographer/Editor 2020 Oregon Ballot Measures Explainers • OPB • MacGregor From Killer Whales to Christmas Trees • KING • Steve Bunin, Campbell, Producer/Editor/Graphic Animator • Jes Burns, Reporter • Eric Desroisers, Editor Producer • Arya Surowidjojo, Producer/Camera/Editor • Environmental Racism: "A Deadly, Toxic Slime" • KING • Jan Boyd, Executive Producer Michael Crowe, Producer • Mike Perry, Producer Power Struggle: A Look to the Future • KGW • Pat Dooris, Politics/Government - Long Form Content Reporter • Jon Goodwin, Photojournalist Facing Race | Episode 7: Race, Politics, and Policy • KING • "We can do a lot better": Recycling Mistakes and Solutions Christin Ayers, Executive Producer • Joyce Taylor, Host • KING • Michael Crowe, Producer • Ryan Beard, Producer • Keely Walker, Producer • Kevin Glantz, Editor • Michael Botsford, Photojournalist • Ryan Beard, Photojournalist • Environment/Science - Short Form Content Andrew Mikkelsen, Reporter • Thomas Tedford, Will Oregon See Sea Otters Again? • Ian McCluskey, Photojournalist • Ryan Coe, Photojournalist • Susannah Producer • Stephani Gordon, Camera • Dan Evans, Editor Frame, Reporter Nick On the Rocks “Teanaway Tropics” • Central The Race for the U.S. Senate • MontanaPBS • Anna Rau, Washington University • Chris Smart, Producer/ Producer/Editor/Photographer Photographer/Editor • Linda Schactler, Executive Producer KIRO 7 Countdown to Election Night • KIRO • Essex Porter, • Nick Zentner, Host/Writer Producer/Reporter • Colin Durant, Producer • Bill Skok, Sounds of Silence: The Search for Spotted Owls • OPB • Ian Photographer Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
The Race for U.S. House • MontanaPBS • Breanna McCabe, Mossback's Northwest: Seattle's "Dustbin"/The Northwest Producer Outlaw They Couldn't Capture • KCTS • Stephen Hegg, Producer • David Quantic, Editor • Shaminder Dulai, Senior Arts/Entertainment - News Producer • Knute Berger, Host • Resti Bagcal, Waiting in the Wings: How Covid Stole the Show • KCPQ • Photographer Michael Driver, Producer • Jamie Tompkins, Producer Indigenous Spirituality Inside Oregon Prisons • OPB • Arya Protesting with a pen • KING • Taylor Mirfendereski, Surowidjojo, Producer/Camera/Editor • Bradley W. Parks, Multimedia Journalist Reporter • Jan Boyd, Executive Producer Weirdo Art • KCPQ • Michelle Ludtka, Reporter The Untold Stories of Black Women in the Women’s Teens and Fake News • KING • Michael Botsford, Suffrage Movement • KD Hall Communications • KD Hall, Photojournalist • Sebastian Robertson, Reporter • Aidan Executive Producer Glaze, Camera/Audio Operator • Tim Morris, Lighting Historical/Cultural - Long Form Content Arts/Entertainment - Short Form Content Facing Race | Episode 13: Identity • KING • Christin Ayers, Helena Symphony | Under the Big Sky • KRTV • Shawn Executive Producer • Taylor Mirfendereski, Reporter/ Newton, Producer • Dillon Davies, Editor Photographer • Michael Botsford, Producer • Joyce Taylor, Kassa Overall: Backpack Jazz Producing In Portland • OPB • Host • Keely Walker, Producer • Michelle Li, Reporter • Arya Surowidjojo, Producer/Camera/Editor Ryan Beard, Photographer • Kevin Glantz, Editor • Jordan Marisa Anderson: Pure Form • OPB • Claudia Meza, Treece, Photographer • Pete Cassam, Drone Director/ Editor • Arya Surowidjojo, Camera • Dave Pilot/Photojournalist Christensen, Executive Producer Miss Dish and the Volcano: the Kathy Phibbs story • OPB • Ian McCluskey, Producer • Greg Davis, Camera • Arts/Entertainment - Long Form Content Margaret Andres, Editor • Jim Aikman, Camera • Woven Together, Art Beat 2201 • OPB • Jessica Martin, Brandon Swanson, Editor • Michael Bendixen, Color Executive Producer • Eric Slade, Producer • Jule Gilfillan, Idaho Experience: Idaho's Constitution Revealed • Idaho Producer • Steven Tonthat, Producer/Camera • Beth Public Television • Bill Manny, Producer • Eric Westrom, Harrington, Producer • Brandon Swanson, Camera/Editor • Producer Stephani Gordon, Camera/Editor • Michael Bendixen, Peace Queen • McKenna Gottlieb Producers and Peace Editor • Dan Evans, Camera • Lisa Suinn Kallem, Editor • Works United • Melannie Denise Cunningham, Executive William Ward, Audio Producer • Joanne M. Lisosky, Producer • Jim McKenna, The Art of Representation: Muralist Alex Chiu • OPB • Producer • Jewel Diamond Taylor, Associate Producer Steven Tonthat, Producer • Stephani Gordon, Camera • The Rundown w/Jackie Coffin: Fighting Her Wars • Kristen Henderson, Camera • William Ward, Audio • MontanaPBS • Jackie Coffin, Producer Lisa Suinn Kallem, Editor Art Zone with Nancy Guppy • Seattle Channel • Nancy Interactive Media Guppy, Producer/Host • Rosemary Garner, Producer • Seattle in 360: ONYX Fine Arts Collective & Gallery ONYX • Kate Huisentruit, Producer • Peggy Lycett, Editor • Seattle Channel • Ian Devier, Vincent Pierce, Director/Photographer • Ralph Bevins, Producer/Photographer/Editor • Tyler Sipe, Multimedia Photographer Producer • Randy Eng, Producer/Photographer/Editor • Jennifer Nerad, Multimedia Producer • Shannon Gee, Historical/Cultural - News Executive Producer What's the Weather Machine? The Oregonian explains • QR Code Donations for Wildfire Victims • KGW • Wendy The Oregonian • Samantha Swindler, Producer/ Gatlin, Digital Director Cinematographer/Editor Poems for the Pandemic • The Oregonian • Brooke Herbert, KGW Rewind: 40th Anniversary of Mt. St. Helens' Eruption • Writer/Photographer/Cinematographer/Editor • Beth KGW • Nina Mehlhaf, Reporter • Chad DeHart, Editor Nakamura, Photographer • Mark Friesen, Web Designer Native American Artist • KIRO • Bill Skok, Producer Eye on Policing • KING • Chris Ingalls, Reporter • Taylor Bringing Back the Language • KGW • Pat Dooris, Reporter Mirfendereski, Investigative Reporter • Ryan Coe, • Kurt Austin, Photog Photographer Pike Place's Hmong flower farmers call on generations of resilience • The Seattle Times • Corinne Chin, Video Sports Story - News Journalist A Ray of light • KCPQ • AJ Janavel, Reporter • Michael Portland Japanese Garden series • KGW • Ken McCormick, Driver, Editor Photographer/Producer Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner wants 'Justice for Manny' • KCPQ • Matt Lorch, Reporter • Michael Driver, Historical/Cultural - Short Form Content Photographer Idaho Experience: Idaho Drive In Theaters • Idaho Public Olympic Dreams Never Die • KING • Kevin Glantz, Editor • Television • Forrest Burger, Producer Chris Egan Pekin Noodle Parlor | Under the Big Sky • KRTV • Shawn Baseball & Life - Lessons learned on & off the field • KCPQ • Newton, Producer • Dillon Davies, Editor Michelle Ludtka, Reporter Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Glory and Shame at Eastside Catholic • KING • Susannah Live Sporting Event/Game Frame, Reporter • Ryan Coe, Photojournalist • Mike Seattle Sounders Soccer • Seattle Sounders FC • Ryan Baker, Producer Schaber, Executive Producer • Glen Wilhelm, Director • Keely Dunning, Broadcast Manager • David Wallingford, Sports Story - Short and Long Form Content Technical Manager • Jason Bruce, Technical Director Eagle Cap Extreme • OPB • Ian McCluskey, Producer • Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz • Portland Trail Blazers • Aaron Scott, Co-Producer • Brandon Swanson, Camera Jeff Curtin, Director of Broadcasting • Dan Hyatt, Producer • Stephani Gordon • Camera • Erin Ross • Production • Kevin Calabro, Play by Play • Lamar Hurd, Anaylst • Assistance Brooke Olzendam, Sideline Reporter • Jordan Kent, Bikepacking Their Way From Portland To The Coast • OPB • Pregame Host • Michael Holton, Pregame Analyst • Jeff Danika Sandoz • Producer/Editor • Brandon Swanson • Shrum, Pregame Director • Nick Livingston, Camera • Erin Ross, Production Assistance • Steven Pregame Producer • John Burns, Technical Director • John Vaughn Kray, Audio Post Production Lukrofka, Lead Replay Op • John McConnell, Graphics Op We Are Pink Phoenix • OPB • Ian McCluskey, Producer • Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard and Oregon Women's Brandon Swanson, Camera • Stephani Gordon, Camera Basketball Senior Night - March 1, 2020 • Pac-12 Networks • Luz Carasa, Editor • Chauncey Jones, Producer • Zach Blaine, Director • Mary Kid Basketball Coach • KING • Kim Holcomb, Reporter Murphy, Analyst • Ann Schatz, Play-by-play Mariners Baseball on ROOT SPORTS • ROOT SPORTS • Sports Program - Live Jon Bradford, Executive Producer • Curtis Wilson, Producer Mariners Pregame on ROOT SPORTS • ROOT SPORTS • • James Armintrout, Director • Patrick Brown, Coordinating Jon Bradford, Executive Producer • Mike "Pike" Parker, Producer • Liz Serrette, Director of Operations • Brett Producer • Neil Stover, Producer • Doug Herbison, Director Jungbluth, Chief Engineer • Rich Hoyt, Engineer • Justin • Steven Hurd, Director • Lacey Boyd, Technical Director • Dexter, Engineer • Angela Sgarlata, Production Manager • Jerry Petersen, Audio Technician • Marcus Teats, Editor • Stu Vitue, Editor • Derrick Froyalde, Editor Carl Severson, Editor • Jen Mueller, Reporter Timbers Soccer on ROOT SPORTS • ROOT SPORTS • Iditarod 2020 Ceremonial Start • KTUU • Tracy Sabo, News Patrick Brown, Director • Jon Bradford, Executive Producer Director/Executive Producer • Tracy Sinclare, • Mike "Pike" Parker, Producer Producer/Writer Seattle Sounders FC Prematch Show • Seattle Sounders FC Documentary - Cultural/Historical • Ryan Schaber, Executive Producer • Keely Dunning, In the Shadow of Fairview • OPB • Kami Horton, Writer/ Broadcast Manager • Glen Wilhelm, Director • David Producer • Daniel Evans, Editor • Steven Kray, Audio Post Wallingford, Technical Manager • Brad Evans, Analyst • Production • Todd Sonflieth, Camera Kasey Keller, Analyst • Steve Zakuani, Analyst • Keith Experience: Ahead of Her Time • Idaho Public Television • Costigan, Host Jenny Sue Weltner, Producer • Andy Lawless, Producer • Marcia Franklin, Producer • Madeleine Pisaneschi, Sports Program - Post-Produced or Edited Graphic Artist Backstories: Felix's Perfect Game • ROOT SPORTS • Jon Charlie Russell's Old West • MontanaPBS • Paul Zalis, Co- Bradford, Executive Producer • Brad Adam, Anchor/ Producer/Writer • William Marcus, Executive Producer • Producer • D.J. Hammond, Producer Aaron Pruitt, Executive Producer • Gus Chambers, Co- Rise of the Kraken • KING • Chris Smith • Director, Producer Producer/Director • Maria Anderson, Associate Producer /Editor • Jessica Janner Castro, Host • Chris Daniels, The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors • Channel Films • Reporter • Chris Egan, Reporter • Tait Miller, Alli Bargelski, Producer Photographer/Editor • Alan Reed, Photographer/Editor Song of Rapa Nui • Fidget Films and Rushmore Films • John Outdoor Idaho: The 12ers • Idaho Public Television • Bill Forsen, Producer/Director • David Fulton, Producer • Manny, Producer • Jay Krajic, Director Gayle Podrabsky, Producer • Amy Fulton, Producer • Dan Larson, Editor Sports - One-Time Special The Lost City of Bayocean • OPB • Jule Gilfillan, Producer • Holidays with the Seahawks • KCPQ • Matt Lorch, Host/ Brandon Swanson, Graphics • Todd Sonflieth, Camera • Segment Producer • Jamie Tompkins, Host • Michael Steven Kray, Audio Post Production • Michael Bendixen, Driver, Photographer • Erika Wutherich, Photographer • Ali Camera/Post Production Driver, Director • Bhavisha Patel, Producer The Brotherhood • KTVQ • Brandon Sullivan, Producer Documentary - Topical Kyle Lewis: Writing My Own Story • Seattle Mariners • Ben REFUGE • Baby Wild Films • Michael Harris, Mertens, Executive Producer, Tim Walsh, Producer • Dan Producer/Director Oleskowicz, Editor Senior Year Was Crazy • KCTS • Jennifer Dev, Producer/ Our Stories: Unfinished Business • Pac-12 Networks • Mary Photographer • Beatriz Costa Lima, Photographer • Murphy, Talent • Ashley Adamson, Producer • Erwin David Quantic, Video Editor • Shaminder Dulai, Senior Tugadi, Producer • Richard Allard, Editor Producer • Greg Cohen, Art Director • Madeleine Pisaneschi, Graphic Design • Freddy Gonzalez, Music Composition • Amy Mahardy, Post-Production Editor Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Postcards from the Pandemic, Art Beat 2203 • OPB • Jessica Ken Boddie, Participant • Jeff Gianola, Participant Martin, Executive Producer • Eric Slade, Producer • Jule City Inside/Out: Future of Seattle Police • Seattle Channel • Gilfillan, Producer • Steven Tonthat, Producer • Lisa Susan Han, Senior Producer • Brian Callanan, Host/ Suinn Kallem, Editor • Stephani Gordon, Camera/Editor Producer • Brandon Swanson, Camera/Editor • Arya Surowidjojo, Race and Justice: Oregon Athletes Speak Out • KOIN • Camera • Danika Sandoz, Editor • Claudia Meza, Travis Teich, Producer • Ken Boddie, Host • Marcus Producer/Camera Greaves, Host • AJ McCord, Reporter The Last Artifact • MontanaPBS • Jaime Jacobsen, Producer • Aaron Pruitt, Executive Producer • Ed Watkins, Producer Entertainment 100 Days of Protests in Portland • The Oregonian • Brooke The Whole World • MetroEast Community Media • Ivana Herbert, Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor Horvat, Producer/Director Elemental • Seattle Seahawks • Madeline Down, Executive Public Affairs Program Producer • Joseph Lipsen, Executive Producer • Ryan Crosscut Documentaries: Living with a Pandemic • KCTS • Thielen, Producer • Kyle Moe, Director of Photography • Shaminder Dulai, Senior Producer/Writer/Photography • Paul Winkels, Producer • Chris Schultz, 3D Artist • Ben Amy Mahardy, Senior Video Editor/Writer • Aileen Imperial, Pimlott, VFX Composer • Ben Krych, Assistant Editor Producer • Beatriz Costa Lima, Producer • Matt McKnight, 11th & Grant with Eric Funk featuring Betty Jane • Producer • Sarah Hoffman, Producer • Dorothy Edwards, MontanaPBS • Scott Sterling, Producer • Paul "Gomez" Producer • Resti Bagcal, Photography • Stephen Hegg, Routhier, Producer • Eric Funk, Host/Artistic Director Photography • Jennifer Dev, Photography • Jeremiah Slovarp, Producer • Aaron Pruitt, Executive Facing Race | Episode 1: Racism and Privilege • KING • Producer Christin Ayers, Executive Producer • Joyce Taylor, Host/ Reporter • Taylor Mirfendereski, Reporter • Michael Children/Youth/Teens Botsford, Producer • Keely Walker, Producer • Ryan Beard, Science Trek: Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases Photographer • Kevin Glantz, Editor • Melissa Crowe, Idaho Public Television • Joan Cartan-Hansen, Producer • Marketing Producer • Allison Sundell, Digital Producer • Al Hagenlock, Producer Chris Smith, Marketing Producer • Greg Thies, Production KOMO & The Mariners Present: Weather Education Day • Manager KOMO • Shannon O'Donnell, Executive Producer/ Licenses for All/Licencias Para Todos • KUNP • Antonio Presenter • Kristin Clark, Presenter • Abby Acone, Sanchez, Anchor • Evelin Hernandez, Anchor • Carmen Presenter • Scott Sistek, Executive Producer/Presenter • Montes, Reporter • Ivan Garcia, Producer Cliff Mass, Presenter • Ted Buehner, Presenter In Community By Community • Seattle Seahawks • Madeline Awesome Alaskan Kids: Tour of Bethel • Channel Films • Alli Down, Supervising Producer • Gavin Sullivan, Director/ Bargelski, Producer Producer • Bryan Tucker, Director/Editor/Cinematographer Don't Touch My Fur! • Look, Listen and Learn TV • Val • Bradley Lockhart, Motion Gfx Artist • Netsanet Tjirongo, Thomas-Matson, Executive Producer/Host • David Tanner, Second Camera • Chris Baron, Aerial Photographer • Director Crystal Southcote, Archive Researcher Spring Carnival • Channel Films • Channel Films • Producer Northwest Now – Seattle Unrest • KBTC • Tom Layson, What Does "Black Lives Matter" Mean? • Look, Listen and Managing Editor • Linda Byron, Reporter • Randall Eng, Learn TV • Val Thomas-Matson, Executive Producer/Host Videographer Inside Woodlawn: No Time to Waste • KGW • Cristin Human Interest - Short Form Content Severance, Reporter • Gene Cotton, Photojournalist/Editor What Happens When Loggers and Environmentalists Work • John Tierney, Assistant News Director Together? • OPB • Aaron Scott, Producer • Brandon Swanson, Camera/Editor Special Event Coverage Oregon On Fire: A Video Snapshot Of Week One • OPB • New Year's at The Needle • KING • Eric Riddle, Producer • Arya Surowidjojo, Producer/Camera/ Editor • Stephani Mark Morache, Photographer/Editor • Dawn Boughton, Gordon, Camera • Brandon Swanson, Camera • Jan Digital Producer • Carl Pugliese, Producer • Heather Boyd, Executive Producer Stubbs, Director • Ryan Gamradt, Production Lead • Terry Popcorn Saves the Day • OPB • Eric Slade, Producer • Morgan, Producer • Greg Thies, Production Manager • Stephani Gordon, Camera/Editor • Brandon Swanson, Tamas Vaspori, Co-Producer Camera COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in WA • KIRO • Erin Newnam, CityStream: Greg Roth: A Ride to Remember • Seattle Producer • Matthew Smith, Anchor • Michelle Millman, Channel • Christopher Barnes, Producer • Jason Tang, Anchor Videographer Prison Artist • KING • Diane Lewis, Photographer/Editor/Producer Interview/Discussion Big Brothers Big Sisters • KBZK • Carley Rainey, One Alaska, Many Voices • KTUU • Rebecca Palsha, Director/Writer/Editor Executive Producer • Tracy Sinclare, Producer • Ariane 'The Blind Woodsman' and Anni Furniss Crises, Art and Aramburo, Host • Alexis Fernandez, Host Gratitude • OPB • Lisa Suinn Kallem, Writer/Editor/ In his own words: Ken Boddie reacts to racist letter • KOIN • Producer Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Informational/Instructional - Short Form Content Branded Content - Long Form Content Ask Dr. Universe - Do Bugs Have Hearts and Brains? • Wildlife: A Look Inside Woodland Park Zoo • KIRO • Shelby Northwest Public Broadcasting • McKayla Fox, Editor • Miller, Producer/Writer • Jeff Ritter, Photographer/Editor Marvin Marcelo, Executive Producer • Gregory Mills, • Damien Glitch, Photographer/Editor Sound Engineer • Rachel Webber, Producer • Larry Clark, Community Passageways - "This Is Why” • Madrona Bureau Executive Producer • Gavin Sullivan, Director/Producer Saddle Mountains Buried in Ash • Central Washington Visit Bend • KING • Anne Erickson, Producer University • Linda Schactler, Executive Producer • Nick Lake Roosevelt Invasive Mussel Rapid Response Exercise • Zentner, Program Host • Chris Smart, Photographer/ TVW • Michael Peters, Videographer/Editor Editor Eugenics • OPB • Kami Horton, Producer/Writer • Daniel News Promotion - Single Spot Evans, Editor Doing the Research • KCPQ • Andrew Delgado, Brand Postcards From The Pandemic: A Year With COVID-19 • Manager • Scott Studach, Senior Producer OPB • MacGregor Campbell, Graphic Animator • Jule Ida-Haunts • KIVI • Lee Vander Boegh, Producer Gilfillan, Producer/Editor • Stephani Gordon, Producer/ Here on the WKNDS • KCPQ • Andrew Delgado, Brand Camera/Editor • Ed Jahn, Executive Producer • Jessica Manager • Scott Studach, Senior Producer • Brent Ayres, Martin, Executive Producer • Cassandra Profita, Producer • Director of Marketing & Creative Services • Kevin Camp, Jan Boyd, Executive Producer • Todd Sonflieth, Camera/ Art Director Editor • Jordan Smith, Camera • Brandon Swanson, The Truth About Weather • KING • Melissa Crowe, Camera/Editor Director/Producer • Erin Liu, Principal Photography • Snowshoe Under the Stars • KING • Anne Erickson, Chris Smith, Editor Producer • Stan McMeekin, Photographer/Editor We’ve been covering Portland protests since the beginning. Subscribe to support our work. • The Oregonian • Teresa Informational/Instructional - Long Form Content Mahoney, Producer/Writer/Editor Outdoor Idaho: Sawtooths on My Mind • Idaho Public Television • Bill Manny, Producer • Lauren Melink, News Promotion - Campaign Producer • Jay Krajic, Director • Bruce Reichert, Verify • KGW • Randy Cobb, Writer/Producer/Editor Producer Kyron-Missing 10 Years • KGW • Ellen Boynton, Writer • Washington Grown - Aquaculture • North by Northwest • Randy Cobb, Producer/Editor • Jeff Patterson, Art Director • David Tanner, Executive Producer • Kara Rowe, Amanda Lashbaugh, Multimedia Marketing Producer Executive Producer • Ian Loe, Producer/Editor Wake Up Idaho 2020 Campaign • KTVB • Melissa Stoner, Idaho Experience: Through Youthful Eyes • Idaho Public Marketing Director Television • Forrest Burger, Producer Relevant As Ever • KCPQ • Brent Ayres, Director of Marketing & Creative Services • Andrew Delgado, Brand Branded Content - Short Form Content Manager • Scott Studach, Senior Producer • Oliver The EvergreenHealth Story: Compassion & Excellence • Massey, Senior Graphic Designer • Tantri Wija, Producer Envijo • Ahmad Daher, Writer/Director/Producer • Call Kyle • KGW • Randy Cobb,Writer/Producer/Director/ Shawn Sergev, Writer/Director/Producer Editor • Kevin Ebel, Photographer • Jeff Patterson, Art This is My Neighborhood Campaign (Officer Rosell Ellis Director video) • City of Seattle Police Department • Jennifer Stand for Truth: Protests • KING • Melissa Crowe, Producer • Sullivan, Director/Producer • Katie Stern, Kelly Hanson, Producer Producer/Editor/Cinematographer • Travis Smith, Cinematographer/Graphics • Jesus Valenzuela, Program Promotion - Single Spot Cinematographer/Co-Producer, Anthony Gioconda, Landscapes of a Western Mind: The Story of Ivan Doig • Cinematographer 4:08 Productions • Nic Davis, Director Sue's Story (Invisible Threads are the Strongest Ties) • March To The Set • KCPQ • Andrew Delgado, Brand Bloodworks Northwest • Sue Nixon, Narrator • Ron Lim, Manager • Scott Studach, Senior Producer • Brent Ayres, Senior Producer • Candace Buchanan, Art Director • Director of Marketing & Creative Services • Ben Nordal, Bill Harper, Writer • Hans Glick, Red Element Studios, Associate Producer Producer/Director/Editor • Bow Jones, Cinematographer The Last Artifact 60s Program Promotion • MontanaPBS • • Liz Sexton • Tolo Events, Production Consultant Kyle Sorenson, Editor Well Done Foundation • KBZK • Carley Rainey, One Small Town | Under the Big Sky • KRTV • Shawn Director/Writer/Editor Newton, Producer/Director • Dillon Davies, Editor/Co- Building a Better Business - Chris Reeve Knives • BBB NW-P Director • Mike di Donato, Visual Storyteller Mariners - Meant to Fly • ROOT SPORTS • Joe Crisalli, From Homeless to Hope • Zillow • Amanda Pendleton, Editor • Cody Ulm, Producer Video Producer • Samantha Tripoli, Video Producer Live from the Back Pasture • 4:08 Productions • Nic Davis, Program Promotion - Campaign Director Nora's Perspective • KGW • Randy Cobb, Producer/Editor Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
• Jeff Patterson, Art Director Optimism • KGW • Skyler Stever, Creative Director/Editor • Kevin Ebel, Photographer • Jeff Patterson, Art Director Anchor - News KGW Together • KGW • Ellen Boynton, Executive Producer Michelle Esteban • KOMO • Randy Cobb, Writer/Producer/Editor • Skyler Stever, Joyce Taylor • KING Producer/Editor • Jeff Patterson, Art Director • Amanda Molly Shen • KOMO Lashbaugh, Multimedia Marketing Producer Steve Bunin • KING American Experience - The Vote: NW Women's Stories Steve Dunn • KATU Campaign • KCTS • Jeremy Cropf, Producer • Myisa Laural Porter • KGW Plancq-Graham, Producer/Editor • Michael McClinton, Producer/Editor • Stacey Jenkins, Producer/Editor • Resti Anchor - Weather Bagcal, Audio Engineer • Brian Brezinski, Lead Animation Mark Nelsen • KPTV Director/Animator • Carter Pierce, Animator Abby Acone • KOMO Morgan Palmer • KIRO Commercial - Single Spot Josh Cozart • KVAL KGW Great Food Drive • KGW • Skyler Stever, Creative Matt Zaffino • KGW Director/Producer/Writer • Joseph DeGise, Writer/Producer/ Director/Editor • Kevin Ebel, Photographer • Jeff Patterson, Anchor - Sports Art Director • Josh Schreck, Executive Producer Orlando Sanchez • KGW Bridging Rip City • Portland Trail Blazers • Billie Olson, Aaron Levine • KCPQ Director of Creative Services • Fred Coury, Composer • Koji Michelle Ludtka • KCPQ Matsumoto, Motion Graphics • Dane Sawyer, Editor Enormous: The Gorge Story/Commercial • 4:08 Productions • Reporter - News Single Shift Nic Davis, Director Jonathan Choe • KOMO Tú eres el centro • The Vida Agency • Mafe Cobaleda- Patrick Quinn • KOMO Yglesias, Producer Michael Crowe • KING Matthew Smith • KIRO Commercial - Campaign Cory Howard • KHQ KGW School Supply Drive • KGW • Skyler Stever, Creative Chris Cashman • KING Director/Producer/Photographer • Joseph DeGise, Michelle Esteban • KOMO Writer/Producer/Director/Editor • Kevin Ebel, Photographer • Jeff Patterson, Art Director • Josh Schreck, Executive Reporter - News Specialty Assignment Producer Michael Crowe • KING You Are Brave-Bullying Initiative • Michael Walters Keely Chalmers • KGW Advertising • Michael Walters, Producer Chris Egan • KING Moments That Matter • Whitefish Credit Union • Josh Taylor Mirfendereski • KING Wilson, Producer Matt Lorch • KCPQ Dave Wagner • KIRO Public Service Announcement Chris Daniels • KING Memorial Day • Idaho Public Television • Aaron Kunz, Producer Program Host Spread the Facts: COVID-19 • C + C • Allison Arrington, VP, Kim Holcomb • KING Content • Ashley Ball, Sr. Producer • Kristen Haley, Gaard Swanson - Seattle Refined • KOMO Executive Producer • Amanda Godwin, Sr. VP • Carey Chris Cashman • KING Evenson, Sr. VP, Creative & Content • Mel Gutierrez, Art Brian Callanan • Seattle Channel Director • Rachel Lovrovich, Designer/Animator • Vandy Kelly Hanson • KING Kindred, Creative Director • Wyatt Curtiss, Associate Shelby Miller • KIRO Creative Director • Shuya Yuan, Producer • Julien Scherliss, Director • Chris Donaldson, Producer Program Correspondent Ask Dr. Universe - Staying Safe & Healthy • Northwest Aaron Scott • OPB Public Broadcasting • McKayla Fox, Editor • Marvin Kim Holcomb • KING Marcelo, Executive Producer • Larry Clark, Executive Christin Ayers • KING Producer • Rachel Webber, Producer • Gregory Mills, Ian McCluskey • OPB Sound Engineer Jule Gilfillan • OPB Univision Portland - Essential Workers - Distracted Driving • KATU • Julio Romano, Producer Sports Play-by-Play/Analyst Target Zero: Good Decisions • C + C • Erica Stineman, Kasey Keller • Steve Zakuani • Keith Costigan • Seattle Executive Producer • Shelly Baldwin, Executive Producer Sounders FC Commentary Team • Seattle Sounders FC • Wyatt Curtiss, Creative Director • Shuya Yuan, Producer • Jake Zivin • Ross Smith • Nat Borchers • Portland Timbers Chris Donaldson, Producer • Julien Scherliss, Director Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees
2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees Released April 9, 2021
Live News Producer Brian Kosciesza • KGW Editor - Non-news (Short/Long Form Content) Keely Walker • KING Christopher Barnes • Seattle Channel Kevin Beatty • KOMO Joseph Lipsen • Seattle Seahawks Emily Leisten • KOMO John Twiggs • MontanaPBS Ben King • Stefanie Watkins • MontanaPBS Director Ryan Thielen • Ben Pimlott • Ben Krych • Seattle Seahawks Shawn Newton • Dillon Davies • KRTV Scott Sterling • MontanaPBS Graphic Arts Maren Higbee • Mighty Media Studios Chris Schultz • Ben Pimlott • Seattle Seahawks Ryan Thielen • Seattle Seahawks Kevin Glantz • KING Jaime Jacobsen • Ed Watkins • MontanaPBS Koji Matsumoto • Portland Trail Blazers MacGregor Campbell • OPB Writer - News Richard Ealom • Ben Makovsky • Jeffrey Meyer • Brian Dave Wagner • KIRO Rouse • ROOTSPORTS Jamie Tompkins • KCPQ Laural Porter • KGW Audio Jack Stanley • Idaho Watershed Project • LP Creative Studio Writer - Non-news (Short/Long Form Content) Quinton "Q Beats" Davis • Fletcher Ward • Mike McAuliffe Lauren Melink • Outdoor Idaho: Urban Wildlife • Idaho • Thomas McGurk • David A Gallander • Dave Howe • Public Television Celeste Betton • Donyea Goodman, McKenna Gottlieb Jes Burns • OPB and Peace Works United John Twiggs • Keeping the Barn • MontanaPBS Jeremiah Slovarp • Luke Scheeler • Parker Brown • Jennie Sue Weltner • Idaho Experience: Ahead of Her Time • Idaho Public Television Sheridan Tongue • MontanaPBS Ben King • Ed Watkins • Stefanie Watkins • The Last Artifact Charles Costanza • KSPS • MontanaPBS Jeremiah Slovarp • Luke Scheeler • MontanaPBS
Photographer - News Video Journalist - Single Shift Brandon Sullivan • KTVQ Doug Pigsley • KOMO Beth Verge • KTUU Mike Perry • KING Jon Goodwin • KGW Michael Driver • KCPQ Samie Solina • KTUU Kurt Austin • KGW Michael Crowe • KING AJ Janavel • KCPQ Photographer - Non-news (Short/Long Form Content)
Jay Krajic • Outdoor Idaho: The 12ers • Idaho Public Television Video Journalist - No Production Time Limit Matthew Wheat • KRTV Michael Crowe • KING Forrest Burger • Outdoor Idaho: Barns of Idaho • Idaho Vanessa Misciagna • KING Public Television Brandon Sullivan • KTVQ Brandon Sullivan • KTVQ Scott Louis • Wyatt Fecht • Idaho Watershed Project • LP Creative Studio John Twiggs • Keeping the Barn • MontanaPBS Rick Smith • Scott Sterling • The Last Artifact • MontanaPBS
Video Essay Michael Botsford • KING Kurt Austin • KGW Stan McMeekin • KING Michael Driver • KCPQ Taylor Mirfendereski • KING
Editor - News Brandon Sullivan • KTVQ Michael Driver • KCPQ Jeffrey Ritter • KIRO Zachary Carver • KGW Kurt Austin • KGW