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HOW TO WIN AN EMMY® AWARD By Bob Goldberger It’s already November, which means the Call for Entries deadline for the outstanding work you pro- duced in 2005 is just around the corner (Entry deadline: January 20, 2006). Let’s face it, we all like to be recognized, and yes, even honored for work we consider our best, particularly when we believe it’s better than anything we’ve seen on the competition. The problem is, the Emmy® judges (whichever Secrets of Winning chapter they happen to reside in any Secrets of Winning Tips from Wayne Freedman, KGO- particular year) don’t always agree. Tips from Craig Franklin, KPIX-TV TV reporter. Wayne has won 47 It’s frustrating, and sometimes producer and photographer (formerly Emmy® awards in news writing, demoralizing to lose. So what do KRON-TV). Craig has won 17 reporting, and on-camera perfor- you do? Quit trying? If that’s your Emmy® awards for photography, mance categories. answer, you’re in the wrong business editing, and for producing stories and should probably see if Wells and documentaries. Q- When did you win your first Fargo has a bank teller opening right Q- When did you win your first Emmy® statue? away. No, you keep plugging away, Emmy® statue? A- I won my first Emmy® award in refining your entries, and increasing A- I won as cameraman for a story 1985, after five nominations without your odds by getting valuable insight titled “Peacock Gap Flood.” It was success. It was a story about veter- from previous years’ winners. If you th 1982. I think the category was ans remembering the 40 anniver- don’t know any personally, a couple breaking news/camera. We covered sary of D-Day. I ended up winning of multiple winners agreed to share a big storm that pales next to three others that year. their “secrets” to Emmy® success hurricane Katrina but was unusual Q- Were you reluctant to enter? with you. for Marin County, with muddy rivers Were you afraid it wasn’t But first, there’s another way you flowing down streets and through Emmy®-worthy? can increase your odds—by entering upscale houses. Not the best video I A- I was not reluctant to enter. I am some of the less popular, less entry- ever took—wet, foggy, and shaky— reluctant, now, but still compelled. saturated categories that are prime but we were right there in the action Q- What did you learn from early opportunities just begging to be and reporter Hampton Pearson wrote entries that helped you with explored (or exploited). future entries? continued on page 2 a wonderful mix of facts and drama A- One should not “try” to win an to go with the pictures. Emmy® award. You do excellent Q- Were you reluctant to enter? work, and maybe it happens. Some AD SALES Were you afraid it wasn’t of the best stories I’ve ever done Emmy®-worthy? have not won. I have been sur- A- Oh yeah, I had all those prised, at times, by those that have. FORUM 11/2 thoughts. Q- Do you have any insights to Perhaps the most important issue Q- Did you win the first time you share from your wins that could facing the broadcast industry will be entered? help somebody who hasn’t explored early this month at an A- I had entered one other story the bagged a statuette yet? evening forum. year before, and to this day I still A- The key, I think, is to do a story A panel of experts will discuss think it was one of the best things I that advances the medium. Too the status and future of television ad ever shot: 3 days of flight operations many people expect to win Emmy® sales at a forum at 7 p.m. on on the deck of the aircraft carrier awards for pieces in which they Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the studios USS Enterprise. Lots of action and merely did their jobs. An Emmy® of KPIX-TV, 855 Battery St., San great stories of young hot-shot Navy Francisco. continued on page 2 continued on page 3 continued on page 2 Off Camera, November 2005, page 1 FREEDMAN EMMY® FRANKLIN continued from page 1 continued from page 1 continued from page 1 Least Entered, 2004 award-winning Daytime Newscast, Medium Market: pilots long story should be 0 entries before “Top different, reflect- Daytime Newscast, Small Market: Gun” became a ing extra effort, 0 entries movie. I extra care, News Broadcast, Medium Market: thought it was a prescient vision, 7 entries sure Emmy® flawless execu- News Broadcast, Small Market: winner. tion. 4 entries It didn’t get Q- Any particu- There are clear opportunities for nominated. lar type of story news departments outside of San That really hurt that seems to Francisco and Sacramento to pull in Best my confidence. do better or Newscast awards this year. With zero Q- What did worse with entries in the Daytime Newscast catego- you learn judges? ries last year by small and medium from early A- Stories about other people dying market stations, simply entering might entries that helped you with or being sick rarely do well with have earned one of those stations an future entries? judges. Remember, the judges are Emmy® award, although it’s still far from A- I learned never to do a story with cynical. Try to make your submission guaranteed. Even if there’s only one the hope or purpose of winning an as different as possible, while re- entry, judges must still grade the entry Emmy® award. It’s bad psychology maining true to requirements of the high enough to make it worthy of and bad karma. Telling a good story category. receiving a statuette; but clearly, your is the only goal. Tell enough good Q- How much do you write in the odds are much better competing against stories and you’ll win an Emmy® summary/précis? few entries, than many. Here are some statue, god willing. Winning an A- The précis depends on the entry. other great entry opportunities that are Emmy® award is great but it’s not There are no absolute rules. not market specific: the goal. Q- Can you win a reporting or Technical Achievement: Q- Do you have any insights from writing Emmy® award if the 1 entry, No winner. your wins that could help some- story is shot or poorly edited? On Camera-News-Sports Talent: body who hasn’t bagged a statu- A- Good video always helps, and bad 2 entries, No winner. ette yet? video always hurts, particularly when On Camera-Sports Live Event: A- If you’re trying to do your best the judges include photographers. 4 entries, 2 nominations, 1 winner. work you need to work with like- Live Event Program: minded people. I’ve won Emmy® 3 entries, 3 nominations, 1 winner. awards with a broad range of report- EMMY® Camera Program Editing News: ers, producers, editors, camera 4 entries, 3 nominations, 1 winner. people—all with obsessive-compul- On Camera-News-Weathercaster: sive disorder. Sometimes it was UPDATE 5 entries, 1 nomination, 1 winner. brutal. As for Emmy® entry tactics, I think it may depend on what kind The Awards Committee is still Children/Youth Program: 5 entries, 3 nominations, 1 winner. of pizza the judges eat. But the fact finalizing the “Call For Entries” for is you’re putting your best work the 2005-2006 area awards. Current Affairs-Segment: 6 entries, 3 nominations, 1 winner. against everybody else’s, which is Next month we will have the list especially tough in the crowded of new or changed categories and Sports Live Broadcast: 6 entries, 2 nominations, 1 winner. breaking news, feature, and the “Call For Entries” will be posted craft categories. Stories under four online. Audio/Sound: 6 entries, 4 nominations, 2 winners minutes seem to do better in most The good news is that the categories. I think longer analytical Emmy® entry fees are being re- Children/Youth Segment: 8 entries, 4 nominations, 1 winner. stories don’t get the time or respect duced. Last year every name they may deserve unless something entered paid $70 if you were a Editing News-Same Day: 8 entries, 4 nominations, 1 winner. in the enterprise and execution really member and $200 if not. This year jumps out at the judges as they all fees are lowered, and a greater Editing News-Unlimited: 8 entries, 5 nominations, 1 winner. wade through a long pile of entries. savings depending on your market Q- How much do you write in the size. The bottom line, though, is great summary/précis? If you are not a member you can work wins out, regardless of how stiff the A- I rarely write a précis, and if I do join now and be paid through 2006. competition. Your best bet is to start it’s to make one single, otherwise DMA Member Non-Member looking NOW. Go back through your unexplained point like: “We spent San Francisco $65 $195 scripts or archives, and gather your best three weeks with Osama before he Sacramento $60 $190 work NOW. Start making your dubs granted an interview.” Usually I Fresno/Hawaii $50 $150 NOW so they look thought out and want the story to reveal itself to the Reno/Salinas/ professional to judges, rather than judges like any other viewer. I try to Chico/Eureka $40 $115 sloppy and rushed. Everyone else will be include on-air leads and tags with Reduced From $70 $200 scrambling on January 19th. A little pre- packages. planning can give you an advantage. continued on page 3 Off Camera, November 2005, page 2 AD SALES PRESIDENTIAL FRANKLIN continued from page 2 Q- Can you win a photography or FORUM 11/2 ROAD TRIPS producing Emmy® award if the reporting or writing is poor? On the road A- It’s next to impossible to win if again. one or more elements are done As part of an poorly. Even in individual categories, annual member- Emmy® entry is a team sport. ship drive, NATAS Northern Craig’s Final Thought: I California chap- worked with Wayne Freedman ter president when he was honing his craft in the David Mills is years before he won an Emmy® Dan Ashley Ron Longinotti visiting stations Dave Mills award (and sometimes thought he continued from page 1 in the region to talk to television KGO anchor Dan Ashley will never would). Last I checked with industry employees about the non- him, he’s still honing his craft. moderate the discussion. Scheduled profit organization and its activities. so far to be on the panel are Ron The “road trips” began on Oct. 6- Longinotti, general manager of 7, when Mills paid a visit to Sacra- KPIX; Michael Dempsey, KGO local mento. He updated employees at Fox SACRAMENTO sales manager; and Arturo Riera, 40, KUVS and KVIE on NATAS mem- WB20 local sales manager. bership benefits, the upcoming GOVERNOR Among the issues up for discus- Emmy® Awards and the lower fees A photojournalist sion: for the competition. from Sacramento’s *Are television stations suffering Mills then traveled to Honolulu on public broadcasting a serious decline in ad revenues? Oct. 17-18 for the chapter’s first station has been *What does a significant drop in official presidential visit to the Hawaii named as the ad sales mean for people who work region. The chapter president talked newest member of in news, programming and other to employees at KITV, KHNL and NATAS’ Northern departments? KGMB. Mills also dropped in at KHON California chapter *How seriously have TV stations and PBS Hawaii and spoke to stu- Board of Governors. been affected by the new “People dents at Leeward Community College Martin Christian of KVIE was Meter” ratings system, as well as the and Waianae High School. appointed by the governors at their recent spread of viewership over new On the night of Oct. 18, Hawaii October meeting to fill a vacancy on media markets? board members Pamela Young the board. Christian has been doing *How important is the Internet (KITV) and Duncan Armstrong volunteer work for the chapter as a to television’s future? (KHNL) hosted a reception at the member of its Sacramento Council. *Are services such as Tivo Gordon Biersch restaurant in the Christian began his broadcast cutting into ad revenue because Aloha Tower Marketplace. A tape of journalism career in 1992 as a viewers can “speed through” com- last year’s Emmy® winners was photographer at WMDT in Salisbury, mercials? shown to the dozen TV industry Maryland. In 1995, he drove across The panel is one in a series of employees who attended. country to accept a job at KRNV in “issues forums” sponsored by the Mills is scheduled to visit TV Reno. He moved to KTVN in 1997, Northern California chapter of the stations in Chico and Redding on and then went to KXLY in Spokane, National Academy of Television Arts Nov. 14-15, Salinas-Monterey on Washington, in 1998. and Sciences. Nov. 21-22, Reno on Oct. 28-29, He married Karen Christian of This is a FREE event. Please Fresno on Dec. 5-6 and then return KCRA then moved to KVIE in 1999. RSVP to: [email protected] or call to Sacramento on Dec. 12-13. 650-341-7786. Christian won a “camera pro- gram” Emmy® award in 2001. In his spare time, he competes in ironman triathlons and ultra-cycling events. BRIAN COPELAND’S SHOW REACHES A MILESTONE Last month, the stand-up come- Brian Copeland was probably dian and former feature reporter at th hoping for three months, maybe six KTVU in Oakland performed his 200 months, when he opened his one- show. That makes his personal story man show, “Not a Genuine Black of growing up black in San Leandro Man,” at The Marsh Theater in San in the 1970’s the longest running Francisco. one-man show in San Francisco That was almost a year and a half history. ago. It turns out Copeland has been Word is a special with HBO is in in for quite a run. the pipeline. Copeland also has a book deal in the works. Off Camera, November 2005, page 3 GOLD AND SILVER CELEBRATION By David Mills Tokuda then introduced the next inductee, Jim Branson, the manag- ing editor at KTVU in Oakland since 1978. The station’s so-called “quality control officer” said he was honored at the recognition, especially since behind-the-scenes people don’t always receive the spotlight. A lot of silver and a dash of gold. That was the scene last month as NATAS’ Northern California chapter inducted its latest members into its Silver and Gold Circles. Photo by Robert Mohr © 2005 Seven new members were www.mohrproductions.com formally welcomed to the Silver Circle, which recognizes people who message in which he claimed Sacra- have worked in the television indus- mento as a “good news town” and try at least 25 years. One new he’s been pleased to work in it for member was inducted into the Gold the past 24 years. Circle, which honors people who have worked in the business at least 50 years. Kate Kelly was next up. The The Silver Circle now includes 187 anchor/reporter at KPIX was recog- members while the Gold Circle nized for her 21 years at the San numbers seven members. Francisco CBS affiliate as well as her volunteer work with several non- profit organizations. Kelly talked about her days in Redding, Texas as well as San Francisco and how the TV industry is always changing. She remembered some poignant advice Next up was Dominic from her former co-anchor, Dave Bonavolonta, the retired director McElhatton, that has helped her from KPIX and KTVU who now through many a crisis. teaches at Ohlone College in Fre- “Humor can go a long way when mont. Bonavolonta said he was the technology falls apart,” she honored to be inducted, especially recalled. when he read the names of the The 2005 induction was held Oct. Silver Circle’s current members. 15 at the Radisson Miyako Hotel in “There’s a lot of heavy hitters in San Francisco. KRON anchor Wendy that group. I’m proud to be among Tokuda served as Mistress of them,” he said. Ceremonies. Bonavolonta did make one slip. He called the group “the Senior Circle” before laughing it off and correcting himself. Tokuda did not let the remark pass. When she returned to the podium, she said: “I’m proud to be a member of the Senior Circle and all the women here know why I’m not wearing my Doug McKnight took the stage jacket.” next. McKnight was recognized for his years as a producer and news director at KGO and KICU as well as stints at KPIX, KTVU and KSBW. Dan Adams was the first new McKnight remembered his parents member to be honored. Adams has didn’t want him to go into the worked as a reporter at KXTV in television industry. Sacramento since 1981. The four- “In many ways, this is a vindica- time Emmy® winner presently tion for me in picking the right serves as the Sacramento vice career,” he said. president for the chapter. Adams was continued on page 5 on a cruise and couldn’t attend the ceremony. He recorded a videotape Off Camera, November 2005, page 4 GOLD & SILVER CIRCLES, CLASS OF 2005

continued from page 4 McKnight, Kelly, Sharp, Bonavolonta, Branson, Osborne, Adams, Robertson

Nancy Osborne followed Don Sharp finished off the Silver The final honoree was A. Richard McKnight. Osborne was honored for inductees. The photographer and “Dick” Robertson, who was in- her 28 years as an anchor and news operation director was honored ducted into the Gold Circle. reporter at KFSN in Fresno. The for his 30-plus years at KRON as well Robertson began his broadcasting chapter’s Fresno vice president said as his pioneering work in bringing career at KSL-TV in Salt Lake City in she took a job at KFSN in 1977 live television signals to the Bay 1951. Over the decades, he worked almost as a lark and has been there Area. Sharp, who now works at KPIX, in news, advertising and promotions ever since. She said when she looks said he had trouble sleeping the at KTVU, KRON, KQED and other back at her years in the business, “it night before because he was so stations. He also served as executive almost takes my breath away.” She excited about the Silver Circle director for the NATAS chapter. added plans to retire when “they pry induction. Robertson now lives in Florida the job out of my cold, dead fingers.” “I thank the people who gave me and sent a taped message. He the opportunities,” he concluded. “I recalled the adventures and mile- never wanted to let you down.” stones in his 54 years in the busi- ness. He said television has changed a lot in that time and he still looks fondly on the “good old days.” HOOGASIAN “I don’t know how much better it was, but it was more fun,” Robertson FLOWERS said.

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Off Camera, November 2005, page 5 GOOD TIME AT SCHMOOZARAMA By James Spalding & Cynthia Zeiden

Sherman “Multiculturalism” Edwards audiences: Chinese, Latino, Japanese, Philippino and Vietnamese. The Latinos are about 20 - 30% of the Bay Area’s audience and Asians comprise about 20%. The goal is to deliver the best TV programming in any lan- Photos by Robert Mohr guage, using English subtitles if needed. The TV stations © 2005 use of Web newscasts are also filling the needs of target audiences. Let’s go head to head with the major pro- Everyone at the Schmoozarama had a good time. gram providers, steering away from minority program- Fifteen local media organizations came together as a ming. Yet success is often measured in shares of 1’s - community for a day of networking and learning. Each 3’s. Janice then threw it back to the seminar participants organization had its own table space to display materials by asking them what they liked to watch. Guys liked in Cellspace’s main room. There was a gallery and a sports in any language. parachute loft where the educational seminars were held concurrently.

McKnight Lipney What Makes a Great Resume Tape with Doug McKnight- KAZU Cal State U at Monterey Bay and Rivera Hall Faber Wilson Karen Lipney-Assistant Executive Director, AFTRA/SAG. How to Sell Your Media Script was a dynamic First discussed was some beneficial career advice, panel with Gabrielle Wilson- CA Lawyers for the Arts stating experience as the cornerstone of a good resume. (Moderator), Chris Faber- Screenwriter, See Spot Run, Beginning at a small market where often work rules are Connie Hall- Agent, Stars Agency and Daniel Rivera- lax and a willing attitude will allow for wide experience CA Lawyers for the Arts. Many aspects were covered and the possibility of finding your niche in the business. including: how to find an agent, what to give an agent Find a mentor. You will be surprised how willing experi- when you first correspond, how deals are made, working enced pros are to help those on the way up. (Note the with a manager and a lawyer and whether being a Chapter has a mentoring program.) Know your prospec- screenwriter is the right career for you. tive employer, including both the company and the individual doing the hiring. The best tapes tell your story. What are you trying to convey to your target audience? Again, know the company and the decision maker. And target your story to the job at hand. Remember every- one in television is busy. Make an impression, but keep it short and simple. Keynote Speaker was David Hakim of the Bay Area Film Alliance and the Directors Guild of America. He spoke about getting involved in Brandstetter Michaelis Liu McGuire our local media community and how Show Me the Idea featured Danny McGuire- both the large and small scale Executive Producer, KQED 9 (Moderator), Jeffrey producers in California have to work Brandstetter- Attorney, David Liu- Producer/Director/ together to make our state a practi- cal place to make films and TV. Writer and David Michaelis- Co-Founder & Director of Hakim Current Affairs, Link TV. Producers pitched their pro- Lunch was a delicious combina- grams: Mandy’s Place and Sidewalks, showed video clips tion of pizza and salad, compliments of the Bay Area Film of their ideas and got great feedback from the panel. Alliance and the Directors Guild of America. A Fall Pre- Multiculturalism in the Bay Area, co- hosted by view Party consisted of viewing clips of the new pro- KTSF 26 General Manager, Mike Sherman and KNTV grams that are launching on several networks. Thanks NBC 11’s Community Relations Director, Janice to all the volunteers, panelists, speakers and participat- Edwards. Discussion began with naming the targeted ing organizations for making this happen. Off Camera, November 2005, page 6 SPINNING MORE, SPENDING LESS Last month Al Shugart was By Keith Sanders developed the EditDroid, a laser disc inducted into the Hall of Fellows at based non-linear system. the Computer History Museum in In 1988 Editing Machines Corp. Mountain View. He was honored for introduced a new approach to non- his lifelong contributions to the linear editing; the recording of digital creation of the modern disk drive video on the hard drives of IBM industry. 26 years ago he and a compatible computers. The system partner founded Seagate Technology, offered lower costs, and the disad- now the largest disk drive manufac- vantages of high compression and turer in the world. Their first com- lower picture quality. In 1989 Avid mercial product was a 5-megabyte Technology introduced Avid Media hard disk drive that sold for $1,500, Composer that utilized Apple or $300 per megabyte. Today, Macintosh II for its platform. modern Seagate hard disk drives sell Today much of the video we for 30 cents per gigabyte, or about watch was originated on a hard disk one million times less without adjust- drive, from the Dish Network DVR, to ing for inflation. a home computer, from the stream- Dramatic cost reductions have ing server to a Video iPod. Soon Al Shugart allowed hard disk drives to become clunky old VHS tapes and even DVDs critical components in all non-linear will be things of the past as hard disk editing systems, whether it’s an Avid drives become even less expensive. Adrenaline or simply an Apple G5 Seagate now sells a 400-gigabyte running iMovie. But early non-linear internal hard drive that can hold 100 editors did not use hard disk drives MPEG2 movies for less than $150. because they were still relatively That’s $1.50 per movie, closing in on expensive. the media cost for the same movie In 1983 the Montage Picture on VHS ($1) or DVD (50 cents). By Processor utilized a bank of 17 VCRs. the end of the decade inexpensive Seventeen copies of a source tape terabyte hard disk drives will be were made and a computer kept common, putting the storage cost of track of where machines are, in movies well below the costs of tape order to provide the illusion of non- or HD DVD media. Thank you Al Modern Seagate Drive linear editing. In 1984 Lucas Film Shugart! TV Q - ON LINE

The National Television Academy invites all high school students nation- wide to submit examples of your best work in television broadcast, cablecast and webcast production. Categories: 1. News 2. Arts & Entertainment, Cultural Affairs 3. Documentary 4. Sports 5. Public Affairs/Community Service/Public Service 6. Technical Achievement 7. Writing Period of Eligibility: February 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006 Entry deadline: Friday, February 18th, 2006 Direct link: http://www.tvquarterly.net/index2.html Complete information and entry on-line at: Or go to www.emmysf.tv click on NATAS National then TV Quarterly www.nationalstudent.tv Off Camera, November 2005, page 7 A VISIT TO WAIANAE

Photos by Waianae High School © 2005

By David Mills Its big break came two years ago when local devel- oper Jeff Stone donated $190,000 to Waianae’s bur- Waianae High School is geoning TV classes. The money skyrocketed the program literally at the end of the to another level. road in western Oahu. The classroom now has 12 Apple computers with Final Five miles past the Cut Pro software. They have several cameras that shoot campus, the Farrington on mini-dv tape. They also have two rooms they can use Highway hits a military as studios. installation and the pave- John Allen, a 1997 Waianae High grad, has joined ment turns to dirt. Suiso, his former teacher, as one of the instructors. More The school sits on the than 200 of Waianae’s 2,000 students take at least one west side of that rural class in the school’s media department. This year, highway, 30 miles from Waianae High won two of the six regional National Honolulu. The campus Student Television awards, one for news and one for borders the crashing surf of the Pacific Ocean. From the technical achievement. They beat out much larger high football field, you can see the waves coming ashore. schools in the nationwide competition sponsored by However, Waianae High is not a place where students NATAS. excel in surfing or hula dancing. It is a place where teen- Waianae’s students are now being hired by agencies age students produce television – and in surprisingly such as the Hawaii Medical Association to produce PSA’s. high quality. On this particular day, one of the TV production students Eleven years ago, Candy Suiso and other instructors was hovering over an Apple computer, putting together a started TV production classes at Waianae High. They community service announcement on fitness that fea- were part of the school’s media courses, which include tured a well-known Hawaiian hip-hop artist. The PSA was the school newspaper and the yearbook. written by Waianae students, shot at the school and is The program chugged along the first few years. Then, being edited in the TV production classroom. state Senator Colleen Hanabusa took notice. She Waianae students plan to enter the NSTV competition convinced her colleagues to squeeze some money from again next year. So, heads up, everyone on the Main- Hawaii’s budget for Waianae’s media classes. The TV land. The little school on Oahu is coming back to defend production program grew in numbers and popularity. its titles. BABJA HONORS DENNIS RICHMOND

KTVU Anchor Dennis Richmond and Oakland Tribune Columnist Brenda Payton were honored by the BABJA (Bay Area Black Journalist Associaton) at the Oakland Marriott on October 11, 2005. (photos left to right) 1-Barbara Rodgers, Dennis, Brenda Payton 2-Dennis, Belva Davis, Bob Butler 3-Dennis Richmond Photos by Kamau Amen-Ra © 2005 4-Josef Sawyer, Martin Wyatt, Cheryl Hurd, Dennis & wife. Off Camera, November 2005, page 8 Brian Banmiller, former VIC LEE MOVES business editor and 16 year veteran of KTVU Channel 2 (they parted company on May ACROSS TOWN 15th). Brian is continuing “Banmiller on Business” Vic Lee, considered reports for CBS News Radio, by many in the Bay making guest appearances on Area to be the best KQED, public speaking, and general assignment working on a book, as well as reporter in the market, exploring opportunities for is leaving KRON 4 News broadcasting on the internet. after 33 years, and Shawn Palmer joins moving across town to KOLO-TV in Reno, NV as KGO (ABC 7) News. Banmiller Managing Editor from WDJT in Throughout his years at Milwaukee, WI, where he was KRON, Vic Lee has an assignment editor. Shawn broken so many exclu- has also been a small market sive stories, the station news director and a medium even tried promoting market assignment manager. him over the radio last Teresa Garcia is joining year with the tag line the KGO (ABC 7) News Team “See what Vic Lee will as a reporter on the morning uncover tonight.” Lee show working out of the South will continue at KRON Bay Bureau. Teresa moves through the end of the from WCMH-TV, the NBC O & O Lee year and start at ABC 7 in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to on January 2, 2006. NBC 4 she worked at KSBY in San Luis Obispo and KIMA-TV Garcia in Yakima, WA. Teresa starts ON THE MOVE at KGO on December 12th. Lisa Gonzales joins KOVR Amy Miller leaves KQED in her hometown of Sacra- after three years, to join ITVS mento as a weekday morning (Independent Television anchor and reporter. Lisa was Service), where she will help formerly a weekday morning develop and build their new anchor at KFSN in Fresno. international division, the Kurt Johnson joins KPIX International Media Develop- Gonzales (CBS 5) in San Francisco as a ment Fund (IMDF). staff writer. Johnson has been Itica Milanes moves to working at CBS 5 as a freelance weekend morning anchor and writer, webcaster, and pro- reporter at KFSN in Fresno ducer. from reporter at KPRC in Josh Bernstein jumps to a Houston, TX. top 20 station as he becomes KGO-TV in San Francisco the new investigative reporter recently named Randall Yip for KCRA in Sacramento. Josh segment producer for its leaves a similar position at consumer unit, Seven On Your WMPI in Mobile, AL. Milanes Side. He’ll produce both Colin Resch moves to KPIX investigative pieces and day to Bernstein as a sports producer, from day packages. Yip most KCPO-TV (FOX) in Seattle, WA, recently freelanced as an where he worked as a sports independent producer for KGO, producer/reporter. as well as a number of network Entertainment correspon- and cable outlets. He’s also dent Adrianna Costa and been an executive producer at sports anchor Will Selva are KNTV in San Francisco-San joining CNN Headline News’ Jose and KPTV in Portland, Robin & Company. Will Selva Oregon. was the weekday sports anchor at KXTV in Sacramento. Adrianna Costa comes to CNN from her role as entertainment correspondent for both Access Send your news items to: Hollywood and CBS in Palm [email protected] Springs, CA. Selva Off Camera, November 2005, page 9 KRON EDITOR JIM JOY RETIRES

Photos by Karyne Holmes, Pam Moore & Linda Yee © 2005 7 THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

OFFICERS: David Mills, KPIX, President Lynn R Friedman, KGO, VP, SF Keith Sanders, Perfect Pitch TV, VP, SJ Dan Adams, KXTV, VP, Sacramento

Nancy Osborne, KFSN, VP, Fresno SAN FRANCSISCO Terri Russell, KOLO, VP, Reno NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Pamela Young, KITV, VP, Hawaii 4317 Camden Avenue Janice Edwards, KNTV, Secretary San Mateo, CA 94403 Sharon Navratil, KTVU, Treasurer (650) 341-7786 F: (650) 372-0279 NATIONAL TRUSTEES: Linda Giannecchini, KQED (Museum) Ronald Louie, KTVU (Alt. Trustee) Alison Gibson, Media Cool (Education) Terry Lowry, LaCosse Productions Cynthia Zeiden, Zeiden Media (Activities) Tamar Maghdissian, KHSL GOVERNORS: Deanne Moenster-Poitras, KTVU Terri Amos, Cornerstone Prod. (Membership) John Murray, JM Communications Bob Anderson, KBWB John Odell, CCSF Duncan Armstrong, KHNL Sheraz Sadiq, KQED Dan Ashley, KGO Javier Valencia, KRON (Awards) Brian Avery, Avery Media COMMITTEE CHAIRS: (not listed above) Samuel Belilty, KFTV John Catchings, Catchings & Assoc. (Museum) John Burgess, KFTY Darryl Cohen, Cohen & Cooper (Legal) Martin Christian, KVIE James Spalding, Spalding & Co., (Finance) Thomas Drayton, KTXL Rick Zanardi, Notra Dame de Namur (Marketing) Janice Edwards, KNTV EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Deirdre Fitzpatrick, KCRA Darryl R. Compton, NATAS Albert Garcia, KUVS Bob Goldberger, KGO Off Camera Stewart Heller, York Productions Bob Goldberger, Editor Valeria Hernandez, KDTV Darryl Compton, Publisher Justin Kanno, KOLO Robert Mohr, Photographer Jack LiVolsi, KBWB (Marketing) Off Camera, November 2005, page 10