42 Annual NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY® AWARDS
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nd 42 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2012-2013 Release 10:30 PM 6/15/13 SAN FRANCISCO/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER nd 42 Annual NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY® AWARDS nd The 42 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards were presented Saturday evening, June 15 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The Emmy® Award honors excellence in all fields of television and on-line production. The Overall Station Excellence award went to KTVU Channel 2, Tom Raponi, Vice-President and General Manager. News Excellence to KCRA 3, Sacramento: Lori Waldon, News Director; James Stimson, Assistant News Director; Gretchen Littlejohn, Executive Producer. The coveted Evening Newscast Larger Markets was awarded to “CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 5pm,” KPIX CBS 5. Medium Markets: “KITV4 News at 6,” KITV 4, Honolulu. The recipient of the Smaller Markets Newscast was “Central Coast News,” KION 46/ KCBA Fox 35, Salinas. English and Spanish entries are judged and awarded seperately. The Spanish Evening Newscast Larger Markets was awarded to “Noticias 19 a las 6pm,” KUVS Univision 19 and the Medium Markets went to “Noticias 21 a las 6,” KFTV Univision 21. KUVS Univison 19 received a total of 16 awards. KPIX CBS 5 and KNTV NBC Bay Area each received ten awards. Five trophies: General Assignment Report, Weather Anchor, Program Host, Writer and Editor all went to Brian Hackney, KPIX CBS 5. Christian Anguiano, Photographer, KUVS Univision 19, received four Emmy® statuettes. The prestigious Governors’ Award, the highest honor a regional chapter can give, was presented to long-time Bay Area reporter Don Sanchez, who just retired form KGO ABC 7. Wayne Freedman, recipient of 51 Emmy® statuettes and who has served on the Board of Governors and Awards committee was given the Governors’ Citation. Wayne is also a reporter at KGO ABC 7. Chapter President, Keith Sanders, presented Past Board President Javier Valencia the Governors’ trophy and a gold lifetime membership card. Keith presented Governors’ Service Medallions for volunteer work done for the Academy to: Craig Franklin, Awards Chair; Steve Shlisky, Education Chair; and Kevin Wing, Vice President and the Off Camera newsletter editor. The Emmy® Event Committee chaired by Julie Watts, Consumer-Investigative Reporter, KPIX 5, put on a fantastic party. Thanks to the marquee Emmy® sponsor Tagged.com, the event offered a first of its kind dual Emmy® Webcast with two screens, one featuring the awards ceremony and the second webcasting live recipient interviews with Noelle Walker and Da Lin. All of the speeches are available for download courtesy of SnappyTV. The Gala reception was sponsored by Steve Padis Jewelry featuring the Forevermark Diamond, and was enhanced by in-kind donations from 1 nd 42 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2012-2013 Release 10:30 PM 6/15/13 Nespresso Coffee and Domaine Chandon. 500 dinner guest enjoyed 2010 Watts Cabernet Sauvignon and 2011 Watts Chardonnay, courtesy of the Emmy® gala wine sponsor Watts Winery. A silent auction and raffle were added to benefit the NATAS Scholarship Fund. For the grand prize, Steve Padis Jewelry donated Forevermark diamond earrings and a double magnum of Padis wine. 144 raffle winners also went home with a bottle of Anthony August 2008 Proprietary red wine. Beyond Pix Studios handled all the show, video and webcast production. The Emmy® statuette is awarded for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. San Francisco/Northern California is one of the twenty chapters awarding regional Emmy® Awards. The chapter is composed of television/cable stations, on-line and production companies from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. 789 entries received in 59 categories for work produced in 2012. 221 entries were nominated and 82 received the Emmy® statuette. English and Spanish language entries were judged, scored and awarded separately. Electronic ballots were submitted by a minimum of five peer judges from other NATAS chapters and were sent directly to the accounting firm of Spalding & Company in San Francisco. The complete list of Emmy® Award recipients follows: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Special Achievement: Station Awards Station Excellence “KTVU Station Excellence,” KTVU Channel 2 TOM RAPONI, Vice President/General Manager News Excellence “KCRA Where The News Comes First,” KCRA 3 LORI WALDON, News Director; JAMES STIMSON, Assistant News Director; GRETCHEN LITTLEJOHN, Executive Producer News Programming Newscast-Daytime-Larger Markets “KTVU Mornings on 2,” KTVU Channel 2 BOBBI POLOS, Executive Producer; MICHELE M. ERNST, Producer; TORI CAMPBELL, News Anchor; CLAUDINE J. WONG, Reporter; MICHAEL CERRUTI, Supervising Editor Newscast-Daytime-Medium Markets “Action News Midday,” KFSN ABC 30 MICHAEL CARR, News Director; JUAN PABLO CABRERA, Producer; AMERICA ARIAS, NOAH CHIPLEY, Associate Producers; JASON OLIVEIRA, CHRISTINE PARK, Anchors; GABRIELLA RODRIGUEZ, Traffic Reporter; MARGOT KIM, MARIANA JACOB, Reporters; TOM AMICO, RICHARD LEE HARMELINK, DENNIS SILVAS, Photojournalists; SAM A. GILL, Videographer; GABRIELLE ORNSTEIN, JOSEPH SHOULTS, Editors; CHAUNCEY CARSON, Studio Technician 2 nd 42 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2012-2013 Release 10:30 PM 6/15/13 Newscast-Evening-Larger Markets “CBS5 Eyewitness News at 5pm,” KPIX CBS 5 MICHAEL WEIR, Executive Producer; LESLEY MARTIN, Producer; ELIZABETH COOK, ALLEN MARTIN, Anchors; ROBERTA GONZALES, Weather Anchor; WAYNE PHILLIPO, Director Newscast-Evening-Medium Markets “KITV4 News at 6,” KITV 4 LINDSEY DOI, Producer Newscast-Smaller Markets “Central Coast News (KION 46),” KION 46/ KCBA Fox 35 MATTHEW STEIN, Assistant News Director; BRIAN TUMMINELLI, Producer Breaking News “Beatdown or Forceful Arrest,” KXTV News 10 CORNELL BARNARD, Reporter; BRANDON ATCHISON, Photographer General Assignment Report “The Greatest Quake,” KPIX CBS 5 BRIAN HACKNEY, Producer/Reporter//Writer Continuing Coverage “Robbery at the Register,” KPIX CBS 5 JULIE WATTS, Producer; JENNIFER MISTROT, Producer/Photographer; BRIAN YUEN, Photographer; SUZANNE LANE, Editor; JULIE MONTES, Graphic Designer; CHRISTOPHER GUERRERO, Graphic Artist Investigative Report “Behind the Gates of the Guard,” KNTV 11 NBC Bay Area ELIZABETH WAGNER, Investigative Producer; TONY KOVALESKI, Writer; FELIPE ESCAMILLA, Photojournalist Feature News Report-Light “The Greatest Bridge Ever Built,” www.sfgate.com /San Francisco Chronicle MIKE KEPKA, Producer/Photographer Feature News Report-Light Series “Bay Area Proud,” KNTV 11 NBC Bay Area GARVIN THOMAS, Reporter/Photographer/Editor Feature News Report-Serious “Breezy's Choice,” KTVU Channel 2 JAMIE L. BANKSON, Producer; JULIE HAENER, Reporter; ANTHONY HODRICK, Photographer; RONALD L. ACKER, Video Editor 3 nd 42 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2012-2013 Release 10:30 PM 6/15/13 Feature News Report-Serious Series “Free Rides & Coming Soon the VTA Story,” KNTV 11 NBC Bay Area ELIZABETH WAGNER, Producer; TONY KOVALESKI, Reporter; JEREMY CARROLL, Photojournalist Specialty Assignment Report “Bra Phone and Fake Alzheimer's,” KTVU Channel 2 SHARON NAVRATIL, Producer; JOHN FOWLER, Reporter News and Programming Specialty Documentary “The Town Game,” Comcast SportsNet California MATT ABRAMS, Producer; KEITH MANGLONA, STEVEN UHALDE, Photographers; ERIC RABINOWITZ, Editor Arts/Entertainment-Feature/Segment “In the Studio With Mike Shine,” KQED 9 KRISTIN FARR, Producer; MATTHEW WILLIAMS, Co-Producer Arts/Entertainment-Program/Special “A Brush With the Tenderloin,” KQED 9/Paige Bierma Productions PAIGE BIERMA, Director/DP/Editor Informational/Instructional-Feature/Segment “Exploring Corals of the Deep,” KQED 9 SHERAZ SADIQ, Producer; AMY MILLER, Series Producer; PAUL ROGERS, Managing Editor; LINDA PECKHAM, Editor Informational/Instructional-Program/Special “Coast Starlight,” KPIX CBS 5 REUBEN MANESS, Producer; DANIEL MURPHY, Photographer Historic/Cultural-Program Feature/Segment “Tribute to Maya Angelou,” KQED 9 NICOLE ATKINSON ROACH, Producer; BELVA DAVIS, Host/Reporter Historic/Cultural-Program/Special “The Bounce Report Premiere,” KAXT 1.4/J L Mabry Productions JANICE MABRY, Producer/Writer/Host; BARBARA RODGERS, Host “London Underground,” KNTV 11 NBC Bay Area LIZA MEAK, Producer; RAJ MATHAI, Anchor; FELIPE ESCAMILLA, Photojournalist/Editor Sports-Program Feature/Segment “Love, Honor and Basketball: Remembering Jim Capoot,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area MICHELLE BOWKER, ALEXEI GOPNIK-LEWINSKI, Producers; STEVEN UHALDE, Photographer; ERIC RABINOWITZ, Video Editor 4 nd 42 Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2012-2013 Release 10:30 PM 6/15/13 Sports-Daily or Weekly Program/Series “Inside the Clubhouse: Orange October: NLCS,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SFG Productions CHRISTOPHER GARGANO, PAUL HODGES III, THOMAS MCDONALD, Executive Producers; MATTHEW MCKEE, Producer/Video Editor; TORIN SIMPSON, Senior Editor; BLAKE WILBERDING, Video Editor Sports-One-Time Special “The Final Cut: 2012 Oakland Athletics,” Comcast SportsNet California ALEXA MAREMAA, Producer; KATE LONGWORTH, Reporter; STEVEN UHALDE, Videographer; SEAN S. DAY, Editor Sporting Event/Game-Live/Unedited-Program/Special “Giants Baseball,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area DAVID KOPPETT, Executive Producer; JEFF KUIPER, Producer; DEVON FOX, JOSEPH T. WASHINGTON II, Coordinating Producers; DANIEL PETERSON, Associate Producer; JAMES P. LYNCH, Director; DAVE FLEMMING, DUANE KUIPER, JON MILLER, AMY U. GUTIERREZ, Talent Public/Current/Community Affairs-Feature/Segment “Adobo Nation: ARISE,” TFC-The Filipino