THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES
OHIO VALLEY CHAPTER
57th Annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy® Awards F F F Sunday, August 15, 2021 Virtual Ceremony
Recognizing excellence in the following markets: Bluefield/Beckley/Oak Hill, WV Bowling Green, KY Charleston/Huntington, WV Cincinnati, OH Clarksburg/Weston, WV Columbus, OH; Dayton, OH Evansville, IN; Lexington, KY Louisville, KY; Parkersburg, WV Terre Haute, IN; Zanesville, OH 2 GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT
Fellow members and distinguished guests:
Twelve months ago, I had hoped we would once again celebrate our craft under one roof in 2021, raising our glasses and uplifting our colleagues. Another virtual ceremony is a disappointment to many, but the work we are recognizing with this event is possibly more important and more distinguished than ever before. Through technological, logistical, physical and emotional challenges, you have never lost sight of the mission. Never compromised on excellence. And I have never been prouder to be part of this organization and this industry.
At the beginning of 2021, our board of governors was cautious in setting goals for this competition. Would the Emmy® still have relevance when life and work became so hard and at times isolating for so many? Would we be able to serve you and recognize your talents as you deserve? I believe we as a board and you as professionals have overcome those challenges to serve our communities and our nation with the same professionalism and pursuit of excellence as before. Nancy Cox Congratulations to all our nominees. You continue to impress and inspire me. In return, I pledge to you as I have our staff and volunteers to do whatever is necessary to uphold the symbol of the Emmy® and the mission to serve our members. So, celebrate another night of achievement and look forward to the time we can do so together. Here’s to how far we’ve come, and how far we’ll go!
Nancy Cox President, Ohio Valley Chapter The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Get Involved! Interested in being a member of the Ohio Valley Chapter Board of Governors? Want to serve on a chapter committee? Looking for more information about the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or the chapter? Contact: Nancy Cox, Chapter President 859.806.8574 [email protected]
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As the Ohio Valley Chapter celebrates its 57th anniversary of recognizing excellence in broadcasting and video production, we’re also pleased to celebrate the seventeenth anniversary of our Silver/Gold Circle.
The Silver Circle recognizes television professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry for 25 years or more, a significant part of which was done within the Ohio Valley region of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia. Gold Circle inductees have served the industry for 50 years or more.
Silver and Gold Circle members are honored for more than their longevity -- they are honored for making an enduring contribution to the vitality of the television industry and for setting standards of achievement we can all hope to emulate. These honorees also give back to the community as mentors, educators and volunteers.
Tonight we are honored to welcome Scott Eckhardt, Susan Dinkel, Albert Smith, Courtis Fuller and Arnie Harrah into our Silver Circle.
Please join us in congratulating and thanking all our honorees for their leadership, professionalism and dedication to broadcasting.
A 1994 product of Indiana University, video producer Scott Eckhardt has raised standards at every stop along a stellar career. This has included dozens of humbled walks to the Emmy Awards podium with some of the most decorated reporters in the business. Eckhardt is also as a 5-time Edward R. Murrow Regional Award recipient, an Eclipse Award winner as well as being named videographervideog and photographer of the year by prestigious organizations. While Scott has enjoyed positions with WTVW Evansville, WCNC Charlotte and KDVR Denver, he has chosen to give his heart and soul to the people and stories of WLKY 32 in Louisville. There, he has been absorbed by the Kentucky Derby, the thoroughbred industry and the station’s vast community engagements. His special projects include the March of Dimes, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the annual WLKY Bell Awards honoring the unsung heroes of outstand- ing community service. Colleagues perhaps say it best, “Through“ his work, he is the man that defines the moments.” OHIO VALLEY CHAPTER
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Western Indiana’s Wabash Valley is the top of the world for Susan Dinkel. Here her roots run deep, the pride of the people is in her heart and since 1995, her local WTHI TV 10 has been her career. Oh sure, Susie had the talent and charisma to handpick any career path she wanted, so she did; she stayed in hometown Terre Haute. The earlier years saw her shine as an intern, general assignment reporter and one of the youngest weekend and morning show anchors in station history. In 2003, she rose to Assistant News Director, progressing to News Director three years later garnering her team a Special Achieve- ment Regional Emmy Award. But to Susan, her voice is not just one of news but one of empower- ment. She leads the next generation by example giving opportunity to students and promising employees who hold the keys to journalism’s future just as her beloved community had done for her. OHIO VALLEY CHAPTER
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Courtis Fuller. He is Cincinnati - its news, its issues, its events, its people. While his roots are in Pittsburgh, he has been one with the Queen City and WLWT 5 since 1988. The three-time Emmy-winning weekend news anchor lives to bring the trust of the anchor chair into his community. If there is a story to tell, you want CourtisCou to tell it. His connection with both news and neighborhoods is reflected in the community affairs program he hosts, “Let’s Talk Cincy.” Other examples include decades of emceeing the annual Martin Luther King, Jr celebration, serving the Greater Cincinnati Tall Stacks Commission, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees, the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation among many others.othe He became further involved with a mayoral run in 2001 and an official proclamation of “Courtis Fuller Day” on February 12, 2021. He is the one who always wishes you a good night and a better tomorrow. While there is no second side to this honoree, it would be hard to imagine one the tristate could like better. OHIO VALLEY CHAPTER
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9 CONGRATULATIONS To KET’s Emmy® Award Nominees
Arts/Entertainment – Short Audio (Live or Post-Produced) Public Affairs Program Form or Long Form Content Brandon Cooper Renee Shaw Frank Simkonis Kentucky Seasons Toby Gibbs Dafford Murals Gabriela Martinez Nick Helton Nostalgia - Short Form or Health/Medical – Long Form Content Kentucky Tonight: Long Form Content State of Unrest Frank Simkonis Laura Krueger Wayne Tuckson The Long Walk Home Entertainment – Casey Harris Long Form Content Societal Concerns – Justin Allen Undiagnosed: Long Form Content The Diabetes Epidemic Shae Hopkins Renee Shaw Nancy Southgate Historical/Cultural – Short Laura Krueger Kentucky Seasons Form or Long Form Content Nick Helton Chelsea Gorham Chelsea Gorham Image Promotion Gabriela Martinez Healing Childhood Trauma: (Non-News) A KET Special Report Remembering Julia Robert Elliott Patrick Brumback Documentary Cultural/ Audra Miller Gary Pahler Topical Spirit of Kentucky Violins of Hope Frank Simkonis
Lifestyle – Short Form or Toying with Still Life Photographer – Short Form Long Form Content or Long Form Content Magazine Program Jim Voskuhl Justin Allen Doug Flynn David Dampier Cycling Capital of Kentucky Chelsea Gorham Steve Shaffer Valerie Trimble Kentucky Seasons - Gary Pahler Craft Videography Angelic Phelps Kentucky Life, Season 25, Episode 10
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David J. Clarke Memorial Scholarship Grant
Since 1963, the Ohio Valley Chapter has presented scholarship grants to deserving students majoring in broadcasting. The scholarship is named in the honor of David J. Clarke who served on the Chapter’s Board of Governors for 23 years, 11 of those as Executive Administrator. David’s dedication to the chapter and guidance through many years of growth and change were invaluable. In selecting the recipient, the scholarship grant committee considers academic excellence, interest in television as a career, personal character and integrity, and media experience.
Jacob Staley Senior, Western Kentucky University Jacob Staley is going into his senior year in Film Production at Western Kentucky University. Throughout his time at WKU, film production has become a special part of his life as he has learned to refine his skillset and become a leader among his peers. With his love of post-production, he has found ways to entertain and elicit emotion from an audience, whether it be through creative editing, sound design, or as a colorist. He says that “each job influences even the simplest of emotions, through a great cut, a good sound effect, or just the way the colors in the frame speak to each other.” Jacob has worked on a variety of projects while attending WKU, including short films, live broadcasts, and promotional materials. No matter what the project may be, he goes the extra mile to get it done well. Jacob also worked for the campus PBS station before going on to intern for the multiple Emmy® Award winning Kentucky Farm Bureau. Jacob has learned to hone his craft while attending WKU, and hopes to work in post-production on a large budget film after graduation.
What his professors say:
“In the time that I have known Jacob, he has always jumped at the opportunity to work on extracurricular projects. He is very determined to hone his craft—editing—and has been one of our most involved students.” Sara Thomason, Assistant Professor – Film
“Jacob is a very detailed oriented, has an excellent eye for great shots, and is a great crew member for the other students. During our college basketball and football productions that were distributed on ESPN 3 and ESPN Plus, as well as WKU PBS, I could rely on him to help the director and producer get the shots needed to conduct an entertaining broadcast. Jordan Basham, Special Projects Engineer, Educational Television Services
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Board of Governors Scholarship Grant
This year current members of the Ohio Valley Chapter Board of Governors established a new scholarship through personal donations to assist a student in our region in pursuing a career in our industry. We’re dedicated to supporting and encouraging the next generation of journalists and video production professionals and look forward to seeing what the future holds for them.
Clark Comstock Junior, University of Cincinnati, College–Conservatory of Music Clark Comstock is going into his junior majoring in Media Production at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Clark found his passion in media production while he was still in high school, shadowing at a Cincinnati production house and then landing a production assistant position on a feature film the summer before college. During his time at the University of Cincinnati, Clark has worked on a variety of projects including narrative shorts, short documentaries, informational films, promo videos, and experimental dance films. His most recent project includes a feature film that he has been writing over the past year. He is also the director, cinematographer, and editor for the project. Upon the project’s completion, he plans to enter it into a variety of film festivals. In 2021, his hard work shined through when he received the CCM Media Excellence Award at UC. Clark is always looking for opportunities to learn as much as possible about television and film production, and hopes to eventually work as an editor and director for film and television.
What his professors say:
“The passion he has for our industry is palpable and is another attribute that sets him apart from his contemporaries.” Don Hancock, Assistant Professor Film/Television Media Production
“I have no doubt you will find Clark to be an invaluable contributor. His passion and eagerness to learn are essential leadership qualities that will continually push him to improve himself and his community.” Ciara Cruder, Mind the Method, LLC
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This year, 966 entries representing the work of professionals from more than 110 organizations in the Ohio Valley Chapter region were judged during May. Each entry was judged by a qualified panel of peers from across the country including professionals from the following regional chapters: Mid-America, Mid-Atlantic, National Capital/Chesapeake Bay, Rocky Mountain Southwest, Suncoast and Upper Midwest. There were 358 nominated entries this year. Emmy® statuettes are awarded to entries meeting or surpassing a higher average score. The basis for earning an Emmy® award is excellence. While excellence is a subjective term which can have more than one definition, the qualified judges base their scores on their own professional experience. Some judges are more impressed with effective visual techniques, others by strong content, and some through overall impact. The best opportunities for an award are the entries that are strong in all three aspects. The Emmy® statues remain the property of the Academy and are presented in trust to individuals, not companies. These awards are richly deserved by the professionals to whom they are entrusted. Every attempt is made to keep the judging process as fair as possible. However, if a violation of the rules has occurred, the Academy will investigate and take appropriate action upon receiving a notice of alleged violation in writing to the chapter president or awards administrator. With an Emmy® award, the Academy salutes the best of the best!
15 NOMINEES Nominations in order of presentation at the awards ceremony. Categories may be combined for presentation purposes. NEWSCASTS DAILY NEWS REPORT Morning, Daytime or Weekend Newscast Bridging the Divide, WDRB WLKY Morning News: Breonna Taylor Protests, WLKY Justin Hawkins, Stephan Johnson Stephon Dingle, Jennifer Baileys, Jeremy Kendall A Congregation Says Goodbye, WDRB Social Justice Protests, WLWT Joel Schipper, Dalton Rinehart Rachel Manning, Duane Becker, Michael Dardis, Sheree A Message Too Big for Paper, WSYX/WTTE Paolello, Jeffrey Benscoter, Kristin Kay, Jason Obergefell Kalea Gunderson Evening Newscast Chief for a Day, WDRB WDRB News at 10 (9/23/2020), WDRB Gilbert Corsey, Stuart Hammer Masaki Sugimoto, Andy Russell, Fallon Glick, David Scott Remembering Anita Franklin, WLEX WDRB News at 4 (5/29/2020), WDRB Mike Valente Brandi Utley, Cara Catlett HARD NEWS REPORT There’s Love in Louisville Hidden Heist, WAVE (June 5th, 2020 10pm Newscast), WDRB John Boel Andy Russell, Jennifer Keeney, Masaki Sugimoto, Kyle Lizenby, Chad Mills, Travis Ragsdale, Scott Reynolds, Fallon Glick The Moments after the Breonna Taylor Shooting, WAVE Natalia Martinez NEWS SPECIAL HEALTH/MEDICAL – CONTENT Meeting the Challenge: Dayton Stays Strong, WHIO Matthew Simon, Mike Burianek Health/Medical – Short Form Content UBB: 10 Years Later, WCHS/WVAH Pushing Through Cancer, MediaSource Leslie Rubin, Whitney Wetzel, Larry Clark, Matt Durrett, Robert Leitch, Jerred Ziegler Troy Morgan, Kallie Cart Nobody Should Face Cancer Alone: The Chemo Buddies WKYT Behind the Lens | Change & Adapt, WKYT Story, Scientific American Custom Media Barton Bill Ben Gershman, Jayshan Carpen, Kris Fatsy Health/Medical – Long Form Content INVESTIGATIVE REPORT The Quest for a Covid-19 Vaccine, WCPO Investigative – Single Report Kristyn Hartman, Ashley Evans, Daniel Wohler The Death of Takoda Collins, Undiagnosed: The Diabetes Epidemic, KET WHIO-TV/Dayton Daily News Laura Krueger, Wayne Tuckson, Casey Harris John Bedell, Matthew Simon, Mike Burianek, A Journey through Alzheimer’s, WCMH Josh Sweigart, Parker Perry Jennifer Kiser, Colleen Marshall How Reliable Is the U.S. Postal Service?, WHAS Getting To Zero: Tristate Strong/Regional COVID Paula Vasan, Nick Goldring Communications Center, RRight Now Communications Investigative – Multiple Reports Regina Carswell Russo, Linda Spalazzi Drifting Death?, WKRC Duane Pohlman, Eric Frisbee, TR Gormley Culture of Cover-up, WCMH Colleen Marshall, Steve Wainfor, Nicholas Bechtel Black Folders and Police Secrets, WDRB Gilbert Corsey, Dominik Fuhrmann Wildlife in Need, WHAS Shay McAlister, Andrea Ash
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SOCIETAL CONCERNS – CONTENT CHILDREN/YOUTH/TEEN Societal Concerns – Short Form Content – CONTENT Black Lives Matter: Voices of Change, WKU PBS Children/Youth/Teen (19 and under) Logan Fry, Josh Thomson – Short Form Content The Story of Angel, Ohio Attorney General’s Office Kentucky Farms Feed Me – Cattle, Kentucky Farm Bureau Holly Hollingsworth, Jonathan Quilter Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan Our Lives Matter, Born To Dp Films Kentucky Farms Feed Me – Wheat, Kentucky Farm Bureau De’Niel Phipps Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan Home, 4th Floor Creative Drawing with Mr. J, WOSU Public Media Cori Ward Cindy Gaillard, Ben Bays, Jonathan Juravich, Ryan Hitchcock Societal Concerns – Long Form Content Full STEAM Ahead, ThinkTV Shining the Light: Real Talk on Racism, WBNS Kevin Cornell, Heather Cornell DeLaina Crutcher, Yolanda Harris, Tracy Townsend, $martPath with Megan Piphus: Blackbeard the Pirate, CET Angela Pace, Scott Doelling, Brian Baxendell, Jennifer Nickels Colin Scianamblo, Megan Piphus, Julie Heath, Kitty Lensman, Healing Childhood Trauma: A KET Special Report, KET Mark Lammers, Jason Garrison, Paul Verhagen Renee Shaw, Laura Krueger, Nick Helton, Chelsea Gorham $martPath with Megan Piphus: Kevin Becomes Famous, CET Let’s Talk Cincy: ‘Shoot This, Not That’, WLWT Colin Scianamblo, Megan Piphus, Julie Heath, Kitty Lensman, Alexis Rogers, Christina Rule Mark Lammers, Jason Garrison, Paul Verhagen While I Have Your Attention, WHAS Children/Youth/Teen (19 and under) Paul Dunsford, Phil Dunaway, Senait Gebregiorgis, – Long Form Content Jackelyn Jorgensen, Lena Duncan Let’s Talk Cincy: Golden Gloves Boxing, WLWT Austin Maynard, Christina Rule, Michael Carnevale, EDUCATION/SCHOOLS David Seals, Adrienne Williams, Alexis Rogers, Courtis Fuller SHORT FORM OR LONG FORM CONTENT Books Alive For Kids!, Zomotion Pictures Cincinnati Public Schools: Do What You Love, RESLV and Learning Through Art Scott Thompson, Nick Shell, Kyle Breitenstein, Steve May Alphonzo Wesson, Kathy Wade, Carissa Ray, Jonathan Knosp Schoolwide SEL: Explicit SEL Instruction, ThinkTV Lynnette Carlino CRIME – NEWS OR LONG FORM CONTENT Getting to Work: Smart Money, ThinkTV Phoning It In, WBNS Mark Lammers Bennett Haeberle Glass Walls: Black Experiences in Higher Education, The Preacher’s Drug Houses, WAVE Spectrum News 1 Ohio John Boel Alison Momeyer, Bryan Levin, Karl Turner, Crime Vault: What Happened to Ronald Tammen?, WXIX Jason Pheister, Tonisha Johnson Jason Scott, Chris Riva, Robyn Tyndall Shoutout to Ohio’s Class of 2020, WBNS Unsolved: Lisa Green, WHAS DeLaina Crutcher, Joe Brackman, Yolanda Harris, Shay McAlister, Steve Peake, Andrea Ash Dom Tiberi, Jennifer Nickels What happened to Julie Boyd?, WHAS Kristin Crawford, Jessica Farley, Andrea Ash From Gun Violence to Solutions, WCPO Kristyn Hartman, Kristen Swilley, Daniel Wohler, Michael Benedic
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BUSINESS/CONSUMER/TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR NEWS OR LONG FORM CONTENT Director – Live or Recorded Live Danger Above, WDRB The Nutcracker at Home, Independent Travis Ragsdale, Hobie Crase David Ashbrock Held for Ransom, WAVE Director – Newscast John Boel Protest Shooting/WLKY Morning News, WLKY Endangered Malls, WCPO Troy Middaugh Daniel Monk, Lot Tan Officers Shot/WLKY Morning News, WLKY The Dangers of Snap Map , WXIX Troy Middaugh Jason Scott, Chris Riva, Payton Bradley WLKY News at 5, WLKY Essential Oils: What Are You Really Getting?, WHAS Troy Middaugh Paula Vasan, Nick Goldring Breonna Taylor & David McAtee Protests, WDRB Driving You Crazy, WHAS Kyle Lizenby Jessie Cohen, Andrew Conniff Director – Sports Groundwork: The Last Mile, Kentucky Farm Bureau Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan Nonstop Flight: The Untold Story of FC Cincinnati, 4th Floor Creative ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE – NEWS Marc Graham OR LONG FORM CONTENT EDITOR – SHORT FORM CONTENT Sensitive Fish Species Alive and Well in Scenic River, 2020 FC Cincinnati Intro Video, 4th Floor Creative Spectrum News 1 Ohio Marc Graham Charles Ringwalt Project Color Rush, Cincinnati Bengals Snowflake Baby, WHAS Luke Johnson Jake Cannon, Daniel Sechtin Indoor Skydiving in Cincinnati: A Night Out, Downstream: Lost River Cave A New Calling, and Performance Art, WXIX – Bowling Green, KY, Prosper Media Group, Inc. Brett Dennis Kyle Lake, Sam McGhee Cincy Weekend 2020, WXIX Rocket Science Barbie, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Jeff Paulus Christopher Decker, Ryan Law EDITOR – LONG FORM CONTENT WEATHER – NEWS OR LONG FORM CONTENT The Lake Bridges of Western Kentucky, Mark Crowner Productions, LLC Memorial Day Tornado Impact – One Year Later, WHIO Mark Crowner McCall Vrydaghs, Matthew Simon, Mike Burianek Fire on the Hilltop: Memories from the Beverly Hills Tragedy, Doppler 10: Ahead of the Winter Storm, WBNS I & Eye Productions Jonathan Keilholz, Jeff Booth, Scott Doelling, Ashlee Baracy, David Striet Andrew Kinsey, Ross Caruso, Mackenzie Bart, Yolanda Harris I Believe: A Kentucky FFA Documentary, West Liberty: When Mother Nature Takes Over, WTVQ Kentucky Farm Bureau Justin Roth Austin Anderson WRITER – CONTENT Groundwork: The Last Mile, Kentucky Farm Bureau Austin Anderson Writer – Short Form Content Nonstop Flight: The Untold Story of FC Cincinnati, Composite, WBNS 4th Floor Creative David Holmes Marc Graham, Brennen Warner, Cori Ward LEX18 Writing Composite, WLEX Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission, ThinkTV Dave Medley Jason Wilson Writer – Long Form Content Books Alive For Kids!, Zomotion Pictures and Learning Through Art Bruce Wade Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission, ThinkTV Richard Wonderling
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PHOTOGRAPHER – SHORT OR MILITARY – NEWS LONG FORM CONTENT Tiny Homes for Vets, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Light in Motion, WDRB Jonathon Gregg Dan Klapheke Pedro Returns, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Voices (Composite), Kentucky Farm Bureau Jonathon Gregg Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan Mission Accomplished, WDRB Kentucky Seasons, KET Chris Sutter, Justin Hawkins Justin Allen, David Dampier, Steve Shaffer POLITICS/GOVERNMENT – NEWS HUMAN INTEREST – NEWS Politics/Government – News (single shift) Human Interest – News (single shift) Mother Denied Court-ordered Visits, WHAS Cemetery Scrub, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Chris Williams Jonathon Gregg We’ll Play Ball, WSYX/WTTE Front Porch Fridays, WHAS Dennis Spronck, Geoff Redick Brooke Hasch, Jake Cannon Police Contract: The Push for More Reform, WDRB Unstoppable: Zachary Crawford, WLWT Chad Mills, Dalton Rinehart Karin Johnson Voting: As Easy as Going through the Drive-Thru, WLEX Herding in a New Era: Rate of Female Farm-Owners Karolina Buczek, Rudolph Finamore Increases in Ohio, Spectrum News 1 Ohio Spotting the Fake, WLWT Charles Ringwalt Bill Hager Human Interest – News (no time limit) Politics/Government – News (no time limit) COVID-19 Mom: ‘I have no memory of him being born.’, Broken Systems: Fixing Flaws in Laws, WKRC The Cincinnati Enquirer Duane Pohlman, Eric Frisbee Meg Vogel The Game of Politics , WSYX/WTTE The Blind Clockmaker, WSYX/WTTE Mike McCarthy Dennis Spronck, Robert Kendrick The Heart and Soul of VanHoose, WDRB HEALTH/MEDICAL – NEWS Justin Hawkins LEGOs Explain Social Distancing, WYMT Why She Teaches, WHAS Connor Dunwoodie, Kyle Collier Rob Harris, Jake Cannon Curing Concussions / Chamber of Hope, WKRC Stories from Nextdoor, WHAS Duane Pohlman Jessie Cohen Kentucky Students, Teachers Speak About Vaping Crisis, WHAS Forever Families, WLWT Paula Vasan, Phillip Murrell Jatara McGee, Angela Johnson Freedom Brace, WKEF/WRGT Adam Aaro, Todd Meadows SOCIETAL CONCERNS – NEWS ER Nurses under Attack, WDRB Second Chance Auto, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Fallon Glick, Dalton Rinehart Jonathon Gregg The Bogus Beggar is Back, WAVE HISTORICAL/CULTURAL John Boel SHORT FORM OR LONG FORM CONTENT Delayed Justice: Dying Dogs, WAVE A Look Back: The Butter Display at the John Boel, Doug Druschke Ohio State Fair, MediaSource At the US-Mexico Border as Fentanyl Robert Leitch, Jerred Ziegler Seizures Skyrocket, WDRB Remembering Julia, KET Valerie Chinn, Doug Smith Chelsea Gorham, Gabriela Martinez Second Chance, WHAS Violins of Hope, KET Hayley Minogue, Phillip Murrell, Jake Cannon, Jessica Farley Gary Pahler Save Our City, WHAS Shay McAlister, Phillip Murrell, Senait Gebregiorgis Shoot This, Not That, WKRC Bryan Dykes, Angela Ingram
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NOSTALGIA – SHORT FORM OR ANCHOR – NEWS LONG FORM CONTENT 3 Days that Changed Louisville, WAVE Broad & High: American Sign Museum, WOSU Public Media John Boel Mary Rathke, David Holm, Ryan Hitchcock Composite, WAVE The Long Walk Home, KET Shannon Cogan Frank Simkonis A Year of Firsts, WDRB The Lake Bridges of Western Kentucky, Mark Crowner Hayden Ristevski Productions, LLC Composite, WDRB Mark Crowner Gilbert Corsey Composite, WLKY HUMAN INTEREST – SHORT FORM Julie Dolan OR LONG FORM CONTENT Composite, WLKY Columbus Neighborhoods: Greg Daniel, WOSU Public Media Stephon Dingle Mary Rathke, David Holm Composite, WLWT VOICES: Hard Work Never Stops Michael Dardis - Addy Arnett, Kentucky Farm Bureau Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan ANCHOR – WEATHER VOICES: Changing Lives through the Power of Horses Composite, WHIO - Blair Newsome, Kentucky Farm Bureau McCall Vrydaghs Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan Composite, WBNS MILITARY – SHORT FORM Jeff Booth OR LONG FORM CONTENT REPORTER – DAILY NEWS Memorial to Fallen Heroes Returns, Composite, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Ohio Public TV/ideastream Jonathon Gregg Daniel Konik Composite, WDRB Determination, The 5 Stones Group Chad Mills Mike Edwards, Joel Hammers Composite, WBNS VOICES: Hero. Mother. Farmer. Brittany Bailey - Alvina Maynard, Kentucky Farm Bureau Composite, WAVE Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan Mike Fussell Duty First: A Family’s Sacrifice for Service, WSYX/WTTE Composite, WLKY Stacia Naquin, Christopher Donnelly, Eric Fritchie, Shaquille Lord Matthew Spurrier, Matthew Green, Gregory Cellino, Ben Frecker, Donny Sobnosky, Joseph Henry, Gerry Puckett Composite, WLKY Stephon Dingle POLITICS/GOVERNMENT Composite, WLWT SHORT FORM OR LONG FORM CONTENT Jatara McGee Be Heard, The 5 Stones Group Mike Edwards, Chris Martin, Joel Hammers REPORTER – INVESTIGATIVE State of the Commonwealth, WLEX Composite, WDRB Sydney DeLong, Conroy Delouche, Katherine Collins, Gilbert Corsey Mike Valente, Kristen Edwards, Tyler Ross Composite, WHAS Paula Vasan Composite, WHAS Shay McAlister Composite, WKRC Duane Pohlman
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REPORTER – SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENT SPORTS PROGRAMS Undercover, WAVE Sports Program – Post-Produced or Edited John Boel Bengals Weekly, Cincinnati Bengals Specials Composite, WDRB Marisa Contipelli Gilbert Corsey Sports – One-Time Special PERFORMER/NARRATOR Nonstop Flight: The Untold Story of FC Cincinnati, 4th Floor Creative Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission, ThinkTV Tom Gelehrter, Marc Graham, Cori Ward, Brennen Warner, Bruce Cromer Connor Leupp, Robbie Boyles, Will Rettig Books Alive For Kids!, Zomotion Pictures A Marshall Memorial: and Learning Through Art Remembering the 75, WCHS/WVAH Bruce Wade C.J. Harvey, Mark Martin PROGRAM HOST/MODERATOR/ Sports Program – Live CORRESPONDENT The Football Fever: NFL Draft Preview, WSYX/WTTE Cash Explosion Play@Home, Mills James Stephen Kappas, Clay Hall, Rodney Dunigan Alissa Henry Blue Jackets Live Pregame & Postgame, FOX Sports Ohio A Change of Seasons: Fifty Novembers Ago, WSAZ Travis Williams, Tom Farmer, Bob Pennell Keith Morehouse Reds Live, FOX Sports Ohio Kent Weaver, Bob Pennell, Tom Farmer, Matt Sigafoos SPORTS TALENT Sports Anchoring Composite, WBNS LIVE SPORTING EVENT/GAME David Holmes Columbus Bluejackets Hockey, FOX Sports Ohio Composite, WCPO Tom Farmer, Bob Pennell, Joe Whelan, Brian Filippetti, Reggie Wilson Jeff Rimer, Jody Shelley, Dave Maetzold, Matt Sigafoos, Dave Bachman SPORTS STORY – NEWS Reds Baseball: Bauer’s Cy Young Moment, FOX Sports Ohio It’s OK to Not Be OK, WDRB Tom Farmer, Bob Pennell, Joshua Hall, Jennifer Heringer, Candyce Clifft, Doug Smith Matthew Sigafoos, James Mueller, Lauren White Grandma Packs A Punch, WDRB SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGE Justin Hawkins, Scott Reynolds Mr. Football’s Special Friendship, WCPO Pandemic, Protests & Ponies: Caleb Noe The 146th Running of the Kentucky Derby, WLEX Jennifer Smith, Nancy Cox, Sydney DeLong, Keith Farmer, The Game, WCPO Katherine Shepherd, Sean Franklin, Steve Bentley Jasmine Minor 2020 Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks, WKRC KIVA Remembers, WLKY Doug Lillibridge, Todd Marrington, Tim Fair, Kurt Thelen, Andrea Stahlman, Scott Eckhardt, Rick Van Hoose Greg Hansen SPORTS STORY – SHORT FORM ENTERTAINMENT – LONG FORM CONTENT OR LONG FORM CONTENT Owensboro Symphony: Safe at Home for the Holidays, 2020 FC Cincinnati Intro Video, 4th Floor Creative Tanner+West Tom Gelehrter, Marc Graham, Brennen Warner, Cori Ward, David Grinnell, Jason Tanner Connor Leupp, Robbie Boyles, Will Rettig Concert for Us, The 5 Stones Group Love of the Game, WHAS Mike Edwards, Chris Martin, Joel Hammers Steve Peake Lost River Sessions, WKU PBS Ohio State Football: Places, The Ohio State University Darius Barati, Jeff Petrocelli, Hannah Wilcutt, Neil Purcell Zach Swartz The Ryan McGillicuddy Big Band, vomf productions Ohio State Football: Team Up North Trailer, Jeffrey Hill The Ohio State University Kentucky Seasons, KET Zach Swartz Justin Allen, Shae Hopkins, Nancy Southgate Ohio State Football: Sugar Bowl Trailer, Cash Explosion Play@Home Series, Mills James The Ohio State University Gabriela Pedroza, Renee Horton Zach Swartz The Columbus Symphony Holiday Spectacular, Mills James Voices | Episode 1: Platforms, The Ohio State University Lisa Ries, Jamie O’Connor, R J Cavallaro, Rob Dixon, Zach Swartz Mike Van Horn, Shane Walker, Daniel Walshaw, Denise Rehg 21 NOMINEES
MAGAZINE PROGRAM NEWS PROMOTION – IMAGE Chronicles: Kentucky History Magazine, (SINGLE SPOT) High Impact Productions LLC 2021, WAVE Doug High, Foster Ockerman, Jr., Kaitlyn Kirk Kristopher Ellison-Baete, Roman Lane Kentucky Life | Season 25 | Episode 10, KET News As It Should Be, WCPO Doug Flynn, Chelsea Gorham, Valerie Trimble, Melisse Marks, Jeremy Glover, Paul Grundy, Gary Pahler, Angelic Phelps Paul Harper, Ashley Evans, Kim VandeWeg Broad & High (12/10/2020), WOSU Public Media First Alert Weather Days, WKYT Jackie Shafer, Mary Rathke, David Holm, John Nally Ryan Hitchcock, Kate Quickel What Connects Us, WDRB ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT – SHORT Josh Kidd FORM OR LONG FORM CONTENT Find Your Morning, WDRB Jennifer Ipsan Broad & High: The Nutty Bar, WOSU Public Media Ryan Hitchcock Winter Reality, WDRB Josh Kidd, Scott Brady, Thomas Grant, Mike Petrig, Dafford Murals, KET Jude Redfield Frank Simkonis Saviour – 10pm News Super Bowl Promo, WXIX Gee Horton: Hyperrealistic Portrait Artist, Jeff Paulus Spectrum News 1 Ohio Alison Momeyer, Bryan Levin, Jason Pheister, NEWS PROMOTION (CAMPAIGN) Karl Turner, Amy Hunter Snow Fox, WDRB The ‘Dark Lord’ Truck of Butler County, WXIX Jennifer Ipsan, Thomas Grant, Mike Petrig, Scott Brady Brett Dennis Where Louisville Happens, WDRB Cincinnati Opera at 100, Spotted Yeti Media Josh Kidd, Scott Brady, Eric Crawford Molly Berrens, Christopher Hagan Before, WKYT LIFESTYLE – SHORT FORM OR John Nally, Dean Handy, Kellen Dargle LONG FORM CONTENT WLWT Weather – Most Accurate, WLWT Kerri Hoffman, Christina Rule, Pete Salkowski Cycling Capital of Kentucky, KET Jim Voskuhl WLWT News 5 Today, WLWT Christina Rule, Kerri Hoffman, Pete Salkowski, Darin Cox Hobby Hunting, CET Kaelin Hagler PROGRAM PROMOTION OR Bengals X BlaCk OWned: PROMOTIONAL TRAILER Stripes Don’t Come Easy, Cincinnati Bengals The Conversation, WCMH Luke Johnson Jasmine Logan, Alex Smith, Sarah Haeberle NEWS PROMOTION – TOPICAL Louisville City FC Launch, WDRB (SINGLE SPOT) Dan Klapheke The Bogus Beggar is Back, WAVE A Change of Seasons: Fifty Novembers Ago (trailer), WSAZ John Boel, Kristopher Ellison-Baete Jake Conley Bricca family murders, WLWT IMAGE PROMOTION (NON-NEWS) Pete Salkowski, Kerri Hoffman, Christina Rule Spirit of Kentucky, KET Robert Elliott, Patrick Brumback, Audra Miller Project Community, WLWT Kerri Hoffman, Christina Rule, Pete Salkowski The Race, WLEX Dave Medley, Nancy Cox, Jared Hamm, Steve Broderson To Hilltopper Nation, WKU PBS Logan Fry
22 NOMINEES
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT & NEWS FEATURE LIFESTYLE – NEWS News Feature – Light Feature Arts/Entertainment – News Sneaker Man, WHAS Jaylin’s Mural, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Senait Gebregiorgis, Steve Peake Jonathon Gregg Working From Home, WKYT Black and Brown Faces, WKRC Barton Bill, Kristen Kennedy, Lee K. Howard Bryan Dykes, Kyle Inskeep Battling Cancer and Changing Lives, WSYX/WTTE Mind Numbing Nomination, WDRB Maria Durant, John Novotny Scott Reynolds News Feature – Serious Feature Lifestyle – News Cockfighting: Cruelty & Contamination, WKRC Scarecrows Line the Streets, WCMH Duane Pohlman, Eric Frisbee Anthony Mirones Who’s on the Line?, WHAS One on Three, WHAS John Charlton, Andrea Ash Kent Spencer Equality in The Outdoors, WKYT Darnell Crenshaw HISTORICAL/CULTURAL The Movement, WDRB & NOSTALGIA – NEWS Gilbert Corsey, Emily Evans Historical/Cultural – News Nailing It, WDRB Hamilton’s Little-Known Role in LGBT History, WCPO Chris Sutter, Justin Hawkins Evan Millward Blackie’s Gang: Somewhere I’ll Find You, WSYX/WTTE What Happened to Walnut Street, WDRB Mike McCarthy Gilbert Corsey, Dominik Fuhrmann LIVE NEWS PRODUCER CommUNITY Champions: Using Music to Teach Diversity, WLKY Piecing Together the Puzzle, WDRB Stephon Dingle Ally Wells Nostalgia – News Composite, WHAS Megan Short The Clarinet Man, WBNS Angela An Louisville Protests and Kentucky Primary Election, WHAS Jeffrey Burnett Elmer Lucille Allen, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Eileen Street WRITER – NEWS EDUCATION/SCHOOLS – NEWS Non-Stop, WBNS Bryant Somerville The Growing Divide, WLWT Helena Battipaglia, Michael Carnevale Composite, WBNS David Holmes New Problems, No Problem: Learning On the Move, WEHT Jake Boswell Kentucky Yarns, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Jonathon Gregg Breaking the Digital Divide, WSYX/WTTE Donny Sobnosky, Lisa Rantala EDITOR – NEWS Digital Decline, WDRB Composite, WLKY Gilbert Corsey, Dalton Rinehart, Doug Smith Scott Eckhardt From Peter Clark to Rodger Horton, I Am, WHAS Black Educators are Still Rare, WCPO Jessie Cohen Evan Millward The Movement, WDRB Surviving a School Shooting, The Cincinnati Enquirer Emily Evans Meg Vogel Second Chance Auto, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky CHILDREN/YOUTH/TEEN – NEWS Jonathon Gregg In The Key Of Decency, WBNS Bryant Somerville, Bob Donnelly Basketball is Back, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Jonathon Gregg Sharpie Tattoos, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Jonathon Gregg 23 NOMINEES
PHOTOGRAPHER – NEWS AUDIO & MUSIC COMPOSITION Composite, WHAS Audio Jake Cannon 2020 FC Cincinnati Intro Video, 4th Floor Creative Cow-Town Tales, WSYX/WTTE Connor Leupp Dennis Spronck Kentucky Seasons, KET For Katie, WDRB Brandon Cooper Dalton Rinehart Our Lives Matter – 846 (Extended Score), 360MusicWorX Composite, WLKY Paul Wright III Scott Eckhardt Musical Composition/Arrangement VIDEO ESSAY & VIDEO JOURNALIST $martPath with Megan Piphus: Feature Songs and Score, CET Video Essay Megan Piphus Our Lives Matter – 846 (Extended Score), 360MusicWorX Pushing for Progress: An Injustice Series, WHAS Paul Wright III Jessie Cohen Louisville’s Field of Hope and Dreams, WDRB LIGHTING Dalton Rinehart Lost River Sessions, WKU PBS Video Journalist Darius Barati Mountain Curiosities, Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Light and Energy, WDRB Jonathon Gregg Dan Klapheke The Game, WCPO JASMINE MINOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Composite, WHAS Cincinnati Opera at 100, Spotted Yeti Media Jessie Cohen Molly Berrens Blackie’s Gang: The Expedition Investigation, Cash Explosion Play@Home, Mills James WSYX/WTTE Paul Buchan, David King, Alan Cross Mike McCarthy Augmented Reality Weather Graphics – WAVE 3 News, WAVE WOWKosik, WOWK Ryan Hoke Haley Kosik SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT: GRAPHIC ARTS NEWS EXCELLENCE Motion Graphics WHAS Julie Wolfe Snow Fox Weather, WDRB TJ Grant, Michael Petrig 2020: A Year Like No Other, WKEF/WRGT Rebecca Gulden Thunder on the River, WDRB TJ Grant, Michael Petrig WDRB News Barry Fulmer Composite, The Cincinnati Enquirer Michael Nyerges WAVE 3 News Dan Fabrizio Visual Effects or Compositing WLKY Fix it in Post, WDRB Andrea Stahlman TJ Grant, Michael Petrig WLWT 2020 FC Cincinnati Intro Video, 4th Floor Creative Jeffrey Benscoter Cori Ward SmartPath, CET Michael Seppelt
24 NOMINEES
BRANDED CONTENT SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT: Branded Content – Short Form COMMUNITY SERVICE Patient Storytelling (series), Harris Media Co Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and and St. Elizabeth Healthcare Inclusion Coverage, WLEX Rudy Harris Brian Neal Jet Machine, RESLV Getting to Zero: Tristate Strong/Regional COVID Scott Thompson, Nick Shell, Kyle Breitenstein, Steve May Communications Center, RRight Now Communications This Is the Way (EPD Recruitment Video), Regina Carswell Russo Cinephreak Pictures Books Alive For Kids!, Zomotion Pictures Jakob Bilinski, Billy Bolin, Philip Smith and Learning Through Art Branded Content – Long Form Alphonzo Wesson The Conversation, WCMH I Believe: A Kentucky FFA Documentary, Ken Freedman Kentucky Farm Bureau Matt Hilton, Austin Anderson, Michael Corrigan DOCUMENTARY CULTURAL/TOPICAL Easterseals: Brighter Futures Celebration, Bigger Than a Moment, WXIX Easterseals Serving Greater Cincinnati Jason Scott, Malcolm Johnson, Rob Williams, Payton Bradley, Michael Beauchat, Brayton Deal Chris Riva, Joshua Thomas, Kobe Gaines, Jessica Brown, Finding Harmony, The 5 Stones Group Amber Jayanth Mike Edwards Epidemic: Addiction in Middle America, Haunted, Historic Kentucky!, WTVQ and Court Street Productions the Kentucky Historical Society Joe Atkinson Doug High, Lyssa High, Raymond Morris, Todd Linden 2020: The Year That Revealed Us, The Cincinnati Enquirer COMMERCIAL Meg Vogel, Amanda Rossmann Toying with Still Life, KET The Power of WVU Medicine, FULCRUM Frank Simkonis Rob Griffith, Chris Clutter The Dayton Arcade: Waking the Giant – Part One, ThinkTV I’m Right Here Because, GSW and St. Elizabeth Healthcare Richard Wonderling Rodney Smith Frametown, Eastern Kentucky University City of Owensboro: What’s Your Calling, Tanner+West Brandie Fawbush, Matthew Phelps, Scotty Dunlap, Josh Kegley David Grinnell, Jason Tanner Cincinnati Bengals: Who Dey State of Mind, DOCUMENTARY HISTORICAL Yellowhaus Studio Our Town – Gallipolis, WOUB Jeff Bucalo Evan Shaw, Adam Rich, Rusty Smith Homecoming, Spendthrift Farm Fire on the Hilltop: Memories from the Beverly Hills Tragedy, Joel Cunningham I & Eye Productions PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Harry S. Traynor, David Striet Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission, ThinkTV Ohio Department of Health: Space Makes Us Safer, Real Art Richard Wonderling, Richard Nordstrom, Zach Kramer, Andy Nick, Chris Wire, Philip Heiss Ken LaRock, Dan Nachtrab Mask On Cincy, WLWT Christina Rule, Kerri Hoffman, Pete Salkowski PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM Mask-cots #maskup, RESLV WKYT NEWS | Coronavirus: Scott Thompson, Nick Shell, Kyle Breitenstein, Steve May A Community Conversation, WKYT The Commission on Women and Girls , RESLV Pope Cudd, Lindsay Travis, Barton Bill, Sam Dick, Scott Thompson, Nick Shell, Kyle Breitenstein, Steve May Amber Philpott Let’s Talk Cincy: Pedestrian Safety, WLWT David Seals, Courtis Fuller, Austin Maynard The Path Forward, WLWT Bill Hager Kentucky Tonight: State of Unrest, KET Renee Shaw, Toby Gibbs, Gabriela Martinez, Nick Helton
25 NOMINEES
INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL BREAKING OR SPOT NEWS SHORT FORM OR LONG FORM CONTENT (SINGLE REPORT) $martPath with Megan Piphus: Good Boy the Dog, CET Public Budget Hearing Chaos, WXIX Colin Scianamblo, Megan Piphus, Julie Heath, Kitty Lensman, Malcolm Johnson, Amber Jayanth, Chris Riva, Payton Bradley Mark Lammers, Jason Garrison, Paul Verhagen Breonna Taylor Protest, WHAS $martPath with Megan Piphus: Flea the Frog, CET Megan Short, Doug Proffitt, Shay McAlister, Tyler Emery, Colin Scianamblo, Megan Piphus, Julie Heath, Kitty Lensman, Steve Peake, Phillip Murrell, Chris Williams, Senait Gebregiorgis, Mark Lammers, Jason Garrison, Paul Verhagen Ben Peine, Sherlene Shanklin, Jessica Farley Rules of the Roundabout, RESLV Protesters Storm the Statehouse, WSYX/WTTE Scott Thompson, Nick Shell, Kyle Breitenstein, Steve May Stacia Naquin, Danielle Ritchea, Alex Schafer, Stephen Kappas, Robert Kendrick, Michael Jones, Haley Nelson, Jessi Starkey, INTERVIEW/DISCUSSION – Jamie Innis Justice, William Weddington, Darin Young, LONG FORM CONTENT Christopher Caridas, Brandon Presz, Jay Novotny Ohio State Fair History, WOSU Public Media Protest Night Five: Teargas Rains Down, WDRB Diana Bergemann, Ben Bays, Ryan Hitchcock, Chad Mills, Hobie Crase David Holm, Brent Davis Breonna Taylor Protests: The First Clash, WDRB Voices for Change, WSYX/WTTE Hayden Ristevski Stacia Naquin, Rodney Dunigan, Samuel McGraw, Social Justice Demonstration Turns Violent, WLWT Matthew Green, William Weddington, Nicholas Whitaker, Helena Battipaglia, Mark Slaughter Jamie Innis, Justice, Scott Levy, Brandon Presz, Tracy Anderson BREAKING OR SPOT NEWS CONTINUING & TEAM COVERAGE (MULTIPLE REPORTS) Continuing Coverage First Night of Protests, WDRB Willie & Diamond, WSYX/WTTE Chad Mills, Travis Ragsdale, Dalton Rinehart, Hobie Crase, Tara Morgan Kyle Lizenby, Andy Russell, Barry Fulmer, Jennifer Keeney, Fallon Glick, David Scott The Oregon Distrcit Mass Shooting: One Year Later, WHIO Matthew Simon, Emily Gay, Serenity McKenzie, City on Edge: Columbus Protests Erupt, WSYX/WTTE Cheryl McHenry, John Bedell Donny Sobnosky, Stacia Naquin, Rodney Dunigan, William Weddington, Nicholas Whitaker, Matthew Green, Say Her Name, WHAS Trevor Wilson, Adam Slinger, Darin Young, Scott Levy Senait Gebregiorgis Louisville’s First Weekend of Protests, WAVE Civil Unrest Ignites Calls for Change, WBNS James Dobson, Kaitlin Rust, John Boel, Shannon Cogan, Jennifer Nickels, Lacey Crisp, Jonathan Keilholz, Phylicia Ashley, Steven Richard, Carolyn Williams, Brittany Bailey, Molly Brewer, Angela Reighard, Valerie Paxton, Joshua Coffman, Curtis Tate Carl Todhunter, Bennett Haeberle, Tino Ramos Protests over Breonna Taylor’s Death Turn Violent, WLKY Investigating the Death of Breonna Taylor, WDRB Stephon Dingle, Drew Gardner, Andrew Chernoff, Josh Abelove, Barry Fulmer, Andy Russell, Chad Mills, Dalton Rinehart, Jennifer Osburne, Scott Eckhardt, William E. DeReamer, Jennifer Keeney, Fallon Glick, Travis Ragsdale, Sara Sidery, Jonathan Black, Deni Kamper, Paul Ahmann, Gilbert Corsey, Marcus Green, Jason Riley, Emily Evans, Peter Longton, David Masino Hayden Ristevski, Paige Thompson, Brooks Holton, Social Justice Demonstrations, WLWT Cara Sabin, David Scott, Joel Schipper, Valerie Chinn, Helena Battipaglia, Mark Slaughter, Jatara McGee, Katrina Helmer, Jacob Davis Angela Johnson, Mollie Lair, Courtis Fuller, Shaun Elliott, Breonna Taylor Shooting Investigation, WAVE Lee Bays, Carly Reis, Lindsay Weber, Dan Griffin Valerie Paxton, Curtis Tate, John Boel, Joshua Coffman, Phylicia Ashley, Shannon Cogan, Natalia Martinez, SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT: Nicholas Picht, Jerrica Valtierra OVERALL EXCELLENCE Team Coverage WDRB The Source WHAS Breonna Taylor Protests, WDRB Dale Woods Christy Moreno Chad Mills, Katrina Helmer, Sara Sidery, Lawrence Smith, WLKY WLWT Frank Stamper, Doug Smith, Vincent Vermeulen, Fallon Glick, Glenn Haygood Branden Frantz Matthew Moore, Andy Russell, Jennifer Keeney, Barry Fulmer, WXIX Gilbert Corsey, David Scott, Scott Reynolds, Travis Ragsdale, Debbie Bush Dalton Godbey, Hobie Crase, Jacob Davis
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26 27 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 10 EMMY® NOMINATIONS! The Kentucky Farm Bureau family is proud of all your achievements! Thank you for using your talents to help tell the stories important to KFB. Good luck during the awards program – bring home some new Emmys®!
28 PRESENTERS
Thank you to the following individuals for helping present the awards this evening: Jerry Revish Julie Milam Barbara Deeb Host General Manager, WNKY & Producer/Host Columbus, Ohio Host of Marquee Backstage Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green, Kentucky Nancy Cox Cameron Fontana Anchor, WLEX, Lexington Susan Dinkel Features Reporter/Lifestyle Host, WSYX President, NATAS Ohio Valley Chapter News Director, WTHI Columbus, Ohio Terre Haute, Indiana Maria Durant Evan Millward Anchor/Reporter, WSYX Chris Williams Anchor/Reporter, WCPO Columbus, Ohio Legislative & Visual Communications Cincinnati, Ohio Manager, Kentucky League of Cities Gilbert Corsey Louisville, Kentucky Haley Kosik Anchor, WDRB Multimedia Journalist Louisville, Kentucky Tracy Townsend Charleston, West Virginia Anchor, WBNS Renee Shaw Columbus, Ohio Rodney Veal Public Affairs Managing Producer Host of The Art Show, ThinkTV & Host, KET Jason Moore Dayton, Ohio Lexington, Kentucky Producer/Host, The American Dream Car Show Adam Sharp Tom Kenny Evansville, Indiana President & CEO, National Academy Anchor, WKYT of Television Arts & Sciences Lexington, Kentucky New York, New York
2021 EMMY® AWARDS CREDITS
Emmy® Awards Committee “Thank you” to the following individuals and organizations for their help and support throughout the awards process. Lynnette Carlino, Emmy® Awards Committee Chair Without you our Emmy® Awards wouldn’t be a success! Cherie Housley, Emmy® Awards Administrator Bob Adlhoch Mike Kostel Hinson Ltd. Rochelle Young, Administrative Assistant Charlie Baglan Public Relations Charlie Baglan Nancy Cox Aaron Ellis Karla MacDonald Noble Circle Project David Brinkley Julie Davis Roy Flynn Delroy Binger Larry Maloney Rob Busby, Jr. Maria Durant John Chamberlin Dave Medley Panoramic Productions Gilbert Corsey JJ Murray Schuerholz Printing 2021 Emmy® Awards Show Brynn DeLange Lori Owen Mid-America Chapter Production by Brainstorm Media, Inc. Susan Dinkel Charley Schuerholz Mid-Atlantic Chapter Maria Clark, Producer/Writer Maggie Eubanks Jackie Shafer NCCB Chapter Will Woolf, Producer/Graphics Designer/Editor Tara Faccenda New York Chapter Rochelle Young, Writer Adam Sharp Echo Gamel Rocky Mountain Ryan Newell, Editor John Simpson Lara Gates Southwest Chapter Andrew Achter, Editor Jim Timmerman Lisa Haynes Upper Midwest Chapter Sydney Crothers, Editor/Production Assistant Chris Williams For Brainstorm Media, Inc. Tom Housley Suncoast Chapter Pam Hall, Project Coordinator Bruce Knox, Executive Producer And…a special thank you to all those who have served For NATAS Ohio Valley Chapter as judges throughout the year. Your willingness to give Cherie Housley, Executive Producer of your time and expertise is greatly appreciated. 29 Judging is an important part of the EMMY awards process. Your peers from across the country judge your entries. In return, we ask you to judge theirs. Each person listed below has judged at least one panel since the beginning of this year. Thank you for giving of your time and expertise!
Mike Adelman Brent Davis Carole Hepp Austin Maynard Leslie Rubin Justin Allen Allison Day Marvis Herring Mike McCarthy Andy Russell Tracy Anderson Bynn DeLange Doug High Jatara McGee Cara Sabin David Ashbrock Stephon Dingle Jeffrey Hill Sam McGhee Joel Schipper Phylicia Ashley Vicki Dortch Cindy Hoard Mick McGuire Ron Schmidt Ken Atkinson Sarah Downs David Holm Dave Medley Colin Scianamblo Joe Atkinson Michael Duffey David Horak Troy Middaugh Veronica Jean Charlie Baglan Liz Dufour Cherie Housley Audra Miller Seltzer Marvin Bartlett Shawn Dunagan Sean Hughes Evan Millward Patrick Sergent Bob Bates Lena Duncan Andrew Ina Jasmine Minor Jackie Shafer Michael Beauchat Scotty Dunlap Jamie Tony Mirones Katherine Duane Becker Maria Durant Innis Justice Aaron Mohr Shepherd Charlotte Belland Scott Eckhardt Kirt Jacobs Alison Momeyer Megan Short Barton Bill Aaron Ellis Brad Johansen Megan Mongillo Adam Slinger John Boel Emily Evans Karin Johnson Greg Moosnick Jerod Smalley Jeff Booth Jennifer Robert Jonason Tara Morgan Ashley Smith Joe Brackman Evans Smith Stephen Kappas Derek Myers Walter Payton Bradley Dan Fabrizio Peter Kasprzycki Dan Nachtrab Smith-R andolph Scott Brady Shane Finster Bob Kelly John Nakashima Bryant Somerville Kris Brakefield Kody Fisher Bryan Kennedy Stacia Naquin Jason Sperry Jeff Brand Cameron Fontana Kristen Kennedy Brian Neal Dennis Spronck Kyle Breitenstein Eric Fritchie Jennifer Kiser Jay Novotny Matthew Spurrier Candace Broach Logan Fry Chris Knight John Ondo Daniel Stemen Paul Buchan Courtis Fuller Dan Konik Gary Orr Kristen Swilley Paige Burgess Mike Fussell Haley Kosik Eileen Osborne Joshua Thomas Rob Busby Echo Gamel Laura Krueger Chris Oxley Scott Thompson Jake Canon Ben Gelber Stephanie Eunice Park Tracy Townsend Lynnette Carlino Tom Gelehrter Kuzydym Valerie Paxton Rachel Valerio Rob Carnacchi Alden German Kyle Lake Bob Pennell Paula Vasan Regina Brian Gilbert Mark Lammers Greg Phelps Rodney Veal Carswell Russo Anna Gordon Mike Latta Sanjay Prakash Meg Vogel Vicki Casa-Egan Chelsea Gorham Ryan Law Erin Pryor Brian Volland John Charlton Matthew Grimm Aileen LeBlanc Gerry Puckett McCall Vrydaghs Valerie Chinn David Grinnell Frederick Lewis Neil Purcell Jennifer Ware Nella Citino Kalea Gunderson Mark Magistrelli Jonathan Quilter Leticia Wiggins Chris Clutter Bennett Haeberle Rachel Manning Mary Rathke Chris Williams Jessie Cohen Bill Hager David Marcum Carissa Ray Jonathan Williams Miranda Combs Stuart Hammer Larry Marrs Charles Ringwalt Reggie Wilson Gilbert Corsey Don Hancock Colleen Marshall Hayden Ristevski Kevon Wilson Zach Crabtree Lauren Hanson Natalia Martinez Peter John Ross Matthew Wood Eric Cross Debbie Harbsmeier Frank Marzullo Amanda Rossman Jason Wood DeLaina Crutcher Ben Hartman Lucy May Justin Roth Dale Woods Julie Davis Justin Hawkins Steve May Ann Rotolante Jason Young
30 BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OFFICERS & TRUSTEES COMMITTEE CHAIRS Nancy Cox, WLEX Lynnette Carlino, Emmy® Awards Chapter President Rob Busby, Membership Outreach Aaron Ellis, Louisville Metro Police Department Jim Timmerman, Silver & Gold Circle Secretary Dave Medley, Social Media Julie Davis, ThinkTV Treasurer Jackie Shafer, High School Student Production Awards Gilbert Corsey, WDRB Echo Gamel, College Student Production Awards National Trustee Brynn DeLange, Scholarship Roy Flynn, University of Dayton National Trustee GOVERNORS Susan Dinkel, WTHI Charlie Baglan, Freelance Producer & Writer Alternate Trustee Lena Duncan, WHAS David Brinkley, WKU PBS Executive Vice President Maria Durant, WSYX Jennifer Kiser, WCMH STAFF John Simpson, WEHT/WTVW Cherie Housley, Executive Director and Chris Williams, Kentucky League of Cities Emmy® Awards Administrator Rochelle Young, Administrative Assistant
31 CHAPTER STATIONS
OHIO INDIANA KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA CET WLWT-TV WEHT-TV KET WKYT-TV WBOY-TV WSWP-TV ThinkTV WOSU-TV WEVV-TV WAVE-TV WKYU-TV WCHS-TV WTAP-TV WBDT-TV WOUB-TV WFIE-TV WBKI-TV WLEX-TV WDTV-TV WTSF-TV WBNS-TV WRGT-TV WFXW-TV WBKO-TV WLKY-TV WNPB-TV WVAH-TV WCMH-TV WSFJ-TV WNIN-TV WDKY-TV WNKY-TV WOAY-TV WVNS-TV WCPO-TV WSTR-TV WTHI-TV WDRB-TV WTVQ-TV WOWK-TV WVPBS WDTN-TV WSYX-TV WTVW-TV WHAS-TV WYMT-TV WPBY-TV WVVA-TV WHIO-TV WTTE-TV WTWO-TV WQCW-TV WVXF-TV WHIZ-TV WWHO-TV WVUT-TV WSAZ-TV WKEF-TV WXIX-TV WKRC-TV PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
360MusicWorX FULCRUM Pikewood Creative Wrigley Media Group 4th Floor Creative GSW Prosper Media Group, Inc. Yates Entertainment & Media 88th Air Base Wing Harris Media Company Real Art Yellowhaus Studio Public Affairs High Impact RESLV Zomotion Pictures Armstrong Productions LLC RRight Now West Virginia Neighborhood Channel Hinson Ltd Public Relations Communications Public Broadcasting Blue Skies HD Video I & Eye Productions Science Around Cincy WOSU Public Media And Film Productions, Llc ICRC TV Scientific American WOUB Public Media Born To Dp Films Ink & Image Custom Media CET WRGT Capital University Kentucky Farm Bureau Spectrum News 1 Kentucky KET WKRC Cincinnati and Hamilton KPG Creative Spectrum News 1 Ohio ThinkTV WKU PBS County Public Library Learning Through Art Spendthrift Farm WAVE WKYT Cincinnati Bengals Lexington-Fayette Spotted Yeti Media WBKO WLEX Cinephreak Pictures Urban County Government St. Elizabeth Healthcare WBNS WLKY Clean Screen Productions Louisville Orchestra Sublime Media Group, LLC WBOY WLWT Court Street Productions WCHS Mark Crowner Tanner+West WLYT Curtis Visual Productions, LLC WCMH The 5 Stones Group WNKY Communications MediaSource WCPO The Cincinnati Enquirer WOWK Dayton Daily News Mike & Joey WDKY The Educational WSAZ Dayton Performing Productions, L.L.C. Empowerment Group WDRB WSYX Arts Alliance Mills James The Kentucky WDTN Dizzyboy Productions, Llc Morehead State University Historical Society WDTV WTTE Easley Blessed Media MoxieTalk With Kirt Jacobs The Ohio State University WEHT WTVQ Eastern Kentucky University Ohio Attorney University Of Dayton WFIE WVAH Easterseals Serving General’s Office School Of Law WHAS WVNS Greater Cincinnati Ohio Public TV/ideastream Vid Monster Productions WHIO WVVA First Community Church Ondo Media vomf productions WHIZ WXIX FOX Sports Ohio Pierce Media Wright State University WKEF WYMT
Precis: The Ohio Valley Chapter of NATAS was formed in 1962. Originally founded as the Columbus Chapter, we became the only three city chapter in the country in 1974 changing our name at that time to the Columbus/Dayton/Cincinnati Chapter. In 1994, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences approved our current name, the Ohio Valley Chapter, to more accurately reflect our chapter area. The Officers, governors and appointed committee chairs on the Board represent broadcast professionals from the television stations as well as allied organizations in our market areas.
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