th 40 Annual Northern Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 1

SAN FRANCISCO/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

th 40 Annual NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY® AWARD

th The 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards were presented Saturday evening, June 11 at the Regency Center in . The Emmy® Award honors excellence in all fields of television production.

Overall Station Excellence was awarded to Tim McVay, Vice President and General Manager of KTVU Channel 2. KGO ABC 7 swept the news categories taking home statuettes for Daytime Newscast: “ABC 7 News at 11:00 am; Evening Newscast: ABC7 News at 11:00 pm; and overall News Excellence.

KGO ABC 7 reporter Wayne Freedman took home his 50th and 51st statuettes for Video Journalist and News Writing. KUVS 19 photographer, Christian Anguiano received seven awards and reporter Lucero six.

The Governors’ Award was presented to Linda Giannecchini (KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli & Associates), for her years of service to the National Television Academy and the Television industry. Nancy Osborne (KFSN ABC 30) and Pamela Young (KITV 4) were presented the Governors’ Service Medallion.

In addition to the two ABC 7 newscasts the Evening Newscast Large Markets Spanish was awarded to: “Noticias Univision 14 Solo A las Once,” KDTV Univision 14; Medium Markets: “KITV 4 News at 5,” KITV 4, Honolulu; and the Spanish award “Noticias 21.” KFTV Univision 21, Fresno; Smaller Markets was awarded to: “Channel 2 News at 11 p.m.,” KTVN 2, Reno.

Emmy® Awards go to individuals, but there is always interest in the station award account: KUVS Univision 19, received 16 awards in the Spanish contest. KPIX CBS 5 received 12 awards; KGO ABC 7, and KQED 9/KTEH 54, seven each; Sacramento’s KCRA 3 and KOVR CBS 13 received 5.

The Emmy® 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 Emmys®. Northern California is composed of television and cable stations from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Entries were aired during the 2010 calender year. 703 entries were received in 59 categories, 220 were nominated and 85 receive the Emmy® statuette. The ballots were tallied by the accounting firm of Spalding & Company of San Francisco.

The Complete list of Emmy® Award recipients follows:

th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 2 For Outstanding Achievement In: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Special Achievement: Station Awards Station Excellence “KTVU Station Excellence,” KTVU Channel 2 Tim McVay, Vice-President, General Manager

News Excellence “ABC7 News,” KGO ABC 7 Kevin Keeshan, Vice President, News

News Programming Newscast - Daytime - Larger Markets “ABC7 News at 11:00 a.m.,” KGO ABC 7 Keith Barry, Executive Producer; Evelyn Rios, Producer; Cheryl Jennings, Anchor; Joanne Jung Wohlers, Satellite Coordinator; Scott T. Lawler, Ignite Director; Abraham Mendoza, Photographer; Greg Espiritu, SKY 7 Photographer

Newscast - Daytime - Medium Markets “Action News AM Live,” KFSN ABC 30 Tracey Watkowski, News Director; Martin Ortiz, Producer; Matt Keller, Margot Kim, Christine Park, Anchors; Lorena Rabago, Traffic Reporter; William Bailey, Gary Brooks, Photojournalists; Gabrielle Ornstein, Editor; Reuben A. Contreras, Kathryn G. York, Associate Producers; Chauncey Carson, Graphic Director; Tom Lewis, Technical Director; Morgan Allen, Studio Technician; Keith P. Allen, Engineer

Newscast - Evening - Larger Markets “ABC7 News at 11:00 p.m.,” KGO ABC 7 Leetha Yee, Executive Producer; Evelyn Rios, Producer; Dan Ashley, Anchor; Lisa Amin Gulezian, Don Sanchez, Reporters; Mitchell Turner, Media Manager

Newscast - Evening - Medium Markets “KITV4 News at 5,” KITV 4 Genie Garner, News Director; Shere'e Young, Producer; Chuck Parker, Managing Editor; Pamela Young, Anchor; Nathan Serota, Photographer/Assignment Editor

Newscast - Evening - Smaller Markets “Channel 2 News at 11 p.m.,” KTVN 2 Kellene Stockwell, News Producer

Breaking News “Galleria Fire,” KCRA 3 Anzio M. Williams, News Director; James Stimson, Producer; Doug Holdren, Director; Kevin Riggs, Reporter; John Breedlove, Photographer; Daniel J. Shively, Helicopter Journalist

th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 3 General Assignment Report “The Little Hero,” KOVR CBS 13 Jonas Tichenor, Reporter; Alan Blaich, Photographer “UCSF Protest,” KTVU Channel 2 Ken Pritchett, Reporter; Martin Holeton, Photographer

Continuing Coverage “Smart Meters,” KPIX CBS 5 Anna G. Werner, Producer; Abby Sterling, Investigative Producer

Investigative Report “Pupils or Pawns?,” KPIX CBS 5 Anna G. Werner, Producer; Abby Sterling, Investigative Producer; Gerard K. Watson, Investigative Photojournalist; Greg R. Marasso, Editor

Feature News Report - Light “San Quentin Giants,” KCRA 3 Mike Rhinehart, Photojournalist “Tahoe Dangerzone,” KOVR CBS 13 Neda Iranpour, Reporter

Feature News Report - Light Series “We Are Fresno,” KSEE 24 Chris Manson, Producer; Stefani Booroojian, Anchor

Feature News Report - Serious “Saving Sophie,” KNTV NBC Bay Area Vicky Nguyen, Reporter; Jeremy Carroll, Photographer “Book of Dreams,” KTXL FOX 40 Jaime Garza, Anchor / Producer; Joshua Baar, Photographer / Editor

Feature News Report - Serious Series “Pill Hill,” KPIX CBS 5 Abby Sterling, Producer; Allen Martin, Reporter; Craig Franklin, Photographer; Greg R. Marasso, Editor

Specialty Assignment Report “Investigate This!,” KPIX CBS 5 Anna G. Werner, Producer; Abby Sterling, Investigative Producer

News and Program Specialty Documentary “The Next Frontier-Engineering the Golden Age of Green,” KQED World/Filmsight Productions/ Professional Engineers in California Government Brad Marshland, Morgan Schmidt-Feng, Producer/Directors; Bruce Blanning, Associate Producer/Director; Shabbir Ahmed, Associate Producer; Chris Brown, Ryan Endean, Rivkah Beth Medow, Nadine Westcott, Associate Producers

th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 4 Arts/Entertainment - Feature/Segment “The Haunting of Brookdale Inn,” KPIX CBS 5 Chris Bollini, Producer

Arts/Entertainment - Program/Special “Artist 3,” PBS Hawaii Stuart Yamane, Director

Informational/Instructional - Feature/Segment “Jay Maisel,” Current TV George Lang, Director

Informational/Instructional - Program/Special “Every 15 Minutes: Castro Valley High School,” Comcast/Musselman Pictures/ Clear Creative Media Ryan Neisz, Christopher Allen Smith, Producer/Directors

Historic/Cultural - Program Feature/Segment “Roy Diaz Bataan Death March Survivor,” KTEH 54 John Gregg, Producer; Steven G. Kern, Photographer/Editor; Jose Munoz, Audio Engineer “Sonny Bradley Canoe Builder,” OC-16/Oceanic Cable Howard Dashefsky, Producer/Writer

Historic/Cultural - Program/Special “This Is Us Hiller Aviation Museum Episode #301,” KTEH 54 John Gregg, Producer; Steven G. Kern, Photographer

Sports - Program Feature/Segment “Clark Little Photographer,” OC-16/Oceanic Cable Howard Dashefsky, Producer/Writer

Sports - Regularly Scheduled Daily or Weekly Program “Inside The Clubhouse - The Journey,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area / SFG Productions Christopher Gargano, Paul Hodges III, Thomas McDonald, Executive Producers; Torin Simpson, Senior Editor/Producer; Matthew McKee, Blake Wilberding, Producer/Video Editors “The Golden Game: The Minor Leagues,” KVIE 6 Bryan M. Shadden, Producer; Martin Christian, Videographer; Tim D. Walton, Editor; Alice Yu, Production Manager

Sporting Event/Game - Live/Unedited - Program/Special “A's Baseball: A Perfect 70's Show,” Comcast SportsNet California David Koppett, Executive Producer; D'Aulaire Louwerse, Producer; Devon Fox, Joseph T. Washington II, Coordinating Producers; Sean S. Day, Michael Rosenthal, Associate Producers; Mike Bird, Director Glen A. Kuiper, Play-by-Play Announcer; Raymond E. Fosse, Color Analyst

th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 5 Public/Current/Community Affairs - Feature/Segment “A Soldier's Portrait,” KOVR CBS 13 Brandi Hitt, Reporter ; Peter Roney, Photograher/Editor

Public/Current/Community Affairs - Program/Special “Global Focus VII - The New Environmentalists,” KQED 9/Mill Valley Film Group John Antonelli, Tom Dusenbery, Will Parrinello, Producer/Directors

Interview/Discussion - Program/Special “Mark@TheMovies,” KMAX CW 31 Mark S. Allen, Executive Producer; Steve Davis, Photographer

Health/Science/Environment - Feature/Segment “QUEST: Plastic in the Pacific,” KQED 9 Amy Miller, Series Producer; Jon Fromer, Segment Producer; Lindsay Kelliher, Associate Producer; Linda Peckham, Editor; Paul Rogers, Managing Editor

Health/Science/Environment - Program/Special “QUEST 401: Great White Sharks, Bay Bridge Makeover, Speed of Sound,” KQED 9 Amy Miller, Series Producer; Christopher J. Bauer, Jon Fromer, Segment Producers; Sheraz Sadiq, Lindsay Kelliher, Associate Producers; Linda Peckham, Video Editor; Paul Rogers, Managing Editor “Crisis in Caring: California's School Nurse Shortage,” KVIE 6 Kelly Peterson, Producer; Marinda A. Johnson Gorman, Associate Producer; Martin Christian, Videographer; Tim D. Walton, Editor

Interactivity “7Live,” KGO ABC 7 Maggie Baxter, Executive Producer; Mariel C. Myers, Senior Producer; Brian Copeland, Host; Lizzie Bermudez, Contributor; Jennifer Jolly, Technology Contributor; Jennifer N. Brown, Director; Sara Bueno, Senior Web Producer; Jarrod Lowe, Web Producer; David Corona, Director of Photography; Jason Fong, Vanessa Guerra, Associate Producers; Carie Ferreira McGrane, Carlos La Roche, Segment Producers; Mickey Adolph, Paula Marcheschi, Promotion Producers; Rachel Wyatt, Audience Coordinator

Spot Announcments Community/Public Service (PSA) - Single Spot or Campaign “We Can Do This,” cafilm.org Stella Marie Nelson, Producer/Writer/Editor

Promotion - News Promo - Single Spot “Call Kurtis: Sometimes He's Just Hungry,” KOVR CBS 13 Paul Kramer, Producer/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor; Nicole Hendrix, Assistant Producer

Promotion - News Promo - Campaign th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 6 “CBS 5: Stay Connected,” KPIX CBS 5 Robert M. Genolio, Writer/Director; Jennifer OHearn, Producer; Rafael A. Figueroa, Producer/Editor; Patrick J. Cilia, Art Director; Richard Cabatic, Designer; Sultan Mirza, Editor; Jesse Dana, Director of Photography; BZ Lewis, Monica Pasqual, Composers

Promotion - Program - Single Spot “Nikita and No Name,” KBCW 44 Robert M. Genolio, Creative Director; Shadi R. Haddad, Producer/Editor; Jesse Dana, Director of Photography; Eric C. Ramin, Graphic Designer

Promotion - Program - Campaign “KBCW Image 2010,” KBCW 44 Robert M. Genolio, Creative Director; Shadi R. Haddad, Producer/Editor; Rafael A. Figueroa, Producer/Editor; Clark Todd, Associate Producer; Gairo Cuevas, Director of Photography; Eric C. Ramin, Graphic Designer; BZ Lewis, Monica Pasqual, Composers

Commercial - Single Spot or Campaign “Bay Bio Image,” KPIX CBS 5 Dee Joyce, Executive Producer; Sultan Mirza, Producer/Writer/Editor; Eric C. Ramin, Designer/ Animator

Craft Achievement On-Camera Talent - Anchor - News “Deirdre Fitzpatrick Composite,” KCRA 3 Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Anchor

On-Camera Talent - Anchor - Weather “Why The Weather Does That,” KNTV NBC Bay Area Rob Mayeda, Meteorologist

On-Camera Talent - Reporter “Pickel Composite,” KOVR CBS 13 Kris Pickel, Reporter “Mike Sugerman Composite,” KPIX CBS 5 Mike Sugerman, Reporter

On-Camera Talent - Program Host/Moderator “Brazil Composite,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Brodie Brazil, Talent

Director - Live or Live-to-Tape/Post Production “Forsman Composite,” KCRA 3 Randy Forsman, Director “Ford Corl- Director's Track,” KRNV 4 Ford Corl, Director

Writer - News th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 7 “Freedman Composite,” KGO ABC 7 Wayne Freedman, Writer “Mike Sugerman Composite,” KPIX CBS 5 Mike Sugerman, Writer

Writer - Program “Stoelk Composite,” KPIX CBS 5 David Stoelk, Writer

Photographer - News - No Time Limit “Bollini Composite,” KPIX CBS 5 Chris Bollini, Photographer

Editor - News - Within 24 Hours “Dean C. Smith Composite,” KGO ABC 7 Dean C. Smith, Editor

Editor - News - No Time Limit “OCD,” KCRA 3 Mike Williams, Editor

Editor - Program (Non-News) “Hotness Composite,” Comcast SportsNet Bay Area Darren Brazil, Editor “Jay Maisel,” Current TV Chris Roy, Editor “La Divina Callas,” KRON 4/MBL Productions Joanna Hidalgo, Editor

Video Journalist “Freedman Composite,” KGO ABC 7 Wayne Freedman, Reporter/Photographer/Editor

Graphic Arts - Graphics and Animation - News “A Super Good Day,” KMAX CW 31 Lisa Ruiz-DeSoto, Graphic Designer/Animator

Graphic Arts - Graphics and Animation - Program “The Next Frontier-Engineering the Golden Age of Green,” KQED World / Filmsight Productions/ Professional Engineers in California Government Charlie Canfield, Dionisio Ceballos, Animators

Technical Achievement “San Bruno Gas Explosion Audio Composite,” KPIX CBS 5 Don McKinney, Audio Technician

For Outstanding Achievement In: th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 8 News Programming Newscast - Evening - Larger Markets “Noticias Univision 14 Solo a Las Once,” KDTV Univision 14 Sandra Thomas, News Director; Mahelda Rodriguez, Executive Producer; Vicenta Jauregui-Larios, News Producer; Maria Leticia Gomez, Alejandro Mendoza, News Anchors; Anthony Spagna, Technical Director

Newscast - Evening - Medium Markets “Noticias 21,” KFTV Univision 21 Sandy Sirias, News Director; Manuel Andres Moreno, Executive Producer; David Ibarra, Anchor; Francisco Lopez Mireles, Reporter “San Bruno Gas Explosion,” KSTS 48 Maria Del Pilar Nino, Reporter

General Assignment Report “Unpaid Workers,” KUVS Univision 19 Santiago N. Lucero, Reporter; Christian Anguiano, Photographer

Continuing Coverage “Aguas Negras,” KUVS Univision 19 Santiago N. Lucero, Producer/Reporter; Pamela Diaz, Reporter; Christian Anguiano, Photographer/Editor; Jose M. Estrella, Photographer

Investigative Report “Contaminados,” KFTV Univision 21 Sandy Sirias, Producer; Francisco Lopez Mireles, Reporter

Feature News Report - Light “El Golazo De Miguel,” KUVS Univision 19 Santiago N. Lucero, Reporter; Christian Anguiano, Photographer

Feature News Report - Light Series “El Poder De Su Musica,” KUVS 19 Pablo Iacub, Producer; Pamela Diaz, Reporter; Christian Anguiano, Photographer/Editor; Gonzalo Magana, Field Producer

Feature News Report - Serious Series “Yo Contra El Banco,” KUVS 19 Santiago N. Lucero, Reporter; Christian Anguiano, Photographer

News and Program Specialty Documentary “The Teacher Plant: Ayahuasca,” KUVS Univision 19 Johana Suarez, Producer/Writer/Reporter; Carlos Zegarra, Photographer; Jose M. Estrella, Editor

th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 9 Arts/Entertainment - Feature/Segment “Papa J,” KUVS Univision 19 Amanda E. Mariscal, Reporter

Informational/Instructional - Program/Special “Nosotros Tambien Podemos,” KUVS Univision 19 Maribel Lopez, Producer/Reporter

Historic/Cultural - Program Feature/Segment “De Pizcar a Legislar,” KUVS Univision 19 Santiago N. Lucero, Reporter; Christian Anguiano, Producer

Historic/Cultural - Program/Special “Travesias Por El Medio Oriente,” KUVS Univision 19 Johana Suarez, Producer/Writer/Reporter; Carlos Zegarra, Photographer; Jose M. Estrella, Editor

Sports - Regularly Scheduled Daily or Weekly Program “Deportes 21,” KFTV 21 Sandy Sirias, Producer; William Bonilla, Sports Anchor; Michelle Garcia, Technical Director

Health/Science/Environment - Feature/Segment “Equine Therapy,” KUVS Univision 19 Johana Suarez, Producer/Writer/Reporter; Mariana Castorena, Photographer/Editor

Spot Announcements Community/Public Service (PSA) - Single Spot or Campaign “2010 Blood Drive Campaign,” KUVS 19 Alejandro Guimoye, Angel E. Preciado, Producers; Ricardo Sigala, Director; Kimitza Sanchez, Coordinator

Promotion - Program - Single Spot “El Grito de Independencia,” KUVS Univision 19 Alejandro Guimoye, Angel E. Preciado, Producers; Ricardo Sigala, Director

Craft Achievment On-Camera Talent - Anchor - News “Special Edition - Rescue Miners,” KUVS Univision 19 Jairo Diaz-Pedraza, News Anchor

On-Camera Talent - Reporter “Santo's Composite,” KUVS Univision 19 Santiago N. Lucero, Reporter

Photographer - News - No Time Limit “El Sue'o De Un Bracero,” KUVS Univision 19 Christian Anguiano, Photographer

th 40 Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards 2010-2011 10 Special Awards: The Governors’ Award Linda Giannecchini, KQED 9/Franklin Mieuli and Associates

The Governors’ Service Medallion Nancy Osborne, KFSN ABC 30, Fresno Pamela Young, KITV 4, Honolulu

Contact: Darryl Compton, Executive Director [email protected] 415-777-0212