THE 35TH BOSTON/NEW ENGLAND EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS
OUTSTANDING ANCHOR-NEWS Composite Mike Nikitas, Anchor New England Cable News Composite Jonathan Elias, News Anchor WBZ Composite Paula Ebben, Anchor WBZ Composite Heather Unruh, Anchor WCVB Composite Ed Harding, Anchor WCVB Composite Mark Ockerbloom, News Anchor WFXT
OUTSTANDING ANCHOR-WEATHER Composite Matt Noyes, On Camera Meteorologist New England Cable News Composite Todd Gutner, Meteorologist WBZ Composite Harvey Leonard, Chief Meteorologist WCVB Composite David Brown, Meteorologist/Anchor/Weather WCVB Composite Mike Wankum, Meteorologist WCVB Composite Mark Dixon, Meteorologist WFSB Composite Jeremy Reiner, Meteorologist WHDH
OUTSTANDING ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM Infinity Hall Live Jennifer Boyd, Producer Connecticut Public Television Edward Gonsalves, Director Paul Smith, Lighting/Camera Scott Phillips, Project Manager Jim Chapdelaine, Sound Mixing Karen Silverstein, Post-Producer/Editor Sam Hockaday, Motion Graphics Elizabeth MacDonald--clay artist Ed Wierzbicki, Writer/Producer/Host Connecticut Public Television Improv Asylum's Vanity Project Chet Harding, Executive Producer/Writer/Actor WCVB/Improv Asylum incredibleMAINE---Granite Tamer Marilyn Taylor, Producer MPBN/incredibleMAINE Dave Wilkinson, Director Raising the Roof Elizabeth Cheng, Executive Producer WCVB Eye on Photography Stella Gould, Producer WCVB Chronicle Ellen Boyce, Editor
OUTSTANDING ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT SPECIALTY REPORT The Sounds of Sewage Scott Lapierre, Reporter/Video/Editor The Boston Globe Penguin Love Darren Durlach/Videojournalist The Boston Globe Martin Gee, Graphic Artist Royale Brothers 'confront the sorrow' Peter Huoppi, Photographer/Editor The Day Rick Koster, Reporter Porgy & Bess Series Jared Bowen, Reporter WGBH Behind the Scenes of Body of Proof Doreen Scanlon, Reporter/Writer/Producer WLNE From the Back Streets to Broadway Mike Piskorski, Photographer WTIC Jim Altman, Reporter
OUTSTANDING AUDIO Community Auditions: Star of the Day John Paul Peregrin, Live Audio Engineer Armstrong Interactive, Inc Byron Campbell, Producer Nick DeBeauvernet, Post- Production Audio Engineer Composite Jim Chapdelaine, Audio Mixer Connecticut Public Television Bristol, Rhode Island’s Fourth of July JoJo LaRiccia, Editor WSBE/LaRiccia Media Productions/MLP Communications A Celebration of History & Independence Mary Lou Palumbo, Voice Over/Talent/Producer 2011 Edition
OUTSTANDING BUSINESS/CONSUMER NEWS SPECIALTY REPORT Team 5 Investigates Bias in Business Development Kristen M. Setera, Investigative Producer WCVB Sean Kelly, Reporter NewsCenter 5 Consumer Composite Jennifer Berryman, Executive Editor WCVB Rapid Reply Susan Tran, Reporter WHDH Jennifer Savio, Producer Consumer Composite Mary Schwager, Producer WHDH Hank Phillippi Ryan, Reporter Consumer Composite Susan Hogan, Reporter WPRI John J. Villella, Jr., Photographer Les Breault, Photographer
OUTSTANDING CHILDREN/YOUTH PROGRAM Jonathan Bird's Blue World "Sully The Pilot Whale, Yucatan Sinkhole” WGBH/Jonathan Bird Productions Tim Geers, Cinematographer/Field Producer Pierre Seguin, Cinematographer/Field Producer Jonathan Bird, Host/Producer/Cinematographer Christine Bird, Executive Producer/Field Producer Kerry Hurd, Editor/Cinematographer/Writer Linda Hurd, Associate Producer Timothy Howe, Editor Todd Kelly, Cinematographer Arthur Cohen, Editor/Writer/Narrator Julia Cichowski, Production Manager Mia Peluso, Associate Producer Jose's Badly Animated Christmas John Marshall, Writer/Director/Producer/Cartoonist/Songwriter WPXT Dave Smith, Director of Animation Dan Seaver, Producer/Editor
OUTSTANDING COMMENTATOR/EDITORIALIST Jon Keller Composite Jonathan Keller, Talent WBZ WCVB-TV Editorials Bill Fine, President/General Manager WCVB Too Shea Jim Shea, Commentator WTIC Matthew Nodland, Photographer/Editor Face Time Bob Englehart, Commentator WTIC Daniel Putnam, Editor/Photographer
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL Pigeons Eran Lobel, Executive Producer Element Productions Marc Colucci, Director Knowledge Providence Scott Maiocchi, Director (add)ventures/riedc.com Stephen Rosa, Writer Mary Sadlier, Producer Keely Taylor, Producer The Original Mobile News App Chad Sherman, Producer/3D Artist WTIC/CT1 Media Joseph Schiltz, Creative Director/Writer Connecticut's Newsroom William Murphy, Writer/Producer WTIC/CT1 Media Joseph Schiltz, Creative Director Chad Sherman, Producer/Editor Christina Messino, Associate Producer Chris Moran, Art Director Boston Sports Pride Eran Lobel, Executive Producer Element Productions Marc Colucci, Director “Parade of Benefits” Fallon Community Health Plan Alan Chebot, Director/Executive Producer Parallax Productions Tara Haggett, Production Manager Cameron Femino, Associate Producer
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE-NO TIME LIMIT After Irene Jack Thurston, Reporter New England Cable News Springfield Tornado Diana Perez, Reporter WBZ Whitey Bulger Revealed Jonathan Wells, Producer WBZ Kathy Curran, Reporter Bulger Captured Andrew Vrees, News Director WCVB 9-11-10 years later Gene Valicenti, Reporter WJAR Commitment 2012: The New Hampshire Primary Alisha McDevitt, News Director WMUR Shaun Neville, Executive Producer Josh McElveen, Political Director The Komisarjevsky Trial Michael St. Peter News Director WVIT Amanda Raus, Reporter Dan Lee, Photographer
OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE-WITHIN 24HOURS Coverage of Tropical Storm Irene Michael St. Peter, News Director WVIT Deadly Tornadoes Andrew Vrees, News Director WCVB 7News at 6pm Hurricane Irene Special Leandro Ruiz, Producer WHDH Aaron Silverman, Producer Hurricane Irene John Verrilli, News Director WBZ February 2nd Winter Storm Amy Beveridge, News Director WMTW Komisarjevsky Sentenced to Death George Colli, Reporter WTIC
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR-LIVE OR LIVE TO TAPE Community Auditions: Star of the Day Robert Conover, Director, Live to Tape Armstrong Interactive, Inc. URI vs Charlotte Christian Ackerknecht, Director Cox Sports Television
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR-POST PRODUCTION Community Auditions: Star of the Day William Sarris, Director, Post Production Armstrong Interactive, Inc. Steven Kline, Producer Byron Campbell, Producer Barnum Lives Frank Borres, Director cpbn.org/Borres Productions Voices of Sculpture Chris Campbell, Director Palace Production Center/CineMuse, Inc. STEEL EARTH Jason Paris, Director Community Media Stations/TiLii, Tell IT Like IT IS Jamin Bricker, Director
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY Practice: Change - The Africa Yoga Project Story Dina Rudick, Director/Producer/Editor Anthem Multimedia War Zone/Comfort Zone Elizabeth Warren, Director/Writer/Producer Connecticut Public Television/Squidface Films Karen Silverstein, Editor Sam Hockaday, Motion Graphics Jennifer Boyd, Executive Producer Providence College: Black and White Christian Ackerknecht, Producer/Director Cox Sports Television There is My Home: Somali Bantu Farmers of Lewiston, Maine Amy Brown, Producer MPBN/Lanes Island Productions Coming Home John Freidah, Video Journalist The Providence Journal G.Wayne Miller, Writer Cecilia Prestamo, Editor Autism: Coming of Age Catherine Sager Producer WGBY/Veritech Corporation Karen Silverstein, Editor John E. Maher, Director of Photography Jeremy Cole, Production Manager Donald Wesson, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING EDITOR-NEWS-NO TIME LIMIT The Big Bad Bruins Jim Murphy, Video Editor WBZ Composite Paula Kaiser, Editor/Producer WFXT Composite Angelina Reyes, Editor WTIC Composite Scott Vargas, Photojournalist/Editor WTIC Composite Garth Millen, Editor WTIC Composite Daryl Vallez, Editor
OUTSTANDING EDITOR NEWS-WITHIN 24 HOURS Memorial Day: Sights & Sounds Paula Kaiser, Editor WFXT Composite Bill Barton, Editor WGME SWAT Challenge Mike Piskorski, Editor WTIC Composite Ryan Bernat, Editor WTIC
OUTSTANDING EDITOR-PROGRAM Barnum Lives Brian Katsis, Assistant Editor cpbn.org/Borres Productions Theodore Waldron Jr., Editor Jonathan Bird's Blue World-Editing Composite Jonathan Bird, Editor WGBH/Jonathan Bird Productions Arthur Cohen, Editor Timothy Howe, Editor Charlie Moore Outdoors Editing Composite Scott Losinger, Editor/Producer NESN/Mad Fish Productions Charlie Moore, Executive Producer/Editor TV Diner Puerto Rico Composite Scott Wholley, TV Diner Videographer New England Cable News Lunkerville - The Curse of Lunkerville Shannon Goldman, Editor Mountain Lake PBS/Rockville Pictures Inc. 2011 Home Run Derby Jason Gorden, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox
OUTSTANDING EDITOR-SHORT FORM Worcester Sharks Game Intro Ryan Hughes, Editor Charter TV3 Pigeons Kat Baker, Editor Element Productions Chris Santo, Editor Boston Sports Pride Kat Baker, Editor Element Productions Chris Santo, Editor Red Sox Report: September Open Tim Heintzelman, Editor The Boston Red Sox 2011 WCVB-TV Promos Richard Feindel Editor/Designer WCVB Composite Andreas Michaelides, Post-Production Editor WHDH
OUTSTANDING EDUCATION/SCHOOLS Inside Harvard Margaret Harper, Producer/Writer WCVB Anthony Everett , Reporter Education vs. Incarceration Cathy Jackman, Writer/Producer/Director Connecticut Public Television Jonathan Bird's Blue World Tim Geers, Cinematographer/Field Producer WGBH/Jonathan Bird Productions "Sharks, Symbiosis and Sea Lions" Jonathan Bird, Host/Producer/Cinematographer Christine Bird, Executive Producer/Field Producer Timothy Howe, Editor Pierre Seguin, Cinematographer/Field Producer Julia Cichowski, Production Manager Kerry Hurd, Editor/Cinematographer/Writer Arthur Cohen, Editor/Writer/Narrator Mia Peluso, Associate Producer Todd Kelly, Cinematographer Maine Watch: International Student Recruitment Jennifer Rooks, Producer/ Host MPBN Mark Austin, Director/Editor Susan Kimball, Producer/Reporter Chad Diamond, Videographer High School Quiz Show, Arlington vs. Natick Hillary Wells, Executive Producer WGBH Anne Adams, Senior Producer Kick Start John Marshall, Writer/Producer/Host WPXT Dan Seaver, Producer/Editor Dave Smith, Producer/Editor
OUTSTANDING ENVIROMENTAL PROGRAM Wild Weather Amy Masters Ribner, Producer WCVB Chronicle Bob Oliver, Photographer Desperate Alewives Frank Ferrel, Director/Producer/Writer Maine Public Broadcast Network Heidi Ann Perkins, Editor Brett Plymale, Videographer Chad Diamond, Videographer Saving Songbirds Phil Vaughn, Producer/Editor New Hampshire Public Television STEEL EARTH Jason Paris, Producer Community Media Stations/TiLii, Tell IT Like IT IS Jamin Bricker, Producer
OUTSTANDING FEATURE NEWS REPORT-LIGHT FEATURE Natick hairdresser is still working at 90 Scott Lapierre, Video/Editor The Boston Globe Dancing Cop, still traffic jamming at 64 Darren Durlach, Videojournalist The Boston Globe Karate Grannies John Christopher Auresto, Writer/Producer WFXT Paula Kaiser, Editor Street Stories: Twisted Talent John J. Villella, Jr., Videographer WPRI Walt Buteau, Reporter Traveler's Golf Boys John Charlton, Producer WTIC Shawn Sienkiewicz, Photographer Daytripper Blaze Jim Altman, Writer WTIC Garett Allison, Photographer
OUTSTANDING FEATURE NEWS REPORT-LIGHT SERIES Hope For Haiti Dustin Schultz, Photographer/Editor WTIC Sarah French, Anchor/Reporter Royal Wedding Bianca, De La Garza, Anchor WCVB Seeds of Peace Series Catherine Parrotta, Reporter WGME Daytrippers Mike Piskorski, Editor WTIC Sarah Cody, Reporter Jim Altman, Reporter Report It Recap Composite Chris Velardi, Producer/Reporter WTNH James Bagley, Editor Feast TV (Compilation) Michael St. Peter, News Director WVIT Jason Hawkins, Reporter Daryl Vallez, Photojournalist David Michnowicz, Photojournalist
OUTSTANDING GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORT Stanley Cup Ticket Scalping Chris Gobeille, Photojournalist/Editor WBZ Jim Armstrong, Reporter Assignment Afghanistan Sean Kelly, Reporter/Videographer/Editor WCVB Bittersweet Heather Unruh, Reporter WCVB Haiti Earthquake: One Year Later Susan Wornick, Reporter WCVB Who Killed Celina Cass? Amy Coveno, Reporter WMUR Dan Ryan, Videographer Monson Destruction John Charlton, Writer WTIC Robert Hoover, Photographer
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC ARTS-NEWS WBZ: Boston Marathon Graphics Arne Jensen, Design Director WBZ Erika Schneidewind, VizRT Artist Composite Christopher Guiton, Designer/Animator WHDH Composite Stefano Mitrano, Senior Designer/Animator WHDH/WLVI
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC ARTS-PROGRAM Barnum Lives Brian Katsis, Visual Effects Assistant cpbn.org/Borres Productions Theodore Waldron Jr., Visual Effects The Baseball Show TJ Powers, Art Director Comcast Sports Net Jason Brown, Sound Design Matthew Middleton, Graphic Designer Jason Sokol, Graphic Designer Alicia Chouinard, Graphic Designer Charlie Moore Outdoors Graphic Arts Charlie Moore, Executive Producer NESN/Mad Fish Productions Tuck's Gift Schuyler Scribner, Graphics Animation Producer New Hampshire Public Television Jose's Badly Animated Christmas John Marshall, Art Director WPXT Dave Smith, Director of Animation
OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC ARTS-SET DESIGN Kick Start Set John Marshall, Set Designer WPXT
OUTSTANDING HEALTH/SCIENCE PROGRAM One Pound at a Time Amelia Kunhardt , Reporter/Photographer/Editor Quincy Patriot Ledger It Came Back Amelia Kunhardt, Reporter/Photographer/Editor Quincy Patriot Ledger Emerging Science: Out of This World Kathryn A. Scott, Executive Producer Vermont Public Television Nate Huffman, Videographer/Editor Anya Huenke, Producer Chronicle: The Heart of the Matter Sangita Lee Chandra, Producer/Writer WCVB Anthony Everett, Narrator A New Beginning Jennifer Berryman, Producer/Writer WCVB Liz Brunner, Anchor/Reporter Barry Mullin, Editor Weight Loss Surgery ~ Advancing Medicine Tracy Furey, Producer WFSB Eric Budney, Editor Michael Arentz, Art Director Denise D'Ascenzo, Host
OUTSTANDING HEALTH/SCIENCE SPECIALTY REPORT Sending Them Home for the Holidays Bradley O'Connor, Producer/Director of Photography TheDaily Tim Malloy, Producer Head Games Jena Triggs, Producer/Writer WCVB Jennifer Berryman, Executive Editor Medical Team Composite Jennifer Berryman, Executive Editor WCVB Jena Triggs, Producer/Writer Saving Jordan Michael Montecalvo, Reporter WPRI John J. Villella, Jr., Videographer/Editor Synthetic Marijuana Legal Loophole Ayana Harry, Reporter WTIC Garth Millen, Photographer Bath Salts Ayana Harry, Reporter WTIC Angelina Reyes, Photographer
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL/CULTURAL FEATURE-SEGMENT Remembering 9/11 John Christopher Auresto, Producer WFXT 9/11: Departure Point Scott Lapierre, Video/Editor/Producer The Boston Globe A Death in Selma Scott Lapierre, Editor/Producer The Boston Globe Scott Helman, Video/Producer Lindos Suenos Tim Heintzelman, Editor/Producer Sarah Logan, Producer The Boston Red SoxVeteran Hero: Ken McPherson Rick LeBlanc, Editor WFXT Gene Lavanchy, Reporter Hidden History Michael Townsend, Producer/Photographer/Editor WTIC
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL/CULTURAL PROGRAM Barnum Lives Frank Borres, Producer cpbn.org/Borres Productions Boston; A Changed City - Paula McCarthy, Executive Producer Comcast Video Productions and Services Urban League of Eastern MA Jennifer Ferrara, Producer Kyle Jenkins, Editor Voices of Sculpture Chris Campbell, Producer Palace Production Center/CineMuse, Inc. The 60s in Connecticut Elizabeth Warren, Producer/Writer Connecticut Public Television Jennifer Boyd, Director/Producer Karen Silverstein Editor/Post-Producer Sam Hockaday, Motion Graphics Theatre on the Edge: Growing Art Julie Akeret, Director WGBY and Community at Double Edge Theatre Mark Langevin, Camera Dr. Mel: What a Ride It's Been Keith Porter, Photographer WTNH Janet Lopes, Producer Thomas Parent, Editor
OUTSTANDING PROGRAM HOST/MODERATOR Chronicle Composite Anthony Everett, Host WCVB Chronicle Jonathan Bird's Blue World, Composite Jonathan Bird, Host WGBH/Jonathan Bird Productions Composite Willem Lange, Host New Hampshire Public Television Chronicle Composite JC Monahan, Co-host WCVB Chronicle Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One, Kevin Bales Maria Hinojosa, Host WGBH High School Quiz Show Billy Costa, Host WGBH
OUTSTANDING INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM Occupy the Future Margaret Harper, Producer/Writer WCVB Chronicle Anthony Everett, Host New England Cooking with Chef John Mary Lou Palumbo, Producer Comcast Video Support Team Robert Marchioni, Editor/Director Empowering Connecticut Christina DeFranco, Producer/Writer/Director/Host Connecticut Public Television Adam Francis, Editor Virginia Fisher, Associate Producer Sam Hockaday, Graphics Sean Pallatroni, Composer Nick Rabar: Chef 2 Go - Back to the Shore Rick Conca, Producer/Editor Cox Sports Television Nick Rabar, Host
OUTSTANDING INTERVIEW/DISCUSSION PROGRAM MSL Educational Forum: "In Defense M. Kathryn Villare, Producer/Director/Editor Comcast SportNet/ of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate" Diane Sullivan, Producer/Host Massachusetts School of Law Pamela Coffman, Camera The Morning Show Krista Selmi, Executive Producer New England Cable News Nia Green, Producer Trevor Tamsen, Producer On The Record Rosemary Lappin, Producer WCVB Face the State: 9/11, Ten Years Later Malinda Govoni, Producer WFSB Dennis House. Moderator/Host Christopher Collibee, Assignment Manager Andy Jennings, Director Robert Goulston, Reporter Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One, Phylicia Rashad Patricia Alvarado Nuñez, Producer WGBH Basic Black, Uncle Tom in the 21st Century Valerie Linson, Series Producer WGBH Greater Boston with Emily Rooney Emily Rooney, Executive Editor/Host WGBH
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Spotlight: Unreasonable Doubt Darren Durlach, Videojournalist The Boston Globe Tom Farragher, Reporter Jonathan Saltzman, Reporter Marcella Bombardieri, Reporter Investigative Report Composite Kathy Curran, Reporter/Producer/Writer WBZ Jonathan Wells, Producer Fox Undercover Composite Mike Beaudet, Investigative Reporter WFXT Kevin Rothstein, Producer Richard Ward, Photographer James Goff, Photographer Allan DiMaio, Editor Aftermath Jennifer Savio, Producer WHDH Amanda Grace, Reporter Hank Investigates Composite Mary Schwager, Investigative Producer WHDH Hank Phillippi Ryan, Investigative Reporter Target 12 Investigators' Composite - 2011 Tim White, Investigative Reporter WPRI John J. Villella, Jr., Videographer Nicholas Domings, Investigative Producer Karen Rezendes, Assistant News Director
OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE FEATURE/SEGMENT Northeast Living - Michaela's Garden Jeff York, Supervising Producer WTIC/CT1 Media Christopher Panton, Producer Pete DiMatteo, Program Manager Tony Colapietro, Senior Producer Jonathan Bird's Blue World "Jake Gets Certified" Tim Geers, Cinematographer/Field Producer WGBH/Jonathan Bird Productions Pierre Seguin, Cinematographer/Field Producer Kerry Hurd, Editor/Writer/Cinematographer Jonathan Bird, Host/Producer/Cinematographer Christine Bird, Executive Producer/Field Producer Julia Cichowski, Production Manager Arthur Cohen, Editor/Writer/Narrator Mia Peluso, Associate Producer Todd Kelly, Cinematographer Timothy Howe, Editor Linda Hurd, Associate Producer TV Diner Travels to Bermuda Jennifer Johnson, Executive Producer/Co-host New England Cable News Billy Costa, Creator/Host The Price of War Kathy Bickimer, Producer WCVB Chronicle Judi Guild, Vidoeographer John Williams Stella Gould, Producer WCVB Chronicle JC Monahan, Reporter Provincetown Film Festival Judy Eustace, Associate Producer Comcast Video Productions & Services John Carchedi, Producer Jeff Clough, Editor
OUTSTANDING MAGAZINE PROGRAM Taken Amy Masters Ribner, Producer WCVB Chronicle TV Diner Travels to Puerto Rico Jennifer Johnson, Executive Producer /Cohost New England Cable News Billy Costa, Creator/Host The Boss - "Life is Good" Stacey Bronner, Executive Producer New England Cable News Carmen Gonzalez, Producer Mimi Segel, Associate Producer Dan Ferrigan, Photographer Chris Garvin, Photographer David Jacobs, Photographer Beth Kidwell, Editor Best of styleboston Terri Stanley, Executive Producer/Creator WCVB/styleboston
Paradise- St. John Island Kathy Bickimer, Producer WCVB Chronicle Judith Guild, Videographer Shayna Seymour, Reporter Assignment Afghanistan Sean Kelly, Producer WCVB
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT Community Auditions: Star of the Day Bill Holloman, Music Director Armstrong Interactive, Inc. Mitch Chakour, Music Director Nite Time Tune Brian Catell, Jump City Jazz Band Music Director WABI/Cashman Communications Blue World Season 3 Composite Bruce Zimmerman, Composer WGBH/Jonathan Bird Productions Jose's Badly Animated Christmas John Marshall, Songwriter WPXT
OUTSTANDING NEWS PRODUCER 7News at 11 James Svoboda, Executive Producer WHDH Daniel Gadbois, Producer Producer Composite Dana Killebrew, Producer WTIC
OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST-EVENING LARGE MARKET WBZ 5pm Newscast James Harrington, Producer WBZ Steven Bognar, Executive Producer WBZ-TV 6pm Newscast Seth Szilagyi, Producer WBZ Steven Bognar, Executive Producer WBZ-TV 11pm Newscast Kevin Osgood, Producer WBZ Elisabeth Bognar, Executive Producer NewsCenter 5 at Six: Bin Ladin Is Dead Barbara Baranowski, Producer WCVB NewsCenter 5 at 6 : Deadly Tornadoes Barbara Baranowski, Producer WCVB NewsCenter 5 at 11pm: Bulger Captured Chris Roach, Executive Producer WCVB
OUTSTANDING NEWSCAST-EVENING SMALL MARKET August 30, 2011 Newscast Anson Tebbetts, News Director WCAX WGME Newscast/Blizzard of 2011 Kim Block, Anchor WGME Cindy Valente, Director Brian Happel, Producer Gregg Lagerquist, Anchor News 8 at Six Amy Beveridge, News Director WMTW 6pm Newscast Monday June 6, 2011 Elysia Rodriguez, Anchor/Writer WWLP
OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHER-NO TIME LIMIT Growing up Muslim after 9/11 Suzanne Kreiter, Photographer/Editor The Boston Globe Where were you on 9/11 Darren Durlach, Videojournalist The Boston Globe Composite Dina Rudick, Videojournalist The Boston Globe Composite Eric Budney, Photographer WFSB Street Stories Composite John J. Villella, Jr., Videographer/Editor WPRI Composite Mike Piskorski, Photographer WTIC Composite David Michnowicz, Photojournalist WVIT
OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHER-NEWS WITHIN 24 HOURS Man with no arms throws out first pitch Darren Durlach, Videojournalist The Boston Globe Composite Chris Gobeille, Photojournalist/Editor WBZ Composite Dominick Aielli, Photojournalist/Editor WBZ Composite Nathan Isenor, Photographer, Editor WBZ Biddeford Plane Crash/Red's Revival Brian Bechard, Photographer WGME SWAT Challenge Mike Piskorski, Photographer WTIC
OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHER-PROGRAM Jonathan Bird's Blue World Composite Tim Geers, Cinematographer WGBH/Jonathan Bird Productions Jonathan Bird, Cinematographer Pierre Seguin, Cinematographer TV Diner Composite Scott Wholley, TV Diner Videographer New England Cable News Saving Songbirds Steve Giordani, Photographer New Hampshire Public Television
2011: Scenes of Fenway Tim Heintzelman, Cinematographer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Keith Macri, Cinematographer Chronicle Composite Bob Oliver, Videography WCVB/Chronicle Composite Eric Budney, Photographer/Editor WFSB
OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHER-SHORT FORM Worcester Sharks Game Intro Ryan Hughes, Photographer Charter TV3 TV Diner Promo Composite Scott Wholley, TV Diner Videographer New England Cable News 2011 WCVB-TV Promos Richard Feindel, Photographer/Editor WCVB
OUTSTANDING POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SPECIALTY REPORT Parents React to Boston School Assignments Lauren Frohne, Videojournalist The Boston Globe Darren Durlach, Videojournalist/Editor Scott Lapierre, Videojournalist Aram Boghosian, Videojournalist John Tlumacki, Videojournalist Team 5 Investigates Government Waste Sean Kelly, Reporter WCVB Kristen M. Setera, Producer Government Watchdog Composite Mike Beaudet, Reporter WFXT Kevin Rothstein, Producer Richard Ward, Photographer James Goff, Photographer Allan DiMaio, Editor Political composite Sharman Sacchetti, Reporter WFXT Racial Profiling in CT Anthony Dilorenzo, Reporter WTIC Angelina Reyes, Photographer
OUTSTANDING PROMOTION NEWS-CAMPAIGN The Only News at 9 "Urgency" Campaign Anthony Sutliff, Producer/ Editor/Designer New England Cable News Stacey Bronner, Producer WBZ: A Good Start Starts Here Jonathan Case, Producer/Camera/Editor WBZ WBZ: Boston Marathon 2011 Sean Barnacoat, Producer WBZ Jonathan Case, Producer Katy Lipe, Producer WCVB NewsCenter 5 EyeOpener Richard Feindel, Photographer WCVB Matthew Lebowitz, Producer/Writer/Editor Air Show Countdown Matt Earl, Executive Producer WMTW Niki Turner, Editor/Graphics Fox Connecticut News More Campaign William Murphy, Writer/Producer/Time Lapse Video WTIC Joseph Schiltz, Creative Director Chad Sherman, Producer/Editor Chris Moran, Art Director Christina Messino, Associate Producer Scott Vargas, Videographer
OUTSTANDING PROMOTION NEWS-SINGLE SPOT Fox Connecticut News- 24/7 William Murphy, Writer/ Producer/Time Lapse Video WTIC Joseph Schiltz, Creative Director Chad Sherman, Producer/Editor Chris Moran, Art Director Christina Messino, Associate Producer Scott Vargas, Videographer 7 News 11pm Image Karen Levy, Writer/Producer WHDH Tiffany Middleton-Riva, Writer/Producer Christopher Guiton, Design Director WCVB NewsCenter 5 at 5 Richard Feindel, Photographer/Editor WCVB Grant Horne, Producer WCVB Year Ender Richard Feindel, Designer/Photographer/Editor WCVB Russ Nelligan, Writer/Producer Grant Horne, Producer Maine State Crime Lab Matt Earl, Executive Producer WMTW Niki Turner, Writer/Editor
Fox Connecticut News - More William Murphy, Producer/Time lapse Video WTIC Joseph Schiltz, Creative Director Chad Sherman, Producer/Editor Chris Moran, Art Director Christina Messino, Associate Producer Scott Vargas, Videographer
OUTSTANDING PROMOTION NEWS SINGLE SPOT-SAME DAY Army vs. Holy Cross Intro Ryan Hughes, Producer/Graphics/Editor Charter TV3 WBZ: Bright Headlights Sean Barnacoat, Producer WBZ Jonathan Case, Designer/Editor WBZ: Bomb Barrels Sean Barnacoat, Producer WBZ WBZ: Bully Bosses Sean Barnacoat, Producer WBZ Jonathan Case, Designer/Editor Tornados Strike Russ Nelligan, Creative Director/Writer/Producer WCVB Grant Horne, Producer
OUTSTANDING PROMOTION PROGRAM-CAMPAIGN I Like It - Facebook Campaign Michael Cox, Director/Producer/Designer WVIT Mike Aransky, Director/Producer Boston Bruins To Be Continued... Kevin Shea, Producer NESN Live For Hockey: Bruins Playoffs Bethany Marshall, Writer/Producer NESN Happy Judgment Day from TV38 Evan Berenson, Producer WBZ/WSBK Jonathan Case, Designer/Editor Phantom Gourmet: Food TV Evan Berenson, Producer WBZ/WSBK
OUTSTANDING PROMOTION PROGRAM-SINGLE SPOT Celtics Playoffs Trailer TJ Powers, Producer Comcast SportsNet Jason Brown, Producer/Editor Skip Perham, Producer We've Got What You Need Eran Lobel, Executive Producer Element Productions The Folklorist - The Christmas Truce (Teaser) Jesse Kreitzer, Producer/Director/Camera/Editor NewTV The Folklorist (Teaser) Jesse Kreitzer, Producer/Director/Camera/Editor NewTV WBZ: Your Home for Patriots Football Evan Berenson, Producer WCVB Ellen DeGeneres Launch Richard Feindel, Editor WCVB Russ Nelligan, Creative Director/Producer Barbara Comiskey, Producer Grant Horne, Producer
OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT-CAMPAIGN NHPTV Counts Campaign Carla Russell, Producer/Editor New Hampshire Public Television Pan Mass Challenge - PWC PSA's Lisa Ziegler, Producer/Writer WCVB
OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT-SINGLE SPOT City Year PSA Scott Maiocchi, Director (add)ventures Stephen Rosa, Producer Flickers-Festival 2011 George T. Marshall, Executive Producer WJAR/FLICKERS/RIIFF Impact Parents Choice Deborah Hoch, Producer Megastar Productions, Inc. My Life, My Choice - 7DayPSA Chuck Green, Producer New England Media Coalition/FLICKERS/7DAYPSA It Gets Better Keith Macri, Producer/Editor The Boston Red Sox Tim Heintzelman, Producer Pan Mass Challenge: Greg and Marcia Richard Feindel, Photographer/Editor WCVB Barbara Comiskey, Producer
OUTSTANDING REPORTER-FEATURE/HUMAN INTEREST Composite Jack Thurston, Reporter New England Cable News Composite David Wade, Reporter/Writer WBZ Composite Shayna Seymour, Reporter WCVB/Chronicle Composite Liz Brunner, Reporter WCVB Jim Altman Feature Composite Jim Altman, Reporter WTIC Charlton Feature Composite John Charlton, Reporter WTIC
OUTSTANDING REPORTER-GENERAL ASSIGNMENT Composite Laurie Perez, Reporter WTIC Composite Jim Armstrong, Reporter WBZ Composite Kate Merrill, Reporter WBZ Composite Jonathan Elias, Reporter WBZ Composite Susan Tran, Reporter WHDH Composite John Charlton, Reporter WTIC
OUTSTANDING REPORTER-INVESTIGATIVE Composite Kathy Curran, Reporter/Producer/Writer WBZ Composite Michele McPhee, Reporter WCVB Composite Mike, Beaudet, Investigative Reporter WFXT Hank Investigates Composite Hank Phillippi Ryan, Reporter WHDH
OUTSTANDING REPORTER-SPORTS Mike Lynch Red Sox Exclusives Scott Isaacs, Executive Producer WCVB Composite John Holt, Reporter WFSB
OUTSTANDING SOCIETAL CONCERNS Growing Up Gay Amy Masters Ribner, Producer WCVB Chronicle The Triple Bottom Line Frank Ferrel, Director/Producer/Writer Maine Public Broadcast Network Heidi Ann Perkins, Editor Brett Plymale, Videographer Real Heroes 2011 Ryan Hughes, Producer/Director of Photography/Editor Charter TV3/Slide Rule Pictures Justice for Jason: Foreman John Freidah, Video Journalist The Providence Journal family strives to change Rhode Island law Cecilia Prestamo, Editor September 11: Ten Years Later Jennifer Berryman, Executive Editor/Producer WCVB Liz Brunner, Anchor/Reporter Bullying Series Jennifer Bernstein, Reporter WTIC
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGE 2011 Annual South Boston Saint Patrick's Day Parade Paula McCarthy, Executive Producer Comcast Video Productions & Mary Lou Palumbo, Producer Services Erik Amaral, Production Tech Manager Connecticut Network: 2011 Inauguration Day Coverage Paul Giguere, Project Manager Connecticut Network, CT-N Diane Smith, Senior Producer/Host Cindy Liburd, Senior Producer Infinity Hall Live: An Evening with the Smithereens Jennifer Boyd, Producer Connecticut Public Television Paul Smith, Lighting/Camera Edward Gonsalves, Director Sam Hockaday, Motion Graphics Karen Silverstein, Post Producer/Editor Jim Chapdelaine, Sound Mixing Scott Phillips, Project Manager New Year's Eve Live: Boston Family Fireworks Jonathan Cain, Producer New England Cable News Todd Jordan, Director Latoyia Edwards, Host Erick Weber, Host Holiday Lights Gregory Kidd, Director WCVB Bob Comiskey, Producer Anthony Everett, Host JC Monahan, Host Together in Song Festival Finale Lynn Page, Producer WGBY
OUTSTANDING SPORTING EVENT/GAME-LIVE/UNEDITED Boston Celtics Basketball Paul Lucey, Producer Comcast SportsNet Andrew Levine, Associate Producer Jeff Grice, Editor URI vs Charlotte Christian Ackerknecht, Director Cox Sports Television 2011 Boston Marathon Jackie Connally, Executive Producer WBZ
OUTSTANDING SPORTS FEATURE/SEGMENT Villains: The Bad Guys of Boston Sports Len Mead, VP Programming Comcast SportsNet Torey Champagne, Producer/Editor/Director T.J. Powers, Creative Director 4th of July Reunion John Robert Carter, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Keith Macri, Producer Tim Heintzelman, Producer 2011 All-Star Game John Robert Carter, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Tim Heintzelman, Producer 2011 Home Run Derby John Robert Carter, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Jason Gorden, Producer Tim Heintzelman, Producer Tim Wakefield's 200th Win John Robert Carter, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Keith Macri, Producer Tim Heintzelman, Producer Football Behind The Fence John Holt, Producer/Editor WFSB Golden Gloves Evans Boston, Reporter WGME David Dane, Photographer
OUTSTANDING SPORTS ONE TIME SPECIAL Charlie Moore Outdoors Holiday Episode Charlie Moore, Host/Executive Producer NESN/Mad Fish Productions Scott Losinger, Producer/Editor Angela Moore, Co-Host/Associate Producer Stags Country Noah Finz, Producer/Host-P Garyn Productions SNY Casey Timmeny, Producer-Fairfield University Media Center Quinnipiac University: Bobcats Unleashed Peter Sumby, Producer/Director NESN/Quinnipiac University Michael Calia, Writer Michael Schleif, Graphics/Animation Red Sox Report, Beyond Baseball: David Ortiz John Robert Carter, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Sarah McKenna, Producer Keith Macri, Producer Jason Gorden, Producer Tim Heintzelman, Producer Red Sox Report: A Look Back at 2011 John Robert Carter, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Sarah McKenna, Producer Tim Heintzelman, Producer Keith Macri, Producer Chronicle Running David Brown, Reporter/Writer/Producer WCVB
OUTSTANDING SPORTS SERIES Chevrolet SportsNet Central Kevin Miller Sr., News Director Comcast SportsNet John Zannis, Executive Producer Brian O'Neill, Producer Friars All access: Show #2 Rick Conca, Producer Cox Sports Television Alexandra Contos, Editor Salim Makhlouf, Videographer High School Sports Weekly Eran Lobel, Executive Producer Element Productions Charlie Moore Outdoors with Guest Micky Ward Charlie Moore, Host/Executive Producer NESN/Mad Fish Productions Scott Losinger, Producer/Editor Red Sox Report, September: Episode 1 John Robert Carter, Producer NESN/The Boston Red Sox Sarah McKenna, Producer Keith Macri, Producer Tim Heintzelman, Producer Abbey Thelin, Producer Matt Bair, Producer UMass Sports Insider Josh Maurer, Show Producer/Host WSHM/UMass Sports Network KSPORTS New England Jimmy Young, Producer NESN/YBA Productions/Winn Media Group
OUTSTANDING SPORTS SPECIALTY REPORT Derby Dames Ally Donnelly, Reporter New England Cable News John Hammann, Videographer Honoring NBA Great Bill Russell Darren Durlach, Videojournalist The Boston Globe Sopan Deb, Videojournalist Running Pioneer Returning to Manchester Peter Huoppi, Photographer/Editor The Day Fenway Park's Historic Wall Rick LeBlanc, Editor WFXT Gene Lavanchy, Reporter Ted Cooper, Photographer Sports Report Compilation John Charlton, Producer WTIC The Fighter Michael St. Peter, News Director WVIT Kevin Nathan, Sports Director David Michnowicz, Photojournalist
OUTSTANDING SPOT NEWS Killer Tornadoes John Verrilli, News Director WBZ Bin Ladin Is Dead: NewsCenter 5 at 11p Chris Roach, Executive Producer WCVB The Day Tornados Hit Massachusetts Paula Kaiser, Producer/Editor WFXT Thank God They Weren't Home Anne McNamara, Reporter WGME River Rescue Jean Mackin, Reporter WMUR Scott Hazzard, Videographer Jim Breen, Videographer Springfield Tornado John Chambers, Technical Producer WSHM Brian Kowalenko, Graphics Anne Thomas, Producer Dave Ward, News Director
OUTSTANDING TEAM COVERAGE Whitey Bulger John Verrilli, News Director WBZ Hurricane Irene Coleen Marren, News Director WTIC
OUTSTANDING VIDEO JOURNALIST Garden of Remembrance John Wilcox, Photographer/Producer Boston Herald The Way Up Lauren Frohne, Videographer/Writer/Editor The Boston Globe Composite Scott Lapierre, Video/Writer/Editor/Producer The Boston Globe Hope for the Holidays Abbey Niezgoda, Video Journalist WLNE Composite Randy Gyllenhaal, Video Journalist WPTZ Composite Shawn Sienkiewicz, Video Journalist WTIC
OUTSTANDING WRITER-NEWS The Pilot's Widow Eileen Curran, Producer/Reporter/Writer New England Cable News Composite Kate Merrill, Reporter WBZ Composite Christina Hager, Writer/Reporter WBZ Composite David Wade, Writer/Reporter WBZ Composite Jim Altman, Reporter WTIC Composite John Charlton, Reporter WTIC
OUTSTANDING WRITER-PROGRAM Barnum Lives Frank Borres, Writer cptv.org/Borres Productions Composite Kathy, Bickimer, Writer WCVB Chronicle Chronicle: The Main Streets & Back Roads of Vermont's Addison County Sangita Lee Chandra, Producer-Writer WCVB A New Beginning Jennifer Berryman, Producer/Writer WCVB Composite Tracy Furey, Writer WFSB Jose's Badly Animated Christmas John Marshall, Screenwriter WPXT
OUTSTANDING WRITER-SHORT FORM Composite Bethany Marshall, Writer NESN WCVB Year Ender Russ Nelligan, Writer WCVB Grant Horne, Writer Composite James Bartone, Writer/Editor/Producer WPRI
2012 STUDENT AWARD NOMINEES & **RECIPIENTS
College/University Student Production Newscast **EIV News Live @ 9 - 12/7/2011 Joshua Sackheim, News Director Emerson Independent Video Joe Hyer, Executive Producer Jaclyn Cangro, Executive Producer
College/University Student Production-News General Assignment **Old School vs. New in District Two Council Race Joshua Sackheim, Reporter Emerson Independent Video President Obama Speaks Out On Jobs Matt Fitzgerald, Reporter/Editor/Writer Curry College Television Working Out In Public Spaces Christian Bergren-Aragon, Reporter Emerson Independent Video Mitt Romney: Celebrity Candidate Christina Winske, Reporter WEBN-TV Camp Alex Ross Lippman, Reporter Emerson Independent Video Cain Campaign Up In Smoke Joshua Sackheim, Reporter Emerson Independent Video Is Occupy Boston Losing Its Edge? Joshua Sackheim, Reporter Emerson Independent Video
College/University Student Production-Arts & Entertainment/Cultural Affairs **Huntington Theater Gift Brittany Berkowitz, Reporter Emerson Independent Video
College/University Student Production-Long Form-Non/Fiction **Hidden Hollow: Parts 1 & 2 Ross Lippman, Reporter Emerson Independent Video The Real Stephen Lang Kait Reyell, Reporter Northeastern University Television Inside the Grapefruit League Ryan Pfeiderer, Producer WEBN-TV
College/University Student Production-Public Affairs/Community Service **Speechless Dawn DiCicco, Senior Producer The Emerson Channel Megan Lutz, Senior Producer
College/University Student Production-Writing **Josh Sackheim Writing Entry Joshua Sackheim, Writer/Reporter Emerson Independent Video
College/University Student Production-Talent **Joshua Sackheim Anchor Composite Joshua Sackheim, Anchor Emerson Independent Video
College/University Student Production-Commercial **Intrepid Cub Reporter Promo Kevin Cochran, Writer/Editor Emerson Independent Video
**Plaques Awarded