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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES NATIONAL CAPITAL CHESAPEAKE BAY CHAPTER JUNE 26, 2021 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Welcome to the Virtual 63rd Capital Emmy Awards! the Pros held each year for students and journalists in the beginning stages of their careers. Her impact on student Want to watch something good on television? We’ve got journalists throughout the years has been immeasurable. it right here as we celebrate another year of excellence in Television Arts in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Deborah Weiner of WBAL–TV11 News in Baltimore, Your colleagues and coworkers have done outstanding Maryland is this year’s Ted Yates Award recipient. Deb work this year under unimaginable circumstances, and has worked as a journalist for more than three decades. we’re going to celebrate all of it tonight. She has spent nearly two decades at WBAL-TV covering everything from Maryland Holocaust survivors to teen Think about what we all did this year. Against the backdrop victims of Baltimore crime. Last year she produced the of an unprecedented pandemic, you rose to the awesome documentary “NO MINOR CRIME” which chronicled the responsibility of covering a social revolution and an tragedies of the young people killed in the streets of election season like no other, all through the lens of public Baltimore during 2019. She then served as an indelible health, voting rights and inclusion. Your coverage of these piece of continuing COVID-19 coverage for the rest of the events will be the recorded history and tools of progress year while suffering from the deadly virus. We’ve always for future generations. referred to this recognition as our “Profile in Courage.” Deb fits that definition perfectly. I am happy to report to you that the Capital Emmy Chapter is stronger than ever. We continue to be one of the largest In addition to Sue and Deborah, tonight we toast almost chapters in the National Academy. This is a credit to 400 entries in 126 different categories … a specular the hard work of the Board of Governors, the Chapter’s representation of the creativity you used to tell stories and Executive Committee, and the Chapter’s staff. I hope they produce shows, newscasts and content. know how much they are appreciated. We’ll have to toast virtually this year, but I have some good I also want to recognize two stations that have made a news. Mark June 25, 2022 in your calendars. We’ll gather unique commitment to our organization. Maryland Public together next year at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Television and WTVR in Richmond are our Capital Emmy Conference Center and are already making plans to make Partners. This commitment is a significant investment that the best in-person ceremony ever. But first … on with in our Academy and provides membership status to all the best VIRTUAL ceremony ever. their employees. We greatly appreciate their support and encourage other stations to become Capital Emmy Partners as well! Congratulations to all of tonight’s nominees and Emmy recipients! Tonight, we also honor two others for their contributions to our profession.

Sue Kopen Katcef is this year’s recipient of the Chapter’s Jason Gittlen, Board of Governors Award. Sue is recently retired from NATAS-NCCB President teaching at the University of Maryland as well as the former Capital News Service Bureau Director of the Merrill College of Journalism. She currently does freelance work for MPT’s News Division. Sue has been the heart and soul of the Chapter’s educational mentoring program Face Time with

PAST PRESIDENTS

Robert L. Adams John S. Douglass William J. McCarter Ellis Shook Richard K. A’Hearn Holly Fine Sean McGarvy James Silman Paul L. Berry Les Heintz Fran Murphy Sue Ann Staake-Wayne David Brinkley Jim Hollingsworth Dan O’Brien Richard C. Stratton Lillian Brown Jack W. Hunter Sandra Pastoor Thom R. Winkler Stephanie Campbell Frank Kavanaugh John Secondari Joy Allison Zucker-Tiemann

2 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS

Jason Gittlen Kate Kelly President 2nd Vice President WRC WETA

Adam Longo Jumoke Davis 1st Vice President Secretary WUSA9 Less Traveled Media

NATIONAL TRUSTEES

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Jason Gittlen Fernando Pizzaro Joe Yasharoff WRC NPR Montgomery Community Media and University of Maryland - Alternate

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Will Anderson Barbara Ciara Janette Luviano Eric Pritchett Regional Vice President WTKR Telemundo 44/WZDC WVIR Blue Ridge Rachel DePompa Samara Martin-Ewing Tiffany Townsend Terry Bryant WWBT WUSA9 American University Nicole Webb Jeff Gygax Peter O’Neal Regional Vice President Ava-joye Burnett WTTG WMAR WJZ WJZ Andre Hepkins Virginia Pancoe Donna Weston Candace Burns WBAL VPMedia WRC WTVR Joy Lambert Ben Pekkanen Amanda Zimmer Kathleen Cairns NBC Sports Washington Adam Longo U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs Cheryl Carson WUSA9 WJLA

EMMY NIGHT COMMITTEE

Virginia Pancoe Rachel DePompa Kate Kelly Tiffany Townsend Chair WWBT WETA VPMedia Nicole Webb Jason Gittlen Jason Marks WJZ Frank Batavick WRC WAVY Maryland Public Television Andre Hepkins Jessica Snyder Jumoke Davis WBAL WETA Less Traveled Media

JUNE 26, 2021 3 AWARDS COMMITTEE

Amanda Zimmer Jay Korff Samara Martin-Ewing Terri Tolliver Chair WJLA WUSA9 WTTG NBC Sports Washington Joy Lambert Fernando Pizarro Tiffany Townsend Kathleen Cairns NPR Adam Longo Donna Weston Jason Gittlen WUSA9 Jessica Snyder WRC WRC WETA

GOLD & SILVER CIRCLE COMMITTEE

Barbara Ciara Cheryl Carson Chris Gordon Joe Yasharoff Co-Chair WJLA WRC Montgomery Community WTKR Media and University of Kathleen Cairns Peter O’Neal Maryland Donna Weston WMAR-TV Co-Chair Pat Collins WRC WRC Virginia Pancoe VPMedia Tom Buckley Mike English WUSA9 Maryland Public Television Sylvia Reis WRC

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH COMMITTEE

Pieter Bickford Kathleen Cairns Kate Kelly Fernando Pizarro HighRock WETA NPR Josh Davidsburg Terry Bryant Freelance & University of Kate Kelly Tiffany Townsend American University Maryland WETA Nicole Webb Ava-joye Burnett Andrew Inches Sue Kopen Katcef WJZ WJZ Kennedy High School University of Maryland (Silver Spring, MD)

Carol Wynne Ashlyn Dixon Lisa Haynes Ryan Leigh, CPA Executive Director Associate Director Awards & Judging Accounting Services Wynne Dixon Association Wynne Dixon Association Manager CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Management, LLC Management, LLC DCTV

4 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB THE EMMY® AWARDS HOW THE EMMY® JUDGING PROCESS WORKS The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The Emmy® Award celebrates excellence in recognizes outstanding individual achievement in television with the announcement of the nominations the National Capital Chesapeake Bay region by in May and the awarding of statuettes in June. conferring annual awards of merit. In December and January, our Chapter receives hundreds of entries in 140 categories. After a The Emmy® Award is intended to recognize thorough review by the awards committee members, excellence. Therefore, in each category, one award, the entries are divided up among other NATAS more than one award or no award may be given. The Chapters. They are screened and judged online, or Awards Committee wants to remind NCCB members in-person at Super Panels, by seasoned TV station of the importance and honor of the nomination itself. staff, production companies, and independents who are experienced in the categories they have This year news, program and individual craft agreed to judge. This year, seven Chapters judged entries were judged online and in person by our entries and in turn, we will judge their entries panels in Boston, New York, Heartland, Lone Star, throughout the year. Ohio Valley, Pacific Southwest, and Suncoast. The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter’s Awards Programming and News categories have a high Committee reviewed the unidentified totals prepared score of 30; Crafts have a high score of 20. by the Certified Public Accounting firm of Bowling, When the scores come in, the accounting firm of Franklin and Co., LLP for the purpose of determining CliftonLarsonAllen LLP translates the scores into the number of awards to be given. percentages. So when it comes time for the Awards Committee to evaluate whether a category has Emmy® recipients and nominees, they get a blind category with a long list of percentages. After several years of doing it this way, the National Awards Committee has devised certain cut offs for scores THE BETTY ENDICOTT NATAS-NCCB that determine whether a category has winners and CHAPTER STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP nominees. As a general guideline, entries that score 90% or above are awarded an Emmy® and those that Elizabeth Doyle of Towson University score 80% or above receive a Nomination. Toluwalase Famuyide of the University of Maryland

JUNE 26, 2021 5 HOST | CANDACE BURNS HOST | ALBERTO PIMIENTA

Candace Burns co-anchors the Alberto Pimienta is a reporter for CBS 6 evening news in Richmond, Noticiero Telemundo 44, our sister Virginia. She joined the news station Telemundo 44/WZDC, team in 2014, after anchoring serving the Spanish-speaking and reporting in Flint, Michigan, community in the Washington, D.C. where she earned the Michigan area. Pimienta reports the latest Association of Broadcasters and most important news Excellence award for her reporting. for viewers and contributes to She is an Emmy award-winning NBC4 News. journalist who has been recognized Prior to joining Telemundo 44 in for her dedication to journalism and November 2017, Pimienta worked her service to the community by several organizations. as a political reporter for NY1, NY1 News and the 24- Candace serves as a board member for the National hour local Spectrum News stations from 2016 to 2017 Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of The National as a political reporter in Washington, D.C., covering Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She is an active Congress and the White House. Also covered the member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the National legislative shooting in Alexandria, the Republican and Association of Black Journalists. Democratic National Convention in 2016 in Cleveland and Philadelphia, President Donald Trump’s campaign closing event in New York, the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando and the violent protests in Charlotte. Pimienta also worked as a reporter at Voice of America (VOA) in Washington, D.C., from 2012 to 2016. He covered the protests in Ferguson, the riots in Baltimore and Chicago, the third Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and the Washington Navy Yard massacre. Pimienta holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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PRESENTERS

Thank you to all Category presenters from all of our participating stations! Please go to www.capitalemmys.tv/emmys for a complete list of presenters.

6 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD

This award reaches beyond those usually awarded for television news and Production. The Board of Governors Award recognizes achievements by individuals, organizations or companies in community service or other worthwhile endeavors within the National Capital Chesapeake Bay’s region. Historically, the Board of Governors Award is given for truly outstanding achievement and unique accomplishment of some duration and durability.

SUE KOPEN KATCEF Maryland Public Television and University of Maryland, Philip Merrill College of Journalism (retired) Award Recipient

Sue Kopen Katcef, an award-winning veteran broadcast journalist, is currently a freelance reporter for Maryland Public Television (with whom she previously worked from 1987-92). Kopen Katcef spent nearly two decades teaching full-time at her alma mater, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland (prior to that she was an adjunct instructor for a decade at the College). Sue served as the Broadcast Bureau Director of the Merrill College’s Capital News Service for ten years. Her students and their production, “Maryland Newsline” won dozens of local, regional and national awards for their work. Prior to coming to the Merrill College of Journalism, Sue was a reporter and anchor for WBAL Radio in Baltimore, where she continued to freelance for many years after leaving to teach full-time at the University of Maryland. Sue also worked as a reporter for WJZ Television and WCBM/Metromedia Radio, both in Baltimore. Sue is also involved at both the local and national levels for the Society of Professional Journalists. She served on SPJ’s national board for many years and last year served as chair of SPJ’s National Awards & Honors Committee. Sue is currently a member—and former chair—of the Education Committee of the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of NATAS. She is also a past member of the chapter’s board. Sue is also member of the Board of the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters’ Association (CABPA) where she has twice-served as president and is currently serving as secretary. In addition, Sue is also a longtime member of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). Sue’s reporting has earned many awards over the years. They include honors from the Radio-Television News Directors’ Association, the New York Festivals, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters’ Association, the American Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association. In 2017, Sue was inducted into the National Capital Chesapeake Chapter’s “Silver Circle” for Outstanding Contributions to the Broadcast Industry. She’s also been honored with the “Distinguished Service Award” from the Washington, D.C. Society of Professional Journalists chapter. And in 2007, she was initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. Sue is also the co-editor of “A Journalist’s Guide to Maryland’s Legal System”—a legal primer and contact resource for reporters (now in its Third Edition): https://online.flippingbook.com/view/691761/.

JUNE 26, 2021 7 TED YATES AWARD

Ted Yates was an NBC News producer who traveled the world on assignment. Killed in the practice of his profession, he is remembered for his achievements in journalism. This award is given to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding professional and personal qualities in their contribution to the National Capital Chesapeake Bay region’s television news and public affairs.

DEBORAH WEINER News Anchor, I-Team Reporter, WBAL Award Recipient

Deborah Weiner prides herself on this personal truth – the job of working in television news since 1987 has never once felt like a day at work. Deborah co-anchors WBAL-TV 11 News weeknights at 6 and 11 p.m. and produces reports for the 11 News I-Team. Deborah is a Baltimore native, having grown up in Pikesville and graduated from The Park School of Baltimore. She is a 1986 graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She also earned her master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Deborah’s first television job was at WYFF-TV in Greenville, South Carolina. She also worked at WBFF-TV in Baltimore as a reporter and anchor. In 1994, she took the leap to network news, working for ABC NEWS as a Washington Correspondent. In May 2002, Deborah joined WBAL-TV’s special projects unit and the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team, covering a variety of topics from politics to crime to social justice. In 2005, Deborah and her colleagues produced an hour-long documentary called “Survivors Among Us,” featuring the stories of local Holocaust survivors. In 2012, they produced the documentary, “Rebounding from Loss,” which profiled a Baltimore high school basketball team after the tragic loss of one of their players. Deborah has won numerous Emmy awards for in-depth reporting and writing along with many other industry accolades. Among her greatest honor is the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, which was awarded for her investigation of Baltimore’s juvenile justice system. Deborah is the daughter of a retired television talk-show producer and a prolific litigator. She and her attorney husband live in Baltimore City and are the parents of two grown children.

8 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB Winning and Nominated entries are made of many people, sometimes more than the names that are included on the entry form. To recognize and reward team members, order a Commemorative Statuette or Nomination or Production Award.

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CHESAPEAKE HERITAGE - LONG FORM CONTENT

Connecting Currents PIE-PS/Waverleigh Creative/ Kevin Krigsvold, Producer/Writer WHRO Michael Bibbo, Producer Chesapeake Beacons Maryland Public Television John Paulson, Producer Sarah Sampson, Producer Frank Batavick, Executive Producer

CHESAPEAKE HERITAGE - SHORT FORM CONTENT

The Local Oyster Stout Sincerely Visual Mark Burchick, Producer Jena Burchick, Producer

CHESAPEAKE HERITAGE - NEWS FEATURE

Tangier Island WVEC Stephen Wozny, Photographer/Producer Saving St. Francis on the James: This place WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter is dying as quickly as the people who once Curtis Akers, Photojournalist walked its hallways.

MILITARY - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Brothers in Arms: Please tell him I still WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter love him Cole Pearson, Photojournalist He Lost His Life in a Military Hospital: WUSA9 Laura Geller, Investigative Reporter Military Families Fight for Accountability The Last Witness: His Rough Waters finally WTVR Curtis Akers, Photographer at Peace Greg McQuade, Reporter Sailor Andrew Schmitz: A Stranger No WTVR Curtis Akers, Photographer More Greg McQuade, Reporter

MILITARY - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Stormtrooper Wargo Defense Media Activity Alexander Henninger, Editor/Producer The Sky Is The Limit: Meet Maddy Swegle, Defense Media Activity Austin Rooney, Producer The U.S. Navy’s First Black Female Tactical Jet Pilot 2020 Commandant of the Marine Corps Headquarters, U.S. Marine Erik Estrada, Director Birthday Message Corps, Communication Martha Schaeffer, Executive Producer Directorate Sustainable Competition Defense Media Activity Peter Ising, Director Patrick Doran, Associate Producer A Time of Honor U.S. Army Reserve Michel Sauret, Director/Producer Jerimiah Richardson, Director/Producer Maria Casneiro, Editor Calvin Reimold, Producer

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Red Tail Angels - The Story of The Air Force Television Anthony Young, Producer/Director Tuskegee Airmen Pentagon Juan Femath, Producer Unexpected: Navy SEAL Remi Adeleke’s Defense Media Activity Austin Rooney, Producer incredible story Jonathan Snyder, Videographer V-E Day 75th Anniversary Commemoration Defense Media Activity Jon Poindexter, Producer Alex Henninger, Producer

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Project Baltimore: A Second Sex Offender WBFF Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Ray Rogowski, Investigative Producer Dwayne Myers, Photographer Jed Gamber, Photographer Martes de Acción WFDC/Entravision Sara Suárez, News Director Marcela Rodríguez, Producer Who Watches the Watchers? WBFF Ruth Morton, Producer Joy Lepola-Stewart, Reporter You’ve Got Mail? WRC Rick Yarborough, Producer Jodie Fleischer, Reporter Jeff Piper, Photographer Project Baltimore: Shredding WBFF Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Dwayne Myers, Photojournalist Jed Gamber, Photojournalist Ann Costantino, Investigative Reporter The Lobbyist on Six Wheels: I hope I can be WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter a national voice for disability

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Inside a Drop Box WUSA9 Gabe Cohen, Reporter Alanna Delfino, Photojournalist

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

The Commonwealth's Choice WTVR Brandy Brown, Editor David Stotts, Director Misti Davidson, Producer Campaign Conversations WJLA Scott Thuman, Host AnnaMaria Di Pietro, Producer Lisa Lisko, Editor Daniel Lyon, Photographer VERIFY: Debunking Political WUSA9 Sarah Gahagan Lydick, Executive Producer Misinformation Erin Spaht, Producer Evan Koslof, Reporter Katrina Neeper, Producer Eliana Block, Producer Matthew Gregory, Reporter Adam Longo, Anchor

JUNE 26, 2021 11 TALENT: REPORTER - POLITICAL

Longo Political Composite WUSA9 Adam Longo, Reporter A Presidency, Controversy & the Race to WJLA Scott Thuman, Reporter Replace.

HISTORICAL/CULTURAL - NEWS (SINGLE SHIFT)

A Titan Remembers WJLA Heather Graf, Reporter That’s what it meant to people in Bedford WDBJ7 Tim Saunders, Reporter Denver Smith WTTG Jesse Burkett-Hall, Photographer Azubuike Ejiochi, Reporter El Sueño Americano Telemundo 44/WZDC Moisés Linares, Reporter/Producer Juosseef Hertz Alba, Sound Designer

HISTORICAL/CULTURAL - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Saving St. Emma’s: You have to remember WTVR Curtis Akers, Photographer what happened here was rooted in slavery Greg McQuade, Reporter Northern Virginia’s Covert Winery WUSA9 Laura Geller, Reporter Rebecca Knier, Editor Power of the Spoken Word WUSA9 Stephanie Wilson, Producer Ariane Datil, Reporter Haleigh Purvis, Photojournalist Eleanor Holmes Norton: A Movement That WUSA9 Stephanie Wilson, Producer Changed History Larry Miller, Reporter Loriston Sindass, Co-Producer An Unforgettable Hangover WAVY Jason Marks, Reporter Kevin Romm, Photographer

HISTORICAL/CULTURAL - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

A Public Calamity Field Studio Hannah Ayers, Co-Director Lance Warren, Co-Director How Black women used covert bake sales AJ+ Tabish Talib, Senior Producer to fight segregation A Journey of Education and Remembrance LCPS-TV Jeffrey Riegel, Producer/Editor An Unbreakable Code Department of Veterans Ben Pekkanen, Producer/Photographer/Editor Affairs Reynaldo Leal, Producer Tass Mimikos, Producer Lyndon B. Johnson, Executive Producer The Reunion WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter Ryan Eskalis, Photographer Moments in History: Chief Standing Bear The Administrative Office Of Brigitte Lyles, Writer/Producer The U.S. Courts

HISTORICAL/CULTURAL - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Why This Moment VPM Metta Bastet, Producer Domico Phillips, Producer Maryland Mystery Lady Maryland Public Television Amy Oden, Producer

12 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB Serving While Black WDCW Fran Murphy, Producer James Byrne, Producer Bob Kanner, Editor The Green Book, Then and Now WMAR Courtney Mims, Producer Lamont Williams, Photographer/Editor Patrick Pete, Host Christopher Verri, Drone Photographer Elsa M., Host

SOCIETAL CONCERNS - NEWS (SINGLE SHIFT)

Park Heights Grants WBFF Philip Dupont, Photojournalist Jeff Abell, Producer The Reason We’re Here - Demonstration at WRC Tracee Wilkins, Reporter the Lincoln Memorial Sean Casey, Photographer Carlos Olazagasti, Photographer Covid White Flags WJLA Sam Ford, Reporter Martin Doane, Photographer/Editor Ben Rice, Photographer/Editor Too Bad Out Here WBFF Ben Otte, Photojournalist Joy Lepola, Reporter

SOCIETAL CONCERNS - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

The man in black. WBFF Megan Gilliland, Reporter Luke Rollins, Photographer/Editor Covering Hunger in the COVID19-age WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter Ryan Eskalis, Editor Scott Smith, Editor Okorie. WUSA9 Eric Flack, Reporter Trabajadores Ambulantes WFDC/Entravision Rafael Sánchez-Cruz, Reporter/Producer/Editor Finding the Formula WBFF Alexa Ashwell, Reporter Emily Kallmyer, Photographer Meet the Black Southerners Confronting AJ+ Anna Kook, Producer Their Racist Town David Doherty, Camera/Editor

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CROWN Act: Finally Fair for ALL Hair VPM Kristen Lindo, Producer/Editor Amy Lacey, Reporter/Producer I See You WJLA Jay Korff, Producer Ryan Eskalis, Editor Feed Anne Arundel Swain Domain Bethany A Swain, Producer The History of Black Athlete Activism WRDE José Cuevas, Producer

JUNE 26, 2021 13 SOCIETAL CONCERNS - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

The Light of Hope for Childhood Trauma VPM Patty Nevadomski, Producer/Editor/Videographer Etched in Stone WVEC Janet Roach, Reporter Stephen Wozny, Photographer/Editor The Bottom Line County Cable Montgomery Susan Kenedy, Producer Mike Springirth, Videographer/Editor SPENT The Hidden Cost of Dementia Maryland Public Television Robert Ferrier, Producer/Director Daphne Glover Ferrier, Producer

RELIGION - NEWS (SINGLE SHIFT)

Curbside Confession WRC Tracee Wilkins, Reporter Carlos Olazagasti, Photographer

RELIGION - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Hope Amid Grief: Faith Leaders on 2021 WJZ Paul Gessler, Reporter Preaching During a Pandemic WBFF Joy Lepola-Stewart, Reporter Ruth Morton, Producer Priest Ordered Into Silence WRIC Kerri O’Brien, Reporter William McCue, Photographer Start the conversation, spark the change WTVR Candace Burns, Reporter Todd Haas, Photojournalist WJLA TV Exposes Historic Cemetery WJLA Scott Taylor, Investigative Reporter Selling Illegal Burial Plots Joshua Harrington, Photojournalist Gary Scurka, Producer

RELIGION - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Angel Armies Game On/Liberty Flames Jonah Jabbour, Producer Sports Network The Fisher of Men Food Truck WJLA Jay Korff, Photographer Ryan Eskalis, Editor Keeping Faith Favor Multi-Media, Inc Adrian Woodard, Executive Producer Adrian Woodard II, Producer/Videographer/Editor

EDUCATION/SCHOOLS - NEWS (SINGLE SHIFT)

7 + 1 = What? WAVY Jason Marks, Reporter Kevin Romm, Photographer

EDUCATION/SCHOOLS - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Back To School 2020 WMDT Julian Sadur, Reporter Trevor Taylor, Photographer Kid Pan Alley Music Class: It goes deeper WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter than Wheels on the Bus Enrollment Crisis WUSA9 Gabe Cohen, Reporter Alanna Delfino, Photojournalist

14 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB Kings 101 WUSA9 Lorenzo Hall, Reporter Rebecca Knier, Editor Project Baltimore: Michael WBFF Chris Papst, Reporter Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Dwayne Myers, Photojournalist Jed Gamber, Photojournalist Ray Rogowski, Investigative Producer

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EDUCATION/SCHOOLS - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Get Excited About the Creepy Crawly Stuff! Smithsonian National Air & Devon Eifel, Producer The GW Buzz Space Museum A Journey of Education and Remembrance LCPS-TV Jeffrey Riegel, Producer La vida del maestro en tiempos de Montgomery Community Andrea Sarralde, Reporter pandemia Media Tchad Moore, Cameraman

EDUCATION/SCHOOLS - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

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INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

How Vaccines Are Made WUSA9 Spencer Bruttig, Producer Tribute to NASA Earth Trailblazer National Institute of Scott Bednar, Producer Aerospace Jessica Wilde, Producer Just Call HighRock Studios Josh Youngbar, Director Healthcare’s New Home: A Barbershop Swain Domain Sidni Espinosa, Editor Story Bethany Swain, Producer Run. Hide. Fight. Rocket Media Group Ward LeHardy, Executive Producer Tom Feliu, Executive Producer

INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Spy Planes: Eyes in the Sky National Air And Space Jonathan Boyette, Producer Museum UNTAMED - Episode 201 - One Health VPM Clay Bretz, Producer Countdown to Mars - A Story of National Institute of Scott Bednar, Producer Perseverance Aerospace Jessica Wilde, Producer Matthew Schara, Editor David Shelton, Audio Engineer Lauren Ward, Videographer James Lucas, Videographer

JUNE 26, 2021 15 Mind-Blowing Science The Great Courses and Trisa Barnhill, Graphics Producer Scientific American Meet the Author Fairfax County Public Robin Noonan-Price, Producer Schools

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HEALTH/MEDICAL - NEWS (SINGLE SHIFT)

#TitouTough WJLA Victoria Sanchez, Reporter Joe Ball, Photographer

HEALTH/MEDICAL - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Project Baltimore: “It’s Affecting Our WBFF Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Children” Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Ray Rogowski, Investigative Producer Jed Gamber, Photographer Dwayne Myers, Photographer Covering COVID19 WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter Scott Smith, Photographer Therapy by Clara: She astounds me on a WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter daily basis Cole Pearson, Photographer Andrew’s Laughing Gas WBFF Emily Kallmyer, Photojournalist Shelley Orman, Reporter Raising 3 Sons With Autism WVEC Brandon Graves, Editor Adriana De Alba, Reporter

HEALTH/MEDICAL - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

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HEALTH/MEDICAL - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Roller Coaster Journey of COVID-19 VPM Patty Nevadomski, Producer/Videographer/Editor

16 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB VERIFY: Clearing Up COVID19 Confusion WUSA9 Sarah Gahagan Lydick, Executive Producer Katrina Neeper, Producer Mia Salenetri, Writer Evan Koslof, Reporter Erin Spaht, Producer Eliana Block, Producer

TALENT: REPORTER - MEDICAL

Victoria Sanchez Health Reporter 2020 WJLA Victoria Sanchez, Reporter

TECHNOLOGY - NEWS

Make Your Vote Count: Virginia Defends WUSA9 Michael Valerio, Reporter Against Cyber Attacks & Crashes They’re Not Going Anywhere WAVY Jack Noonan, Photojournalist

TECHNOLOGY - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Future of Farming: Drones Maryland Public Television Stefanie Robey, Producer

TECHNOLOGY - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

La Magia de Da Vinci Emerson Diversity Health Fabián Sandoval, Host Foundation Andrea Sarralde, Executive Producer/Reporter Julio César Estay, Editor/Cameraman Jacinto Vargas, Producer Ruth Yubitza Vega, Producer Audrey Escotto, Co-Host

LIFESTYLE - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

HeartThreads Docs - Michael Platt WUSA9 Francis Abbey, Associate Producer/Photographer Megan Yoder, Producer Goats for Hire- The Four Legged Maryland Public Television Harpreet Kaur, Segment Producer Landscaping Crew

LIFESTYLE - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Fishing Virginia WFXR George Noleff, Producer/Reporter Curt Schruth, Photographer/Editor News4 Parents WRC Susan Hogan, Producer Perkins Broussard, Editor Melissa Mollet, Reporter Lance Ing, Photographer Tracee Wilkins, Reporter Molette Green, Reporter Adam Tuss, Reporter Un-Wine’d VPM Shari Pennington, Producer Tassie Pippert, Host/Producer

JUNE 26, 2021 17 ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - NEWS (SINGLE SHIFT)

Painting for a Purpose WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter Ryan Eskalis, Editor An Impressive “FEET” WWBT A.J. Nwoko, Producer

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Filmmaker Jesse Vaughn’s Most Important WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter Role: I couldn’t turn her down Cole Pearson, Editor The Photographer’s Project WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter Scott Smith, Photographer The Rappin’ Teacher WWBT Karla Redditte, Reporter

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Rags’ GMU Tryout WETA Judy Meschel, Producer Glenn Baker, Executive Producer Bob Ross Exhibit WETA Judy Meschel, Producer Glenn Baker, Executive Producer One Window Picture This Productions Robert Shore, Director/Producer

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Beethoven @ 250 Birthday Bash National Philharmonic Jim Kelly, Executive Producer Robert Pullen, Executive Producer Kyle Schick, Producer Andy Brattain, Producer Rhea: A Life in Television Maryland Public Television Linda Taggart, Executive in Charge of Production Eric Neumann, Producer When Art is Inspired by Circumstance WHRO Mike Diller, Producer Lisa Godley, Producer Vivaldi: Four Seasons National Philharmonic Jim Kelly, Executive Producer Kyle Schick, Producer Robert Pullen, Executive Producer Andy Brattain, Producer

DOCUMENTARY - CULTURAL | TOPICAL

Unmarked Shaking Hands Brad J. Bennett, Co-Director/Producer Productions, LLC Chris Haley, Co-Director/Co-Producer

18 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB Dismantling Democracy VPM Allen Clements, Director Glenn Crossman, Producer Larry Sabato, Producer Stephen Humble, Producer Kenneth Stroupe, Writer Jordan Graff, Lead Editor Steve Buckwalter, Director of Photography Derek Dienner, Producer Tara Setmayer, Narrator Frauke Levin, Archival Producer Aaron Dienner, Associate Editor Signing Black in America The Language & Life Project Neal Hutcheson, Producer Danica Cullinan, Producer Walt Wolfram, Executive Producer Registered & Enrolled: “They Knew He Was WBFF Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer A Predator” Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Dwayne Myers, Photographer Jed Gamber, Photographer 112 Days WTVR Brandy Brown, Editor David Stotts, Editor Andres Jimenez, Graphic Artist Rob Byrne, Graphic Artist Misti Davidson, Producer Curtis Akers, Videographer Jeremiah Banks, Videographer HEARD Belltower Pictures David Powers, Producer Martin Montgomery, Director Angelia Kane, Associate Producer No Minor Crime WBAL Deborah Weiner, Executive Producer/Reporter Chuck Cochran, Producer/Primary Videographer/Editor Bridget McGeady, Videographer/Editor

DOCUMENTARY - HISTORICAL

Nobody Wants Us Seltzer Film & Video, LLC Laura Seltzer-Duny, Producer/Director/Executive Producer Stephen Morewitz, Executive Producer Oversight Pendragwn Productions Michael Skinner, Executive Producer Jon Michael Shink, Executive Producer

MAGAZINE PROGRAM (SINGLE PROGRAM)

Beyond The Lens 2020: In Ama’s Eyes WTTG Ama Arthur-Asmah, Producer/Photojournalist/Editor School Interrupted Field Studio Hannah Ayers, Co-Director Lance Warren, Co-Director The Art Scene - Episode 9 19Red Pam Hervey, Managing Producer Todd Hervey, Managing Director George Parker, Senior Editor Whitney Whiting, Editor Hannah Parker, Associate Producer

JUNE 26, 2021 19 MAGAZINE PROGRAM (SERIES)

Maryland Farm & Harvest Episode 805 - Maryland Public Television Joseph Ligo, Series Producer/Director COVID-19 Special Harpreet Kaur, Segment Producer Abigail Sussman, Associate Producer Frank Batavick, Executive Producer The Art Scene 19Red Pam Hervey, Managing Producer Todd Hervey, Managing Director George Parker, Senior Editor Whitney Whiting, Editor Hannah Parker, Associate Producer CIRCLE Maryland Farm & Harvest Episode 711 - Maryland Public Television Joseph Ligo, Series Producer/Director Maryland-Made Drinks Harpreet Kaur, Segment Producer Stefanie Robey, Segment Producer Abigail Sussman, Associate Producer Frank Batavick, Executive Producer Gold Silver Black Artists in Montgomery County Montgomery Community Diane Roberts, Producer/Reporter Media David Michael Berman, Editor & Tchad Moore, Videographer Adrian Zlotescu, Videographer Robert Rutledge, Videographer Dion Sessions Jr, Videographer Joel Clifton, Videographer Virginia Currents 3003: Overcome, VPM Amy Lacey, Host/Reporter/Producer Reinvent, Succeed

THE YEAR IN REVIEW: GOLD & SILVER CIRCLE

TALENT: COMMENTATOR/EDITORIALIST

Final Thought WUSA9 Randolph Terrance Sturdivant, Commentator/ Editorialist Reese Waters, Commentator/Editorialist Leon Scott, Commentator/Editorialist Darren M. Haynes: What’s On My Mind WUSA9 Darren Haynes, Commentator/Editorialist Larry Miller’s take on politics, the WUSA9 Larry Miller, Commentator/Editorialist environment, and celebrity feuds

PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM (SERIES)

Town Hall: Your Voice, Your Future WBFF Mary Bubala, Moderator Kai Jackson, Moderator Episode 3: Kids Speak Out about Being Barbra Harrison Media Barbara Harrison, Producer/Host Stuck at Home Celia Straus, Writer/Producer Alexander Prudovsky, Editor

20 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB Gold & SilverCIRCLE 2020 GOLD CIRCLE HONOREE

Wally Ashby – A-Team Productions, Director/Producer, DC

The Gold Circle honors those who have made significant contributions to the broadcast or cable industry over the span of 50 years or more in the National Capital and Chesapeake Bay region.

2020 SILVER CIRCLE HONOREES

Jamie Costello – WMAR, News Anchor, Baltimore John Crosset – WBFF, Executive Producer, Baltimore Greg Guise – Retired, WUSA9, Photojournalist/Editor, DC Janet Roach – WVEC, Anchor/Reporter, Norfolk Steven Schupak – Maryland Public Television, COO, Maryland Tom Sherwood – WRC, Reporter, DC Diane Walker – WWBT, Anchor/Reporter, Richmond

The Silver Circle honors those who have made significant contributions to the broadcast or cable industry over the span of 25 years or more in the National Capital and Chesapeake Bay region.

Do you have a colleague who has made significant contributions for 25 years or more to the broadcast or cable industry either in a performing, creative, technical or administrative role? If so, submit a nomination form for consideration into either the Gold or Silver Circle on our website www.capitalemmys.tv/goldsilver in a few weeks. Nominations are valid for two years. INTERVIEW/DISCUSSION

Discussions: From Covid to Campaigns WJLA Scott Thuman, Correspondent Daniel Lyon, Photographer/Producer Lisa Lisko, Editor Monuments Town Hall WBFF Kai Jackson, Producer/Moderator John Crosset, Producer Mike McCormick, Producer Racism: Challenging Perceptions VPM Adrienne Cole Johnson, Moderator/Producer Karen Wells, Producer Victoria York, Digital Producer/Editor

TALENT: PROGRAM HOST/MODERATOR/CORRESPONDENT

Maryland Farm & Harvest Host: Al Spoler Maryland Public Television Al Spoler, Host Lady T Hosts BMORE Lifestyle WBFF Tiffany Watson, Host Maryland Farm & Harvest Host: Joanne Maryland Public Television Joanne Clendining, Host Clendining Outside The Classroom - Host Ryan Miller WJLA Ryan Miller, Host

SPORTS STORY - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Isolation Court WBFF Morgan Adsit, Reporter Alanna Delfino, Producer Washington NFL Team Sexual Harassment WUSA9 Jeffrey Ackermann, Producer Allegations Sharla McBride, Sports Anchor

SPORTS STORY - NEWS FEATURE

Empoderando el Fútbol Femenino Telemundo 44/WZDC Moisés Linares, Reporter Juosseef Hertz Alba, Motion Graphic Artist Vision Quest WTVR Lane Casadonte, Reporter Curtis Akers, Photojournalist Project Baltimore: Homecoming WBFF Chris Papst, Reporter Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Dwayne Myers, Photojournalist Jed Gamber, Photojournalist Ray Rogowski, Investigative Producer Muscling Beyond Limitations: Disabled WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter Powerlifter Christian Largo This is Serious Stuff WTTG Jesse Burkett-Hall, Photojournalist

22 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB EDITOR: SPORTS

Alexander Marquez - Sports Editor NBC Sports Washington Alexander Marquez, Editor Composite - 2020 Baltimore Ravens Composite Ravens Productions Jack Dana, Editor

SPORTS STORY - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Letters to Lamar Ravens Productions Philip Cunningham, Producer Jack Dana, Post Production Producer Eddie Coughlan, Photographer Nick Modisett, Photographer Jeff Atkinson, Director/Photographer Brent Airey, Animator Ever Wonder NBC Sports Washington Darryl Greene, Producer Imani Muleyyar, Producer/Editor Jungle Girl’s Fiercest Foe: The equalizer WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter among all people is time Todd Haas, Photographer The Latvian Legend Game On/Liberty Flames Emily Austen, Producer Sports Network Project Baltimore: Unpermitted WBFF Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Dwayne Myers, Photojournalist Jed Gamber, Photojournalist

SPORTS STORY - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

The City Behind Us: The Story of the Picture This Productions Robert Shore, Executive Producer Elmora Troopers

SPORTS PROGRAM - LIVE (SINGLE PROGRAM)

The Mo Tribute Show WBFF Morgan Adsit, Anchor Paul Strzegowski, Producer

SPORTS PROGRAM - POST-PRODUCED OR EDITED (SINGLE PROGRAM)

Flames Central: Episode 002 Game On/Liberty Flames Matthew Warner, Producer Sports Network

SPORTS - ONE-TIME SPECIAL

The Big Twenty NBC Sports Washington Tim McDonough, Executive Producer Darryl Greene, Producer Alicia Kwait-Blank, Graphic Designer Julio Galan, Creative Director Improbable: The 2019 Washington Washington Nationals Emilee Harris, Producer/Editor/Director Nationals Michael Windley, Producer/Editor/Director David M. Lundin, Executive Producer Inside the Lines with the Dover Senators: WBOC José Cuevas, Videographer/Producer/Director The 2019-2020 Season

JUNE 26, 2021 23 TALENT: ANCHOR - SPORTS

Up & Adam: Winkler’s way with sports WTKR Adam Winkler, Anchor Darren M. Haynes WUSA9 Darren Haynes, Sports Anchor

TALENT: SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY

Matt Warner: Play by Play Game On/Liberty Flames Matthew Warner, Broadcaster Sports Network Joe Beninati NBC Sports Washington Joe Beninati, Play-by-Play Announcer

AWARDS PRESENTATION: TED YATES AWARD

DAILY NEWS REPORT (SINGLE SHIFT)

The Verdict is Turkey WAVY Jason Marks, Reporter Kevin Romm, Photojournalist Astro: The Dog with 9 Lives WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter DC Teen Tries to Save Her Mom As 911 WUSA9 Bruce Leshan, Reporter/Videographer Sends Medics to Wrong Address

TALENT: REPORTER - DAILY NEWS

Graf’s General Assignment News WJLA Heather Graf, Reporter Drew Wilder Reporting Composite WRC Drew Wilder, Reporter Lindsay Watts Reports WTTG Lindsay Watts, Reporter Jeff Abell Composite WBFF Jeff Abell, Reporter Jay Korff Reporter Compilation WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter

EDITOR: NEWS - SINGLE SHIFT

Tolu Oluwadiya Video Editor Composite WUSA9 Tolu Oluwadiya, Video Editor Benjamin Leonard Worsley WBFF Ben Worsley, Editor

HARD NEWS REPORT (NO TIME LIMIT)

Why You’re Seeing Local Police with WUSA9 Laura Geller, Reporter Military Equipment Kettling On Swann Street WUSA9 Nathan Baca, Reporter

24 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB BREAKING OR SPOT NEWS (SINGLE REPORT)

Give Me A Name WBFF Ben Otte, Photojournalist Elijah Westbrook, Reporter Mourning RBG WTTG Josh Rosenthal, Reporter

BREAKING OR SPOT NEWS (MULTIPLE REPORTS)

Deadly Gas Explosion: A Baltimore Tragedy WJZ Ava-joye Burnett, Reporter Toppled: Protesters Tear Down WRC Alexandra Fruin, Producer Confederate Statue Brooks Meriwether, Photographer Uche Uwah, Content Producer Shomari Stone, Reporter Thomas Lynch, Assignment Editor Leon Harris, Anchor Jason Johnson, Director Jeffrey Cridland, Photographer Labyrinth Road Explosion-Day One WBAL Stacey Woodward, Executive Producer David Collins, Reporter Lowell Melser, Reporter Jason Newton, Anchor A City Awash in Outrage WJLA Joe DeFeo, Director of News Content Victoria Sanchez, Reporter Michelle Marsh, Anchor Anna-Lysa Gayle, Reporter Eric Guanajuato, Newscast Director Crystal Hunkin, Editor Ernie Isgro, Photographer Scott Thuman, Reporter Frank Becker, Photographer Andrew Wafford, Photographer Davey Howell, Video Coordinator Timothy Barber, Reporter Cheryl Carson, News Director George Floyd White House Protests WTTG Josh Rosenthal, Reporter Steve Williams, Photographer

LIVE NEWS PRODUCER

Sharing History - Michael Jaffe 2020 WJLA Michael Jaffe, Producer Composite Jeff Ackermann News Producer WUSA9 Jeffrey Ackermann, Producer Composite Kelly Chase 2020 Composite WJLA Kelly Chase, Producer Allison D’Amora -- Producer Composite WUSA9 Allison D’Amora, Producer

DIRECTOR - LIVE OR RECORDED LIVE

WUSA9 News at 11 WUSA9 Emily Hansen, Director

JUNE 26, 2021 25 TALENT: REPORTER - LIVE

The Battle Of Washington WUSA9 Nathan Baca, Reporter Kristen Powers - Live Reports WJLA Kristen Powers, Reporter Protest: Up Close, Live! WBFF Keith Daniels, Reporter

VIDEO JOURNALIST - NO PRODUCTION TIME LIMIT

Old Man One Man Band Marches On WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter/Photographer/Editor

INVESTIGATIVE - SINGLE REPORT

The Pratt Probe: Tracking the Missing WBFF Jeff Abell, Producer Comptroller Philip Dupont, Producer Julian Baron, Producer Project Baltimore: Missing WBFF Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Jed Gamber, Editor Dwayne Myers, Photographer

INVESTIGATIVE - MULTIPLE REPORTS

Farmville: Brote Mortal de COVID-19 en Telemundo 44/WZDC Alberto Pimienta, Reporter/Editor/Producer Centro de ICE Project Baltimore: Hunting Ground WBFF Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Dwayne Myers, Photojournalist Jed Gamber, Photojournalist The Cumberland Children’s Hospital WTVR Laura French, Writer/Producer Investigation Curtis Akers, Photojournalist Mike Bergazzi, Executive Producer

TALENT: REPORTER - INVESTIGATIVE

Jodie Fleischer, Investigative Reporter WRC Jodie Fleischer, Investigative Reporter Eric Flack Investigates WUSA9 Eric Flack, Investigative Reporter Scott MacFarlane Investigates in WRC Scott MacFarlane, Investigative Reporter Washington Laura French Composite WTVR Laura French, Reporter

PHOTOGRAPHER: NEWS - SINGLE SHIFT

Brad Wilson Composite WTVR Brad Wilson, Photographer An Unforeseen Year WTTG Jesse Burkett-Hall, Photographer

26 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB PHOTOGRAPHER: NEWS - NO PRODUCTION TIME LIMIT

Ruth Morton’s photography composite WBFF Ruth Morton, Photographer Cole Cuts Photography WTVR Cole Pearson, Photographer

NEWS FEATURE - LIGHT FEATURE

Firefighter Bones Logan: A cut above WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter Virginia Air Feed: A Teen Angel from Above WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter Frank Lee Ruggles: Saving Natural WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter Wonders One Photo at a Time Cole Pearson, Editor ¿Qué Se Recicla en el Condado de Montgomery Community Andrea Sarralde, Producer/Reporter Montgomery? Media Nicholas Rhule, Editor Bob Rutledge, Videographer

NEWS FEATURE - SERIOUS FEATURE (SINGLE REPORT)

Teen Artist Milagros Cavet: I don’t think of WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter my disability too often. I just go with it. Todd Haas, Photographer Today We All Grieve WVEC Brandon Graves, Editor/Producer Rescue Risks: “We have to stop the dying.” WRC Jodie Fleischer, Reporter Katie Leslie, Producer Jeff Piper, Photographer/Editor A Baltimore Miracle WJZ Rick Ritter, Anchor/Reporter Tanya Black, Managing Editor Crystal McQuay, Editor Project Baltimore: “It’s Hard Losing A WBFF Chris Papst, Reporter Mother” Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Dwayne Myers, Photojournalist Jed Gamber, Photojournalist Ray Rogowski, Investigative Producer Into the Epicenter Defense Media Activity Alexander Henninger, Editor/Producer

NEWS FEATURE - SERIOUS FEATURE (MULTIPLE REPORTS)

The Pilot’s Cap WDBJ7 Leanna Scachetti, Reporter Ángeles Detras de la Pandemia Montgomery Community Andrea Sarralde, Reporter Media Nicholas Rhule, Editor Bob Rutledge, Videographer Adrian Zlotescu, Videographer Shaken in Puerto Rico WUSA9 Ariane Datil, Reporter Velocidad una pasión mortal WFDC/Entravision Walter Romero, Photographer/Editor Rosbelis Quiñónez, Reporter

EDITOR: NEWS - NO PRODUCTION TIME LIMIT

Curtis Akers Composite WTVR Curtis Akers, Editor Tolu Oluwadiya - Editor Composite WUSA9 Tolu Oluwadiya, Video Editor Scotty Smith Editor Compilation WJLA Scott Smith, Editor Winter Solstice WRC Chris Cicatelli, Editor/Producer

JUNE 26, 2021 27 WRITER - NEWS

It’s Hard Losing A Mother WBFF Carolyn Peirce, Writer Michael WBFF Carolyn Peirce, Writer Jay Korff: Stories of Hope WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter

CRIME - NEWS (SINGLE SHIFT)

Names Behind the Numbers WBFF Dan Lampariello, Reporter Ruth Morton, Photographer Fender Bender Gun WJLA Martin Doane, Photographer/Editor Sam Ford, Reporter

CRIME - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

17 Years Wasted: You’re Going To Find Out WTVR Curtis Akers, Photographer What Happened To Me Laura French, Reporter Michael Bergazzi, Producer

CRIME - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Virginia Beach Cold Case Files: What City Of Virginia Beach Kory Smith, Producer/Director Happened to Barbara Jean?

BUSINESS/CONSUMER - NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)

Jonathan the Juggler: When the Crowds WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter Disappear Squatter Squabbles WAVY Andy Fox, Reporter Robert Rizzo, Producer Underage Buyer’s Market WRC Rick Yarborough, Producer Scott MacFarlane, Reporter River City Upholstery: Living the American WTVR Greg McQuade, Reporter Dream One Stitch at a Time Cole Pearson, Editor Gun Sales Record WUSA9 Gabe Cohen, Reporter Alanna Delfino, Photojournalist Saving Ashland Theatre: It was tough WTVR Curtis Akers, Photographer closing the doors Greg McQuade, Reporter

BUSINESS/CONSUMER - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)

Farmer Makes Firewood A “Blazing” Success Maryland Public Television Harpreet Kaur, Segment Producer

BUSINESS/CONSUMER - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

VERIFY: Protecting Your Money WUSA9 Erin Spaht, Producer Katrina Neeper, Producer Evan Koslof, Reporter Mia Salenetri, Writer Sarah Gahagan Lydick, Executive Producer Eliana Block, Producer Adam Longo, Anchor

28 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB TALENT: REPORTER - CONSUMER

Mallory Sofastaii Consumer Investigator WMAR Mallory Sofastaii, Reporter Susan Hogan-NBC4 Responds WRC Susan Hogan, Consumer Reporter Rachel DePompa Consumer Reporter WWBT Rachel DePompa, Consumer Reporter

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Beethoven @ 250 Birthday Bash National Philharmonic Kyle Schick, Producer Andy Brattain, Producer Kelly Crandall d’Amboise, Director Kristin Fosdick, Video Director Colin Egan, Audio Engineer Bill Kelly’s Backyard WJLA Bill Kelly, Meteorologist

AUDIO

Chesapeake Beacons - Audio Maryland Public Television Jillian Kuchman, Post Production Audio Technician Sound Design & Audio Mix Composite Game On/Liberty Flames Alex Short, Sound Designer Sports Network American Holiday Festival: Deck the Halls The United States Army Brian Knox, Lead Audio Engineer Band “Pershing’s Own” Alex Righter, Audio Engineer A.J. Maynard, Audio Engineer Eric Messick, Audio Engineer

DIRECTOR - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UNDER 10 MINUTES)

Run. Hide. Fight. Rocket Media Group Tom Feliu, Director

DIRECTOR - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Aged Out: Finding Home 19Red Pam Hervey, Director Oversight Pendragwn Productions Michael Skinner, Director Jon Michael Shink, Director DCN Presents ‘Bela Dona’ DC Office of Cable Television Mohamed Shameem, Director

EDITOR: SHORT FORM CONTENT (UNDER 10 MINUTES)

Behind the Magic of 12 News Today WWBT Terrell Thompson, Editor Survivor Defense Media Activity Alexander Henninger, Editor Alex Rever Open Composite WBFF Alex Rever, Editor Black Artists in Montgomery County: Montgomery Community Carolyn Raskauskas, Editor Jonathan Jaeger Media We Are Your Defense 2020 Defense Media Activity Alexander Henninger, Editor

EDITOR: LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Mind-Blowing Science The Great Courses and Kristen Westphal, Editor Scientific American

JUNE 26, 2021 29 Black Artists in Montgomery County: Montgomery Community Nicholas Rhule, Editor Doudgy Charmant Media Oversight Pendragwn Productions Michael Skinner, Editor Jon Michael Shink, Editor

GRAPHIC ARTS

Baltimore Ravens: Composite Ravens Productions Brent Airey, Animator Austin Reddington Game On/Liberty Flames Austin Reddington, Graphics Producer Sports Network Graphics Composite Defense Media Activity Nathan Quinn, Graphic Arts/Animation Baltimore Ravens Composite Ravens Productions Brittany Jorge, Animator

PHOTOGRAPHER: SHORT FORM CONTENT (UNDER 10 MINUTES)

Run. Hide. Fight. Rocket Media Group Wes Sullivan, Director of Photography

PHOTOGRAPHER: LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

Chesapeake Beacons Maryland Public Television Dave Earnest, Aerial Photographer John Paulson, Photographer Richard MacDonald, Aerial Photographer Timothy Pugh, Photographer Benjamin Zschunke, Photographer Michael Estrabillo, Photographer Michael Sobola, Aerial Photographer Oversight Pendragwn Productions Michael Skinner, Cinematographer Jon Michael Shink, Cinematographer

VIDEO ESSAY

A Journey of Education and Remembrance LCPS-TV Jeffrey Riegel, Editor Fun With Flags WBFF Ben Otte, Photojournalist The Drive by Parade: Covid Birthday WTVR Todd Haas, Photographer Surprises

WRITER - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

American Valor: We Stand Together American Veterans Center Tim Holbert, Writer Politica ya con Tsi-Tsi-Ki Félix WFDC/Entravision Rafael Henríquez, Writer/Producer

WRITER - SHORT FORM CONTENT (UNDER 10 MINUTES)

COVIDWISE PSA Campaign - Virginia Virginia State University Jeffrey Stover, Writer Department of Health Jesse Vaughan, Writer Marshal Yanda: Forever a Raven Ravens Productions Jay O’Brien, Writer This is Lynchburg Game On/Liberty Flames Cullen Ecoffey, Writer Sports Network Jay Korff Strikes Again WJLA Jay Korff, Reporter

30 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB COMMERCIAL (SINGLE SPOT)

Virginia Family Dentistry WTVR Micah Byler, Writer/Director/Videographer/Editor Warehouse Cinemas: The Adventure Begins HighRock Studios Josh Youngbar, Director Children’s Urgent Care - Two Sides: Pirate Mnemonic Brian Averill, Creative Lead

COMMERCIAL (CAMPAIGN)

CityCenterDC: “Find Your Joy” Dean Alexander Dean Alexander, Director Productions, Inc. Timothy R. Lowery, Producer Pum Lefebure, Creative Director Be The Driver Campaign Weber Shandwick Christopher Durban, Producer BGE’s “Fairy Tales” ICF Vetry Ramachandran, Creative Director Congresswoman Elaine Luria 2020 Putnam Partners, LLC Cayce McCabe, Writer/Director Re-Elect

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (SINGLE SPOT)

Beware of Ransomware U.S. Secret Service David Annarino, Producer/Camera/Editor Keep the Kindness Going WTVR Danica Neddenien, Producer Andres Jimenez, Graphic Artist David Stotts, Director Jeremiah Banks, Videographer Brandy Brown, Producer Rob Byrne, Graphic Artist THREADS OF HOPE: Grandma’s House HighRock Studios Josh Youngbar, Director DCPS #ReopenStrong School Readiness LAI Video Alexandria Kelly, Senior Producer Campaign City of Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s City of Virginia Beach Rae Pearson Benn, Writer/Producer Attorney Office, Elder Abuse Awareness PSA, “Make It Your Business” Know Your Treasury Check U.S. Secret Service David Annarino, Producer/Motion Designer/Editor Juntos Violencia Doméstica WFDC/Entravision Rosangela Payán, Motion Graphic Designer Ángel Castellanos, Video Editor Vote Imajre Films Jami Ramberan, Co-Executive Producer/Director Suzen Sweeney, Co-Executive Producer

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (CAMPAIGN)

La Abuelina Por Nuestra Salud y Bienestar/ Communications Shop/ Mario Ramos, Producer Latino Health Initiative - Montgomery Cabezahueca Films Susana Flores, Producer County Adrián Guerra, Director/3D Animator Dinah S. Meraz, Script Writer Mynellies Negrón, Executive Producer CDC Rx Awareness ICF David Ostroff, Creative Director Work Like A Girl - American Graduate WHRO Brandon Nance, Producer/Editor COVIDWISE PSA CAMPAIGN - Virginia Virginia State University Jesse Vaughan, Producer/Director Department of Health Amanda Ricks, Producer Jeffrey Stover, Producer

JUNE 26, 2021 31 PROMOTION: NEWS PROMOTION - TOPICAL (SINGLE SPOT)

Shaken In Puerto Rico WUSA9 Courtney Ittner, Producer/Editor 13News Now - Etched In Stone: The Hurt WVEC Michel Pelletier, Director of Marketing/Brand Behind The Heritage Robert Rangel, Brand Manager Stephen Wozny, Photographer/Editor

PROMOTION: NEWS PROMOTION - IMAGE (SINGLE SPOT)

WHRO: We’ll Keep You Going WHRO Simon Fink, Director Behind the Magic of 12 News Today WWBT Erik Candiani, Executive Producer/Writer Terrell Thompson, Producer/Cinematographer Robert Edmonds, Graphic Designer Michael Crouch, Lighting Director Mason Adams, Production Designer All Devices II - Café de Vices WWBT Tina Thomas, Producer/Director Chris Baber, Actor/Crew Robert Edmonds, Best Boy Erik Candiani, Executive Producer What the Fox WTTG Julie Wiard, Producer Safely Back to School WTVR Danica Neddenien, Producer Andres Jimenez, Graphic Artist David Stotts, Director Jeremiah Banks, Videographer Rob Byrne, Graphic Artist I Have a Story Spin WTVR Brandy Brown, Producer Andres Jimenez, Graphic Artist Danica Neddenien, Producer David Stotts, Editor T44 La Autoridad En El Tiempo Telemundo 44/WZDC Omar García, Brand Manager Adriana López, Producer Joeseph Martínez, Meteorologist

PROMOTION: NEWS PROMOTION (CAMPAIGN)

ABC7 Stories Promos by Jay Korff WJLA Jay Korff, Editor Get Your News WWBT Erik Candiani, Execute Producer/Writer Terrell Thompson, Director/Editor Mini Morning Anchors WTVR Brandy Brown, Producer Danica Neddenien, Writer David Stotts, Director Shannon Hopkins, Producer You Know Us As WWBT Erik Candiani, Executive Producer/Writer Robert Edmonds, Graphic Designer Mason Adams, Producer T44 Juntos Imparables Telemundo 44/WZDC Omar García, Brand Manager Adriana López, Producer

32 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB PROMOTION: IMAGE PROMOTION (SINGLE SPOT)

Here’s to RVA 2020 WWBT Erik Candiani, Executive Producer/Cinematographer Robert Edmonds, Graphic Designer/Cinematographer Mason Adams, Editor Michael Crouch, Cinematographer T44 Desde Mi Ventana Telemundo 44/WZDC Omar García, Brand Manager Adriana López, Producer Jesús Sánchez, Voice Over Talent Rise Up Virginia Strong WWBT Erik Candiani, Executive Producer Mason Adams, Editor/Producer Robert Edmonds, Graphic Designer Virginia Together Back to... WTVR David Stotts, Producer Shannon Hopkins, Producer

PROMOTION: PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN

Equality Matters WUSA9 Erin McCahill, Executive Producer Shelley Smith, Producer Daniel Conrad, Producer Courtney Ittner, Producer

PROMOTION: SPORTS PROMOTION

The Comeback Game On/Liberty Flames Tyler Beatty, Producer Sports Network The Chapters Ravens Productions Jay O’Brien, Executive Producer/Writer Eddie Coughlan, Director/Photographer Matt Brevet, Producer/Writer Philip Cunningham, Producer/Editor/Writer Jeff Atkinson, Director/Photographer Brent Airey, Animator Nick Modisett, Photographer Jack Dana, Editor Shelby Granath, Editor Sam Hough, Production Assistant John Klug, Voiceover Artist T44 Goles Cantados Telemundo 44/WZDC Omar García, Brand Manager Adriana López, Producer Moisés Linares, Sports Anchor

WEATHER - NEWS

February Tornadoes Strike WUSA9 Samara Martin Ewing, Executive Producer On a mission. WBFF Megan Gilliland, Reporter Carissa Hutchinson, Photojournalist

JUNE 26, 2021 33 WEATHER - LONG FORM CONTENT (LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES)

2020 A Weather Year Like No Other WJLA Veronica Johnson, Co-Producer Bill Kelly, Co-Producer Steve Rudin, Meteorologist/Reporter Eileen Whelan, Meteorologist/Reporter Brian Van De Graaff, Meteorologist/Reporter Alex Liggitt, Meteorologist/Reporter Ryan Miller, Meteorologist/Reporter Rachael Kaye, Meteorologist/Reporter Richard Guastadisegni, News Photographer/Editor

WEATHERCAST

Flooding on the James River WTVR Zach Daniel, Chief Meteorologist

TALENT: ANCHOR - WEATHER

La Autoridad en el Tiempo Telemundo 44/WZDC Joeseph Martínez, Meteorologist The Weather of 2020: A Year to Remember WTVR Zach Daniel, Chief Meteorologist Bill Kelly - ABC7 Chief Meteorologist WJLA Bill Kelly, Chief Meteorologist

NEWS SPECIAL

Freedom to Assemble WUSA9 Nathan Baca, Reporter Rebecca Knier, Editor Inequality In America: The March On WRC Mark Stephens, Producer Washington Teneille Gibson, Producer Aaron Gilchrist, Anchor Melinda Woolbright, Producer Jummy Olabanji, Reporter VERIFY: Your Vote WUSA9 Sarah Gahagan Lydick, Executive Producer Katrina Neeper, Producer Erin Spaht, Producer Evan Koslof, Reporter Eliana Block, Producer 2020: A Year Like No Other WJLA Jay Korff, Editor Joe DeFeo, Executive Producer Michael Jaffe, Producer John Gonzalez, Reporter Victoria Sanchez, Reporter Scott Taylor, Reporter Ben Rice, Photographer Alison Starling, Anchor Dale Wright, Photographer Davey Howell, Video Coordinator Bonnie Wood, Community Affairs Director Cheryl Carson, News Director

34 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB 20/20 Focus the Push for Equality WSLS Brittny McGraw, Host McKinley Strother, Host Rachel Lucas, Reporter Greg Moore, Photographer Brittany Furrow, Producer Sarah Tabor, Editor Eric Johnson, Reporter Megan Woods, Reporter Lindsey Ward, Reporter John Carlin, Host Taj Simmons, Reporter Magdala Louissaint, Reporter Margaret Ashburn, Executive Producer/Producer

CONTINUING COVERAGE

Federal Police Lied About Tear Gas WUSA9 Nathan Baca, Reporter Rebecca Knier, Photojournalist Samara Martin Ewing, Executive Producer Project Baltimore: “Learned Helplessness” WBFF Carolyn Peirce, Executive Producer Chris Papst, Investigative Reporter Ray Rogowski, Investigative Producer Dwayne Myers, Photographer Jed Gamber, Photographer Where’s My Unemployment? WTTG Lindsay Watts, Reporter Trips, Tickles, and gifts WBFF Joy Lepola-Stewart, Reporter Ruth Morton, Photographer Omisión Mortal: Jefes No Notifican a sus Telemundo 44/WZDC Alberto Pimienta, Reporter/Editor/Producer Empleados sobre COVID-19

TEAM COVERAGE

Racial Injustice, Unrest and a Presidential WJLA Mark Stevens, Newscast Director Stroll to St. John’s Church Lindsey Mastis, Alert Desk Anchor Nikki Gourley, Producer Alexander Spearman, Executive Producer Jonathan Elias, Anchor Carl Willis, Anchor T44 Protestas por George Floyd Telemundo 44/WZDC Janette Luviano, News Director Andrea Estupiñán, Producer Abimael Lisboa, Producer Anna Llargués, Senior Producer Randy Serrano, Reporter José Luis Agredo, Photojournalist Alberto Pimienta, Reporter Claudia Curiel, Anchor March on Washington WUSA9 Jeffrey Ackermann, Producer Caridad Hernandez, Executive Producer Megan Rivers, Reporter Darren Haynes, Reporter Samara Martin Ewing, Executive Producer

JUNE 26, 2021 35 House Explosion WBFF Ben Worsley, Photojournalist Matt Adams, Director Jeff Abell, Reporter Rachel Aragon, Reporter Mary Bubala, Anchor Geoffrey Chandler, Director Philip Dupont, Photojournalist Kai Jackson, Anchor Amy Jennings, Photojournalist Joy Lepola-Stewart, Photojournalist Patrick McCarron, Producer Maxine Streicher, Producer Baltimore Gas Explosion: The Investigation, WJZ Meagan Todaro, Producer The Victims and A Community Coming Anthony Scafide, Director Together Miranda Villei-Stepp, Executive Producer Kelsey Kushner, Reporter Rick Ritter, Anchor Annie Rose Ramos, Reporter Cory Sellgren, Photographer Tanya Black, Managing Editor Paul Gessler, Reporter

TALENT: ANCHOR - NEWS

Lesli Foster - Anchor WUSA9 Lesli Foster, Anchor Michelle Marsh Composite WJLA Michelle Marsh, Anchor Elias Composite WJLA Jonathan Elias, Anchor Longo Anchor Composite WUSA9 Adam Longo, Anchor

MORNING NEWSCAST - MEDIUM MARKETS (50-99)

NBC12 News Today WWBT Anthony Antoine, Anchor Sarah Bloom, Anchor Andrew Freiden, Meteorologist Megan Wise, Meteorologist Victoria Doss, Producer Samantha Maneri, Producer Kevin Lancaster, Director Matthew Becker, Director Sophia Armata, Traffic Anchor William Carney, Photojournalist Mark Hardison, Photojournalist Olivia Ugino, Reporter

DAYTIME NEWSCAST - MEDIUM MARKETS (50-99)

WSLS 10 News at Six May Flooding WSLS Ashley Wills, Producer Thousands of Gun Rights Activists Rally at WTVR James Jobes, Producer State Capitol - 6:00pm Newscast Robert Hughes, Assignment Manager Lauren Mackey, Executive Producer

36 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB EVENING NEWSCAST - MEDIUM MARKETS (50-99)

The Tear Gas Incident - 11:00pm Newscast WTVR Jennifer Carr, Producer WSLS 10 News at Eleven Lynchburg WSLS Shannon Allen, Producer Protests NBC12 News at 11 WWBT Samantha Maneri, Producer Curt Autry, Anchor Diane Walker, Anchor Karina Bolster, Reporter Alex Surowitz, Photojournalist

WEEKEND NEWSCAST - MEDIUM MARKETS (50-99)

NBC12 News Weekend WWBT Frank Jones, News Director Jasmine Turner, Anchor Dirk Warner, Director Mark Hardison, Producer Nicholas Russo, Weather Specialist Hunter Bryn, Photojournalist Enzo Domingo, Reporter Demolition and Demonstrations WTVR Greg McQuade, Anchor Mike Stone, Meteorologist Janelle Pierangelino, Photographer Shannon Lilly, Reporter Antoinette Essa, Anchor Ian Ramprashad, Photographer Marcus Cooper, Producer Malcolm Key, Editor

MORNING NEWSCAST - LARGER MARKETS (1-49)

Swann Street Standoff WJLA Kelly Chase, Producer Jessica Glasser, Executive Producer Kristen Powers, Reporter Ernie Isgro, Photographer Eric Spickelmier, Director John Gonzalez, Reporter Luis Urbina, Photographer Robert Burton, Anchor Lindsey Mastis, Anchor Veronica Johnson, Weather Anchor Melissa Menendez, Assignment Desk Editor News4 Today: America In Crisis: Protesters WRC Constance Howard, Executive Producer Hunkered Down Inside of House Kaitlyn Marshall, Producer Tayna Samuels, Director Justin Finch, Reporter Jummy Olabanji, Anchor Eun Yang, Anchor Kelbi Person, Content Producer Brittany Roembach, Content Producer Ric Cornish, Director Nicholas Leimbach, Photographer Raymond Marek, Producer Natasha Copeland, Assignment Editor Lori Jennings, Director

JUNE 26, 2021 37 DAYTIME NEWSCAST - LARGER MARKETS (1-49)

Covid-19 Q&A WUSA9 Katrina Neeper, Producer WUSA 9 News at 5pm - Tornado Show WUSA9 Ben Brodsky, Producer News4 at 6p: America in Crisis WRC Jessica Abrams, Producer Adam Jacobs, Senior Producer Anthony Mague, Executive Producer Jason Johnson, Director Chris Cicatelli, Editor Mark Stephens, Producer Shomari Stone, Reporter Aaron Dixon-Proctor, Director Catherine Snyder, Managing Editor Charles Bragale, Assignment Manager Scott MacFarlane, Reporter Sean Casey, Photojournalist Samantha Akinduro, Content Producer Leon Harris, Anchor Pamela Leahigh, Assignment Editor Michelle Montgomery, Content Producer Cory Smith, Reporter

EVENING NEWSCAST - LARGER MARKETS (1-49)

WJZ News at 11: Northwest Baltimore WJZ Emily Tognocchi Cavey, Executive Producer Explosion Anthony Scafide, Director Annie Rose Ramos, Reporter Kelsey Kushner, Reporter Gail Bending, News Director Remembering RBG WUSA9 Joseph McHugh, Producer Scott McCrary, Executive Producer Ariane Datil, Reporter Jesse Varner, Photojournalist Lesli Foster, News Anchor WUSA9 News at 11 - First COVID-19 Cases WUSA9 Allison D’Amora, Producer in Maryland Scott McCrary, Executive Producer Kathy Reynolds, News Director Lesli Foster, News Anchor America In Crisis: Protests & A Presidential WRC Alexandra Fruin, Producer Photo Op Adam Jacobs, Senior Producer Jason Johnson, Director Shomari Stone, Reporter Aaron Dixon-Proctor, Director Assist Pamela Leahigh, Assignment Editor Leon Harris, Anchor Ashley Clarke, Production Assistant Haleigh Hoffman, Content Producer Teneille Gibson, Content Producer

38 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB WEEKEND NEWSCAST - LARGER MARKETS (1-49)

ABC7 News at 11pm: A City on Fire WJLA Carl Willis, Anchor Veronica Vela, Producer Jennifer Sellers, Producer Kelly Lamp, Executive Producer Declaring Victory: Biden Wins 2020 WUSA9 Joseph McHugh, Producer Lorenzo Hall, Anchor Melissa Viola, Director Lesli Foster, Anchor BLM Protests: June 6, 2020 WUSA9 Joseph McHugh, Producer Lorenzo Hall, Anchor Darren Haynes, Reporter Thomas Dempsey, Reporter Brandon Garcia, Director Jessica Arnold, Reporter Jesse Varner, Photojournalist Sharla McBride, Reporter News4 at 11: America in Crisis WRC Uche Uwah, Producer Adam Jacobs, Senior Producer Erika Gonzalez, Anchor David Irvine, Director Shomari Stone, Reporter Pamela Leahigh, Assignment Manager Charles Bragale, Assignment Manager Darcy Spencer, Reporter

COMMUNITY SERVICE

#SeeMe Montgomery Montgomery Community Nannette Hobson, CEO Media ABC7 News On Your Side in the WJLA Bonnie Wood, Community Affairs Director Community Blue Ridge PBS - Project Southwest Blue Ridge PBS William Anderson, President/CEO WUSA9 Community Service WUSA9 Richard Dyer, President/General Manager

OVERALL EXCELLENCE

Charlottesville PEG-TV City of Charlottesville David Dillehunt, PEG-TV General Manager WTVR Working For You WTVR Stephen Hayes, General Manager T44 Trabajando para ti Telemundo 44/WZDC Jackie Bradford, President/General Manager ABC7 News On Your Side WJLA Michael Miller, General Manager NBC4: Working 4 You WRC Jackie Bradford, NBC4 President/General Manager Blue Ridge PBS Blue Ridge PBS William Anderson, President/CEO NBC12 WWBT Kym Grinnage, General Manager WBFF: Covering a City in Crisis WBFF Billy Robbins, General Manager Montgomery Community Media Montgomery Community Nannette Hobson, CEO Media

JUNE 26, 2021 39 40 63RD EMMY® AWARDS | NATAS - NCCB 2021 CAPITAL EMMY® JUDGES

THANKS TO OUR SUPER JUDGES! We would like to give a special thanks to our SUPER JUDGES - who have either judged 10 or more panels or who have really come through in a big way for us this year!

Amanda Zimmer Jason Gittlen Moises Linares NBC Sports Washington WRC Telemundo 44/WZDC Andre Hepkins Jesus Marin Samara Martin Ewing WBAL WFDC/Entravision WUSA9 Fernando Pizarro Keith Jones Tim Saunders NPR DC Office Of Cable Television, Film, Virginia Career Works Fran Murphy Music & Entertainment Tim Williams MurphyWorks Kendrick Hopkins Jr. WJZ Janette Luviano WHRO Walter Romero Telemundo 44/WZDC Lisa Haynes WFDC/Entravision DLP MEDIA

THANKS TO OUR JUDGES!

Adam Longo Diane Roberts Kyle Ridley Ramona Taylor Adam Winkler Dirk Warner Lamont Williams Randy Serrano Adam Wyatt Donna Weston Laura Geller Rebecca Baldwin Aimee Cho Doug Maulden-Locke Les Heintz Robert Wilkinson Alison Starling Drew Wilder Mallory Sofastaii Robin Fader Ana Cubias Eric Perry Mari Bonnemaison Robin Nicole Hamilton Andrea Sarralde Geoff Weidele Mark Hyman Ryan Eubank Andres Jimenez Greg McQuade Mark Keefer Sabrina Fuller Angel Castellanos Harpreet Kaur Mark Stephens Sara Suarez Anita Blanton Jack Dana Mary Bubala Scott MacFarlane Bill Kelly Jaheem Thomas Matt Brevet Scott McCrary Brandon Benavides James Lokay Matt Talhelm Scott Taylor Brandon Holthaus Jason Flakes Mauricio Pita Scott Thuman Bree Sison Jason Marks Maxine Streicher Sean Streicher Brent Airey Jay Korff Michael Bergazzi Shannon Hopkins Bruce Leshan Jay O’Brien Michael J. Baker, Jr. Shelby Granath Candace Burns Jeff Abell Mike Schuh Stefanie Robey Carolyn Raskauskas Jessica Glasser Mike Stone Stephanie Wilson Cheryl Nelson Joe Beninati Miriam Machado-Luces Steve Lack Chris Papst John Viesta Mitchell Tischler Steve Rudin Chris Warner Jon Poindexter Natasha Copeland Steven Goodman Clay Bretz Jonah Jabbour Nathan Baca Terry Bryant Courtney O’Neal Joseph McHugh Nathan Quinn Timothy Pugh Craig Martin Kara Dixon Nick Modisett Tolu Oluwadiya Curtis Schruth Karen Endsley Nikki Gourley Tom Schaad Danica Neddenien Kate Sweeney Nikki Gourley Tracy Gaspari Daniel McKenrick Keionna Glover Pamela Phelps William Carney Dario Lopez-Capera Kelly Avellino Patrick Shea William Varnier David Dillehunt Kemi Dele-Michael Paul Gessler Xavier Underwood David Michael Berman Kerri O’Brien Peggy Fox Yannick Skerritt David Powers Kiyoka Rhodes Philip Cunningham Zak Dahlheimer David Stotts Kristen Berset Pruitt Allen David Stotts Kristen Lindo Rachel DePompa

JUNE 26, 2021 41 CONGRATULATIONS VIRGINIA PANCOE! Recipient of the President’s Award for her unprecedented volunteerism in producing 2 virtual Emmy Awards Galas, 2 virtual Nominations Events, and her service as a member of the Board of Governors!

2021 PRESIDENTS AWARD

Special Thanks to our Capital Emmy® Corporate Sponsors

The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter would like to recognize 2 stations who have made a unique commitment to our organization. Maryland Public Television and WTVR in Richmond joined The Capital Emmy Partnership this year. This commitment is a significant investment in our Academy and provides membership status to all their employees. We greatly appreciate their support and encourage other stations to become Capital Emmy Partners as well! Special Thanks to our Capital Emmy® Corporate Sponsors

The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter would like to recognize 2 stations who have made a unique commitment to our organization. Maryland Public Television and WTVR in Richmond joined The Capital Emmy Partnership this year. This commitment is a significant investment in our Academy and provides membership status to all their employees. We greatly appreciate their support and encourage other stations to become Capital Emmy Partners as well!