THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES NATIONAL CAPITAL CHESAPEAKE BAY CHAPTER WELCOMES YOU TO THE SIXTY SECOND EMMY® AWARDS SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020 VIRTUAL AWARDS CEREMONY 7:00 PM A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to the Virtual 62nd Capital Emmy Awards! I also want to recognize two stations who have made a unique commitment to our chapter. Maryland Public As we gather to celebrate another year of excellence in Television and WTVR in Richmond are our Capital Emmy Television Arts in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia, Partners. This commitment is a significant investment I encourage you to sit back in your home or office and in our Academy and provides membership status to all enjoy our virtual presentation of the incredible work from their employees. We greatly appreciate their support our Chapter’s members. Not only is our membership and encourage other stations to become Capital Emmy strong, but the work coming out of this chapter on a daily Partners as well! basis is of the highest quality. This year we received nearly 1,200 entries in 127 different categories. Tonight, we also honor two others for their contributions to our profession. In other years, we would all be together at this moment, toasting our friends and colleagues, but that’s not possible Joe Beninati is this year’s recipient of the Board of right now. You have all worked tirelessly to keep the public Governors Award. He has become a leading advocate and safe and informed during the COVID-19 pandemic. You representative for the Capitals and NBC Sports Washington have done your jobs in ways you likely never expected. You in the community, helping build the sport of hockey have found new ways to tell stories and produce shows and giving back to those in need through his support of that I know will be strongly reflected in next year’s awards countless causes and events. Not only has Joe been a ceremony. And against the backdrop of a pandemic, you long-time supporter of the Chapter and The Academy, but have also risen to the awesome responsibility of covering more importantly he has consistently set a standard for a social revolution. Across our communities, people on the excellence in our profession. margins have stood up, in many cases have marched and demonstrated, to demand justice and equal treatment. As an Jesse Vaughan is the Director of Virginia State University’s organization, we stand ready to shine a light on issues that Division of Advanced Creative Services Group. He directed have lived too long in the shadows. Your coverage of these The Last Punch, a film about Muhammad Ali, and has events will be the recorded history and tools of progress for earned more than 30 Emmy Awards. He accomplished this future generations. after great tragedy in his life and while caring for his aging mother, who was diagnosed with dementia and for whom So tonight, with heartfelt gratitude, I’d like to raise a glass he serves as a caregiver. Jesse also supports the local arts to each of you who have truly made a difference in your community, lends his talent to non-profits, and mentors communities, newsrooms, and organizations. young filmmakers and enthusiasts. We have always referred to this recognition as our “Profile in Courage.” I am also happy to report some good news. The Capital Jesse fits that definition perfectly. Emmy Chapter is stronger than ever. This year, we continue to be the fastest-growing, and second-largest, Congratulations to all of tonight’s nominees and Emmy chapter in The National Academy. We have more members Award recipients! than the Texas, Northern California and even New York chapters. This is a credit to the hard work of the Board of Governors, the Chapter’s Executive Committee, and the Chapter’s staff. I can’t thank them enough for their Jason Gittlen, NATAS-NCCB President dedication. This growth is also a credit to each of you, for being ambassadors of this organization through your membership and participation. 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 62ND 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/Treasurer WUSA9 Less Traveled Media NATIONAL TRUSTEES Seth Berenzweig Fernando Pizzaro Joe Yasharoff Montgomery Berenzweig Leonard, LLP Community Media and Jessica Snyder University of Maryland - Jason Gittlen WETA Alternate WRC BOARD OF GOVERNORS Will Anderson Barbara Ciara Adam Longo Eric Pritchett Regional Vice President WTKR WUSA9 WVIR Blue Ridge Rachel DePompa Janette Luviano Kathy Reynolds Terry Bryant WWBT WZDC/Telemundo44 WUSA9 American University Aaron Gilchrist Samara Martin-Ewing Tiffany Townsend Ava-joye Burnett WRC WUSA9 WJZ-TV Nicole Webb Jeff Gygax Peter O’Neal Regional Vice President Candace Burns WTTG WMAR WTVR Donna Weston Andre Hepkins Virginia Pancoe WRC Kathleen Cairns WBAL VPMedia Amanda Zimmer Cheryl Carson Joy Lambert Ben Pekkanen NBC Sports Washington WJLA WBFF U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs EMMY NIGHT COMMITTEE Virginia Pancoe Tom Buckley Kate Kelly Nicole Webb Chair WUSA9 WETA VPMedia Joe Yasharoff Jumoke Davis Jason Marks Montgomery Community Frank Batavick Less Traveled Media WAVY Media and University of Maryland Public Television Maryland Jason Gittlen Jessica Snyder Pieter Bickford WRC WETA HighRock AUGUST 8, 2020 3 AWARDS COMMITTEE Amanda Zimmer Jay Korff Samara Martin-Ewing Jessica Snyder Chair WJLA WUSA9 WETA NBC Sports Washington Joy Lambert Heather O’Hara Terri Tolliver Kathleen Cairns WBFF WRC WTTG Jason Gittlen Adam Longo Fernando Pizarro Donna Weston WRC WUSA9 WRC 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 Aaron Gilchrist Terry Bryant Kathleen Cairns Kate Kelly Chair American University WETA WRC Josh Davidsburg Ava-joye Burnett Freelance & University of Sue Kopen Katcef Pieter Bickford WJZ-TV Maryland University of Maryland HighRock Fernando Pizarro Carol Wynne Ashlyn Dixon Lisa Haynes Kari Blosser Executive Director Associate Director Awards & Judging Accounting Services Wynne Dixon Association Wynne Dixon Association Coordinator Bowling, Franklin and Co., LLP Management, LLC Management, LLC Comcast 4 62ND 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 recognizes outstanding The Emmy® Award celebrates excellence in television with the individual achievement in the National Capital Chesapeake Bay announcement of the nominations in May and the awarding of region by conferring annual awards of merit. statuettes in June. In December and January, our Chapter receives hundreds of entries in 127 categories. After a thorough review by The Emmy® Award is intended to recognize excellence. Therefore, the awards committee members, the entries are divided up among in each category, one award, more than one award or no award other NATAS Chapters. They are screened and judged online, or may be given. The Awards Committee wants to remind NCCB in-person at Super Panels, by seasoned TV station staff, production members of the importance and honor of the nomination itself. companies, and independents who are experienced in the categories they have agreed to judge. This year, seven Chapters judged our This year news, program and individual craft entries were judged entries and in turn, we will judge their entries throughout the year. online and in person by panels in Heartland, Lone Star, New York, Ohio Valley, Pacific Southwest, Rocky Mountain Southwest and Programming and News categories have a high score of 30; Crafts Suncoast. The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter’s Awards have a high score of 20. When the scores come in, the accounting Committee reviewed the unidentified totals prepared by the firm of Bowling, Franklin and Co., LLP translates the scores into Certified Public Accounting firm of Bowling, Franklin and Co., LLP percentages. So when it comes time for the Awards Committee to for the purpose of determining the number of awards to be given. 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 that determine whether THE BETTY ENDICOTT NATAS-NCCB a category has winners and nominees. As a general guideline, entries that score 90% or above are awarded an Emmy® and those CHAPTER STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP that score 80% or above receive a Nomination. Kelsey Johnson Courtland Sutton Howard University’s Cathy Hughes School American University’s Graduate School of of Communications and Annenberg Honors Communication. Program scholar. STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS WINNERS College Commercial Audio/Sound Three part video series: 2019 Navy Football Baron Pride United States Naval Academy Bethesda-Chevy