THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES NASHVILLE/MIDSOUTH CHAPTER Geneva M. Brignolo, Executive Director 161 Rains Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203 Voicemail 615-259-0040 [email protected] - http://nashville.emmyonline.org NASHVILLE/MIDSOUTH CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR THE 27TH MIDSOUTH EMMY® AWARDS NASHVILLE, Tenn. –(Nov. 15, 2012) The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced their Midsouth Regional Emmy© Award nominations on Thursday, November 15, at a Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) party on Nashville’s legendary Music Row. Margaret Collins of BMI welcomed the academy and introduced NATAS Nashville/Midsouth President and National Trustee Ellen Jones Pryor of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Ms. Pryor said “The upcoming gala will mark our twenty-seventh Emmy® Awards. For this grand occasion, we are proud to return to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on January 26, 2013. The television remote facilities will be provided in high definition by Tennessee Digital Video, with additional support for the live telecast from guestbooker.com, and Regions.” NATAS National Trustee Gene Policinski of The First Amendment Center announced that the Board of Governors selected the Vanderbilt Television News Archive as the recipient of the Governors’ Award for Lifetime Achievement, the academy’s highest honor. He said, “It is the world's most extensive archive of television news, creating, preserving and providing access to the U.S. network news broadcasts which have been recorded since august 5, 1968.” Silver Circle Chairman Phillip L. Bell of BellMedia announced the newest inductees into the prestigious Silver Circle which honors contributions to broadcasting over a quarter century. The honorees are Matthew Zelkind of WKRN Nashville, the longest tenured news director ever in the Nashville market. The second inductee is Gregg Stone of WHNT, Huntsville, a photographer with 34 years of experience, who has had a front row seat to history, including the first and final flights of the Space Shuttle. Jennifer Lane of Decosimo Vaden. CPAs, who tabulated the ballots, announced that nearly 800 entries for the Midsouth Emmy® Awards were judged by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter, the Suncoast Chapter, based in Miami, and the Ohio Valley Chapter, which includes Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. She said “Seventy-eight television stations, production companies, and independent producers are named on the list of nominations.” Contributions to the nomination party were made by Nancy Moore of BMI; Beth Tucker Womack, the voice of NATAS Nashville/Midsouth; Nic Dugger of tndv.com; David Bennett; Deidre Cischke and John Hussey of PK Pictures; Mark Lonsway and Aaron Gant of Warner/Chappell Production Music, and still photographer, Tommy Lawson. A complete list of nominees follows. For further information or photos: Geneva Brignolo, 615-259-0040, [email protected] The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in television. The academy has 19 chapters with 15,000 members nationwide. The Nashville/Midsouth Region encompasses the States of North Carolina (except Asheville) and Tennessee, and northern Alabama. Page 1 of 13 THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES NASHVILLE/MIDSOUTH CHAPTER Geneva M. Brignolo, Executive Director 161 Rains Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203 Voicemail 615-259-0040 [email protected] - http://nashville.emmyonline.org 27TH MIDSOUTH REGIONAL EMMY®AWARDS NOMINEES Compiled by The Vaden Group, PC, CPA’s NEWS EXCELLENCE Channel 4 News: Working 4 You, Matthew Hilk, Ryan Hawes, WSMV Nashville's News 2, Matthew Zelkind, WKRN News Excellence: WRAL-TV, Rick Gall, WRAL NewsChannel 36: News Excellence, Corrie Harding, WCNC NewsChannel 5 Network, Sandy Boonstra, Michelle Bonnett, WTVF WXII 12 News Excellence, Barry Klaus, WXII NEWSCAST/EVENING Adam Mayes Captured & Bain Sisters Rescued, Samantha Davidson, Ursula Madden, Joe Birch, Jason Miles, Jarvis Rodney Greer, Shiela Whaley, Daniel Yohey, WMC Apartment Fire, David Ditmore, Sarah Shiverdecker, David Seals, Erika Lathon, WZTV Burke & Rutherford Tornadoes, Julie Szulczewski, WSoC Channel 4 News at 4:00, Elizabeth Emmons, WSMV Channel 4 News at 6:00, Brittany Freeman, Tom Randles, WSMV Deadly Funeral Home Crash - 10pm Newscast, Krista Pennie Myers, Jason Miles, WMC Deadly Tornadoes Anniversary, Kenneth Smith, Joey Barker, WCYB Nashville's News 2 at 4, Lauren Stauffer, Stephen Hubbard, Matthew Zelkind, Bartt Baird, WKRN NEWSCAST/MORNING Bain Sisters Found Alive, Megan Pope, Andrew Douglas, Justin Hanson, Kym Clark, Nichole Cyprian, Jason Miles, Amy Speropoulos, Shiela Whaley, WMC Burke Rutherford Tornadoes 1/12/2012, Blaine Clark, Keith Monday, Mitch Davis, Andrew Doud, WSoC Channel 4 News Today, Matthew Parriott, Ian Reitz, Julia Bruck, Paul Heggen, Thomas Davis, WSMV Channel 4 News Today: Opryland Explosion, Thomas Davis, Ian Reitz, Holly Thompson, Matthew Parriott, Julia Bruck, WSMV NewsChannel 5 This Morning, Amy Watson, Steve Hayslip, Ashley McKinney, WTVF NEWSCAST/WEEKEND Channel 9 Eyewitness News - East Mecklenburg Tornado, Mitch Davis, Keith Monday, Nathan Bishop, Julie Szulczewski, Andrew Doud, Whit Whitaker, Kathryn Burcham, WSoC Super Bowl Sunday, Tiffany Sawyer, WSMV WRAL News at 11: Hurricane Irene Aftermath, Martha Woodward, Miranda Dotson, Debra Morgan, Aysu Basaran, Stephanie Beck, Streater Kelley, Crystal Woods, Timothy Stiles, Tony W. Gupton, Cullen Browder, Ken Smith, WRAL SPOT NEWS 50-Car Pile-Up, Matthew Hilk, Tiffany Sawyer, Holly Thompson, Ryan Smith, Carley Gordon, Nickie E. Jennings, Ryan Hawes, WSMV Everybody Get Out, Janet Kim, Dustin Gagne, WTVF Hurricane Irene, Rick Gall, Christine Bowley, Kevin Holmes, Ken Smith, Benn Page, WRAL The Worst Is Yet to Come, Nathan Thompson, Aundrea Cline-Thomas, WTVF Wonderful Place To Live, Adam Ghassemi, WTVF Page 2 of 13 BREAKING NEWS 50-Car Pile-Up, Tiffany Sawyer, Matthew Hilk, Carley Gordon, Ryan Smith, Paul Heggen, Nickie E. Jennings, Deanna Lambert- Thomas, WSMV Explosion at the Opryland Hotel, Tiffany Sawyer, Matthew Hilk, Caleb Chaney, Forrest Sanders, Carley Gordon, Tom Randles, WSMV Fugitive from Justice, Jerry Hayes, Matt Kroschel, Carson Clark, Venton Blandin, WHNT The John Edwards Case, James A. Ford, Jr., Rick Gall, Martha Woodward, Stephanie Beck, Jackie Hyland, Aysu Basaran, Lori Grant, Kelcey Carlson, Erin Hartness, Keith Baker, James Benedict, WRAL Tornado Slams into Tellico Plains, John Treanor, Pat Middendorf, WVLT GENERAL ASSIGNMENT - WITHIN 24 HOURS Animal Dump Ground, Natasha Chen, Terrence Muldoon, Pablo Gaviria, WREG Hidden Cameras, Hidden Life, Steve Dorsey, WTVD I Took You to the Top, Baby!, Kim Gebbia, Nathan Thompson, Dustin Gagne, Nathan C. Sharkey, Angelica Dones, Mike Rose, WTVF JB Kerns Comes Home, Eric Sander, Lindsey Eaton, WGHP Remembering Cullen Parker, Bryan Mims, WRAL The Witherspoon Wives, Josh DeVine, Sarah Clausen, WSMV Video Tells the Tale, Nick Beres, WTVF GENERAL ASSIGNMENT - NO TIME LIMIT Deadly Prescriptions, Ben Hall, Iain Montgomery, WTVF Invisible Homeless, Cullen Browder, Randall Kerr, Kelly Hinchcliffe, Greg Clark, WRAL Nashville's Dirty Secret, Kim Gebbia, Ted Nelson, WTVF Saving the Unwanted, Chad Tucker, WGHP This Is Christmas, Amanda Hara, WTVF CONTINUING COVERAGE - WITHIN 24 HOURS Cumberland County Tornado, Tonja Burk, Paul Brown, WBIR Explosion at the Opryland Hotel, Matthew Parriott, Tiffany Sawyer, Matthew Hilk, Ian Reitz, Carley Gordon, Holly Thompson, Sarah Clausen, WSMV Kathy Taft Murder Case, Rick Gall, James A. Ford, Jr., Lori Grant, Renee Chou, Chad Flowers, Kelly Gardner, WRAL Path of Destruction: The York County Tornado, Corrie Harding, WCNC CONTINUING COVERAGE - NO TIME LIMIT Corruption and the Clerk: After The Fall, Jeremy Finley, WSMV County Clerk Fallout, Phil Williams, Bryan Staples, Kevin Wisniewski, WTVF Felipe Montes Story, Jaime Zea, WUVC Kimberlee's Law, Bofta Yimam, Michael Moore, WHBQ Three Angels Farms, Nancy Amons, WSMV UCDD Fallout, Phil Williams, Kevin Wisniewski, WTVF SERIOUS FEATURE NEWS REPORT Bullied to Death, Peter Daut, WSoC L.V.'s Home, Adam Ghassemi, WTVF Life In an Instant, Brian Stephenson, Molly Grantham, WBTV Mr. Unforgettable, Kim Gebbia, WTVF Music City Honor Flight, Nick Beres, Ted Nelson, WTVF The Best Sound I've Ever Heard, Eric Sander, Bob Buckley, WGHP Thread That Binds, Angelica Dones, Heather Graf, WTVF Underground Homeless, Michael Moore, Lynn Lampkin, WHBQ SERIOUS FEATURE NEWS SERIES A Soldier Comes Home, Dennis Ferrier, Jarod Rogers, WSMV Airport Customs and Border Protection, Jaime Zea, WUVC Journey for Justice, Ray Arzate, Joseph Pleasant, WKRN Page 3 of 13 Military Mission to Afghanistan, Ken Smith, Chad Flowers, Tony W. Gupton, WRAL Wounded Warrior, Jeff Davidson, Bob Mueller, WKRN LIGHT FEATURE NEWS REPORT Extreme Couponing, Bofta Yimam, Michael Moore, WHBQ Hated To See It Go, Nathan Thompson, Jeffrey Tang, WTVF I Fixed You Right Up, Amanda Hara, WTVF Little Miss Mt. Pleasant, Michelle Boudin, Dan Robbins, WCNC Martin's Treasures, Matt Hammond, WCNC Nashville Night Shift, Amy Watson, Maxwell Cushing, WTVF Sewn for Soldiers, Forrest Sanders, WSMV The Homecoming Queen, Bofta Yimam, Michael Moore, WHBQ LIGHT FEATURE NEWS SERIES Bulger's Beat, Terry Bulger, Jason Wilson, Zina Bauman, WSMV Dave's Diamond Darlings, Dave Staley, WTVC Made in the Carolinas, Richard Green, Time Warner Cable North Carolina Nooks & Crannies,