th 37 Annual NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY® AWARDS PRESENTED th th The 37 Annual Northern California Area EMMY® Awards were presented Saturday evening, May 10 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The Emmy® Award honors excellence in all fields of television production. Hawaii took top honors with Station Excellence going to KGMB 9 and News Excellence to KHNL 8. Community Service had two winners: KQED 9 Public Broadcasting, San Francisco and KSTS Telemundo 48, San Jose. The Large Market Newscast recipients were “CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11PM,” KPIX CBS 5, San Francisco and “NBC11's The Bay Area Today at 11AM,” KNTV NBC 11, San Jose. Medium Market Newscasts went to “KGMB 9 News at 10PM,” KGMB 9 Honolulu and “Action News AM Live,” KFSN ABC 30, Fresno. KTVN 2 Reno took both Smaller Market Newscasts: “Channel 2 News at 6:30PM,” and “Channel 2 News This Morning.” KUVS Unvision 19 took received 13 awards followed by KPIX CBS 5 and KNTV NBC 11 with eleven each. The most honored individual was Santiago Lucero, Reporter KUVS Univison19, Sacramento, who took home five statuettes. Closely followed by Investigative Reporter, Anna Werner, KPIX CBS 5, San Francisco and Albert Garcia, Photographer, KUVS Univision 19, Sacramento with four each. The total of 227 statues went to 184 individuals this year. KUVS Univision 19 in Sacramento was the top station winner with 13 awards followed by a tie with 11 awards each for KPIX CBS 5, San Francisco and KNTV NBC 11, San Jose. The Emmy® is awarded for outstanding achievement in Television by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. San Francisco/Northern California is one of the twenty chapters awarding regional Emmys®. Northern California is composed of television and cable stations from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Entries were aired during the 2007 calender year. 819 entries were received, in 65 categories, 241 were nominated and 86 receive the Emmy® statuette. The ballots were tallied by the accounting firm of Spalding & Company of San Francisco. The Governors’ Citation was presented to Dr. David H. Hosley for his service in Public Broadcasting at KVIE, Sacramento, KCSM, San Mateo and KQED, San Francisco. David is currently the President of UC Merced’s Great Valley Center. The Board of Governors’ Service Medallion was presented by chapter president Lynn R Friedman to Peter Borg, KQED 9. Peter serves on the Awards Committee and has been a board member and Emmy® show producer. Four $3,000 Television Academy scholarships were awarded for Television Production to Alexandra Platt, University of San Francisco; The Rigo Chacon Reporting Scholarship, underwritten by Abrazos & Books, went to Brittney Johnson, University of California, Berkeley; Videography to Charlene Music, Stanford University. The Thomas Drayton Minority Scholarship underwritten by KTXL Fox 40, went to Manal Ahmad, University of California, Berkeley. The awards ceremony was hosted by political satirist Will Durst with Michael Hatfield providing the music. Following the presentation the over six hundred guests moved next door to the Exploratorium for a gala dinner served with Michael-David wines from the Lodi Wine Country, and danced to music provided by the “.” The Complete list of Emmy® Award recipients follows: SAN FRANCISCO/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISON ARTS AND SCIENCES 4317 CAMDEN AVENUE • SAN MATEO, CA 94403-5007 • 650-341-7786 • fax 650-372-0279 1 web www.emmysf.tv • e-mail [email protected] AREA AWARDS For Outstanding Achievement in: SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT: STATION AWARDS Station Excellence “KGMB 9 in 2007,” KGMB 9 Chris Archer, News Director; Candace Hirleman, Marketing Director News Excellence “KHNL NEWS 8,” KHNL 8 Dan Dennison, News Director Community Service “Immigration in Focus - a multi-platform community initiative,” KQED 9 Jeff Clarke, President/CEO “Estudiar es Triunfar,” KSTS Telemundo 48 Ana Maria Lamas, News Producer; Carla Ivette Yashiro, Producer/Art Director; Raul Ayrala, News Coverage Coordinator; Carmen Valencia, Public Outreach Coordinator; Elias Gonzales, Field Photographer; Bobee Padilla, Animation Design NEWS PROGRAMMING Newscast - Daytime - Larger Markets “NBC11's The Bay Area Today at 11AM - 11/08/07,” KNTV NBC 11 John F. Peck, Executive Producer; Mariam Rodriguez, Producer; Kevin Springer, Director; Brent Cannon, Laura Garcia-Cannon, Anchors; Lisa Bernard, Bob Redell, Christie Smith, Reporters; Mike Inouye, Traffic Anchor; Steve Wheelock, Photographer; Shayna John, Editor Newscast - Daytime - Medium Markets “Action News AM Live,” KFSN ABC 30 Tracey Watkowski, News Director; Kathryn York, Producer; Reuben Contreras, Associate Producer; Tim Bawden, Director; Margot Kim, Jason Martinez, Anchors; Christine Park, Reporter; Gary Brooks, Photojournalist; Gabrielle Ornstein, Editor-Photographer; Ross Rumsey, Audio Director Newscast - Daytime - Smaller Markets “Channel 2 News This Morning,” KTVN 2 Jason Pasco, News Director; Wes Severson, Producer; Emily Frega, Associate Producer; Tom Henkenius, Anchor; Patranya Bhoolsuwan, Reporter Newscast - Evening - Larger Markets “CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11PM 12/25/07,” KPIX CBS 5 Wilson Walker, Producer; Christian Otero, Director; Allen Martin, Thuy Vu, Anchors; Sue Kwon, Simon Perez, Tony Russomanno; Joe Vazquez, Reporters; Eric Ramin, Graphic Designer; Mark Baggs, Camera/Chyron Operator Newscast - Evening - Medium Markets “KGMB 9 News at 10pm,” KGMB 9 Brenda Salgado, Assignment Manager Newscast - Evening - Smaller Markets “Channel 2 News at 6:30pm 9/24/07,” KTVN 2 Kellene Stockwell, News Producer Breaking News “SoCal Fires 10/23/07,” KGO ABC 7 Wayne Freedman, Producer General Assignment Report “The Godfather of Fitness,” KNTV NBC 11 Marianne Favro, Reporter; Brad Williams, Photographer “Someone Remembers,” KNTV NBC 11 Noelle Walker, Reporter; Jeremy Carroll, Photographer/Editor 2 “Baby Trevor,” KUVS Univision 19 Catalina Martinez, Reporter; Albert Garcia, Photographer Continuing Coverage “Maze Crash,” KPIX CBS 5 Abigail Sterling, Investigative Producer; Anna Werner, Investigative Reporter/Producer “Pet Cemetery,” KPIX CBS 5 Abigail Sterling, Investigative Producer; Anna Werner, Investigative Reporter/Producer; Gerard Watson, Producer/Photojournalist; Greg Marasso, Editor “Un Sueño en Crisis,” KUVS Univision 19 Uriel Posada, Producer; Pamela Diaz, Maribel Lopez, Santiago Lucero, Jairo Diaz Pedraza, Johanna Suarez, Reporters; Christian Anguiano, Nelson Castillo, Photographers Investigative Report “Doc 420,” KGO ABC 7 Ken Miguel, Producer; Dan Noyes, Investigative Reporter; Cathy Cavey, Photographer Lynn R Friedman, Editor Feature News Report - Light “A Dark Secret,” KOVR CBS 13 Kris Pickel, Reporter; Carl Lemon, Videographer/Editor “From Scalpel to Handcuffs,” KUVS Univision 19 Pamela Diaz, Reporter; Mariana Castorena, Photographer/Editor Feature News Report - Light Series “Weekend Adventures with Brian Hickey,” KCRA 3 Brian Hickey, Reporter “La Capirucha,” KUVS Univision 19 Martha Minjarez, Reporter/Writer; Mariana Castorena, Photographer/Editor Feature News Report - Serious “Green Waste,” KGO ABC 7 Jennifer Olney, Writer/Producer; Dan Ashley, Reporter; Michael D. Clark, Photographer Deric Fujihara, Photographer; Harvey Weinman, Editor “Capitol's Steps,” KUVS Univision 19 Santiago Lucero, Reporter; Felix Mendoza III, Photographer/Editor Feature News Report - Serious Series “Monstruo de Acero,” KFTV Univision 21 David Ibarra, Reporter “The Parking Hustle,” KPIX CBS 5 Abigail Sterling, Producer; Anna Werner, Investigative Reporter/Producer; Greg Marasso, Editor Specialty Assignment Report “Moving Pictures,” KNTV NBC 11 Michelle Toy, Producer; Brent Cannon, Bob Redell, Reporters; John Chiala, Brad Williams, Photographer/Editors “I Lied for the American Dream,” KUVS Univision 19 Santiago Lucero, Reporter/Producer NEWS AND PROGRAM SPECIALTY Documentary “Truly California: Gumby Dharma,” KQED 9 Klara Grunning-Harris, Producer Arts/Entertainment - Feature/Segment “Spark: Henry Wessel, The Physical Presence of Light,” KQED 9, Bay Area Video Coalition Rachel Raney, Segment Producer “Mundane Journeys,” KRON 4 Jane Bahk, Producer/ Writer 3 “Garibaldi Arts,” KUVS Univision 19 Catalina Martinez, Reporter; Albert Garcia, Photographer Arts/Entertainment - Program/Special “In Wine Country,” KNTV NBC 11 Barb Moffatt, Jeanine Olsen, Producers; Mary Orlin, Producer, Writer; Mary Babbitt, Host/Reporter; Jonathan Drum, Director; Mark Oltz, Photographer/Editor Children/Youth Feature/Segment “View from the Bay: Manny,” KGO ABC 7 Jennifer Walters, Producer Children/Youth - Program/Special “Natural Heroes: Fruit Tree Tour,” KRCB-TV/GreenTreks Valerie A. Landes, Producer Education/Schools - Feature/Segment “Obesity Battle Prompts School Changes,” KHON-TV Marisa Yamane, Reporter Education/Schools - Program/Special “Sutter Health Presents: Your Health,” KCRA 3, The Idea Factory Jaime Mathews, Executive Producer; Karen Christian, Producer/Writer; Beth Ruyak, Host/Writer “Natural Heroes: A School in the Woods,” KRCB-TV/GreenTreks Valerie A. Landes, Producer Informational/Instructional - Feature/Segment “Wind Turbines,” KOVR CBS 13 Peter Roney, Producer/Photographer/Editor; Dave Bender, Host; Mike Lowry, Photographer “Blood Drives Save Lives,” KUVS Univision 19 Johanna Suarez, Reporter; Mariana Castorena, Photographer/Editor Informational/Instructional - Program/Special “Everyday Edisons 106,” KEET, Bouncing Brain Productions Michael Cable, Louis J. Foreman, Producers; Daniel Cordero, Production Manager Historic/Cultural