2003-2004 Emmy Nominations Chicago/Midwest Chapter National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Tabulated by: Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP 225 N. Michigan Ave., 11th Floor Chicago, Il 60601-7601 1 Category #1 Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Spot Coverage (Award to Reporters, Assignment Editors, Producers, Videographers and Editors) Judged by the Miami Chapter (16 entries) Chicago High Rise Fire: Richard Maginn, Tony Shute, Amy Morris, Executive Producers; Lisa McGonigle, Producer; Kathy Brock, Cheryl Burton, Ron Magers, Leah Hope, Theresa Gutierrez, John Garcia, Paul Meincke, Andy Shaw, Ben Bradley, Reporters; Jennifer Hoppenstedt, Carleen Mosbach, Jeff Marchese, Assignment Editors; Mark Scodro, Mark Urban, Mike Locashio, Paul Martinez, Derrick Robinson, Manoocher Shadnia, Photographers; Rodney Correll, David Kenebrew, Brian Vieder, Gus Arteaga, Murphy Batiste, Editors. WLS Porch Collapse: Jim Williams, Tracy Townsend, Mary Ann Childers, Vince Gerasole, Chelsea Irving, Suzanne Le Mignot, Reporters; Dan Gaughan, Rob Holliday, Deidra White, Assignment Editors; Regina Griffin, Executive Producer; Sue Brown-Williams, Liz Johnson, Jon Kaplan, Scott Keenan, Producers; Morris Jones, John Krupski, Peter Lambrinatos, Spiros Lambrinatos, Mark Losiniecki, John Marschitz, Amy Myrick, Kenneth Pierce, Marcus Richardson, Videographers; Mike Prendergast, Gary Wright, Editors. WBBM Utica Tornado: Amy Morris, Executive Producer; Robert Veasey, Producer; Chuck Goudie, Ben Bradley, Jerry Taft, Kathy Brock, Alan Krashesky, Reporters; Adriana Cortez, Jeff Marchese, Carleen Mosbach, Carrie Walker, Assignment Editors; Tom Garrity, Mike Locashio, Tracy Timberlake, Ed Kita, Mike Chaneske, Ed Janz, Photographers; Sharon Pearson, David Kenebrew, Mary Jaime, Jeremiah Reeves, Editors. WLS Warehouse Fire: Wilson Toy, Executive Producer; Hosea Sanders, Judy Hsu, Roz Varon, Ben Bradley, Evelyn Holmes, Tracy Butler, Reporters; Rob Taylor, Jill Jordan, Marsha Jordan, Don Villar, Producers; Darah Languido, Assignment Editor; Mike Dukewich, Bill Newsom, Eugene Stanback, Tracy Timberlake, Lucas Williamson, Rich Hillengas, Ken Bedford, Tom Garrity, Videographers; Dave Fell, Tonya Davis, Obie Varnado, Editors. WLS Fire Trucks Collide: Antonio Mora, Diann Burns, Kris Habermehl, Dana Kozlov, Reporters; Rob Holliday, Greg Kelly, Assignment Editors; Caryn Brooks, Regina Griffin, Executive Producers; Traci Maloney, Mark Zonca, Producers; John Marschitz, Kenneth Pierce, Marcus Richardson, Paul Wheeler, Videographers/Editors. WBBM Breaking News in the Loop: The Robert Russ Verdict and the Cook County Building Fire: Leah Hope, Reporter; Rich Hillengas, Bill Roesler, Videographers. WLS Category #2 Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Investigative Reporting (Award to the Reporter/Producer) Judged by the San Francisco Chapter (15 entries) Robert Henry: Colleen Henry, Reporter; Cary Edwards, Renee Raffaelli, Producers. WISN Getting The Boot: Danielle Serino, Reporter; Andrea Brown, Producer. WFLD Time Killers: Pam Zekman, Reporter; Scott Keenan, Executive Producer; Lisa Capitanini, Simone Thiessen, Producers. WBBM Roughed Up At Recess: Bob Segall, Reporter/Producer; Jim Wilson, Ernesto Santiago, David Michuda, Michele Murray, Producers. WITI Mortgage Fraud/Invisible Owners: Larry Yellen, Reporter; Diane Carbonara, Chuck Quinzio, Timothy P. Smith, Producers. WFLD Amenaza Sexual: Alba Mendiola, Reporter; Maria Herrera, Casey Mitchell, Andres Lombana, Producers. WSNS Category #3 Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Single Feature Hard News (Award to the Reporter/Producer) Judged by Lone Star Chapter (35 entries) Chairmen of the Boards: Renee Ferguson, Reporter; Lora Johnson LeSage, Producer; Khallid Shabazz, Mable Miller, Paul Nagaro, Sharon Pearson, Co-Producers. WMAQ Flight 191 Anniversary: Mark Suppelsa, Reporter; Jason Jedlinski, Tim Morris, Larry Collins, Rich Quinones, David Tresnowski, Producers. WFLD A Milwaukee Murder: Reading Between the Lines: Bob Segall, Reporter/Producer; Michele Murray, David Michuda, Craig Hofer, Producers. WITI Skipping Out: Scott Friedman, Reporter; Ray Lapine, Producer. WTMJ The Toughest Loss: Robin Green, Mark Ringo, Greg Sanchez, Vince Munyon, Tony Vitale, Producers; Lisa Parker, Reporter. WMAQ Shattered Lives: Robin Green, Mark Ringo, Suzanne Richter, Tony Vitale, Producers; Lisa Parker, Reporter. WMAQ West Nile Virus: Sylvia Perez, Reporter; Christine Tressel, Producer. WLS 2 Category #4 Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Feature Series Hard News (Award to Reporter/Producer) Judged by the New York Chapter (20 entries) Wisconsin's 229th: Rebuilding Iraq: Paul Blume, Reporter. WMTV Serve and Protect: Pam Zekman, Reporter; Scott Keenan, Executive Producer; Lisa Capitanini, Simone Thiessen, Producers. WBBM Las Muertas de Juarez: Vicente Serrano, Reporter; Casey Mitchell, Maria Herrera, Co-Producers. WSNS Sangre, Sudor, Lagrimas: Vicente Serrano, Reporter; Casey Mitchell, Maria Herrera, Co-Producers. WSNS Evans Folo: Marion Brooks, Reporter; Vince Munyon, Producer. WMAQ Addicted.com Parts 1 and 2: Rick Strasser, Katharin Czink, Steve Scheuer, Jennifer Lyons, Ted Parra, Producers; Dina Bair, Reporter. WGN Pope John Paul II - 25th Anniversary: Alan Krashesky, Reporter; Vicki Giammona, Producer. WLS Category #5 Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Single Feature Soft News (Award to the Reporter/Producer) Judged by Miami Chapter (32 entries) Camp to Belong: Allison Rosati, Reporter; Jessica Brannon, Richard Moy, Producers. WMAQ Hero Mom: Jane Boal, Reporter/Producer; Kevin Myers, Producer. WGN Your Get It Done Days: Alita Guillen, Reporter; Edie Kasten, Producer. WBBM Young Survivors: Stacey Baca, Reporter; Ann Esp, Chris Davis, Mike Locashio, Producers. WLS Moment of Impact: Darren Kramer, Reporter; Hal Bernstein, Vince Munyon, Silvio Costales, Mike O'Reilley, Producers. WMAQ Eastland Disaster: Harvey Moshman, Producer; Mike Parker, Reporter. WBBM Category #6 Outstanding Achievement within a Regularly Scheduled News Program – Feature Series Soft News (Award to the Reporter/Producer) Judged by the New York Chapter (20 entries) On Assignment: Rome: Rita Hagen Aleman, Bob Vermiglio, Eric McGee, Producers; Tammy Elliott, Reporter. WISN Chicago's Coolest Cribs: Nancy Loo, Reporter. WFLD Every Mile Has A Story: Ed Curran, Reporter; Harvey Moshman, Edie Kasten, Producers. WBBM Tracy in the City: Tracy Butler, Judy Hsu, Roz Varon, Reporters; Wilson Toy, Executive Producer; Irit Nayden, Darah Languido, Badriyyah Waheed, Rob Taylor, Sarah Doidge, Hosea Sanders, Producers; Luke Williamson, Tracy Timberlake, Co-Producers. WLS Total Transformation: Complete Makeover: Chelly Boutott, Producer/Reporter; Dave Duchan, Producer. WFRV Chicago Tonight: Back in the Day: Tracye J. Campbell, Segment Producer; Stan Lawrence, Reporter; Michael Leiderman, Executive Producer. WTTW Category #7 Outstanding Achievement within Regularly Scheduled News Program – Ongoing Feature Series (Award to Reporter/Producer) Judged by the San Francisco Chapter (28 entries) The Bottom Line: Danielle Serino, Reporter; Andrea Brown, Producer. WFLD Fox 6 Undercover: Fox 6 Investigates: Bob Segall, Reporter/Producer; Michele Murray, David Michuda, Jim Wilson, Producers. WITI Steve Baskerville Special Weather Reports: Harvey Moshman, Producer; Steve Baskerville, Reporter. WBBM Perry's People: Ted Perry, Reporter; Jim Wilson, Craig Hofer, Jason Kutter, Producers. WITI Chicago Stories: Mary Field, Executive Producer; John Callaway, Reporter; Dan Protess, Jay Shefsky, Jay Smith, Producers. WTTW Target 5 Reports: Robin Green, Mark Ringo, Suzanne Richter, Tony Vitale, Sharon Pearson, Producers; Lisa Parker, Reporter. WMAQ Inside Chicago: Vince Gerasole, Reporter. WBBM Category #8 Outstanding Achievement for News Specials 30 minutes or more – Planned coverage of a single event not incorporated in regularly scheduled news program (Award to Reporter/Producer) Judged by the San Francisco Chapter (6 entries) Best of the Tests: Katrina Cravy, Reporter; Lisa Schiller, Jennifer Tamsen, Producers. WITI The New Face of Heroin: Carmen Gonzalez, Executive Producer; Robin Robinson, Reporter. WFLD The New Soldier Field: Wilson Toy, Jennifer Graves, Janet Hundley, Executive Producers; Larry Snyder, C.C. Boggiano, Producers; Rodney Correll, Rich Hillengas, Mike Locashio, Co-Producers; Kathy Brock, Ron Magers, Mark Giangreco, Brad Palmer, Jim Rose, Cheryl Burton, Rob Johnson, Paul Meincke, Reporters. WLS Utica Tornado Special: Caryn Brooks, Executive Producer; Traci Fitzmorris, Producer; Diann Burns, Antonio Mora, Steve Baskerville, Jay Levine, Derrick Blakley, Reporters. WBBM 3 Category #9A Outstanding Achievement for Documentary Programs – Documentary of Current Significance (Award to the Producer) Judged by Denver Chapter (10 entries) Worried Sick: Terry Spencer Hesser, Leslie Mauer, Producers. WTTW Wisconsin's Soldiers: Mission Iraq: Paul Blume, Sam Sorenson, Producers. WMTV Where We Stood: Chicago's Resistance to the U.S. War in Iraq: Linda Beckstrom, Producer; Blake Beckstrom, Jon Groot, Seth Skundrick, Co-Producers. WTTW Experiment: Gay and Straight: Mark Saxenmeyer, Executive Producer; Darlene Hill, Producer; Kathleen Minnis, Senior Producer; Leo Brucato, Chris Davis, Lou Hinkhouse, Andrea Dip, Travis Franklin, Erik Kinzle, Associate Producers. CAN-TV Category #9B Outstanding Achievement for Documentary Programs – Documentary of Historic Significance