WELCOME TO THE 42ND ANNUAL REGIONAL EMMY® AWARDS Presented by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Michigan Chapter President's Welcome Welcome to the 42nd Annual Emmy® Awards! Of course, we wish that we could all be together in one room tonight, like we always are at the Motor City Casino, but this is a dierent year. Nobody expected 2020 to be like this. e Coronavirus has aected so many, especially here in Michigan. Some of our colleagues in the television industry have been laid o, furloughed or let go--while others are working long hours to bring news and information to our communities every day. We’ve seen stories of hope, heroes and struggles; stories of a 500-year ood with homes and businesses destroyed; and stories of protests, rallies, demon- strations and destruction. All this while trying to stay healthy and safe. You have risked your lives trying to protect our Press Freedoms and showing the community how important your role really is. You have done phenomenal work and that’s why it’s important to celebrate your eorts tonight, even in a virtual setting. I am honored to be your President here in Michigan, but I am more honored to be among those in this great industry. I am humbled by your extraordinary eorts. And, while I wish were all in one room tonight, it does not diminish the achievement of being nominated or winning an Emmy Award this year. Congratulations again to all of the nominees and winners. Your work is shining through. Bob Gould Vice President of Awards Good Evening and welcome! On behalf of the Board of Governors and the Emmy® Committee, we would like to welcome you to the 42nd Michigan Regional Emmy® Awards. Tonight we are celebrating excellence in television. 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After serving for ten years as Sports Director of WXMI Fox 17 in Grand Rapids, Brent has spent the last decade at WZZM TV 13, where his storytelling has won 21 Emmy Awards and 9 Edward R. Murrow Awards, including a National Edward R. Murrow award in 2016. Syma Chowdhry, Anchor/Reporter, WXYZ Syma Chowdhry is an Anchor/Reporter on WXYZ-TV. She joined the station in Febru- ary 2016. She has won two Michigan Emmy awards, including for General Assignment Reporter. Prior to that, Chowdhry was a Reporter at KYW in Philadelphia. She was an Enter- tainment Reporter in New York City. She also spent two years as the Anchor of First Forecast Mornings on CBS Detroit. When she isn’t working, Syma enjoys spending time with her husband (a News Photojournalist), two sons, daughter and dog named Hamilton. Lisa Germani, Anchor, WWJ/WKBD Lisa Germani is a metro Detroit-based TV personality and producer, who has recently relocated home to Michigan, after spending almost 20 years in the Los Angeles entertainment industry working for national television networks. In addition to her on-camera hosting and producing background, Lisa is also a seasoned talent relations executive, celebrity talent booker and former network publicist. Currently, Lisa can be seen on CBS Detroit doing feature reporting for “Eye on Detroit” and on CW50 Detroit as Anchor for the show “Community Connect,” airing on Saturdays at 8:30am. Trevor Thompson, Anchor, FOX SPORT DETROIT Trevor Thompson is a Native of Dresden, Ontario, 60 minutes southeast of Detroit. He is celebrating 20 years at Fox Sports Detroit, covering the local pro teams and college sports. Prior to working at FSD Trevor spent time at Rogers SportNet in Toronto, and Vancouver. He is a 4-time Emmy winner and has been nominated many times. Married to Dayna Clark, of the WJR Radio morning show and share 3 kids. The Annoucer Cynthia Canty Cynthia Canty’s broadcast career began in Detroit in 1979. She has been a radio newscaster and talk show host on WNIC, WMGC, WJR and, most recently, NPR affiliate Michigan Radio, where she hosted the daily long- form interview show Stateside with Cynthia Canty. She spent 12 years at WKBD-TV, moving from talk show host to news reporter to anchor on the Ten O’Clock News. Her recent television work includes hosting Saving Lives: Preventing Teen Suicide on DPTV. She is an Emmy-winner and multiple Emmy nominee, and has won awards for her reporting and writing from the Associated Press, Michigan Association of Broadcasters and the Detroit Press Club. Welcome from NATAS-MI President, Bob Gould 32A DIRECTOR - LIVE OR RECORDED LIVE Detroit Pistons David Rhoades FOX SPORTS DETROIT Director - Michael Oddino Michael Oddino FOX SPORTS DETROIT/FOXSPORTSDETROIT.COM 15B MILITARY - PROGRAM FEATURE/SEGMENT The Flagman Larry Figurski Joe Aulisio WOOD Hoops for Troops Carly Angott DETROIT PISTONS/PISTONS.COM 28A COMMERCIAL - SINGLE SPOT Pistons Opening Night Lauren Primeau DETROIT PISTONS/PISTONS.COM Detroit: One Nation Under A Groove William Bowen LaShawn D. 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