Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees 2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees UPDATED Release - April 27, 2021 Overall Excellence Director • Bryce Madison, Producer • Catie Briggs, Seattle Channel • Shannon Gee, General Manager Producer • Brenna Kelly, Reporter • Amber Wilmarth, KING • Jim Rose, General Manager Reporter • Antonio Corona, Editor • Emily Higgins, KGW • Steve Carter, President/General Manager Photographer KTUU/KYES • Nancy Johnson, General Manager KOIN 6 News at 11: Historic Wildfires • KOIN • Carla Judah, Idaho Public Television • Ron Pisaneschi, General Manager Producer • Jennifer Dowling, Reporter • Jeff Gianola, OPB • Steve Bass, President/CEO Anchor • Jenny Young, Reporter • Elizabeth Dinh, Anchor Evening Newscast (Markets 1-20) Morning Newscast (Markets 21-80) KOMO News at 6pm: CHOP Cleared • KOMO • Kevin Beatty, Good Day Oregon • KPTV • Raegan Cardwell, Executive Producer • Abiezer Garnica, Director Producer • Amber Wilmarth, Reporter • Brian MacMillan, KOMO News at 5pm: CHOP Cleared • KOMO • Daniel Grohl, Reporter Producer • Jordyn Grinnell, Producer Up With KREM • KREM • Delaney Gray, Executive Producer Seattle Under Siege • KIRO • Erin Newnam, Producer • Bill • Tim Pham, Anchor • Jeremy LaGoo, Weather Anchor • Skok, Photojournalist • Ethan Ferkiss, Writer • Ryan Cody Crawford, Producer • Jen York, Anchor • Al Lozano, Simms, Reporter • Jonathan Simmons, Photographer Photographer • Nicole Hernandez, Reporter • Danamarie KOMO news at 6pm: George Floyd Protests • KOMO • Kevin McNicholl, Reporter • Joshua Robinson, Anchor Beatty, Producer Oregon on Fire: Neighbors help neighbors recover from historic wildfires • KGW • Celeste Ruiz, Executive Producer Morning Newscast (Markets 1-20) • Paul Kenney, Sunrise Content Manager • Jessica Smith, Touring the Aftermath of May 31st Riots • KOMO • Emily Producer Leisten, Producer • Jacci Lewis, Executive Producer • Lee KOIN 6 News This Morning: Historic Oregon Wildfires • Stoll, Reporter • Ryan Yamamoto, Anchor • Kelly KOIN • Miranda Hutchison, Producer • Elise Haas, Koopmans, Anchor • Paris Jackson, Anchor • Gil Ojeda, Reporter Director • Holly Menino, Live Desk Anchor • Louis Sierra, KATU News This Morning • KATU • Alison Dorf, Producer • Photographer Danielle Frack, Executive Producer • Dan McCarthy, Day After Seattle Riots • KING • Mark Jovan, News Producer Reporter • Anthony Balcorta, Photojournalist • Evan • Emily Wen, Director • AleXis Rodriguez, Writer • Jake Schreiber, Reporter • Wesleigh Ogle, Anchor • Chase Whittenberg, Anchor • Mimi Jung, Anchor • Susan Danz, Amen, Director Writer • Jordan Treece, Photographer • Keith Board, Editor • Connie Kim, Executive Producer Evening Newscast (Markets 81+) KOMO News at 6 am: COVID comes to Western Washington The 208 • KTVB • Dani Allsop, Producer • KOMO • Emily Leisten, Producer • Jacci Lewis, Executive NBC16 News at 5:30 P.M.: Oregon Wildfires • KMTR • Producer • Kelly Koopmans, Anchor • Ryan Yamamoto, Marcela Valdivia Anchor • Paris Jackson, Anchor • Holly Menino, Anchor Fires Wipe Out Small Towns, Threaten City • KEZI • Bob KOMO News at 6 am: February Flood • KOMO • Emily Schaper, Executive Producer • Renee McCullough, Anchor Leisten, Producer • Jacci Lewis, Executive Producer • Kelly • Kennedy Dendy, Reporter • Marisa Vitale, Meteorologist • Koopmans, Anchor • Holly Menino, Anchor • Ryan Dylan Robichaud, Meteorologist • Chris Lueneburg, Yamamoto, Anchor • Paris Jackson, Anchor • Denise Reporter • Walter King, Director • Robert Northrup, Director Whitaker, Reporter • Taylor Cantrell, Photographer • Emma Jerome, Reporter • Connor McCarthy, Reporter Evening Newscast (Markets 21-80) KEZI 9 News at 4 - Historic Wildfire Season • KEZI • Chynna The Story with Dan Haggerty: Misinformation vs. Greene, Anchor • Marisa Vitale, Chief Meteorologist • Disinformation • KGW • Brian Kosciesza, Producer • Phylisha Drayton, Producer • Connor McCarthy, Photog Stephanie Villiers, Producer • Mila Mimica, Executive • Robert Northrup, Master Control • Walter King, Director • Producer • Dan Haggerty, Anchor Kennedy Dendy, Reporter • Taylor Cantrell, Photog • Dylan The 5 O' Clock News • KPTV • Stefanie Neal, Assistant News Robichaud, Meteorologist • Bob Schaper, Executive Director • Bryce Madison, Producer • Catie Briggs, Producer • Emma Jerome, Reporter • Chris Lueneburg, Producer • Brenna Kelly, Reporter • Amber Wilmarth, Reporter Reporter • Antonio Corona, Editor • Emily Higgins, The Channel 2 NewsHour • KTUU • Elinor Baty, Producer • Photographer AleXis Fernandez, Anchor KATU News at 6 • KATU • Shawn Gilbert, Producer KGW News at 11: Oregon Wildfires • KGW • Alison Rodgers, Morning Newscast (Markets 81+) Executive Producer • Laural Porter, Anchor Wake Up Idaho Election Results • KTVB • Abigail Urbanek, The Story with Dan Haggerty: Historic Megafires Burn Producer Oregon • KGW • Mila Mimica, Executive Producer • Brian 9/10/20 Midday Holiday Farm Fire • KEZI • Jaimie Hays, Kosciesza, Producer • Stephanie Villiers, Producer • Dan Anchor • Jacob Roberts, Reporter • Ashly Edmiston, Editor Haggerty, Anchor • Andrew Smith, Director The 5 O' Clock News • KPTV • Stefanie Neal, Assistant News Western Oregon Literally and Figuratively on Fire • KEZI • Christina Molinari, Producer • Ashly Edmiston, Editor • Northwest Regional Emmy® Award Nominees 2021 entries submitted from work produced in 2020 Nominees UPDATED Release - April 27, 2021 Jaimie Hays, Anchor • Bryan Anderson, Anchor • Jacob Seattle Riots • KING • Michael Crowe, Producer • Mike Perry, Roberts, Reporter • Nicholas Kyle, Master Control Operator Photojournalist • Amy Moreno, Reporter • Demetrious • Cole Romine, Director Holford, Photojournalist • Carl Pugliese, Producer • AleX Wake Up Northwest - Evans Canyon Fire • KNDU/KNDO • Vitale, Executive Producer • Elizabeth Smith, Producer • Jana Gray, News Director Juan Montes, Producer • Mark Wright, Anchor • Mike Baker, Assignment Editor Daily News Report (single shift) Downtown Seattle Riots • KIRO • Deborah Horne, Reporter • Blake's Graduation • KTVQ • Russ Riesinger, Reporter • Deedee Sun, Reporter • Linzi Sheldon, Anchor • Katelin Brandon Sullivan, Photographer Wangberg, Producer • Sean Glover, RCOMM • Sean Surviving the Scandies Rose • KOMO • Gabriel Cohen, Quinn, Assignment Editor • Brian Kanziger, EXecutive Reporter Producer Past Becomes Present • KING • Michael Crowe, Reporter • Downtown Shooting Chaos & Heroes • KING • Chelsea Megan Murnane, Photojournalist Bryant, Producer • Joyce Taylor, Anchor • Vanessa There Are Many Uses For A Potato • KHQ • Cory Howard, Misciagna, Reporter • Jessica Janner Castro, Anchor • Producer • Gabriel Ferguson, Photojournalist Carl Pugliese, Writer • Greg Copeland, Anchor • Natalie Season kickoff • KTUU • Samie Solina, Multimedia Journalist Swaby, Reporter • Mark Wright, Anchor • Laura Evans, Coffee is Dope • KGW • Keely Chalmers, Reporter • Kurt Assistant News Director • Elise Cartmill, Assignment Editor Austin, Photographer Continuing Coverage HarD News Report (no proDuction time limit) Unrest in Portland • KOIN • Jacquelyn Abad, Reporter • A Window Into Hell • KIRO • Julie Berg, Investigative Jennifer Dowling, Reporter • Jenny Young, Reporter • Producer • Amy Clancy, Reporter/Writer • Jeffrey Ritter, Hannah Ray Lambert, Digital Reporter • Andrew Bisset, Photographer/Editor Photographer • Richard Roberson, Photographer • Matt The Road • KGW • Dan Haggerty, Reporter • Kurt Austin, Rashleigh, Photographer Producer COVID-19 Is for Real: A Health Care Worker’s Struggle • The Plight of Point Roberts • KING • Mike Perry, KCPQ • Michael Driver, Photojournalist • Simone Del Photojournalist/Editor • Chris Daniels, Producer Rosario, Reporter • Andy Anderson, Photojournalist • Terror from Above • KIRO • Dave Wagner, Producer • Jeff Alyana Gomez, Reporter Ritter, Photographer • Mike Griffith, Photographer • Julie LIFE Inside • KGW • Maggie Vespa, Producer • Mila Mimica, Berg, Producer • Ryan Barber, Graphic Artist Executive Producer • Kurt Austin, Photographer The Rise and Fall of CHOP • KOMO • Bill Dallman, News Breaking or Spot News Director Riot Erupts in Downtown Portland • KATU • Breanna Hill, Seattle's Summer of Unrest • KCPQ • Simone Del Rosario, Producer • Megan Allison, Reporter • Dan McCarthy, Correspondent • Brandon Davis, Photojournalist Reporter • Megan Trihey, Executive Producer • Ellen The Daybell story unfolds • EastIdahoNews.com • Nate Gordon, Writer/Producer Eaton, Reporter • Eric Grossarth, Reporter Breaking News Downtown Shooting • KIRO • Jim Waltz, News Photographer • Michael Spears, News Reporter Team Coverage Breaking news – Seattle Riot Coverage • KCPQ • AJ KOMO News at 6pm: Aftermath of 3rd Avenue Shootout • Janavel, Reporter • Jennifer Lee, Reporter • Jamie KOMO • Kevin Beatty, Producer • Suzanne Phan, Reporter Tompkins, Reporter • Brandi Kruse, Reporter • Frank • Steven McCarron, Reporter • Patrick Quinn, Reporter • Koumaros, Photographer • Marc LeCuyer, Photographer • Bill Fesh, Operations Manager Mike Harvey, Photographer • Scott Hopson, Photographer • Wildfire Emergency in Oregon • KATU • Breanna Hill, Hana Kim, Anchor • David Rose, Anchor • Bhavisha Patel • Producer • Megan Allison, Reporter • Kellee Azar, Reporter Producer • Erin Winking, Photographer • Allison Mechanic, Reporter Portland Riot: The first of many • KATU • Kellee Azar, Downtown Seattle Shooting • KIRO • Lauren Fischer, Reporter • Rodney Rocker, Photojournalist Producer • Jim Waltz, Photojournalist • Anny Lee Patrick, Riots in Seattle • KOMO • Jordyn Grinnell, News Producer • Director • Ryan