1 48th Annual NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY® AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED th The 48th Annual Northern California Area EMMY® Awards were presented Saturday evening, June 8 at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. The EMMY® Award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). San Francisco/Northern California is one of the nineteen chapters awarding regional Emmy® statues. Northern California is composed of media companies and individuals from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Entries aired during the 2018 calendar year. A total of 937 entries were received, 712 English and 225 Spanish in 64 English Categories and 45 Spanish Categories. Nominations were announced on May 8th with 227 English and 84 Spanish. Electronic ballots were submitted by a minimum of seven peer judges from other NATAS chapters and were sent directly to our accountant. The Spanish and English awards are judged and scored separately and then presented at the ceremony. 397 Emmy® statues were handed out to 275 individuals. Eduardo Mancera, Photograpoher/ Editor, KDTV Univision 14, San Francisco received Ten statues followed by Gonzalo Magana, Executive Producer at KXTV News 10 with six. The Emmy® is awarded to individuals but there is a lot of interest in the station counts: KDTV Univision 14 – 13; KNTV NBC Bay Area and KSTS Telemundo 48 with 10; KPIX 5–nine. KGO ABC 7 and KDTV Univision 14 received the Overall Excellence/News Excellence Awards. Newscast recipients included: Larger Markets: KGO ABC 7 and KUVS Univision 19, Evening; KCRA 3 and KSTS Telemuno 48, Daytime; Medium Markets: KGMB/KHNL-Hawaii News Now, Evening and Daytime; KFTV Univision 21 Evening. Smaller Markets: KRNV 4. The prestigious Governors’ Award, the highest honor a regional chapter can award was presented to The Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) at San Francisco State University. The Dean of the College of Liberal and Creative Arts, Dr. Andrew Harris and BECA Chairman Dr. Nancy “Sami” Reist accepted the statue. The Governors’ Citation was presented to Pamela Young, producer/reporter at KHON 2 host of Mixed Plate. Pamela has worked at KPIX, KQED and KITV as well service on the NATAS Board of Governors. The Governors’ Service Medallion was presented to Mark Pearson, Principal Attorney at the ARC Law Group and the Legal Bylaws Chair for the NATAS Board. Three members of the Silver Circle Class of 2018 opened the envelopes and announced the Emmy® Award Recipients: Jessica Aguirre, Anchor/Reproter at KNTV NBC Bay Area, Ken Bastida, Anchor/Reporter at KPOX 5, and Edie Lambert, Anchor/Reporter at KCRA 3. Marcus Shelby and his Trio with soloist Jaime Zimmer provided music throughout the evening. Wayne Freedman is the Awards Chair and Amanda Howard is the Emmy® Gala Chair. Production was provided by Beyond Bix Studios and SFJAZZ. You can view the entire webcasts of the Awards Presentation and Red Carpet Interviews on the chapters website: www.emmysf.tv . The complete list of Emmy® Award recipients follows: 48th Northern California Area Emmy® Award Recipients 6/11/19 V2 2 ENGLISH CONTEST SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Overall Excellence/News Excellence “ABC7 KGO-TV,” KGO ABC 7 Tom Cibrowski, President/General Manager; Tracey Watkowski, Vice President/News Director NEWS PROGRAMMING Newscast-Daytime-Larger Markets “KCRA 3 News at 4,” KCRA 3 Derek Schnell, James Stimson, Assistant News Directors; Aram Sarkissian, Executive Producer; Jennifer Parsons, Producer; Randy Forsman, Director; Lisa Gonzales, Brian Heap, Anchors; Vicki González, Emily Maher, Marlei Martinez, Max Resnik, Reporters; Marcelino Navarro, Photojournalist Newscast-Daytime-Medium Markets “Sunrise 6am: Merrie Monarch Festival,” KGMB/KHNL-Hawaii News Now Scott Humber, News Director; Nicole Wilson, Assistant News Director; Ryan Wilson, Executive Producer; Grace Lee, Anchor/Reporter Newscast-Evening-Larger Markets “ABC7 News at 6pm,” KGO ABC 7 Kate Eby, Producer; Christopher Johnson, Director; Dan Ashley, Ama Daetz, Anchors; Laura Anthony, Jobina Fortson, Dion Lim, Lyanne Melendez, Dan Noyes, Reporters; Randy Davis, Robert Dragavon, Photojournalists Newscast-Evening-Medium Markets “Hawaii News Now at 10: Kilauea Eruption,” KGMB/KHNL-Hawaii News Now Scott Humber, News Director; Nicole Wilson, Assistant News Director; Anthony Ferreira, Executive Producer; Linda Kawachi, Producer; Mileka Lincoln, Reporter Newscast-Smaller Markets “KRNV News 4 at 5: The Camp Fire Explodes,” KRNV 4 Scott Fitzgerald, News Director; Erin Perko, Producer; Kayla Cooper, Director; Joe Hart, Anchor; Cassie Greer, Chief Meteorologist; Kristen Edwards, Melissa Matheney, Reporters; John Linn, Photographer Breaking News “Paradise is Burning,” KCRA 3 Derek Schnell, James Stimson, Assistant News Directors; Aram Sarkissian, Executive Producer; Jennifer Parsons, Producer; Gulstan Dart, Kellie DeMarco, Lisa Gonzales, Brian Heap, Edie Lambert, Anchors; Marlei Martinez, Max Resnik, Reporters 48th Northern California Area Emmy® Award Recipients 6/11/19 V2 3 General Assignment Report “#NeverAgain,” KGO ABC 7 Candace Hirleman Archer, Executive Producer; Paula Marcheschi, Producer/Editor; Kathryn Nestor, Designer/Animator Continuing Coverage-Within 24 Hours “ABC10 Camp Fire Survivors' Stories,” KXTV 10 Sam Cohen, Director of Content; Jessie Kane, Managing Editor Continuing Coverage-No Time Limit “California Wildfires, The New Normal,” KXTV 10 Gonzalo Magana, Executive Producer; Michael Adams, Producer/Director/Editor; Mike Bunnell, Digital Producer; Madison Meyer, Anchor/Multi-Media Journalist; Lilia Luciano, Investigative Reporter; Elizabeth Kreutz, Brandon Rittiman, Reporters; Jason Beal, Pedro García, Photographer/Editors; Evangelista Hinojos, Drone Photographer Investigative Report-Single Story “Breaking Point,” KNTV NBC Bay Area Robert Campos, Investigative Producer] Bigad Shaban, Reporter; Anthony Rutanashoodech, Photojournalist Investigative Report-Series “Diseased Streets,” KNTV NBC Bay Area Robert Campos, Investigative Producer; Bigad Shaban, Writer; Anthony Rutanashoodech, Photojournalist Feature News Report-Light “Buck Rock Fire Lookout,” KFSN ABC 30 Warren Armstrong, Producer/Anchor; Sam Gill, Photojournalist; Dennis Silvas, UAS Aerial Photographer “Rare Air: The Story of the 100-Year-Old Pilot,” KPIX 5 Devin Fehely, Producer “Homemade Time Machine Hovercraft,” KXTV 10 Johnathon Bartell, Reporter/Writer; Jason Beal, Photographer; Pedro García, Photographer/Editor Feature News Report-Light Series “Beach Out of Reach,” KPIX 5 Kiet Do, Reporter; Devin Fehely, Reporter Feature News Report-Serious “A Place for Drugs,” KNTV NBC Bay Area Bigad Shaban, Reporter; Anthony Rutanashoodech, Photojournalist Feature News Report-Serious Series “Exposed,” KTXL FOX 40 Monika Díaz, Executive Producer; Cynthia Baker, Producer/Writer; Alexandra Wolf, Producer/Writer/ Reporter; Ian McDonald, Digital Producer; Grant Hansen, Photojournalist/Editor; Tom Long, Photojournalist/Editor 48th Northern California Area Emmy® Award Recipients 6/11/19 V2 4 Specialty Assignment Report “Brooks Jarosz's Consumer Alerts,” KTVU Fox 2 Brooks Jarosz, Producer/Reporter News Special Program “Pele's Path: Eyewitness to History,” KGMB/KHNL-Hawaii News Now Scott Humber, Jonathan Saupe, Jan Scheuring, Nicole Wilson, Executive Producers “ABC7 Presents: Chasing the Golden State Killer,” KGO ABC 7 Jennifer E. Olney, Deborah Kabasakalis, Producer/Writer/Editors; Ken Miguel, Associate Producer; Daniel Kreiter, Creative Producer; Paula Marcheschi, Creative Director; Dan Ashley, Anchor; Leslie Brinkley, Dion Lim, Reporters; Randy Davis, John Kabasakalis, Photographers; Hadrian Santos, Scott Spitz, Editors; Kathryn Nestor, Designer/Animator; Joanne Jung Wohlers, Historian “Escaping Paradise,” KXTV 10 Gonzalo Magana, Executive Producer; Michael Adams, Producer/Photographer; Brandon Rittiman, Reporter; Pedro García, Photographer; Evangelista Hinojos, Drone Photographer; Jason Beal, Photographer/Editor; Chelsea Shannon, Researcher NEWS AND PROGRAM SPECIALTY Documentary-Cultural/Historical “Silent Sacrifice - The Story of Japanese American Incarceration,” KVPT 18 Elizabeth Laval, Executive Producer/Producer/Writer; Jeff Aiello, Co-Producer/Cinematographer/ Editor/Writer Documentary-Topical “Afghanistan: What is Winning?,” KXTV 10 Gonzalo Magana, Executive Producer; Michael Adams, Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor Arts/Entertainment-Feature/Segment “Oddball,” KQED 9 Joshua Moore, Writer/Director; Matthew Rome, Cinematographer; Elizabeth Payne, Editor Arts/Entertainment-Program/Special “Real Artists,” KOFY TV 20 Cameo Wood, Producer Informational/Instructional-Feature/Segment “Best By Sell By How Best To Buy Milk,” KPIX 5 Abby Sterling, Julie Watts, Producers; Marian Davidson, Associate Producer; Scott Eason, Alexander Louie, Brian Yuen, Photographers; Suzanne Lane, Editor Informational/Instructional-Program/Special “Yes! We're Open: Episode 111,” KVIE 6 Tyler Bastine, Toby Momtaz, Producers; Stephen Sweeney, Narrator; Odin Abbott, Editor Lifestyle-Feature/Segment “Planted in Pleasanton,” planteddesign.com/Percepto Studios Hank Vohrer, Producer; Amanda Goldberg, Writer Lifestyle-Program/Special “Outside with Greg Aiello - Iceland,” KVPT 18 Elizabeth Laval, Co-Producer; Jeff Aiello, Executive Producer/Cinematographer/Editor/Writer 48th Northern California Area Emmy® Award Recipients 6/11/19 V2 5 Historic/Cultural-Feature/Segment “Drawbridge: Bay Area Ghost Town,” KPIX 5 Devin Fehely, Reporter