FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Post-awards presentation (approximately 7:30PM, PDT) September 6, 2008
CONTACT: Liz Korda Smith Los Angeles Awards Director (818-754-2875)
WINNERS OF THE 60th LOS ANGELES AREA EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED The 60th Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, were held tonight (Saturday, September 6, 2008) at the Academy's Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre. Producing this year’s awards presentation for the Television Academy were Los Angeles Area Peer Group Governors Joetta Di Bella and Mitch Waldow. Presenting this year’s awards are many of the area’s own local news and programming talent, along with Primetime Emmy Award-winning actress Kathryn Joosten. The awards were distributed as follows: NBC4 KCET CBS2/KCAL9 FOX11 KCAL9 ABC7 KTLA5 LA CITYVIEW35 FSN WEST KMEX CBS2 EDUCABLE – CHANNEL 95 FSN WEST/PRIME TICKET GTV6 KMEX/KFTR LA36 8 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
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This year, the Los Angeles Area Governors Award was presented to the Los Angeles Dodgers for their rich fifty-year history of broadcasting in Los Angeles and their charitable endeavors throughout the Southern California community. A complete list of the Los Angeles Area Emmy Award winners, as compiled by the Academy's accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, is attached. This year's live webcast of the awards show was made possible by Guest On Line. Hal Eisner is the Vice Chair of the Los Angeles Area Peer Group. Its Governors are Joetta Di Bella and Mitch Waldow. The Academy's Senior Vice President for Awards is John Leverence. Liz Korda Smith is the Los Angeles Area Awards Director. This Television Academy press release, and other recent and future releases, are available on the Academy's web site, www.emmys.tv.
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NEWS SPECIAL
AFTER THE MELEE Pete Noyes, Producer Debbie Kim, Producer Phil Shuman, Reporter FOX11
LIVE COVERAGE OF AN UNSCHEDULED NEWS EVENT
MAY DAY MARCH/MELEE (FOX11 NEWS) Fox11 News Team FOX11
SPORTS FEATURE
NO LEGS, NO LIMITS (SPORTSZONE) Curt Sandoval, Reporter Jeff McIntyre, Editor ABC7
SPORTS TEASE
ANAHEIM DUCKS 2007 HOME OPENER TEASE "SHIFT HAPPENS" Greg Taylor, Producer James Freeman, Producer Steve Guerrero, Producer FSN WEST
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OUTSTANDING NEWS WRITER
Mary Harris, Writer NBC4
OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS WRITER
Joetta Di Bella, Writer KTLA5
LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS – NEWS
FIREWORKS ON THE FOURTH! KCAL9 News Team KCAL9
SERIOUS NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT
LAUNDERED ELECTIONS (CHANNEL 4 NEWS AT 5PM) Frank Snepp, Producer Paul Moyer, Reporter Yvonne Beltzer, Associate Producer NBC4
SERIOUS NEWS STORY – MULTI REPORT
A COUPLE'S MISSION - THE COBLE STORY (CBS2/KCAL9 NEWS) Pete Wilgoren, Producer Kimberly Mackie, Producer Pat Harvey, Reporter/Anchor Beatrice Schreiber, Editor CBS2/KCAL9
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CHILDREN/YOUTH PROGRAMMING
CHILDREN’S MUSIC WORKSHOP: 2007 ELEMENTARY HONOR ORCHESTRA Larry Newman, Producer LA36
ARTS AND CULTURE/HISTORY
CALIFORNIA AT WAR Bret Marcus, Executive Producer Justine Schmidt, Senior Producer Judy Muller, Anchor Jonathan Dann, Producer Joseph Angier, Producer Lisa McRee, Producer KCET
OUTSTANDING NEWS VIDEOGRAPHER
Sean Browning, Videographer NBC4
OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS VIDEOGRAPHER (SINGLE CAMERA)
Brett Wood, Camera KCET
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MEDICAL NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT
SURGERY IN THE WOMB (FOX 11 10 O’CLOCK NEWS) Gerri Shaftel, Producer Mark Sudock, Editor Christine Devine, Anchor FOX11
MEDICAL NEWS STORY – MULTI REPORT
SEEING WITH SOUND (FOX 11 10 O’CLOCK NEWS) Christina Gonzalez, Reporter FOX11
EDUCATION
HEAL THE BAY CBS2/KCAL9 Stephanie Medina Rodriguez, Executive Producer Don Corsini, Executive Producer Kimberly Cornell-McWatt, Producer Harold Greene, Host Leyna Nguyen, Host
CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES
FORGOTTEN NEIGHBORS Rebecca Nieto, Executive Producer Steve Garcia, Producer Kimber Liponi, Producer Yvonne Guevara, Producer Kim Baldonado, Reporter Gordon Tokumatsu, Reporter Mekahlo Medina, Reporter NBC4
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OUTSTANDING NEWS FEATURE REPORTING
Rob Hayes, Reporter ABC7
L. A. LOCAL COLOR
2007 SPECIAL OLYMPICS SUMMER GAMES Patrick McClenahan, Executive Producer Jeffrey S. Proctor, Executive Producer Steve Rangel, Executive Producer Mark Shah, Producer Russell Kodani, Producer Andy Jensen, Producer Leyna Nguyen, Host John Ireland, Host CBS2/KCAL9
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING
PARADE COUNTDOWN Joe Quasarano, Executive Producer Joetta Di Bella, Producer Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh, Line Producer Gayle Anderson, Host Emmett Miller, Host Jaime Chambers, Host Frank Buckley, Host Lu Parker, Host KTLA5
SPORTS SPECIAL
TIGER WOODS 1 ON 1 Fred Roggin, Host Charlie Rosene, Producer Steve Leveton, Producer NBC4
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SPORTS SERIES – PROGRAMMING
BEFORE THE BIGS Donald Pfister, Coordinating Producer FSN WEST/PRIME TICKET
PUBLIC, MUNICIPAL AND OPERATOR PRODUCED CABLE
INVEST IN GLENDALE 2007 Philip Lanzafame, Producer Robert Townsend, Producer David Ahern, Associate Producer Elena Bolbolian, Associate Producer Tor Johansen, Associate Producer Hanry Safarian, Associate Producer GTV6
INFORMATIONAL/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES (more than 50% studio-based)
L.A. ROUNDTABLE Tony Ighani, Executive Producer/Producer Steve Miller, Producer Dave Bryan, Co-Producer/Host LA CITYVIEW35
INFORMATIONAL/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES (more than 50% remote)
LIFE & TIMES Linda Burns, Supervising Producer Val Zavala, Anchor Vicki Curry, Producer Toni Guinyard, Reporter Hena Cuevas, Reporter KCET
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SHORT PROMO
BUILDING LEGENDS Greg Taylor, Producer James Freeman, Producer Steve Guerrero, Producer * WE’RE 4 L. A. Ginger Zumaeta, Executive Producer Tim Howick, Producer * * * * NBC4 FSN WEST
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
IT'S COOL TO VOTE Tony Ighani, Executive Producer/Producer Frank Martinez, Executive Producer Robert Manciero, Producer LA CITYVIEW35
GRAPHICS
JOSE MEDINA Jose Medina, Graphic Artist KMEX/KFTR
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INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE EVOLVING HUMAN Dan C. Jones, Executive Producer Laurie R. Melby, Series Producer Harry T. Hughes, Producer Wendy A. Rakochy, Producer EDUCABLE - CHANNEL 95
LIGHT NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT
SCHOOL ON WHEELS (KCAL9 NEWS AT TEN) Pat Harvey, Reporter Farbod Mirfakhrai, Editor Karen Foshay Kolesnikow, Producer KCAL9
LIGHT NEWS STORY – MULTI REPORT
THAILAND - A TRUE ADVENTURE (NOTICIAS 34 SOLO A LAS 11 PM) Francisco Vasquez, Camera/Editor Claudia Botero, Reporter
KMEX
FEATURE SEGMENT
MT. PALOMAR LIGHT POLLUTION (LIFE & TIMES) Roger Cooper, Reporter Brett Wood, Camera KCET
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INFORMATION SEGMENT
JESSICA'S LAW FALLOUT (LIFE & TIMES) Hena Cuevas, Reporter John Sandoval, Camera Jack Moody, Editor * POLICY CANCELLATION (LIFE & TIMES) Sam Louie, Reporter * * * * KCET
KCET
OUTSTANDING NEWS EDITOR
Karlo Gharabegian, Editor CBS2/KCAL9
OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS EDITOR
Garry Ashton, Editor CBS2/KCAL9
OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS DIRECTOR
ROBERT MANCIERO Robert Manciero, Director LA CITYVIEW35
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
CONTAMINATED (CHANNEL 4 NEWS AT 11PM & 5PM) Matt Goldberg, Producer Joel Grover, Reporter Jose Hernandez, Photographer Dave Fernandez, Photographer James Hourani, Editor NBC4
OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORTING
Joel Grover, Reporter Matt Goldberg, Producer NBC4
LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE
LAKERS @ CAVS KCAL9 Sports Team KCAL9
LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS – PROGRAMMING
DESFILE DE LAS ROSAS 2007 KMEX News Team KMEX
OUTSTANDING SPORTS REPORTING
Curt Sandoval, Anchor/Reporter Dae Ho Suk, Producer ABC7
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REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY NEWS: 0-35 MINUTE FORMAT
CBS2 NEWS AT ELEVEN PM CBS2
REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY NEWS: OVER 35 MINUTE FORMAT
KCAL9 NEWS AT TEN PM KCAL9
REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY NEWS: DAYTIME NEWSCAST
KTLA MORNING SHOW KTLA5