NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter News

Chapter News & Updates

IN THIS EDITION:

NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter Announces 2015 Silver Circle Award Honorees
Deadline Approaching for Emmy® 2015 Special Rate Hotel Reservations
Emmy® Update: The Latest from Emmy® Awards Administrator, Bob Hammer.
Hometown Talent Returns to Cleveland
New Face at E. 12th & Chester

All in the latest NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter Newsletter.

And your 2015 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences "Silver Circle" winners are.......

Harry Boomer

Debbie Knox

Congrats to Harry Boomer and Debby Knox, two respected, veteran journalists and newest recipients of the coveted NATAS Silver Circle award.

Harry has spent nearly 40 years in broadcasting, the last 25 in Cleveland. Harry is an anchor/reporter at WOIO, and serves as host and Executive Producer of a public affairs program WUAB 43 Forum. Harry is a 2007 Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee and an active member of the community.

Debby was a long-time news anchor at WISH-TV in Indianapolis, until her retirement in 2013. While her main reporting focus was on the health and medical fields, Debby was also known for her one-on-one interviews with prominent newsmakers, including Presidents Obama and Clinton, Soviet Union President Gorbachev and Desmond Tutu.

Both Harry & Debby will receive their awards at the EMMY'S, June 27th in Indianapolis.

PLAN ON BEING THERE? HERE'S
AN IMPORTANT DEADLINE:

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Start date: 6/27/15

End date: 6/28/15

Last day to book by: 5/28/15

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EMMY NOMINATIONS EXPECTED APRIL 30th

Thanks to the 112 peer judges from our chapter for judging entries from the Pacific Northwest Chapter and the Pacific Southwest Chapter. We finished in excellent time. The list of judges names is in the table below. We will have more judging later this summer when we take on panels from the Chicago / Midwest, Rocky Mountain and Lone Star Chapters. Look for panels to start forming in mid-July.

Where does that leave OUR entries that are being judged? The last of the judging panels are finishing up this weekend. The results will then be tabulated with nominations to be announced April 30th. Over 500 peer members of the above chapters have stepped up and watched over 150 hours of television to decide the fate of your entry.

If you judged, you are aware there is a procedure to challenge the entry. Some judges occasionally just leave comments. The challenges are reviewed by the awards committee and used to assess potential problems not caught during the review process prior to judging.

Here are a few of the comments with specific references deleted:

"I LOVE judging [this category] I get such great story ideas for my own work!"

"This entry is composed of two different packages which should have been submitted separately."

"There are a LOT of cuts between different elements in this entry... no time bug for me to tell where they are sampling from or how badly they are jumping."

"Seems to be lots of little minutes from throughout the day."

"This is a pitch reel!"

"This was uploaded into the wrong category, slate doesn't match the entry. (OOPSY!)"

"Is this really journalism... It feels more like ...advertising."

"This entry has... added information at the end that...was not originally aired as part of the series."

"My sense is that it is not a broadcast piece."

"This is a compilation of... stories that has nothing to do with (the category entered)."

"This has too much VO..."

"This is not a PSA its a commercial... I don't see how this is a PSA its a promo...This is not a promo."

Stay Tuned,

Bob Hammer & John Stealey "The Awards Guys"

For information on judging, contact Awards Administrator, Bob Hammer, at EmmyAwards@NATASLGL.org, or 440-503-2121.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR JUDGES!
Aaron Webster Ali Ghanbari Alison Momeyer Andrea Fishman Anne Glausser Anthony Knopps Audra Collie Barbara Brooks Barney Wiggs Ben Yonker Bennett Haeberle Beth McLeod Bill McMillen Billy Muhammed Bob Williams Brian Travalik Caitlin Madill Carl Monday Chris Flook Chris Wilson Chrys Peterson Clayton Tayor Dan Sevic Dan Spehler Darren LaShelle Dave Fulton David Bradford David Holmes David Kuznicki Dawn Kendrick Don Boggs Eric Bolstridge Evan Johnson Felix Rodrigues-Lima Gary Harrison Greg Golya Heather Hunt Holly Sechrist	Jason Klocko Jeff Tanchak Jeff Wagner Jennifer Boresz Jennifer Jordan Jennifer Picciano Jill Glavan Joe Koskovics Joe Ranyak John Duong John Telich Jon Von Enck Joni Michels Joshua Love Kara Kenney Karen Hensel Kerry Williams Kim Jacobs Kristen Fofrich Kristen Kirchhaine Kristi Leigh Kyle Hufford Kyle Travers Kyliea Kerg Leah Haslage Loni Blanford Marty Oravec Mary Fecteau Mary Gerber Matt Donahue Matthew Hill Melissa Mack Melissa Mack Michael Bachmann Michael Long Mike Bacon Mitch Davis	Monique Jackson Myke Perrey Nate Heck Nathan Wilson Nina Criscuolo Perry Metz Peter Huston Rafael Sanchez Raven Taylor Rebecca Regnier Richard Wilson Rick Jackson Ron Martin Ross Ellet Ryan Minnaugh Ryan Thedwall Ryan Wichman Sara Roth Sarah Buduson Sean Ash Seth Keever Shane Craig Shawn Rech Steve Andress Steve Kurrent Steve Warren Susan Batt Susanne Schwibs Tara Sutton Ted Green Teresa Mackin Tim Dale Tom Farmer Tom Meyer Tom Triol Tony Geftos Troy Kehoe

HOMETOWN TALENT RETURNS TO CLEVELAND

Andrew Horansky

ANDREW HORANSKY, who grew up in Westlake, is back in town as WKYC-TV's newest hire. The Multimedia Journalist comes from Gannett sister station KHOU-TV in Houston. Andrew has reported on big stories like the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. He and his wife have a 7-month old daughter.

NEW FACE AT E. 12TH & CHESTER

Sara Goldenberg

SARA GOLDENBERG is the newest reporter at WOIO-TV. Sara comes from KNXV-TV in Phoenix, and before that, KJRH-TV in Tulsa. A graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, she has earned a reputation as a great enterprise reporter.

We welcome both Andrew and Sara to the NATAS Lower Great Lakes family.