Natl News and Doc Emmys Awards Honor Tom Aviles’ “The Friday Squad” (WCCO)

The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award nominees were announced Monday by Peter O. Price, President of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast during the 2001 calendar year.

At least one member of the Upper Midwest Chapter was honored with a nomination: Thomas Aviles, WCCO, was nominated for his piece “The Friday Squad”, in the Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast.

A complete list of the News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations is available for viewing and downloading on the academy's web site at www.emmyonline.org.

National Emmy Awards for Regional Breaking News and Investigative Journalism

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Board of Trustees voted, at the June Trustees meeting, to allow Regional Emmy winners to compete for National Emmy awards in 2 categories:

• Breaking (Spot) News
• Investigative Journalism

The first of these new national Emmys will be presented at the September 10, 2002 News and Documentary Awards. Nominees for the awards can be seen at www.emmyonline.org. This historic change in the Emmy Awards rules was due to the hard work of our chapter Vice President Jane Helmke (KARE), chapter President Ed Piette (KSTP) and chapter Trustee, Harold Crump, with the assistance of Alan Beck (formerly of KMSP, now at KEZI, Eugene, Oregon).

The Emmys Class

NATAS members went back to school this spring, to teach the enormously successful Emmys Class. We joined forces with the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications, headed by SJMC Director and NATAS Board member Albert R. Tims, to offer a comprehensive semester-long course covering every element of the broadcast news business. The unprecedented course was taught by a team of Emmy award winning professionals from all stations in the Twin Cities area. The twelve students who participated had an intense and in-depth look at our business in a course that combined hands-on learning with lectures and station visits. NATAS board members Jane Helmke (KARE) and Alan Beck (formerly of KMSP) worked with the University to design the syllabus and plan the course. Due to the excellence of this program, the national office is considering adapting this curriculum model to create similar classes at universities nationwide.

Great Danes

In March we were host to 16 Danish broadcast journalists for a workshop called “American Broadcast Journalism: Award-Winning Techniques.” Again we teamed up with SJMC Director Albert R. Tims and Minnesota Journalism Center Director Kathleen Hansen. (Kathy is also a NATAS board member.) The seminar for the Danes comprised all aspects of news production from on-camera and behind-the-camera techniques, ethical decision making and editorial meetings. The seminar was taught by NATAS members, who gave freely of their time to introduce the group to our American way of producing the news. The group was divided into teams and assigned to specific stations where they spent a day job-shadowing their American counterparts. This seminar was sponsored by Den journalistiske Efteruddannelse (DjE), who want to send another group of professionals our way next Spring. If you are interested in participating, please contact Teresa Vickery at [email protected].

Dollars to Scholars

We are proud to kick off our high school scholarship program this year thanks to the able leadership of Scholarship Chair Allen Constantini (KARE). We awarded four $1,000 scholarships to students hailing from Chaska High School, Hopkins High, Wayzata High and as far away as Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We wish to acknowledge our appreciation for the financial support received from WCCO and KARE, both of whom sponsored scholarships. Many thanks go to our presenters this year who made presentations at the scholarship recipients’ schools: Don Shelby (WCCO), Diana Pierce (KARE), Mark Millage (KELO), and Allen Constantini (KARE). Finally, we are pleased to announce that we will be able to award six scholarships next year due to the generosity of first, our Silver Circle recipients, who are funding a specific scholarship and secondly, our Emmy Awards entrants whose entry fee included a $5 contribution to the scholarship fund.

U of M Announces Masters of Arts in Health Journalism

Two of the University of Minnesota’s nationally ranked schools, the School of Journalism & Mass Communications (SJMC) and the School of Public Health (SPH), have joined together to offer a unique curriculum balancing study in journalism and public health. The course of study can be completed in 12 calendar months and will result in a Masters of Arts in Health Journalism. Courses will be available online or in the late afternoon and evening.

For more information contact the Graduate Studies Office School of Journalism and Mass Communication at [email protected] or call 612-625-4054.

Emmys on the Road

September brings the return of Emmys on the Road where we take mini-seminars in broadcast journalism to sites around the region organized by Seminars Chair Rod Rassman (KSTP). The Mayo Clinic in Rochester will be hosting Emmys on the Road in September on a date to be announced. If you’d like more information, or would like to schedule Emmys on the Road in your community, please contact Teresa Vickery at [email protected]. There is no cost to communities or stations who wish to host an Emmys on the Road workshop.

People

Anne Angerer has been named EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of morning news at KRIV-TV, the FOX O&O in Houston. Anne most recently was the News Director of 12 NEWS, the regional cable news station in Minneapolis and previously held news management positions at KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids. She was also a member of the NATAS Upper Midwest Chapter Board of Governors. She is a graduate Fellow of the NAB's Broadcast Leadership Training Program.

Pam Schoen has accepted a position as On-Air Writer/Producer - Promotions in the Creative Services Department at KTLA in Los Angeles. Until this opportunity came her way, Pam was in the Creative Services Department at WCCO-TV. She was also a member of the NATAS Upper Midwest Chapter Board of Governors.

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