KQED Honored with 17 Northern California Emmy® Award Nominations

KQED Pressroom
May 9, 2012
http://blogs.kqed.org/pressroom/2012/05/10/kqed-honored-with-17-northern-california-emmy%C2%AE-award-nominations/

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – KQED, the public media organization that serves Northern California, is pleased to announce 17 nominations for the 2012 Northern California Emmy® Awards for its public television stations KQED and KQED Plus. The programs recognized include QUEST, a local series concentrating on science, nature, and the environment; This is Us, a series profiling the remarkable people of the South Bay; as well as numerous documentaries and specials.

KQED is nominated for the following Northern California Emmy® awards:

DOCUMENTARY

• Journey of the Universe, KQED 9/Northcutt Productions
  Patsy Northcutt and David Kennard, Producer/Directors; Catherine Lynn Butler, Co-Producer

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURE/SEGMENT

• QUEST Science on the Spot: Open Source Creativity — Hackerspaces, KQED 9
  Craig Rosa, Senior Interactive Producer; Jenny Oh, Producer/Editor

INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL, FEATURE/SEGMENT

• QUEST: Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct: Big Fixes for Big Quakes, KQED 9
  Sheraz Sadiq, Segment Producer; Michael Goode, Associate Producer; Linda Peckham, Editor;
  Amy Miller, Series Producer; Paul Rogers, Managing Editor

HISTORIC/CULTURAL, FEATURE/SEGMENT

• This is Us: Carol Ruth Silver Freedom Rider, KQED Plus
  John Gregg, Producer; Becca King Reed, Director; Steven G. Kern, Editor; Simon Gordon, Sound

HISTORIC/CULTURAL, PROGRAM/SPECIAL

• San Francisco Symphony at 100, KQED 9/SFS Media/Janette Gitler Productions
  John Kieser, Executive Producer ; Janette Gitler, Producer;
  Robert Weiss, Coordinating Producer; Miles Saunders, Writer; Blair Gershkow, Editor
• A Journey for Good: Tanzania, KQED 9/Bayside Entertainment
  Joanie Wynn, Steve Wynn, Producers
• This Is Us: Pearl Harbor, KQED Plus
  John Gregg, Producer; Steven G. Kern, Photographer; Simon Gordon, Sound;
  Becca King Reed, Director

PUBLIC/CURRENT/COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, FEATURE/SEGMENT

• This is Us: Donyo Tibetan Monk, KQED Plus
  John Gregg, Producer; Steven G. Kern, Editor; Simon Gordon, Sound
• QUEST: Exoskeletons Walk Forward, KQED 9
  Christopher J. Bauer, Segment Producer; Joshua Cassidy, Associate Producer;
  Linda Peckham, Editor; Amy Miller, Series Producer; Paul Rogers, Managing Editor

PUBLIC/CURRENT/COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, PROGRAM/SPECIAL

• The New Environmentalists, KQED 9/Mill Valley Film Group
  John Antonelli, Tom Dusenbery; Will Parrinello, Producer/Directors

HEALTH/SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT, FEATURE/SEGMENT

• QUEST: Redwoods and Climate Change, KQED 9
  Gabriela V. Quiros, Producer; Joshua Cassidy, Associate Producer; Linda Peckham, Editor;
  Paul Rogers, Managing Editor; Amy Miller, Series Producer
• QUEST: Sidelined: Sports Concussions, KQED 9
  Amy Miller, Producer; Sheraz Sadiq, Segment Producer; Joshua Cassidy, Associate Producer;
  Linda Peckham, Editor; Paul Rogers, Managing Editor

WRITER, PROGRAM

• This is Us: Pearl Harbor Survivors, KQED Plus
  John Gregg, Writer
• This is Us: Carol Ruth Silver Freedom Rider, KQED Plus
  John Gregg, Writer
• A Journey for Good: Tanzania, KQED9/Bayside Entertainment
  Joanie Wynn, Writer

PHOTOGRAPHER, PROGRAM (NON-NEWS)

• A Journey for Good: Tanzania, KQED 9/Bayside Entertainment
  Steve Wynn, Photographer

EDITOR – PROGRAM (NON-NEWS)

• San Francisco Symphony at 100, KQED 9/SFS Media
  Blair Gershkow, Editor

The 41st annual Northern California Area EMMY® Award ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square (333 O’Farrell Street) with host John Kessler.

The Emmy® award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.  San Francisco/Northern California is one of the twenty chapters awarding regional Emmy® statuettes. Northern California is composed of television and cable stations from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada.  Entries were aired during the 2011 calendar year.

ABOUT KQED:

KQED (kqed.org) has served Northern California for more than 50 years and is affiliated with NPR and PBS. KQED owns and operates public television stations KQED 9 (San Francisco/Bay Area), KQED Plus (San Jose/Bay Area) and KQET 25 (Watsonville/Monterey); KQED Public Radio (88.5 FM San Francisco and 89.3 FM Sacramento); the interactive platforms kqed.org and KQEDnews.org; and KQED Education. KQED Public Television is the producer of local and national series such as QUEST; Check, Please! Bay Area; This Week in Northern California; Truly CA; and Essential Pépin. KQED’s digital television stations include KQED 9, KQED Plus, KQED Life, KQED World, KQED Kids and KQED V-me, and are available 24/7 on Comcast. KQED Public Radio, home of Forum and The California Report, is one of the most-listened-to public radio stations in the nation with an award-winning news and public affairs program service delivering more than eighteen local weekday newscasts and news features. KQED Interactive provides KQED’s cross-platform news service, KQEDnews.org, as well as several popular local blogs, video and audio podcasts and a live radio stream at kqed.org. KQED Education brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and the general public through workshops, community screenings and multimedia resources.