27th Midsouth Emmy Awards

The 26th Midsouth Emmy Awards were held on January 26, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Matthew Zelkind, News Director of WKRN-TV and Gregg Stone, photographer for WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama were inducted into the Silver Circle. ^[1][2]

Public Service Announcements

PSA SPOT Taps Memorial Day, Keith Hunter, Brad Jones, WGHP

PSA Campaign New Wing Opening Series, Jeff Williford, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Promotions

Commercial Spot Memphis Music Foundation, Jonathan Pekar, Ardent Film Department National Guard Careers, Perry Jenkins, Mike Brassell, Thomas Lowe, Brent Milby, National Guard Strength Readiness Support Center

Commercial Campaign Dollar General Market Campaign, John Sharpe, Bohan

Interstitial North Carolina People with William Friday: 40th Anniversary, Robert Dobbs, UNC-TV

Promo Spot/News Same Day Greg Fishel in the World's Worst Weather, Jay Yovanovich, WRAL-TV

Promo Spot/News Raleigh's Invisible Homeless, Jay Yovanovich, WRAL-TV

Promo Spot/News Image ABC11 Rise and Shine Promo, Khristopher Kahle, Curtis Miles, WTVD

Promo Spot/Program 6,149 Days, Jay Yovanovich, WRAL-TV

Promo Spot/Image January Rocks, Marc Derro, Gayle Hardy, Justin Owen, Karin Fullington, Phillipe Charles, Scott Reid, WRAZ-TV

Promo Spot/Sports The Legend of Friday Night, Jay Yovanovich, Steve Elizondo, WRAL-TV

Promo Campaign The WRAL-TV Legacy, Shelly Leslie, Christian McIlwain, WRAL-TV

Sports

Sportscast Changes in Chapel Hill, Jeff Gravley, WRAL-TV

Sports Segment Signing Day 2012, Emily Pearce, Patrick Slattery, Vanderbilt University News & Communications

Sports Programs/Series Football Saturdays in the South, David Barringer, Jeremy Williams, Robert Reichley, Alex Farmartino, Chris Duzan, Raycom Sports

Sports Event/Game – Live ACC Basketball, Robert Reichley, Billy McCoy, Raycom Sports

Engineering

Audio Shiloh: The Devil's Own Day, Ken Tucker, The Renaissance Center

Music Composer/Arranger Rembrandt In America, Fred Story, Concentrix Music and Sound Design

Editing

Editor/News Thompson: Cuttin It Up 2012, Nathan Thompson, WTVF

Editor/Program The Soundtrack Project, Robert Bear, Lance Murphey, Running Pony Productions

Editor/Short Form J-Walker Cuts & Composites, Jerry L. Walker, WTVF

Direction

Director/News Live with Breaking News, Mitzi Gargus, WTVF

Director/Program Trinity Goodheard, Joanne Hock, ReelWorks Studios

Director/Short Form FOX13 Composite, Waheed AlQawasmi, Paul Sloan, WHBQ

Specials and Documentary

News Special The Kathy Taft Case, James A. Ford, Jr., Renee Chou, Lori Grant, Chad Flowers, WRAL-TV

Special Event Coverage 2011 Gatlinburg Christmas Parade, Mike Wiseman, WBIR 75th Annual Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant, Sarah Justice, Keith Pryor, Jason Lockhart, Matthew Hayhurst, Time Warner Cable

Documentary/Cultural Tennessee Civil War 150: Crisis of Faith, Justin Harvey, Paul Mojonnier. Kevin Crane, Nashville Public Television

Documentary/Topical 6,149 Days, Clay Johnson, Jay Jennings, Jim Rothschild, Keith Baker, Bridget Whelan, Valerie Aguirre, Steve Elizondo, Shan Zhong, WRAL-TV

Documentary/Historical Birth of a Colony: North Carolina, Scott Davis, Tim Finkbiner, Donna Mitchell, UNC-TV/Horizon Productions

Historic/Cultural Program No Going Back: Women and the War, Ed Jones, Greta Requierme, Beth Curley, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nashville Public Television

Specialty Assignment Report Making Money at Storage Auctions, Valerie Calhoun, WHBQ

Investigative

Investigative Report NewsChannel 5 Investigates: The Ghost Voters, Jennifer Kraus, Bryan Staples, WTVF WRAL-TV Investigates: Medicaid Billing, Cullen Browder, Randall Kerr, Kelly Hinchcliffe, Greg Clark, WRAL-TV

Investigative Series NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Davidson County Clerk, Phil Williams, Bryan Staples, Kevin Wisniewski, WTVF

 

Journalistic Enterprise NewsChannel 5 Investigates, Phil Williams, Kevin Wisniewski, WTVF

News

Continuing Coverage - Within 24 Hours Path of Destruction: The York County Tornado, Corrie Harding, WCNC

Continuing Coverage - No Time Limit Kimberlee's Law, Bofta Yimam, Michael Moore, WHBQ

Spot News The Worst Is Yet to Come, Nathan Thompson, Aundrea Cline-Thomas, WTVF

Breaking News 50-Car Pile-Up, Tiffany Sawyer, Matthew Hilk, Carley Gordon, Ryan Smith, Paul Heggen, Nickie E. Jennings, Deanna Lambert-Thomas, WSMV

General Assignment - Within 24 Hours I Took You to the Top, Baby!, Kim Gebbia, Nathan Thompson, Dustin Gagne, Nathan C. Sharkey, Angelica Dones, Mike Rose, WTVF

General Assignment - No Time Limit Invisible Homeless, Cullen Browder, Randall Kerr, Kelly Hinchcliffe, Greg Clark, WRAL-TV

Business/Consumer Report NewsChannel 5 Investigates: HRC Medical, Jennifer Kraus, Bryan Staples, WTVF

Video Journalist Stories from the Fort Campbell Beat, Forrest Sanders, WSMV

Video Essay We Keep the Old Way, Nathan Thompson, WTVF

Series

Community Service Kids to Love, Lee Marshall, Stan Pylant, WHNT

Informational/Instructional Program Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage, Tim Grant, Soomo Publishing

Informational/Instructional Series In the Garden with Bryce Lane, Sonya Williams Harris, Bryce Lane, Simone Keith, North Carolina State University

Public Affairs From the Heart, Beverly Penninger, Junior League of Charlotte

Children's Program Janet's Planet, John Hussey, Janet Ivey-Duensing, Janet's Planet

Arts The Soundtrack Project, Jonathan D. Epstein, John Hubbell, Lance Murphey, Running Pony Productions/Greater Memphis Chamber/Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Entertainment Wounded Soldiers Tackle Mt. Rainier, Joel Evans, Eric Richey, Ernest Bateman, Mike Brassell, Sovereign Media Group

Magazine Program Soldier's Stories/Trail of Trust, David Hardy, Morgan Potts, Mike Burke, Mike Milstead, Amy Pasquini, Brian Faulkner, Pete Bell, Jay Cartwright, UNC-TV

Magazine Series Our State, David Hardy, Morgan Potts, Mike Burke, Mike Milstead, Amy Pasquini, Brian Faulkner, Jay Cartwright, UNC-TV

Light Feature News Report Hated To See It Go, Nathan Thompson, Jeffrey Tang, WTVF

Light Feature News Series Bulger's Beat, Terry Bulger, Jason Wilson, Zina Bauman, WSMV

Serious Feature News Report The Best Sound I've Ever Heard, Eric Sander, Bob Buckley, WGHP

Serious Feature News Series A Soldier Comes Home, Dennis Ferrier, Jarod Rogers, WSMV

Production

Graphic Arts News 2 Graphics, Vince Conti, Kinsey Grigsby, John Edmonds, WKRN Shan Graphic Arts Composite, Shan Zhong, WRAL-TV

Animation Casey Latiolais Composite, Casey Latiolais, Running Pony Productions

Interactivity Michelle Li: Interactive. Daily, Michelle Li, WSFX

Technical

Lighting Bluegrass Underground, Allen Branton, Han Henze, Wally Bigbee, Todd Squared

Set Design News 2 News Set, Matthew Zelkind, Vince Conti, WKRN

Technical Achievement The Creation of the New WRAL-TV Broadcast Center, Rick Congleton, Tony W. Gupton, Peter Sockett, Mike Upchurch, Frederick Kelly, Charles Braswell, Tony Patterson, Bill Weinel, Mike Mory, Chris Coles, Jimmy Gamble, P. B. Jernigan, Patrice Jobes, Andy Christensen, Michelle McNeil, Chris Cormier, Matthew Brandes, Bill McKenna, WRAL-TV

Writing

Writer/News Scott Mason News Writing, Scott Mason, WRAL-TV

Writer/Program The Soundtrack Project, John Hubbell, Running Pony Productions/Greater Memphis Chamber/Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Writer/Short Form Nickel Words, Jerry L. Walker, Richard Eller, WTVF

Photography

Photographer/News Thompson: Still Rollin 2012, Nathan Thompson, WTVF

Photographer/Program Keys to the Past, Mike Burke, UNC-TV

Photographer/Short Form Brian's Composite, Brian Hallett, WSMV

Newscast

Newscast/Weekend WRAL-TV News at 11: Hurricane Irene Aftermath, Martha Woodward, Miranda Dotson, Debra Morgan, Aysu Basaran, Stephanie Beck, Streater Kelley, Crystal Woods, Timothy Stiles, Tony W. Gupton, Cullen Browder, Ken Smith, WRAL-TV

Newscast/Morning Channel 4 News Today: Opryland Explosion, Thomas Davis, Ian Reitz, Holly Thompson, Matthew Parriott, Julia Bruck, WSMV

Newscast/Evening Burke & Rutherford Tornadoes, Julie Szulczewski, WSOC

News Excellence NewsChannel 5 Network, Sandy Boonstra, Michelle Bonnett, WTVF Weather Reflections: After the Storm, Jerry Hayes, Stan Pylant, Christina Meeks, David Williams, Denise Vickers, Becky Shores, David Wood, Carson Clark, Benjamin Smith, Greg Screws. Claire Aiello, Carrie Marchese, Michelle Stark, Allison Duff, Tiffany Golden, Bradley Thompson, Dion Hose, WHNT

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