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Follow on Google News | WEDU Honored With 16 Emmy® NominationsThe National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has honored WEDU with sixteen Suncoast Regional Emmy® Award nominations.
“The number of nominations bestowed on WEDU’s local series, A Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins, Smart Health, Florida This Week, and the documentary Away: A Story of Trash, is a testament to the highly gifted and dedicated staff at WEDU. Every day, they combine their areas of expertise with the work of an array of local production professionals, to produce the relevant and valuable programming that is at the foundation of the station’s mission. We’re all honored for the recognition that has been given to the team’s work,” said Jack Conely, Vice President of Content for WEDU, as he expressed his appreciation on behalf of the team that produces the station’s many local productions. The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is a nonprofit Florida corporation dedicated to excellence in television and offers the annual Regional Emmy Awards to television markets in the entire State of Florida; Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans, La.; Mobile, Ala.; Thomasville, Ga.; and Puerto Rico. A Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins brings the artful, innovative, sometimes odd and always interesting people and places of Florida’s west central coast to life. The series received 11 of the 16 Emmy® nominations. Smart Health was honored with 3 nominations. A nomination went to WEDU’s weekly local public affairs program, Florida This Week. One additional nomination was given to the documentary AWAY: A Story of Trash, which was produced in partnership with St. Petersburg College. “It’s an honor to receive these nominations as an acknowledgement of what the WEDU staff has accomplished in the past year. We strive to provide valuable educational, inspirational, cultural, and thought-provoking local stories to our community,” said Susan Howarth, President and CEO of WEDU. “The 16 Emmy nominations from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences confirm that WEDU continues fulfill the needs of individuals for education, information, and culture through quality local programs,” Howarth said. The winners of the 2012 regional Emmy® Awards will be announced on Saturday, December 1st at the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences annual ceremony in Hollywood, Florida. Suncoast Regional Emmy® Award Nominations: EDUCATION/SCHOOLS - Program Weevil Watchers Mark Harris HUMAN INTEREST - Program Figuratively Speaking Mark Harris, Jennifer Noble, Alex Gazio Mother on a Mission Angie Moreschi Llama Love Mark Harris, Bradley Clore SPORTS – News Feature Stroke of Genius Jack Perkins, Mark Harris DOCUMENTARY - Topical Away: A Story of Trash Jeremy Peplow INFORMATIONAL/ Smart Health Episode #210 Ellen McVay, Angie Moreschi, Alex Gazio INTERVIEW/DISCUSSION Florida This Week: 1/27/2012 Episode #2004 Gina Presson, Rob Lorei MAGAZINE PROGRAM A Gulf Coast Journal Episode #807 Mark Harris, Jennifer Noble, Bradley Clore, Jack Perkins Meryl’s Music Medicine Ellen McVay A Comb and A Brush: The Artist Who Paints Roosters Ellen McVay, Mark Harris, Bradley Clore NOSTALGIA PROGRAM Outside the Box Bradley Clore PHOTOGRAPHER – Program (Non-news) Beach Yoga Alex Gazio WRITER – Program (Non-news) A Comb and A Brush: The Artist Who Paints Roosters Ellen McVay Paws with a Cause Jennifer Noble Outside the Box Jennifer Noble Episodes of A Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins, underwritten in part by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, can be seen on WEDU Thursday’s at 8pm. Smart Health, part of HealthyState.org can be seen on WEDU at 9pm the last Thursday of each month. Florida This Week broadcasts weekly on Fridays at 8:30pm. All of the nominated programs can be viewed on the WEDU website at: www.wedu.org. WEDU is west central Florida’s primary PBS station and public media company reaching 16 counties through multiple media platforms including on-air programming and online experiences that broaden horizons, transport and transform and open gateways to new ideas and new worlds. Financially supported by the community, the station offers a wealth of award-winning educational, inspirational, and enlightening content over a variety of multi-media platforms including: television programming; For more information, program schedules or to support WEDU visit wedu.org; WEDU Public Media on Facebook and Twitter or call 813.254.9338. End
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