WEDU honored with 20 Regional Emmy Nominations
October 28, 2011, Tampa, FL — The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has honored WEDU with twenty Suncoast Regional Emmy® Award nominations – more than any other public or commercial television station in the region and the most ever for WEDU, also celebrating its 53rd anniversary this month as west central Florida’s leading PBS station and source for public media.
Jack Conely, Vice President of Content for WEDU, expressed his appreciation on behalf of the talented team that produce the station’s many local productions. “This unprecedented number of nominations for WEDU’s local series A Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins and Smart Health, and the documentary Jannus: American Aviator is a testament to the amazingly gifted and dedicated staff at WEDU, who combine their areas of expertise with the work of a host of local production professionals, to provide the relevant programming that is such an important part of the station’s mission. We’re all honored for the recognition that has been given to the team’s work.” said Conely.
The 2011 Suncoast Emmy Awards received a total of 972 entries, a record number and almost 100 more than last year’s submissions. 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 13 of the 20 Emmy® nominations. Smart Health was honored with 6 nominations, and a nomination went to the documentary Jannus: American Aviator, produced in partnership with St. Petersburg College.
“The 20 Emmy nominations from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences signal that WEDU continues fulfill the needs of individuals for education, information, and culture through quality local programs. Our viewers depend on WEDU to provide the treasures and topics important to our community,” said Susan Howarth, President and CEO of WEDU. “It’s an honor to receive these nominations as an acknowledgement of what WEDU has accomplished in the past year. We plan to continue telling great local stories about our community,” Howarth said.
The winners of the 2011 regional Emmy® Awards will be announced on Saturday, December 3rd at the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences annual ceremony in Fort Lauderdale.
Suncoast Regional Emmy® Award Nominations:
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT – Program
Well-Rounded Life (April, 2011)
Jennifer Noble; Jack Perkins; Mark Harris; Bradley Clore
A circus ringmaster takes audience anticipation to new heights.
BUSINESS/CONSUMER – News
Do Vitamins Work? (April, 2011)
Angie Moreschi
Could all of those vitamins you’ve been taking be a waste of time? Some new research may have you
thinking twice about what’s good for you.
CHILDREN/YOUTH/TEENS – News
Recycled Riffs (March, 2011)
Jennifer Noble, Bradley Clore, Mark Harris, Alex Gazio
Listen to a band of teens that prefer scrap metal to heavy metal.
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS – Program
Vivid Verse (June, 2011)
Mark Harris, Colleen Hamilton, Bradley Clore
A high school encouraging poetry, not just reading it, but writing it.
HEALTH/SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT – Program
Sweet E-Motion (March, 2011)
Ellen McVay
Sweet e-motion, a business owner gives new meaning to guilt-free dessert.
Smart Health #203 May (May, 2011)
Angie Moreschi, Ellen McVay, Dan Vehorn, Bradley Clore
A new procedure used by rescue workers to save the lives of heart attack patients. Hot flashes, night
sweats, fatigue… more women are turning to bioidentical hormones for relief. Kids too sick for the
classrooms have a special tutor in their corner.
Locally Grown Food Movement (June, 2011)
Ellen McVay, Alex Gazio
‘Locally grown’ has become a catchphrase for fresh, healthy and environmentally friendly food. People
are buying from community farms and gardens, and shopping at places known to carry locally grown
fare. We’ll visit a remarkable farm to find out what people are doing to be a part of the movement, and
we’ll answer the question, is locally grown really healthier for you?
HISTORIC/CULTURAL – Program
String Theory (July, 2010)
Jennifer Noble
We follow Ann Hobson, of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops, to Africa as she traces the
roots of her instrument.
SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENT REPORT – Program
Heart Attack on Ice (May, 2011)
Angie Moreschi, Dan Vehorn, Bradley Clore
A new procedure used by rescue workers to save the lives of heart attack patients.
DOCUMENTARY – Historical
Jannus: American Aviator (July, 2010)
Jeremy Peplow
See how the trillion dollar commercial aviation industry started from the purchase of one ticket for a
flight on the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line airplane piloted by Tony Jannus.
MAGAZINE PROGRAM
A Gulf Coast Journal Episode 803 (March, 2011)
Jennifer Noble, Jack Perkins, Bradley Clore, Mark Harris, Alex Gazio, Spencer Briggs
Listen to band of teens who prefer scrap metal to heavy metal, meet the artist who taught nature
enthusiast Marie Selby how to paint, how dancing keeps one 82-year-old on her toes… and sweet emotion!
A business owner gives new meaning to guilt-free dessert.
NOSTALGIA PROGRAM
Living History (January, 2011)
Colleen Hamilton, Bradley Clore
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe celebrates 11 years on the Gulf Coast. Harriet Burns Stieff is a
unique and valuable link to Sarasota’s celebrated history. Dean Badger who, at age 10, can do what
most all golfers can’t… hit under par.
PUBLIC/CURRENT/COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Pain Pill Epidemic (March, 2011)
Angie Moreschi, Bradley Clore
How is it that pain pills provide relief for some and total devastation for others?
INFORMATIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
Smart Health 201 (March, 2011)
Angie Moreschi
How is it that pain pills provide relief for some and total devastation for others? Could this vaccine one
day prevent diabetes? How far are you willing to go to be thin?
PHOTOGRAPHER – News
People at Play (February, 2011)
Bradley Clore
Welcome to People at Play. Meet the couple that came up with this concept that is fast becoming a top
pick on people’s bucket list.
PHOTOGRAPHER – Short Form
Parkour Craziness (May, 2011)
Bradley Clore
Be introduced to a sport you may never have heard of.
EDITOR – Short Form
Local Motion (March, 2011)
Mark Harris
How dancing keeps one 82-year-old on her toes.
EDITOR – Short Form
Ground Breakers (People at Play) (February, 2011)
Mark Harris
Welcome to People at Play. Meet the couple that came up with this concept that is fast becoming a top
pick on people’s bucket list.
EDITOR – Short Form
Well -Rounded Life (April, 2011)
Mark Harris
A circus ringmaster takes audience anticipation to new heights.
WRITER – Short Form
Unstill Photographer (December, 2010)
Jennifer Noble
Sarasota Jungle Gardens has adapted to the times over the years, but it has never lost its traditional
Florida feel and flavor.
Original episodes of A Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins, underwritten by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, can be seen on WEDU at 8 pm the last Thursday of each month. Smart Health, part of HealthyState.org can be seen on WEDU at 9pm the last Thursday of each month.
