Co-Chair: Finance 2023
Governors’ Service Medallion 2014
Governor 2009-2013, 2016-2018, 2021-2022
Awards Chair 2014-2016
Emmy® Gala Chair 2013, 2014, 2020, 2022
Julie Watts, CBS News & Stations, Sacramento
Julie is a long-time NATAS Governor, Past Emmy® Gala Chair, and Past Emmy® Awards Chair and she has been a member of the Awards Committee for over a decade. Previously, as Awards Chair, Julie developed the NorCal Emmy® sponsorship program, increasing the chapter’s sponsorship income by 1600%. She was honored with the Governors’ Service Medallion in 2014.
Julie was asked to return as Gala Chair in 2020 and produced the first-ever virtual Emmy® Awards ceremony. The interactive virtual broadcast was later used as a template for other NATAS regional ceremonies throughout the pandemic. She subsequently chaired and produced the first post-pandemic in-person Emmy® gala in 2022.
Julie has spent her entire career in the NorCal NATAS region, beginning as a Traffic Anchor/Reporter at KGPE in Fresno. She was then a Meteorologist/Reporter at KCRA in Sacramento before spending a decade at KPIX in San Francisco as the ConsumerWatch Reporter, Weekend Anchor, and CBS News Contributor. Julie moved back to Sacramento with her family in 2019 where she now produces investigative and government accountability reports. Her work airs on CBS stations in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles and is often distributed nationwide.
Julie’s reporting holds the powerful accountable and breaks down complicated topics for viewers. Her work has prompted recalls, government investigations, and several new laws. The 13-time Emmy® Award-winning journalist has also been honored with many prestigious national awards including a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for public service and multiple National Press Club, National Headliner, and National Gracie awards. Julie’s work has also garnered more than a dozen regional awards including Associated Press and Edward R. Murrow Awards.