Long Time KHON2 Manolo Morales Reporter To Retire

Posted on October 20, 2023 by jimjakobs

Long Time KHON2 Manolo Morales Reporter To Retire

By McKenna Maduli

Manolo Morales says he learned everything he knows about television news at KHON2, Honolulu’s FOX and CW affiliate.

The New York City native started out as an intern while studying broadcast journalism at University of Hawaii at Manoa, then moved into the studio as a teleprompter operator. After graduation, Manolo worked as a news photographer for four years before transitioning into on-air reporting in 1993.

“News reporting gives me a chance to help others,” he says. “Sure there were disasters and other major events that were covered nationally and internationally, but the best moments in doing this job were the times that I covered stories on regular people who needed help.”

When he’s not chasing down a story, Manolo can be found spending time with his wife and two dogs – most likely checking out new places to eat or trying different recipes.

Manolo Morales has been a trusted journalist in Hawaii for many years and will be missed.

Mentor Match Program Catapults Reporter to Emmy® Heights

Posted on October 16, 2023 by jimjakobs

Mentor Match Program Catapults Reporter to Emmy® Heights

By Sophie Lincoln

“During my first year in the professional broadcast news industry, I was extremely lucky to be contacted by my incredible mentor, Wayne Freedman, after submitting a story for an Emmy®.

I had a question about the submission process, but when I called to get some clarification, I came away with much more than the simple answer to my question. Wayne had seen my story and let me know that he wanted to help mentor me through the NATAS Mentor Match Program.

Since then, I have learned so much from Wayne and I continue to learn from him every time we speak. Wayne has a very informative book about working in the industry that I have read and still use as essentially a reporting handbook.

Wayne, a now-retired reporter with decades of experience in the industry, has accumulated various awards and accolades throughout his career, including 54 Emmy awards. I do not think I would ever have had the opportunity to meet Wayne had I not been matched with him in this program. He is an amazing connection to have, and I am so glad to have him as a mentor.”

For a $15 annual student membership, you can participate in our Mentor Match program.

New Executive Producer Takes the Reins at Univision Fresno

Posted on October 14, 2023 by jimjakobs

New Executive Producer Takes the Reins at Univision Fresno

Emmy recipient Candy Duran returns to the Central Valley as the new Executive Producer for Univision Fresno.

Originally from Planada, CA., she started her career as an intern at Telemundo 48 in San Jose in 2019. She then became a news reporter from 2011-2012 in Odessa Midland, Texas for Univision 18.

She leaves her role as a news assignment editor, writer and producer at Univision 14 in the Bay Area where she had been for the last 10 years.

After 21 Years, Haazig Madyun Is Retiring From KRON 4

Posted on October 13, 2023 by jimjakobs

After 21 Years Haazig Madyun Is Retiring From KRON-4

Haazig Madyun is retiring from KRON-4 in San Francisco after 21 years at the station.

Madyun began at KRON in 2002 as a tape and video editor as the station was transitioning from its longtime affiliation with NBC to being independent.

As KRON adopted multimedia reporting as its standard brand (still in place today), Madyun pivoted from being behind the scenes to a new role as a multimedia reporter, a position he has succeeded in for the last two decades.

Congratulations to Haazig Madyun for 21 years of journalistic excellence at KRON.

Get Your Class of 2023 Gold & Silver Circle Tickets

Posted on October 10, 2023 by jimjakobs

Get Your Class of 2023 Gold & Silver Circle Tickets

The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is excited to introduce The Gold & Silver Circle Class of 2023.

The Gold & Silver Circle is an honor society of individuals who have been actively engaged in television broadcasting for 50 years or more for the Gold Circle, or 25 years of more for the Silver Circle.

Members must have made a significant contribution to their local television markets and distinguished themselves within the industry and the community. Silver Circle inductees are elected by current members of the Silver Circle, and the Gold Circle by the Chapter Board of Governors.

Click here for full press release.

LINK TO PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
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2023 Sacramento Media Mixer Registration Open

Posted on October 3, 2023 by jimjakobs

2023 Sacramento Media Mixer Registration Open

Sacramento has shone brightly on the stage of this year’s Emmy® Awards, an achievement that is a testament to the incredible dedication of our local professionals. (Press Release)

The Emmy® Awards Mixer presents a unique opportunity to connect, establish invaluable professional relationships, and share in our collective passion.

Saturday, October 7th 6-9pm
Camera Kitchen, 1025 R Street, Sacramento
Bites and beverages served

Please RSVP on Emmy Express.

Four years ago we had our last memorable Sacramento NATAS gathering at the Punch Bowl, and this overdue mixer promises to be an event to remember.

This year join us at Camera Kitchen! Founded in 2022 by CEO Rolando Garcia and Hilary Thompson, Camera Kitchen serves as a digital motion picture rental center and production services provider. Additionally, it has tools for local artists to showcase their art using state-of-the-art video cameras and lighting technology.

Attendees will be among the first to hear about plans for the 2024 and 2025 Emmy® Awards Galas.

RSVP to secure your place at this exceptional gathering of industry professionals and get updates.

NATAS Members and Non-members!

SF Bay Area, Fresno, Chico/Redding, Reno markets – hope you can make it!

Please pass along this information to friends and colleagues at your station or organization.

Again, please RSVP on Emmy Express.

Thank you!

Raul Lima, Vice President, Sacramento

Winners of the News categories of the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards Announced

Posted on September 29, 2023 by jimjakobs

Winners of the News Categories of the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards Announced

Winners of the News categories of the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The awards were presented at the Palladium Times Square in New York City.

Wolf Blitzer, anchor of CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his 50-year career in journalism, including 33 years at CNN. The award was presented by Sam Feist, CNN Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Vice President.

“This year’s News Emmy honorees are a testament to the health and vitality of the broadcast journalism profession,” said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS. “Tonight’s winning reports shine a light on events of critical importance to a global audience while adhering to the highest standards of the craft of journalism. There has never been a time when the need for fact-based, objective journalism is more pressing, and we congratulate tonight’s winners for their achievement.”

“In addition to celebrating the remarkable achievements of tonight’s Emmy winners, the Academy is pleased to honor Wolf Blitzer with our prestigious Emmy® Award for Lifetime Achievement,” said Adam Sharp, NATAS CEO & President. “Wolf is a consummate professional who has been at the front lines of CNN’s coverage of every major event ‘happening now’ over the last thirty years. We also are thrilled to congratulate our inaugural class of national news Gold and Silver Circle honorees for their service to our industry and their countless hours of mentorship and support for the next generation.”

The inaugural class of national Gold and Silver Circle honorees for news was inducted tonight. The Gold and Silver Circle is a society honoring members of the television and wider broadcasting community who have made an enduring contribution to the industry. Gold Circle and Silver members have a tenure of 50 and 25 years in the broadcasting profession respectively.

GOLD CIRCLE – 2023 NEWS INDUCTEES:

David Martin, National Security Correspondent, CBS News

John Quiñones, ABC News Correspondent, “20/20,” “Nightline” and “Good Morning America,” Host, “What Would You Do,” ABC News

Dan Rather, Anchor, Journalist, Founder, News and Guts

SILVER CIRCLE – 2023 NEWS INDUCTEES:

Steve Fastook, Senior Vice President of Operations, CNBC

Kim Godwin, President, ABC News

Rand Morrison, Executive Producer, CBS News Sunday Morning, CBS News

Steve Osunsami, Senior National Correspondent, ABC News

Otto Padron, President & CEO, Meruelo Media

Thomas Snowden, Editor, NBC News

The 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards honor programming content from more than 2300 submissions that originally premiered in calendar-year 2022, judged by a pool of over 1000 peer professionals from across the television and streaming/digital media News & Documentary industry.

The 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards was produced by NATAS with Lisa Armstrong and Adam Sharp, Executive Producers, and David Winn and Christine Chin, News & Documentary Administration. Tonight’s program was Directed by John D’Incecco.

All programming is available on the web at Watch The Emmys,TV and via The Emmys® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV, Roku, and Samsung Smart TV (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).

The complete list of winners is also available on the National Television Academy’s website: theemmys.tv

All voting was tabulated by the accounting firm of Lutz & Carr, LLP.

Remembering a Bay Area News Legend, Ginger Casey

Posted on September 23, 2023 by jimjakobs

Remembering a Bay Area News Legend, Ginger Casey

By Joyce Mitchell with Contribution from Hank Plante (The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle 2006 recipient)

Remembrances flow-in following the death of seasoned, Emmy award-winning news journalist Ginger Casey. She pioneered and advocated for accurate HIV/AIDS reporting, women in television, and ethics in broadcasting.

Her background vast, former KPIX anchor/reporter Hank Plante, writes, “The world lost a bright star, and I lost a lifelong friend, with the recent passing of my former TV news co-anchor Ginger Casey.” In the early 1990s, while working at Bay Area PBS station KQED, Casey threw herself into helping the
LGBTQ community deal with the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.“Even though I was at a competing station, KPIX-TV, I was thrilled to work with her as we emceed countless AIDS fundraisers and LGBTQ events like our televised broadcast of the 1991 San Francisco Pride Parade,” said Plante. He continued that she was much more than “straight ally.”

She grieved, he said, over the toll the pandemic was taking on her gay friends. “But she turned that grief into action in her volunteer work,” said Plante. Casey served as a board member of The Names Project, creators of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.

Casey died September 20, 2023 in Houston after battling lymphoma. She was 68 years old.

Plante said that the TV world has lost a legend. On her Linkedin page, Casey said that her goal was bringing “Truth to Light.” And for decades, that’s what she did. She was an anchor, reporter, producer, magazine columnist, talk show host and US Air Force veteran. In the military, she became an intelligence specialist and brought the skill of discipline to her job as a journalist.

Casey worked nearly 40 years in her field at a variety of stations including KQED, KTLA, and KRIV-TV in Houston. She and Plante went together to that Texas station as an anchor team and they became known for their on-air chemistry. Plante said that chemistry evolved from genuinely caring for one another. “It also helped that we had the same sarcastic sense of humor,” Plante said.

In 1993, Casey joined WJAR 10 in Providence, Rhode Island. Today, the station is running NBC 10 Flashbacks, featuring Casey. Clips show Casey reporting from her home state of California in the aftermath of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and moderating a 10 Town Meeting with President Bill
Clinton at the WJAR Studios.

In a written tribute to Casey, Plante, a member of the SF/NorCal Silver Circle, said, “Ginger was an Emmy Award-winning journalist who had the most important quality in a reporter and in a human being: she fought daily in life and on-the-air for what she thought was right.”

Hawaii Film Director Isaac Halasima’s ‘Waterman’ Nominated for Outstanding Historical Documentary

Posted on September 18, 2023 by jimjakobs

Hawaii Film Director Isaac Halasima’s ‘Waterman’ Nominated for Outstanding Historical Documentary

Hawaii film director Isaac Halasima is headed to New York’s Palladium for the News and Documentary Emmy® Awards, along with the producers and cast of “Waterman”.

The program has received a nomination for Outstanding Historical Documentary.

The film explores the journey of Duke Kahanamoku as an Olympic swimmer, trailblazer, and father of modern-day surfing. Cast member and 11-time World Surf League champion Kelly Slater says “This movie brings everyone up to speed with the importance Duke played not only for surfing, but in the community at large in a time when people of color were rarely celebrated. His kindness and humility shone through some tough times in history, and he inspired people with his character, kindness and larger than life persona.”

KHON-TV Helps Raise 10’s of Thousands of Dollars To Support Maui After Devastating Wildfire

Posted on September 18, 2023 by jimjakobs

KHON-TV Khon-Tv Helps Raise 10’s of Thousands of Dollars To Help Support Maui After Devastating Wildfire

The call for community action has galvanized fundraising efforts to provide food, clothing and financial aid to residents who lost loved ones, homes and businesses to the Lahaina and Upcountry Maui wildfires.

Television stations across the islands have encouraged donations, including KHON, whose recent telethon raised more than a million dollars for the American Red Cross and other charitable organizations providing much-needed aid.

Below, telethon workers and staff accept a $20,000 check from the station’s parent company Nexstar.

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