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49th Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards Recipients Announced Via Livestream
The 49th Annual Northern California Area Emmy® Awards were presented Saturday evening, June 6th for the first time via livestream only. The Emmy® Award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
Shelter-in-Place Triggers Chapter’s First Ever Emmy® Virtual Gala
If you saw our streaming webcast, we may have fooled you into wondering if we produced it live. We did not. Producer Julie Watts wanted the live feel. We pulled it off by back timing the show. Hosts and presenters recorded their segments based on their expected hit times in the rundown.
Reflections by a Termed Out President
So I’ve done this thing, been your Chapter President. Now that it is over. My time to reflect.
I’ve enjoyed the last four years, mostly for the richness, depth, and intricacies of relationships with the quality people who populate this chapter.
New Chapter President Starts First Term
If you had asked me five years ago where I saw myself in the future, I doubt my answer would’ve been president of the San Francisco / Northern California Chapter of NATAS, yet here we are.
NATAS National Foundation Announces Scholarship Honorees
The Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) awarded $10,000 scholarships to each of five college-bound high school students pursuing careers in television. This year’s national scholarship honorees include an SF/NorCal chapter student.
Deadline Extended for Chapter College Scholarships
The 2019-2020 school year has come and gone. Normally the chapter scholarship deadline would have passed as well. But these are not normal times. Because of COVID-19 school closures, the deadline for SF/NorCal college scholarships has been extended until September 1, 2020.
Bubbly Half-Off Discount Available Through July
This year’s Emmy® Awards Virtual Gala livestream on Saturday, June 6 was especially festive thanks to Sonoma winery Chateau St. Jean.
Welcome New Governor Toby Momtaz
Please welcome new NATAS SF/NorCal Governor Toby Momtaz, producer at PBS KVIE in Sacramento!
Former KFSN Assignment Editor Named ABC Station’s News Director
KGO’s executive producer left San Francisco for a news director job in Fresno, Calif.
Martin Ortiz has been named the news director of KFSN after working as KGO’s morning Executive Producer since 2017.
Winners of the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards Revealed
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners of the 47th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS, broadcast on the CBS Television Network.
“Dean of TV Columnists” Dwight Newton Gets a Fan Page
From pioneering in northwest Canada, to living it up in the roaring twenties of Los Angeles, to his adventures and friendships with the movie and TV stars of the early days, this man had a lot of stories to tell and man, was he a good story teller!
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Membership benefit provided by the Academy, the JOB BANK is a free source of available job openings in the television and media industry throughout the country.
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