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May 2006

ff The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

www.emmysf.tv San Francisco/Northern California Chapter

EMMY® NOMINA TIONS ANNOUNCED,

NOMINATIONS
CHER YL W
CHERYL ARD HONORED
WARD

BOB GOLDBERGER TERRI AMOS

CHERYL WARD No Governors Award will be

given this year.
An executive assistant at ABC 7 “I am delighted about the
will be honored this year at the selection of people who are being
Emmy® 2006 show, where more honored at the Emmy® ceremony
than 220 nominees will be compet- this year,” said NATAS chapter
ing for Emmy® statues in 60 catego- president David Mills. “Cheryl
ries. Ward is the type of person who
Last month, the Board of deserves recognition but rarely gets
Governors voted to bestow the it. And Bob and Terri are shining
Governors’ Citation to Cheryl examples of the unheralded volun-
Ward, who has been the executive teer work that goes into the NATAS
assistant to every general manager chapter each and every month.”

EMMY 2006
at ABC 7 the past 15 years. Last month, the chapter also
Besides keeping things running ® announced the nominees for the
smoothly at the San Francisco ABC Emmy® 2006 competition. The list
affiliate, Ward has volunteered for
numerous non-profit agencies and Sa
Satt. May 20
May was unveiled at parties in San
Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento,
helped raise thousands of dollars
Fresno and Reno.
for charities.
There are a record 226
“There will never be an Emmy®
nominations with 583 indi-
category to describe what Cheryl
vidual certificates.
Ward does,” said ABC 7 editor
CBS 5 in San Francisco led
Lynn Friedman, the San Fran-
the way with 31 nominations.
cisco vice president of the NATAS
Close behind was NBC 11 in San
chapter. “Cheryl’s enthusiasm for
Jose with 30 nominations and
the arts, her quiet participation in
KTVU 2 in Oakland with 21.
almost every community service
DAVIS NOYES FRIEDMAN In Sacramento, KVIE and
event that crosses her desk and
her super human energy deserve our attention.” KXTV both had eight nomina-
The NATAS governors also voted to give the Gover- tions. In Fresno, KFSN received the most nominations
nors’ Service Medallion to board members Terri Amos with 11. In Reno, KTVN came away with four nomina-
and Bob Goldberger. Amos, an independent producer in tions as did KSBW in Salinas. FSN Bay Area had the
San Francisco, has overseen the after-party at the most nominations of the cable outlets with 10.
Emmy® show the past two years. Goldberger, an execu- KFSN news director Joel Davis, ABC 7 reporter Dan
tive producer at ABC 7, has overseen the production of Noyes and ABC 7 editor Lynn Friedman were the
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 BEHIND THE NUMBERS
NUMBERS
An inside look at the blind scoring system
used to select nominees and winners
By Wayne Freedman
Unless you’re a statistician or a
mathematician, raw sets of numbers
can be boring. That said, contemplate
the relative merits of a 27.1 as
compared to a 26.9 on a 30 point
scale. Would those figures be more
interesting if you knew they deter-
mined who receives an Emmy®
Award? And what if the next highest
scores measure 24.2, 23.6, 22.5, and
19.7?
Such are the statistical decisions
facing the Northern California
Chapter’s Awards Committee. Every
year we look at raw numbers to
determine nominees and recipients,
never knowing the category, but
trusting the good taste of mystery
judges in unknown markets who we
can only hope cared as much about
their responsibilities as the entrants
did about their work.
We take that as an act of faith.
Every Emmy® season begins with a certification of
entries by this same committee. If you double-entered
or inadvertently broke a rule, or submitted in the wrong
category, or failed to pay an entry fee, you heard from
us.
We then send the entries to a panel of peers from
another, unidentified NATAS chapter. At least six judges
must view the entire category, scoring each entry on its
merits: 1-10 points for Content, Creativity and Execu-
tion. The maximum score is 30 points. The worst is 3.
The judging panel does not pick nominees or recipients,
nor should members speak to each other about an entry.
When finished, they place ballots in a FedEx envelope
and send them to our accountants, Spalding and
Company. There, members of the firm add scores for
each entry and divide the total by the number of judges.
They sort scores from highest to lowest, and place the
$12,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE AWARDED
The Academy Education Committee chaired by NATAS
Trustee Alison Gibson has selected four college stu-
dents who will each receive a $3,000 scholarship at this
year Emmy® Awards on May 20th
Darren Brazil from Santa Clara University success-
fully competed for the Peter J. Marino Production
award.
Kent Harland from Leeward Community College in
Hawaii will receive the Shelly Fay Videography award.
The Abrazos & Books/Rigo Chacon Reporting award
will go to Alana Dong of Stanford University.
For the first time, NATAS board member and KTXL
Fox 40 anchor/reporter Thomas F. Drayton will present
a minority scholarship. The recipient is Tonantzin
“Toni” De Aztlan of the University of California at
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top ten from each category onto a
blind scoring sheet. In the case of
craft categories, where judges score
for only Creativity and Execution, the
firm adds an average of the first two
numbers, rounding up to 30 points.
Again, the Awards Committee
has no idea which category a set of
scores represents. Given such
blindness, we award for excellence,
based solely on the numbers.
It is worth noting that scores
have declined in recent years. Other
chapters judge us as harshly as we
do them. Our committee rarely sees
a perfect 30, or even a 27, often
awarding statues for 25’s, 24’s 23’s,
and an occasional 19, depending on
a category’s bell curve. We rate
them all, often rejecting Emmy®
Awards in low scoring categories.
When the scores came back, this
year, we nominated 226 entries and
presented 583 certificates. Four categories did not score
high enough to receive nominations. At least five others
will have multiple recipients. None of us on the Awards
Committee knows which they might be.
Finally, regarding the scoring scenario at the begin-
ning of this article—it is relatively simple when compared
with others we see every year. One could argue that the
27.1 reflects an average score of 9+ (definitely Emmy®
worthy), while the 26.9 falls just short. But, they are so
close and so superior to the other scores that we would
probably grant Emmy® awards to both, while the 24.2
and 23.6 would receive nominations—a decision reached
after ten minutes of discussion, several more of debate,
three votes, and one or two cold chicken legs consumed
throughout the process.
See you May 20th. May you have the best of
evenings. Members of the Awards Committee will be as
surprised when the winners are announced, as the rest
of you.
Berkeley.
Students submitted an application, transcript and
essay along with a videotape of their work. They must
have at least one year remaining before obtaining a
degree.
The scholarships are administrated from the TV
Academy Fund, Inc. a 501(c)(3) non profit. Thank you
to our members who have contributed to the Scholarhip
Fund.
Send your news items to:
offcamera@emmysf.tv
 NORCAL AREA EMMY® NOMINA
NORC TIONS
NOMINATIONS
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individual leaders with six nomina-
tions each.
The new categories of station
excellence, news excellence and
community service had nine nomina-
tions each.
In the highly competitive catego-
ries of best newscasts, there were
five nominees in the large market
evening newscast, five nominees in
medium market evening and five
nominees in smaller market evening.
There were also five nominees in
large market daytime newscast, one
nominee in medium market daytime
and five nominees in small market
daytime.
There are five categories with
only one nominee. That means that
nominee is assured of receiving an
Emmy® statue at the Emmy®
awards. They were:
*Newscast daytime – medium
market: ABC 30 Action News AM Live
*On Camera Talent – Anchor/
Sports: Dennis O’Donnell, CBS 5
*On Camera Talent – Program
Host: Mary Babbitt, NBC 11
*Writer – News: Mike
Sugerman, CBS 5
*Editor News – Within 24 Hours:
Jeremy Carroll, NBC 11
There were four categories with
no nominations: Interview/discus-
sion, Feature/segment; Graphics and
animation, news; Set design and
Lighting.
The Emmy® 2006 show will be
held Saturday, May 20, at the
Palace of Fine Arts in San Fran-
cisco. A pre-show reception starts at
4 p.m. with the show beginning at 5
p.m. The after-show dinner/dance in
the Exploratorium begins about
8:30 p.m.
Tickets for Emmy® 2006 pur-
chased before May 10 are $80 for
NATAS members and $90 for non-
members. After May 10, it’s $90 for
members and $100 for non-mem-
bers. Ticket form available at
www.emmysf.tv Contact the Acad-
emy office for additional informaiton
650-341-7786.
The theme for this year’s show is
“Breaking New Ground.” As part
of that theme, Apple Computer will
be honored for its innovations in
technology that have helped the
broadcast industry.
Following is the list of all the
nominees.
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Photos by Robert Mohr © 2006
SF Nomination Party at Hunan
TV personalities Fred LaCosse and
Terry Lowry read the nominations
For Outstanding Achievement in:
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT:
STATION AWARDS
STATION EXCELLENCE
KBHK UPN Bay Area
Steven Poitras, Vice President/
Station Manager
KCRA Station Excellence
Elliott Troshinsky, President/
General Manager
KFSN TV Station Excellence
Eric Lerner, General Manager
KGO-TV/DT Station Excellence
Valari Staab, President/General
Manager
KNTV Station Excellence
Linda Sullivan, President/General
Manager
CBS 5: 2005 Overall Station
Excellence, KPIX
Ron Longinotti, President/General
Manager
KQED Station Excellence
Jeff Clarke, President & CEO
KSBW Station Excellence
Joseph W. Heston, President/
General Manager
KTVU Station Excellence
Tim McVay, President/General
Manager
NEWS EXCELLENCE
KCRA-TV News
Dan Weiser, News Director
Noticias Univision, KDTV
Sandra Thomas, News Director
KFSN TV News
Joel Davis, News Director
ABC 7 News, KGO
Kevin Keeshan, Vice President,
News
NBC 11 News: Covering the Bay
Area and Beyond 2005, KNTV
Jim Sanders, Vice President, News
CBS 5 Eyewitness News, KPIX
Dan Rosenheim, News Director
KSEE News
Michael Espinoza, Executive News
Director
Noticiero 48 Telemundo, KSTS
Jonathan C. Ruiz, News Director
KTVU - Channel 2 News
Ed Chapuis, News Director
COMMUNITY SERVICE
30 Anos, 30 Deseos (30 Years, 30
Wishers), KDTV
Mahelda Rodriguez, Executive
Producer; Valeria Hernandez,
Producer
Stories of Service: Veterans Day
Tribute, KGPE
Paul Loeffler, Executive Producer;
Justin Terro, Producer
St. Jude Dream Home, KHSL
Scott Howard, Executive Producer;
Wendy Mason, Producer
Volunteer Hawaii, KITV
Bill Gaeth, Executive Producer;
Marisa Takahashi, Producer
Bay Area Jefferson Awards, KPIX
Rosemary Roach, Director of Public
Affairs
Students Rising Above, KRON
Wendy Tokuda, Producer
Share Your Holiday, KSBW
Theresa Wright, Public Affairs
Manager; Jose Camacho, Opera-
tions Manager
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Noticiero 48 Telemundo, KSTS
Jonathan C. Ruiz, News Director; Raul A. Ayrala,
Managing Editor
Mas Cerca de Usted, KUVS
Pedro Calderon, News Director; Janette Luviano,
Asst. News Director
NEWS PROGRAMMING
NEWSCAST DAYTIME - LARGER MARKET
ABC Morning News, KGO
Leetha Yee, Executive Producer; Christine Ni, Karen
Wulferdinger, Producers; Kristen Sze, Anchor; Kelly
Ryan, Janelle Wang, Reporters; Joel Bartlett, Meteo-
rologist; Frances Dinglasan, Joe McConnell, Traffic
Reporters; Ian Babcock, Mike Horn. Photographers;
Jerry Sandy, Director; Gary Schultz, Technical Direc-
tor; Jennifer Walters, Writer
ABC 7 News at 11:00 AM, KGO
Leetha Yee, Executive Producer; Karen Wulferdinger,
Producer; Cheryl Jennings, Kristen Sze, Anchors;
Mark Matthews, Janelle Wang, Reporters; Joel
Bartlett, Leigh Glaser, Meteorologists; Ian Babcock,
Mike Horn, Photographers; Jerry Sandy, Director;
Gary Schultz, Technical Director
The Bay Area at 6 AM, KNTV
Kirsten Chiala, Executive Producer; John Peck, Pro-
ducer; Brent Cannon, Laura Garcia Cannon, Anchors;
Lisa Bernard, Reporter; Joe Hoskinson, Traffic Re-
porter; Kellie Onaga, Arlene Sison-Handa, Writers
Bay Area Today at 10 AM, April 8, 2005, KNTV
Kristi Lawley, Producer; Brent Cannon, Laura Garcia
Cannon, Anchors
Bay Area Today at 10 AM, July 7, 2005, KNTV
Kirsten Chiala, Executive Producer; Kristi Lawley,
Producer; Brent Cannon, Laura Garcia Cannon,
Anchor; Lisa Bernard, Reporer
NEWSCAST DAYTIME - MEDIUM MARKET
ABC 30 Action News AM Live, KFSN
Joel Davis, News Director; Chelsea Wilhite, Kathryn
York, Producers; Jason Martinez, Margot Kim
Scroggins, Anchors; Christine Park, Reporter
NEWSCAST DAYTIME - SMALLER MARKET
Wake Up Northern California, KHSL
Wendy Mason, Melissa Cabral, Producers
News Channel 8 Daybreak, KOLO
Jennifer Rogers, Producer
Good Morning North State, KRCR
Jennifer Scarborough, News Director; Patranya
Bhoolsuwan, Producer/Anchor
KSBW Action News Sunrise, KSBW
Lawton Dodd, News Director; Kelly Duffy, Asst. News
Director; Christine Garcia, Producer; Omer
Carrothers, Director
Channel 2 News This Morning, KTVN
Jason Pasco, News Director; Dan Guerra, Producer;
Kirsten Joyce, News Anchor
NEWSCAST EVENING - LARGER MARKET
ABC 7 News at 5 PM, KGO
Stephanie Adrouny, Executive Producer; Lisa
Caracciolo, Producer; Dan Ashley, Cheryl Jennings,
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Anchors; Janelle Wang, Reporter; Frances Dinglasan,
Traffic Reporter; Jonathan Baxter, Director; Michael
Clark, Photographer
ABC 7 News at 6 PM, KGO
Stephanie Adrouny, Executive Producer; Bill Green,
Producer;
Carolyn Johnson, Anchor; Martin Wyatt, Sports
Anchor;
Michael Finney, Consumer Reporter; David Louie,
Business Reporter; Dan Noyes, Reporter; Don
Sanchez, Arts & Entertainment Reporter; Mark
Matthews, Karina Rusk, Carolyn Tyler, Reporters;
Spencer Christian, Weathercaster; Mitchell Turner,
Media Manager;
Jonathan Baxter, Director; Lynn R Friedman, Editor
The Bay Area at 11, KNTV
Marina Perelman, Producer; Allen Denton, Lisa Kim,
Anchors; John Farley, Chief Meteorologist; Raj Mathai,
Sports Director
CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 11, KPIX
Peter Saiers, Producer; Ken Bastida, Dana King,
Anchors; Samantha Mohr, Chief Meteorologist; Billy
Poon, Weather Producer; Jarrett McPeek, Director;
Emily Grossman, Writer; Leona Wong, Sr. News
Assignment Editor
News 10 at 11:00, KXTV
James Scullary, Producer
NEWSCAST EVENING - MEDIUM MARKET
ABC 30 Action News Live at Five, KFSN
Joel Davis, News Director; Warren Armstrong, Nancy
Osborne, Anchors; De Anna McQueen, Reporter;
Richard Harmelink, Photographer
ABC 30 Action News at Six, KFSN
Joel Davis, News Director; Ann Marie Oliveira, Pro-
ducer; Warren Armstrong, Anchor
ABC 30 Action News Live at 11, KFSN
Joel Davis, News Director; Warren Armstrong, Anchor
KITV 4 News at 6, KITV
Tod Pritchard, News Director
KSEE 24 News at 11, KSEE
Michael Espinoza, News Director; Ron Edens, Pro-
ducer; Stefani Booroojian, Rich Rodriguez, Anchors;
Anthony Flores, Sports; Monte Francis, Reporter;
George A. Garnica, Photojournalist; John Parmer,
Assignment Desk
NEWSCAST EVENING - SMALLER MARKET
KCBA Fox 35 News First at Ten, KCBA
Claudia Otero, Producer; Elizabeth Valente, Assign-
ment Editor/ Writer
News 4 at 11:00, KRNV
James Jackson, Producer
KSBW Action News at Six, KSBW
Lawton Dodd, News Director; Kelly Duffy, Asst. News
Director; Ben Bamsey, Producer; Hector Bueno,
Director
Channel 2 News at 5:00, KTVN
Jason Pasco, News Director; Kevin Bennett, Executive
Producer
Channel 2 News at 6:30, KTVN
Jason Pasco, News Director; Kevin Bennett, Executive
Producer
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Nominations Continued
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BREAKING NEWS
New Year’s Eve Storm, KCRA
Dan Weiser, Executive Producer; Brian Neal, James
Stimson, Carolyn Thomas, Kirsten Wolff, Producers;
Walt Gray, Anchor; Mark Finan, Patty Souza, Meteo-
rologists; Julie Watts, Weather Anchor; Adrienne
Bankert, Grace Lee, Reporters; John Hamilton, Pilot-
Reporter; Ronald A. Middlekauff, Photographer
Save Village Park, KHNL
Sharon Chen, Reporter; Duncan Armstrong,
Photojournalist
New Year’s Eve Flooding, KNTV
Tom Stilwell, Producer; Diane Dwyer, Anchor
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORT
Citizen Soldier, KGO
Wayne Freedman, Producer;
Abraham Mendoza, Photographer/Editor
A Father Remembered, KMPH
Derrol Nail, Reporter
Medical Marvel, KNTV
Marianne Favro, Producer
Sharon Navratil, KTVU
Carmina Salcido Returns, KRON
Don Knapp, Reporter; Glen Kinion,
Photographer
Migrant Farm Workers, KTVU
Leslie Donaldson, Producer; Rob Roth,
Reporter; Martin Holeton, Photographer
CONTINUING COVERAGE
Coach Fired, KFSN
Joel Davis, Executive Producer
Following a Frozen Mystery, KFSN
Eric Rasmussen, Reporter
Is San Francisco Ready?, KGO
Beth Rimbey, Producer; Dan Noyes,
Reporter; Lynn R Friedman, Editor Don Ford, CBS 5
Maria Avina’s Story, KPIX
Anna Werner, Reporter
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Car Scam, KGO
Ken Miguel, Beth Rimbey, Dan Noyes, Producers;
Lynn R Friedman, Editor
The Body Show, KGO
Beth Rimbey, Dan Noyes, Producers; Catherine
Cavey, Photographer; Lynn R Friedman, Editor
Housing Hustle, KPIX
Abigail Sterling, Anna Werner, Producers
Inspecting the Inspectors, KRON
Abigail Sterling, Producer; Joe Ducey, Reporter; Stan
Drury, Photographer; Jim Joy, Editor
The Secrets of the Greatest Show on Earth, KTVU
Leslie Griffith, Producer/Reporter
FEATURE NEWS REPORT - LIGHT
Milpitas Hum, KNTV
Garvin Thomas, Reporter; Donald Hardy, Editor
They Really Light Up, KNTV
Robert Wellington, Photojournalist
Hurricane Car Wash, KPIX
Mike Sugerman, Reporter; Jennifer Mistrot, Photog-
rapher/Editor
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The Tallest Dog in the World, KUVS
Felix N. Mendoza III, Producer
FEATURE NEWS REPORT - LIGHT SERIES
Economics Easy as Pie, KPIX
Mike Sugerman, Reporter; Richard Villaroman,
Photographer; Mary Janczura, Editor
Street Wars, KRON
Jeff Bush, Reporter/ Photographer
Brendan’s Story, KXTV
Jennifer Smith, Anchor/Reporter
California Postcard, KXTV
Jonathan Mumm, Reporter; Bill
Carragher, Dave Novick, Photographers
FEATURE NEWS REPORT - SERIOUS
Disaster Drill, KCRA
Lynsey Paulo, Reporter; Larry Blitstein,
John Breedlove, Photographers
Taking the Bait: Bait Cars, KFSN
Christine Park, Reporter
The Enemy Within, KNTV
Damian Trujillo, Producer; Mark
Villarreal, John Chiala, Photographers
Blind Man Sees, KOVR
Marcy Valenzuela, Reporter; Tony N.
Toste, Photographer
Addiction Stopper, KPIX
Ginnelle Elliott, Producer; Sydnie
Kohara, Reporter; Chris L. Mistrot,
Photographer
Chico, KTVU
Roland De Wolk, Producer; Mike Mibach,
Reporter; Martin Holeton, Photographer
New Beginning, KTVU
Cristina Gastelu, Producer; Julie Haener,
Reporter; Tony Hodrick, Photographer;
Ron Acker, Editor
FEATURE NEWS REPORT -
SERIOUS SERIES
Battery Cages, KGO
Beth Rimbey, Producer; Dan Noyes, Reporter; Marc
Sanchez-Corea, Photographer; Lynn R Friedman,
Editor
America’s Soldiers: The Homecoming, KNTV
Jan Boyd, Special Projects Producer; Sandy
Castelblanco, Anchor; Alex Bozovic, Photographer/
Editor
Insult to Injury, KPIX
Anna Werner, Investigative Reporter
Murder Zone: The Women of Juarez, KPIX
Tim Didion, Producer; Dana King, Reporter; Richard
Villaroman, Photographer
SPECIALIZED REPORTS
Finney Finds Out, KGO
Melinda Krigel, Executive Producer; Teri Theuriet,
Producer; Ricquel Newman, Associate Producer;
Michael Finney, Reporter; Lynn R Friedman, Editor
The Tech Report, KNTV
Scott Budman, Reporter
CBS 5 Health Watch Composite, KPIX
Molly McCrea, Peter Saiers, Producers; Kim
Mulvihill, MD, Medical Reporter; Chris L. Mistrot,
Richard Villaroman, Photographers
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Life and Afterlife: A Health Composite, KTVN
Kristen Walthers, Anchor/Reporter
Health Science Composite, KTVU
Sharon Navratil, Producer; John Fowler, Reporter
White Noise, KTXL
Thomas Drayton, Reporter; Tom Long, Photographer/
Editor
NEWS and PROGRAM SPECIALTY
DOCUMENTARY
The Valley’s Greatest: Heroes of WWII, KMPH, KFRE
Scott Petty, Producer
Finding the Fault, KPIX
Brian Hackney, Producer/Anchor/ Reporter; Craig
Franklin, Photographer; Paul Morrill, Editor
Counting Sheep, KQED/Green TV
Frank Green, Producer
The Next Great Quake, KRON
Brian Hackney, Producer/Anchor/ Reporter; Glen
Kinion, Photographer; Jim Joy, Editor
Tsunami - A Story of Tragedy & Hope, KTVU
Don McCuaig, Producer; Sara Sidner, Host/Writer;
Steve Shlisky, Editor
The Sacramento: River of Life, KVIE
David Hosley, Executive Producer; Craig Miller,
Producer; Daniel Freed, Associate Producer; Richard
Enos, Chief Videographer
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - FEATURE/SEGMENT
The Big Step, KGO
Wayne Freedman, Producer; Brian Cullinane,
Abraham Mendoza, Photographers; Harvey
Weinman, Editor
In Wine Country: Southwest Pro-Am Rock Paper
Scissors Invitational, KNTV
Karen Adams, Douglas DeVore, Producers; Jonathan
Stark, Coordinating Producer; Bryan Coleman, Photog-
rapher
Three Luthiers, KOVR
John Iander, Reporter; Mike Lowry, Photographer/
Editor
Sexy Plumbers, KPIX
Dave Stoelk, Producer/ Correspondent
Bay Area Backroads: Thrillseekers, KRON/Bay Area
Backroads
Michael Rosenthal, Producer/Writer
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT - PROGRAM/SPECIAL
In Wine Country: Music in Wine Country, KNTV
Mary Orlin, Producer; Mary Babbitt, Host; Barb
Moffatt, Segment Producer; Carrie Cain, Associate
Producer; Jonathan Drum, Mark Oltz, Photographers
Tech Now!, KNTV
Scott McGrew, Producer; Scott Budman, Host;
Donald Hardy, Editor
Tech Now!: Episode # 310, KNTV
Barton Bishoff, Producer
The Tech Now! Movie Special, KNTV
Barton Bishoff,
Bay Area Backroads Great New Zealand Adventures,
KRON
Dan Herz, Senior Producer; Laura Remington, Seg-
ment Producer; P. Jack Uhalde, Director of Photogra-
phy; David Vandergriff, Editor
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Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, KTVU
Don McCuaig, Producer; Vicky McCuaig, Writer; Doug
Louie, Editor; Robert Erdiakoff, Lighting Director
CHILDREN/YOUTH - FEATURE/SEGMENT
Slip of the Tongue, KBHK/Uth TV, Inc.
Karen Lum, Producer/Editor
Speaking Out on Steroids: Rob’s Story, KPIX
Ginnelle Elliott, Producer; Sydnie Kohara, Reporter;
Chris L. Mistrot, Photographer
Night Shift Opaque, KTSF
David Baker, Executive Producer; Michael Lee, Series
Producer
CHILDREN/YOUTH - PROGRAM/SPECIAL
Speak On It: Episode 5: Race and Stereotypes,
KBHK/Uth TV, Inc.
Carl Rosendahl, David Yanofsky, Producers; Bryant
Jow, Keith Morikawa, Line Producers
That’s a Wrap, KCSM
Dante Betteo, Executive Producer; Josh Springer,
Producer/Director
EDUCATION - FEATURE/SEGMENT
Super Teacher, KFSN
Aurora Diaz, Producer; Keith Allen, Photographer;
Luis Ramentas, Editor
Every 15 Minutes, KOVR
Marcy Valenzuela, Anchor/Reporter; Tony N. Toste,
Photographer/Editor
Oakland School for the Arts, KTVU
Bob MacKenzie, Reporter; Tony Hodrick, Photogra-
pher; Dina Maria Munsch, Editor
Student Firefighters, KVIE/UC Davis News Service
Paul Pfotenhauer, Producer/Reporter; Ken Zukin,
Photographer/Editor
EDUCATION - PROGRAM/SPECIAL
Exito Excolar: La Llave del Exito (Scholastic Success:
The Key to Success), KDTV
Perla Rodriguez, Francisco Jaramillo, Executive
Producers Maria Espinosa, Producer; Valeria
Hernandez, Associate Producer
Eye on the Bay: Alternative Fuels, KPIX
Karl Norberg, Marla Tellez, Producers; Jennifer
Coyne, Associate Producer; Michael Mitchell, Editor
The Great American Toy Test, KTVU
Jim Haman, Executive Producer/ Director; Sharon
Navratil, Producer; Tom Vacar, Host/Writer
ViewFinder: Music of Hope, KVIE
Bryan Shadden, Segment Producer; Richard Enos,
Chief Videographer; Martin R. Christian, Aimee
McKinney, Videographers; Mark Johnson, Editor
HISTORICAL/CULTURAL - FEATURE/SEGMENT
World Airways: Baby Lift, KGO
Thuy Vu, Producer/Reporter; Paul Zaro, Photographer
SPARK: Work in Progress: Hung Liu, KQED/Bay Area
Video Coalition
Amy Miller, Segment Producer
Growing Up Muslim, KTVU
Goldoneh Taherian, Producer; Rita Williams, Re-
porter
ViewFinder: Nature is a Great Teacher, KVIE
Mark Johnson, Producer/Editor; Aimee McKinney,
Photographer
ViewFinder: Hero Streets, KVIE
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Nominations Continued
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HISTORICAL/CULTURAL - PROGRAM/SPECIAL
Day of Independence, KHET/Cedar Grove Productions
Tim Toyama, Executive Producer/ Writer; Chris
Tashima, Director/Writer/Actor
Eye on the Bay: The Houseboats of Sausalito, KPIX
James Reid, Senior Producer; Liam Mayclem, Host;
Chris Bollini, Photographer; Michael Mitchell, Editor
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria,
KQED/ITVS
Victor Silverman, Susan Stryker, Jack Walsh,
Producers
From a Silk Cocoon, KVIE/Hesono O Productions
Satsuki Ina, Executive Producer/ Co-Director/Writer;
Kim Ina, Producer/Actress; Emery Clay III, Co-
Director/Director of Photography; Stephen Holsapple,
Co-Director/Editor
SPORTS - FEATURE/SEGMENT
Peja in Greece, Comcast/Maloof Sports &
Entertainment
Josh Semolik, Production Supervisor
Brotherhood Through Baseball: A Kidney
Transplant Story, FSN Bay Area
Kevin Eck, Executive Producer; Amy
Gutierrez, Producer/Writer; Renel Brooks-
Moon, Talent; Franck Battelli, Directory of
Photography; Jack Pavelick, Editor
Heat Miser, KXTV
Craig Amazeen, Producer/Writer; Chris
Murray, Producer/Editor
Kenny Shedd, Oakland Raiders TV David Louie, ABC 7
Network
Chris Gargano, Executive Producer
SPORTS – PROGRAM/SPECIAL
San Jose Sharks Hockey: Shark Byte #
406, FSN Bay Area
Frank Albin, Ted Griggs, Executive Pro-
ducers; Kevin Eck, Producer/Writer/ Editor;
Richard Tomassini, Associate Producer;
Drew Remenda, Talent
Gary Radnich: 20 Years on KRON-4,
KRON
Jason Appelbaum, Producer/Writer; Russ
Katsumoto, Principle Photographer; Jim
Michael Davich, CBS 5
Joy, Editor
The Toyota Tribute to Steve Young, KTVU
Jim Haman, Executive Producer; Don McCuaig, Pro-
ducer; Pete Lupetti, Vicky McCuaig, Associate Produc-
ers; Mark Ibanez, Fred Inglis, Joe Fonzi, Hosts;
Randy Devecchi, Photographer; Doug Louie, Editor;
Robert Erdiakoff, Lighting Director
SPORTING EVENT/GAME
A’s vs Boston Red Sox “Lucky Charms,” FSN Bay Area
Ted Griggs, Executive Producer; Devon Ferris, Coordi-
nating Producer; David Koppett, Producer; Ray Fosse,
Glen Kuiper, Tim Roye, Talent; Tom Adza, Director
San Francisco Giants Baseball: A Must-Win with
Winn, FSN Bay Area
Ted Griggs, Executive Producer; Joe Washington,
Coordinating Producer; Jeff Kuiper, Producer; Mike
Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Talent; Jim Lynch, Director
Off Camera, May 2006, page 7
Sharks vs Calgary Flames: Shootout in San Jose,
FSN Bay Area
Ted Griggs, Executive Producer; Devon Ferris, Coordi-
nating Producer David Koppett, Producer; Randy
Hahn, Play-By-Play Talent; Glen Kuiper, Sideline
Talent; Drew Remenda, Color Talent; Frank Albin,
Director; D’Aulaire Louwerse, Associate Director
Oakland A’s Baseball, KICU
Mark Wolfson, Executive Producer/ Director
SF 49ers vs Tennessee Titans, KPIX
Jim Hannemann, Executive Producer; Mike Bruce,
Director; Julie Montes, Managing Senior Designer
Game 4: Darkest Hour, KXTV/Maloof Sports & Enter-
tainment
Craig Amazeen, Executive Producer; Michael Oddino,
Producer/Director; Steven Rose, Associate Producer;
Grant Napear, Play-By-Play; Jerry Reynolds, Color
Analyst; Geoff Butler, Technical Director;
Phil Pollicino, Graphic Coordinator; Sophia Chan,
Graphics Operator
PUBLIC/CURRENT AFFAIRS -
FEATURE/SEGMENT
Bones of Steel, KFSN
Aurora Diaz, Producer; Keith Allen,
Photographer; Luis Ramentas, Editor
Lifeline of Hope, KOVR
Cathy Hobbs, Producer; Diana Penna,
Reporter
Giant Steps, KRON
Mitra Bahrami, Coordinating Producer
PUBLIC/CURRENT AFFAIRS -
PROGRAM/SPECIAL
Not in Our Town Northern California:
When Hate Happens Here, KQED/The Work-
ing Group
Patrice O’Neill, Senior Producer; Jon
Fromer, Rhian Miller, Kelly Whalen,
Producers; Kate McLean, Associate Pro-
ducer
Latin Eyes: Monterey Bay Aquarium,
KRON/Latin Eyes Media, Inc.
Andres Pruna, Executive Producer
Not Ready for Justice, KTXL
Thomas Drayton, Producer/Reporter; Tom
Long, Photographer
ViewFinder: Supersizing Our Kids, KVIE
Emerald Yeh, Producer; Aimee McKinney,
Photographer; Mark Johnson, Editor
INTERVIEW/DISCUSSION - FEATURE/SEGMENT
No Nominations
INTERVIEW/DISCUSSION - PROGRAM/SPECIAL
California Connected: Special Interest, KQED, KVIE
Marley Klaus, Executive Producer; Lisa McRee, Host/
Correspondent
Check, Please! Bay Area: Show # 104, KQED
Tina Salter, Series Producer; Robin Epstein, June
Mesina Ouellette, Shelley Pearson, Associate Produc-
ers; Leslie Sbrocco, Host; Katherine Russell, Direc-
tor; Linda Giannecchini, Assistant Director; Kirk
Goldberg, Editor
continued on page 8
 COMMERCIAL
Nominations Continued Snow, Various/BBDO West
continued from page 7 Jim Lesser, Creative Director
SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGE Mystical San Francisco, Various/KPIX
Dickens Fair, KRON Chad Mallam, Producer/Writer
Henry Tenenbaum, Producer/Talent; Dean Kendrick, The Visit, KTVU/Pacific Gas & Electric/Venables Bell &
Videographer; Art Takeshita, Sound Partners
The Chinese New Year Parade, KTVU Greg Bell, Creative Director
Jim Haman, Executive Producer/ Producer; Julie Water Heater, KTVU/Pacific Gas & Electric/Venables
Haener, Ben Fong Torres, Hosts; Robert Handa, Bell & Partners
Reporter; Jeff Green, Director; Sherri Johnson, Greg Bell, Creative Director
Writer; Michael Krajac, Editor; Mark Metzler, Engineer Epic Story: 2005 Playoffs, KXTV/Maloof Sports &
in Charge Entertainment
KTVU’s 4th of July Celebration, KTVU Craig Amazeen, Producer/Writer; Bob Murray, Pro-
Jim Haman, Executive Producer/ Producer; Joe Fonzi, ducer/Editor
Sara Sidner, Hosts; Jeff Green, Director; Mark
Metzler, Engineer in Charge CRAFTS ACHIEVEMENT
SPOT ACHIEVEMENTS ON CAMERA TALENT - ANCHOR
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE Bastida Segment, KPIX
WB20 Student Council, KBWB Ken Bastida, Anchor
Stella Nelson, Producer; Robert Twigg, Director of Goodrich Composite, KPIX
Photography Juliette Goodrich, Anchor
End Hunger Now, KGO Haener Composite, KTVU
Therese Gamba, Executive Producer; Melissa Julie Haener, Anchor
Crawford, Producer/Writer/ Editor; Brad Welles, Sidner Composite, KTVU
Sound Designer Sara Sidner, Anchor

PROMOTION - NEWS PROMO - SINGLE SPOT ON CAMERA TALENT - ANCHOR/SPORTS REPORTER

Wireless, KGO O’Donnell Composite, KPIX
Jack Poorman, Producer/Writer/ Editor Dennis O’Donnell, Sports Director
America’s Soldiers: The Homecoming, KNTV
Vera Edgerton, Promotions Manager ON CAMERA TALENT - ANCHOR - WEATHER
Morning News: Busy People, KTXL The Flood Rookie, KCRA
Jay Truesdale, Producer/Writer Julie Watts, Weather Anchor
Mohr Composite, KPIX
PROMOTION - NEWS PROMO - CAMPAIGN Samantha Mohr, Chief Meteorologist
Early Edition Image Campaign, KPIX Pinpoint Forecast, KPIX
Samantha Swartz, Senior Promotion Producer; Jerry Roberta Gonzales, Weather Anchor
Wagley, Promotion Manager; Pat Cilia, Asst. Design Lynn Composite, KXTV
Director Elissa Lynn, Chief Meteorologist
The Power of 9, KRON
Kevin Adler, Promotion Manager; Michiko Ino, Graphic ON CAMERA TALENT - REPORTER
Designer; Devin Whetstone, Graphic Designer Freedman Composite, KGO
Wayne Freedman, Reporter
PROMOTION - PROGRAM - SINGLE SPOT Noyes Composite, KGO
A’s vs New York Yankees “Underdog” Promotion, FSN Dan Noyes, Reporter
Bay Area/Jamination Productions, Inc.
Tom Pellack, Producer/Director; Aaron Buckles, ON CAMERA TALENT -
Animator SPORTS PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST
Image 05, KBHK Golden State Warriors Basketball, FSN Bay Area
Rafael A. Figueroa, Rob Genolio, Trish Herrera, Bob Fitzgerald, Play-By-Play Talent; Jim Barnett, Color
Producers; Greg Freeman, Photographer; Pat Cilia, Talent; Glen Kuiper, Sideline Talent; Matthew
Steven Squire, Designers Steinmetz, Sideline Talent
The Original K.O.N.G., KBHK San Jose Sharks Hockey, FSN Bay Area
Rob Genolio, Producer Randy Hahn, Play-By-Play Talent; Drew Remenda,
Simpsons Cinco de Mayo, KBHK Color Talent; Glen Kuiper, Sideline Talent
Rafael A. Figueroa, Rob Genolio, Producers; Greg
Freeman, Photographer; Pat Cilia, Steven Squire, ON CAMERA TALENT -
Designers PROGRAM HOST/MODERATOR
Babbitt Composite, KNTV
PROMOTION - PROGRAM - CAMPAIGN Mary Babbitt, Host
TV Loves You Back Campaign, KBHK
Rafael A. Figueroa, Rob Genolio, Trish Herrera, DIRECTOR
Producers; Greg Freeman, Photographer; Pat Cilia, Adza Composite, FSN Bay Area
Steven Squire, Designers Tom Adza, Director
The Ultimate Reality TV, KICU Lynch Composite, FSN Bay Area
Dave Kaminsky, Design Director; Joon Hee Lim, Jim Lynch, Director continued on page 9
Producer/Senior Writer/Editor
Off Camera, May 2006, page 8

Nominations Continued
continued from page 8
WRITER - NEWS
Economics 101, KPIX
Mike Sugerman, Writer
WRITER - PROGRAM
Finding the Fault, KPIX
Brian Hackney, Writer
Stoelk Composite, KPIX
Dave Stoelk, Writer
The Sacramento: River of Life, KVIE
Craig Miller, Writer
PHOTOGRAPHER - NEWS -
WITHIN 24 HOURS
Middlekauff Composite, KCRA
Ronald A. Middlekauff, Photographer
Hardy Composite, KNTV
Donald Hardy, Photographer
Smith Composite, KNTV
Dean C. Smith, Photographer
Dennis O’Donnell, CBS5 Jon Francis, Caroline Hendriks, Rich
Valenzuela Composite, KOVR
Andres Valenzuela, Photojournalist
Katrina Composite, KPIX
Don Ford, Photojournalist
Holeton Composite, KTVU
Martin Holeton, News Photographer
PHOTOGRAPHER - NEWS -
NO TIME LIMIT
Bollini Composite, KFTY
Chris Bollini, Photographer
Baseball Prodigy, KNTV
Brad Williams, Photographer
Prodigious Moves, KNTV
Barton Bishoff, Photojournalist
Sri Lanka Tsunami, KPIX
Richard Villaroman, Chief Photographer
PHOTOGRAPHER - PROGRAM
Joaquin Composite, KICU
Alforde M. Joaquin, Videographer
Drum Composite, KNTV
Jonathan Drum, Photographer
Counting Sheep, KQED
Frank Green, Photographer
Drum Composite, KNTV
Jonathan Drum, Editor
AUDIO
Joaquin Composite, KICU
Alforde M. Joaquin, Audio Mixer
Stanford Janitors, KNTV
Mark Villarreal, Audio Engineer
GRAPHIC ARTS - GRAPHICS
& ANIMATION - NEWS
No Nominations
GRAPHIC ARTS -
GRAPHICS & ANIMATION - PROGRAM
DeVore Composite, KNTV, KTEH/Digital
Turbulence, Inc.
Douglas DeVore, Graphic Designer
The Halloween Mummy, KNTV
Bobee Padilla, Senior Designer
The Josh Kornbluth Show, KQED/Idle
Hands Studio
Prahm, Zaldy Serrano, Designers
GRAPHIC ARTS - SET DESIGN
No Nominations
LIGHTING
No Nominations
MUSICAL COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT
The Original K.O.N.G., KBHK
William Hammond, Jr., Composer/Per-
former; Rob Genolio, Composer
The Asylum, KXTV/Maloof Sports &
Entertainment
Michael Krajac, KTVU Craig Amazeen, Fred Meggs, Composers
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 5, Flood Aftermath, KPIX
Don McKinney, Technical Director
Dead Man’s Curve, KPIX
Don Sharp, Operations Manager; Michael C. Davich,
Zachary Heene, Chris L. Mistrot, Photographers

EDITOR - NEWS - WITHIN 24 HOURS

Carroll Composite, KNTV
EMMY® ENTERTAINMENT
ENTERTAINMENT
Jeremy Carroll, Editor

EDITOR - NEWS - NO TIME LIMIT

Bollini Composite, KFTY
Chris Bollini, Editor
Hardy Composite, KNTV
Donald Hardy, Editor
Katrina: Week 1 in Review, KTVU
Michael Cerruti, Editor

EDITOR - PROGRAM
The Gangs of Paradise, KCBA
Brian Speciale, Editor Michael Hatfield will be at the Emmy® show keyboard.
DeVore Composite, KNTV, KTEH/Media Center/Digital Masterpiece will provide music during dinner and
Turbulence, Inc. dancing at the Exploratorium on May 20th.
Douglas DeVore, Editor
Off Camera, May 2006, page 9
 REFLECTIONS ON THE NAB 2006
Just like the other 105,000
attendees at NAB 2006 in Las
Vegas…I was on a mission. San Jose
State University (my employer)
wanted to buy two HD camcorders
for less than $10,000 each. There
were four models to choose from. My
job was to recommend one.
It took the better part of two
days to attend NAB seminars where
experts demonstrated the strengths
of each model. It took another day to
visit the Panasonic, Sony, Canon
and JVC booths where they were on
display. But the hard part was
staying focused while wading
through several hundred thousand
square feet of other gizmos, gadgets
and widgets.
I admired the InnoVision mini
probe that turned an HD camera into
a microscope. It made Lilliputian still
life scenes look as big as a set from
the “Chronicles of Narnia.” Next I
inspected an Ultimatte keying
system that seamlessly put a some-
what bored model into dozens of
high-resolution virtual 3D sets. I
finally found myself staring at the
NHK ultra high-definition theater
with an amazing 4,320 scan lines, 16
times the resolution of today’s HDTV.
My last day at NAB was surreal. I
walked into the South Hall as the
Avid and Apple Computer exhibits
towered above me like a stand of
Redwoods. They were planted
directly across from each other. The
exhibits competed for space inside
the hall, just like the companies
compete for market share outside.
Slowly…inescapably…I was drawn
into the gravitational field of Apple
Computer’s domain. There seemed
to be dozens of Final Cut Studio
solutions for any HD or SD format,
including Podcasts. Collaborative
editing systems using Xsan servers
Off Camera, May 2006, page 10
By Keith Sanders
were deployed near a giant stage
where a young man in black Jobsian
garb promoted the virtues of New
Media.
“We will be showcasing the whole
range of formats that Final Cut
Studio now supports, from 24P HD
all the way up to 2K,” said Kirk
Paulsen, senior director pro applica-
tions marketing for Apple, “and we
now have the tools to deliver those
formats by outputting them in a
variety of high-quality output options
from DV for the Web to streaming for
podcasts.”
Even though Apple had an-
nounced the introduction of a new
17” Macbook Pro at NAB, most of
their exhibit was not about the
computer alone. Macs have become
just one cog in Apple’s New Media
machine that governs content
Photos by Keith Sanders creation, distribution and presenta-
tion.
Final Cut Pro has developed
into the defacto NLE standard for
broadcasters. The iPod is by far the
most popular mobile platform for
enjoying music & video. iTunes is
responsible for more than 8 million
video Podcasts being delivered to
end-users.
On Saturday May 20th Apple
Computer will receive a well-
deserved honor at the Emmy® show
because of its special technological
Keith Sanders, is the NATAS achievements in the media industry.
vice president for San Jose and a Now that I’m home from Vegas,
video producer for San Jose State all I have left is a bag of brochures,
University. In some final HD camcorder recommen-
addition to being dations and a pocketful of receipts.
our technology
Less than five dollars remained in my
chair he also
produces the wallet, but I wasn’t surprised as
Emmy® show. water in this desert town goes for
Send your technol- $2.75 a bottle…
ogy stories to
Keith.Sanders@sjsu.edu
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Bo Keller Chuck Rogers

Longtime news photographer Bo Keller lost his
excruciating battle with cancer last month. Bo worked
more than 20 years at KGO-TV after leaving KRON-TV,
where he also had worked as a photographer and man-
ager.
In addition to setting a high standard in videography,
Bo was a prolific poster to the websites of Shoptalk and
The Water Cooler, under the pen name Bovine.
He raised several children, some still quite young.
As long as his body allowed him, he continued taking his
children to soccer practices and school functions. During
his final weeks, Bo was confined to a wheelchair, but he
never lost his positive attitude. He leaves behind at least
two newsrooms filled with friends, who count themselves
lucky to have known him.
We just learned that Silver Circle member (class of
1986) and former KOVR 13 photographer Charles
“Chuck” Rogers died on December 17, 2005 at the age
of 81.
Chuck was a longtime photographer for the Modesto
Bee before joining KOVR in 1970. He worked out of the
Modesto News Bureau. He covered the Patty Hearst
kidnapping and the San Joaquin County Jail of 1971.
He was quite adventurous, as a pilot he produced and
shot the documentary “Circus In The Sky” for Four
Wings. He enjoyed sky and scuba diving.
Chuck was born on July 17, 1924 in Minneapolis and
graduated from Bexley High School in Ohio. He was a
radar operator, bombardier and navigator during World
War II and Korea.
Thanks to his wife Jackie for informing us.

KXTV REPORTER RESCUED FR

KXT OM CRUISE SHIP
FROM
anbulance ride to Stanford
Veteran KXTV (Sacramento)
Hospital.
reporter, and NATAS vice president
Fortunately, Dan received
Dan Adams, was rescued from a
top-notch medical care, and he
cruise ship in the nick of time
says doctors expect a full, but
when his appendix burst. The
lengthy recovery. Dan will be out
ship was cruising back from Kona,
of commission for awhile, but
Hawaii to San Diego, when Dan
we’re confident he’ll be back
became ill. With only limited
covering the big story again by
medical treatment available on
summer.
board, doctors wanted to evacuate
Dan to a hospital. But the ship
was in the middle of the Pacific— Dan Adams GOLD & SILVER
too far from Hawaii or California
for any rescue helicopter to
CIRCLE
reach. Submission
It took two days for the ship
to sail close enough to California extended to May 15
for the Air Force to launch a
rescue helicopter out of Moffett You still have time to submit
field, along with a C-130 to refuel names for nomination consider-
the chopper in midair, both ways. ation to the Silver (25 years)
During the two day wait, Dan’s and Gold (50 years) Circle. The
appendix burst, so he says it was induction lunchen is held in the
“touch and go for awhile” when Fall of each year. Forms avail-
the helicopter finally landed at able at www.emmysf.tv or
Moffett Field for the short contact the Academy office.

Off Camera, May 2006, page 11

 BROADCAST LEGEND FROM BAY AREA DIES
Thousands of people who had never
met him, knew Don Fitzpatrick. When he
founded Fitzpatrick & Associates, he
pioneered the concept of creating a
central bank of talent tapes. Don initially
built his headhunting business by equip-
ping an RV with ¾ tape machines, and
driving around the country, stopping in
each market to tape the news himself.
Before long, news executives from around
the country were flying to San Francisco to
spend a couple of days shopping for
anchors by viewing Don’s unparalleled
library of tapes. Then he founded
“Rumorville” which became “Shop Talk”
which became “TV Spy”, one of the first
emailed newsletters in the world, and
which all along was required reading in the
TV News biz.
Harry Fuller, long-time San Fran-
cisco news director, now executive
editor at C|NET, knew Don better
than almost anyone in the business.
He shared these thoughts:
“American TV is rarely accused of
being kind, humane, patient, non-
materialistic. Don was all those. A
TV insider while he stood apart.
Always a lover of TV. Recall that
dusty office on the second
floor above a cafe in San Francisco’s
7
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OFFICERS:
David Mills, CBS 5, President
Lynn R Friedman, ABC 7, VP, SF
Keith Sanders, SJ State University, VP, SJ
Dan Adams, KXTV 10, VP, Sacramento
Nancy Osborne, ABC 30, VP, Fresno
Terri Russell, KOLO 8, VP, Reno
Pamela Young, KITV 4, VP, Hawaii
Janice Edwards, NBC 11, Secretary
Sharon Navratil, KTVU 2, Treasurer
NATIONAL TRUSTEES:
Linda Giannecchini, KQED 9 (Museum)
Alison Gibson, Media Cool (Education)
Cynthia Zeiden, Zeiden Media (Activities)
GOVERNORS:
Terri Amos, Cornerstone Prod. (Membership) John Murray, JM Communications
Bob Anderson, WB20
Duncan Armstrong, NBC 8
Dan Ashley, ABC 7
Brian Avery, Avery Media
Samuel Belilty, Univision 21
John Burgess, KFTY 50
Martin Christian, KVIE 6
Thomas Drayton, Fox 40
Janice Edwards, NBC 11
Deirdre Fitzpatrick, KCRA 3
Albert Garcia, Univision 19
Bob Goldberger, ABC 7
Stewart Heller, York Productions
Valeria Hernandez, Univision 14
Justin Kanno, KOLO 8
Jack LiVolsi, WB20 (Marketing)
North Beach. No prestige, no high cost
glamour, no fancy reception room, no
parking. He was a practical dreamer. He’d
dream of doing things better, differently,
new. Then he’d set about it pragmati-
cally. Use a computer, he’d decide, while
newsrooms were mostly stuck with type-
writers.
TV changed to value high profits,
short-sighted Wall Street malarkey. Not
Don Fitzpatrick. He was progressive. Not
political. He believed in the possibility of
progress. Not inevitable or easy. Progress
earned, learned, passed on from Don
Fitzpatrick and his spiritual kin. Long after
Don and our entire generation are forgot-
ten, that inclination will echo across
generations because of students and
Don Fitzpatrick beginners he encouraged. Work at it.
Listen. Make it better. We each
should leave such a legacy.”
Don was a Life Member and
Director or NorCal RTNDA and re-
ceived the John F. Hogan Distin-
guished Service Award from the
National RTNDA at last year’s conven-
tion.
Don recently sold his businesses
and moved to Alexandria, Louisiana,
where he died last month at the
young age of 56. He is already
sorely missed.
SAN FRANCSISCO
NORTHERN C ALIF
CALIF ORNIA
ALIFORNIA
4317 Camden Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 341-7786 F: (650) 372-0279
Ronald Louie, KTVU 2 (Alt. Trustee)
Terry Lowry, LaCosse Productions
Tamar Maghdissian, KHSL 12
Deanne Moenster-Poitras, KTVU 2
John Odell, City College San Francisco
Sheraz Sadiq, KQED 9
Javier Valencia, KRON 4 (Awards)
COMMITTEE CHAIRS: (not listed above)
John Catchings, Catchings & Assoc. (Museum)
Darryl Cohen, Cohen & Cooper (Legal)
James Spalding, Spalding & Co., (Finance)
Rick Zanardi, College of San Mateo (Marketing)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Darryl R. Compton, NATAS
Off Camera
Bob Goldberger, Editor
Darryl Compton, Publisher
Robert Mohr, Photographer
Off Camera, May 2006, page 12