The Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Art and Sciences (NATAS) recognized 41 Action News with 10 regional EMMY® awards on October 1. The ceremony was held in Branson, Missouri.
The EMMY® Awards are created to recognize excellence in television. EMMY® nominees are selected annually by a committee of peers in the industry, which are members of a different NATAS Chapter. Areas of recognition include Community Service and PSA EMMY® Awards, Daytime EMMY® Awards, News and Documentary Awards, Scientific and Technological Advancement EMMY® Awards, and Sports EMMY® Awards.
Winners:
ON CAMERA TALENT: Mike Marusarz
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS: Andy Alcock for "Isolation Room Controversy"
ON CAMERA TALENT/WEATHER: JD Rudd
ON CAMERA TALENT/HOST: Michelle Davidson (Kansas City Live)
DOCUMENTARY: John Woods, Rex Harris, and Gerald Roberts for "Kansas City & All That Jazz"
PHOTOGRAPHER- NEWS: Chase Lucas
MORNING NEWSCAST: Lauren Whitney Beiler, Shane Givens, Dia Wall, Patrick Fazio, and Lindsay Shively for "Woman Locked in Box Killed by Captor, Prompts Manhunt"
NEWS PROMO - CAMPAIGN: Bobby Hess, Anthony Pierce, and Randy Thurman
10PM NEWSCAST: Sean Hirshberg, Maggie Blair, Mike Marusarz, and Rhiannon Ally
GA REPORT - NO TIME LIMIT: Patrick Fazio, John Woods, and Giovanni Garcia for "Missouri Man Serving Life Sentence for Marijuana Now Free"
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