UANews, Arizona Public Media Take Home Emmys
Will Holst, video communications manager in the UA Office of University Communications, earned two Emmy awards.
Pamela White, a reporter for Arizona Public Media, took home an Emmy award.
Sooyeon L. Johnston received three Emmys.
Arizona Public Media and UANews brought home a combined seven Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards at the recent awards ceremony held in Phoenix.
The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced the winners of its prestigious 2009 Emmy Awards.
Two University of Arizona units brought home a total of seven Emmys which were announced during the chapter's Emmy Award Ceremony held on Saturday in Phoenix.
Reporters with Arizona Public Media KUAT Channel 6 were awarded a total of five Emmys while UANews.org's Will Holst brought home two Emmys.
The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter represents television professionals from all disciplines of the industry with regional representation in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and El Centro, Calif.
The award recognizes excellence in television by honoring the work submitted by its members. Other chapters within the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences judge and select the best work in each category.
Holst, video communications manager in the UA Office of University Communications, earned two Emmy awards during the ceremony. "Schools for Sudan" won in the category of advanced media for public, current and community affairs, where he competed against the East Valley Tribune and Phoenix-based Wild Visions, Inc. He earned another Emmy for "Anatomy of Sorrow" in the category of advanced media, video editor, beating out Jobing.com, Surprise 11 and The Lavidge Company.
Holst won two Emmys during the 2008 competition.
Videographer and producer Dan Duncan along with producer Pamela White of KUAT – both of whom have received prior Rocky Mountain Emmys – won for their work on "Wavelengths 4: Paths of Life" in the category of informational and instructional content.Duncan and White competed against KTVW in Phoenix and Apple Box Pictures in Scottsdale.
Luis Carrión, an award-winning producer, won an Emmy in the category of religion, news single story/news feature or program, for "Tucson Islamic Community." Carrion, who contributes stories for Arizona Public Media's television, radio and Web outlets, vied against KTVW in Phoenix.
Sooyeon L. Johnston, a KUAT producer who has already earned multiple Emmy awards, received three Emmys in three different categories.Johnston won an Emmy in the category of arts/entertainment for a feature segment program on photographer Mark Klett. Her second Emmy was won in the category of arts/entertainment special programming for "Arte 201: Art & Inspirations." Her third Emmy was awarded for "Retablo: Uncovering the Secrets" in the cultural documentary category.
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