NTA Cleveland Chapter News - June 2003

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Insurance Benefits for NTA Members:

The NTA/John Hancock Long Term Care insurance plan is available to members and family members up to age 84. Those eligible include: parents, spouses, parents & parents-in-law, step-parents & step-parents-in-law, children, stepchildren of eligible members, and grandparents of eligible members. All of the above are eligible whether the member applies for coverage. There is no tie-in requirement.

Partners also qualify in most states. For an explanation on partners, call Charlie Edwards at (216) 642-9556, extension 191.

 
  Deadline Extended for Entries For National Emmys

The deadline for submitting entries into the national News & Documentary Emmy Awards is July 1, 2003.

To be considered for a national award, you must have won a local Emmy in the most recent judging period. Nominees will be announced on July 14. The awards gala will be held in New York on September 3, 2003. Winners will be honored with plaques, featuring the golden Emmy figure.

Awards will be presented in the following categories: Outstanding Regional News Story: Spot News and Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Reporting. Since some chapters have more than one spots news category, all of the winners in either the spot or breaking news categories are eligible. The same applies if there was a tie in either the spot or investigative categories. Both local honorees are eligible.

There is a $100 fee to enter. If interested, contact the local NTA Office for entry forms.

 
And the Emmy Goes to . . . . . .



(left to right) 1st Vice President Terry Peterson; President Bob Hammer; Former CNN Anchor and host for the 34th Annual Cleveland Regional Emmy Awards, Bob Losure; Emmy Chair Steve Goldurs; and Emmy Production Chair Mike Vendeland

 

 


Television professionals from Northern Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania gathered on Saturday, June 7th to celebrate their achievements at the 34th Annual Regional Emmy Awards, held at Windows on the River at the Powerhouse in the Flats of Cleveland. WTHR in Indianapolis racked up the most statuettes, while Fox 8 led the pack among Cleveland stations, with the highest number of nominations and wins.

The evening began with cocktails and a gourmet dinner, followed by an energetic awards presentation, produced by EventWorks Inc. The evening was filled with nostalgia, spontaneity and surprises, which included a pre-taped appearance by former Dateline NBC Anchor Jane Pauley.

Former CNN anchor turned author Bob Losure emceed the awards ceremony before a stellar audience, including local television celebrities and their guests. Losure began the evening reminiscing about a humorous interview with Tina Turner. In addition to his duties as emcee, he also presented the highly coveted award for Outstanding Daily Newscast. Nearly 500 entries were received from various television stations, cable companies, colleges/universities and independent producers/production companies.

A special thanks to our sponsors for the evening:
WTHR, Indianapolis
News Channel 5, Cleveland
Fox 8 WJW Cleveland
Cuyahoga Community College
Holiday Inn Select City Centre Lakeshore
Lynch, Anselmo, Ott, Bryan + Company
WOIO/WUAB, Cleveland
Channel 3, Cleveland
Steen Editorial
Ball State University
WISH-TV, Indianapolis
Ohio Tuxedo
The Talent Group
Cleveland's WB, Channel 55

For a list of all the winners go to the Cleveland NTA website at www.ntacleveland.com.

Also present at the Emmys were the NTA Scholarship recipients: Micah Mitchell of Oberlin


Cleveland NTA Scholarship Committee Chairman Dave Cockley with this year's scholarship winners:
(left to right): Micah Alec-Emil Mitchell, Johnnie A. Maier III, and the parents of Makeda Shanee' Escayg. (Makeda was already at Claflin University and unable to attend the Emmy Awards.)

 
Senior High School, Johnnie Maier III of Tuslaw High School, and Makeda Escayg of St. Augustine Academy. The students each will receive a $2000 television scholarship, when they enter college this fall. The three were chosen from a pool of 73 applicants; the most Cleveland NTA has ever had.
 

Arch Rival Browns - Steelers Game to Air on Channel 3

On Sunday, October 5th, Browns fans will either be at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh to watch the Browns-Steelers game live or they’ll be glued to WKYC. Channel 3 has secured the rights to broadcast one of the NFL’s hottest rivalries since the two teams met in last year’s playoff game.

The voice of the Cleveland Browns, Channel 3’s Jim Donovan, will host a special show of the “Browns Pre-game Huddle,” starting at 7:00 p.m. At 8:00, there will be a special kickoff show that runs until 8:25 p.m., when the Browns take on the Steelers at Heinz Field.

WKYC became the “official home” to the Browns local programming in 1999. Channel 3 will feature more than 55 hours this season, including three pre-season games, pre-game shows, a Sunday night highlight show and “Inside the Huddle with Butch Davis.” It can be seen every Monday night at 7:00 beginning August 11th.

Browns 2003 Preseason Games on TV 3:
Saturday, August 9th - Browns @ Tennessee - 8 PM
Saturday, August 23rd - Browns @ Detroit - 7 PM
Thursday, August 28th - Browns vs. Atlanta - 8 PM
 

Channel 3's Sales Department Stronger with two New Appointments

Tom Humpage has joined WKYC-Channel 3 as its new General Sales Manager and Jill Slavens as National Sales Manager.

WKYC President & General Manager Brooke Spectorsky credits Humpage with strong television sales experience and a proven record. One of the first responsibilities of Humpage was to find a National Sales Manager. For that position, he brought Slavens on board. Humpage says Slavens’ strong background in television sales experience and work with national clients, will be an asset to Channel 3.

Humpage, who once worked for WKYC, returns from KMSP and WFTC, the Fox stations in Minneapolis, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to that, he was Station Manager and Director of Sales with Cleveland’s WOIO/WUAB. He previously worked at WKYC as Local and Sales Manager.

Slavens joins Channel 3 from WLWT in Cincinnati, where she worked for the last year in sales. Prior to that, she was a national rep. for four years in Chicago. In that position, she was responsible for representing WKYC to national Chicago advertisers.
 

Telly Awards Honors Beachwood Studios

Beachwood Studios was recently honored to provide postproduction services for seven Telly Award winners for Cleveland ad agencies. The Telly Awards, founded in 1980, recognizes outstanding non-network and cable commercials, and film and video productions.

Stern Advertising won two first-place Silver and four Bronze Telly Awards for 30-second television spots, all posted at Beachwood Studios. The team of creative editors Bill Thomas and Mark Kerecman, and graphics by Chad Liszt, posted the award-winning spots for the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, McDonald’s, and the Ohio Lottery. Videographer Gary Gottschalk shot the Zoo spot.

Malone Advertising won a Silver Telly Award in the Non-Broadcast category for an Isuzu video it produced for the 2003 Car Show. Beachwood Studios senior creative editor, Mark Kerecman, edited the program in Beachwood’s Avid and Smoke suites, while graphic design director, Chad Liszt, created graphics for the video on the Flame digital compositing system. The finished program was formatted for use on both standard 4x3 monitors and 16x9 plasma screens.

Kerecman also won a Bronze Telly Award in the Company Demo category for his editor demo reel.
 

Spotlight On NTA Board Members
 


Tony Peter Hoty

Tony Hoty has been an English Teacher at Westlake High School and Executive Director of W.H.B.S.-TV on cable 22 & 18 since 1993. Currently leading a student volunteer staff of 210+, he has won 16 local high school programming awards, 2 Emmy nominations, a National Communicator Award of Distinction and 2 National Communicator Awards, Honorable Mention.

Tony has a BS from Purdue University, an MAED from Baldwin Wallace

and an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Moscow. He has appeared in 4 Films and 400+ commercials and also appeared in NBC's Another World, ABC's All My Children and on PBS in Cleveland and New York.

Married to his wife, Jo-Ann, since 1979, Tony has 3 sons. In addition to being a member of NTA, he also holds memberships in AFTRA and SAG.
 

Upcoming Poynter Institute Seminars

Tough Choices: Doing Ethics
August 17-22, 2003,
Apply by 6/23/03.
Recent stories regarding "one of journalism's biggest ethical earthquakes" at The New York Times remind us once again about the important connection between ethics and excellent journalism. This seminar will be led by Bob Steele, Poynter's Ethics group leader, and will feature an outstanding visiting faculty that includes: Angie Kucharski, News Director, KCNC-TV; Marianna Spicer-Brooks, Director, News Standards & Practices, CNN; and Tom Huang, Texas Living Editor, Dallas Morning News. The tuition is only $450 and that includes your hotel stay in St. Petersburg, Florida. Don't miss the APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 23, 2003. You may apply online at http://www.poynter.org/2003/Ethics, or contact Jeannie Nissenbaum at 888-POYNTER (888-769-6837) or jnissenbaum@poynter.org for an application form.

Producing TV Newscasts
August 17-22, 2003,
Apply by 6/23/03
Newscast line producers and executive producers with at least three years of full-time newsroom experience will learn the principles of newsroom leadership and how to coach reporters and photojournalists to tell more memorable stories. This seminar will be led by Poynter's group leader for broadcast and online Al Tompkins. Visiting faculty members will include Jen Pifer, Senior Futures Editor, "Life from the Headlines," CNN and Angie Kucharski, News Director, KCNC. The tuition is only $450 and that includes your hotel stay in St. Petersburg, Florida. Don't miss the APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 23, 2003. You may apply online at www.poynter.org/2003/ProdTVNewsAug or contact Fanua J. Borodzicz at 888-POYNTER (888-769-6837) or fborodzicz@poynter.com for an application form.
 

The Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program

Applications are being accepted for the News Reporter Training Program. Applicants must be college graduates and fulfill other requirements. For details about the program, visit www.theBroadcaster.com, select INFO, then TRAINEE. The deadline has been extended to June 30th. Applications are available as a download only. If you are a small-medium size television or radio station interested in taking a trainee early 2004, email us at Contactus@theBroadcaster.com and request information on the program, or visit our website. Information will be emailed as a PDF file. The Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization formed in 1993 to provide training opportunities to minority college graduates in television and radio news reporting and news management.
 

From the Editor: Cynthia Barnes

David Brinkley was a news legend, having won 10 Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. He died June 11th at his home in Houston. He was 82 years old.

I, as I'm sure many of you, have memories of Brinkley's accomplished career. For more than 50 years, he covered presidents, natural disasters, protests, and the civil rights movement. Up until the late 90's, we welcomed him into our homes as host of "This Week with David Brinkley." When he stepped down from that position, he had been host of a daily or weekly national television program for a little more than 40 years. He had served longer than anyone else.

Brinkley had a unique style that was low-key, but yet it had volume when he needed to make his point. He helped usher in the modern era of network television news. For that reason, he is a pioneer to the television industry, who will be greatly missed.

Respectfully submitted,

Cynthia Barnes, Editor

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