Ed
Sharpe of Glendale Arizona wins Rocky Mountain
Emmy(R) Award for Breaking News/ Continuing
Coverage
Photo:
Jennifer Jones KPHO and President of the Rocky
Mountain NATAS Chapter and Ed Sharpe of
CouryGraph Productions/ Glendale Daily Planet /
KKAT-IPTV with 2007 Rocky Mountain
Emmy(R) Award for the production of "The
Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The
Driver" .(Photo
by Bette Sharpe)
Ed
Sharpe of CouryGraph
Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in
Glendale, AZ was award a 2007
Rocky Mountain Emmy(R) Award for the
production of "The
Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The
Driver" .
The
National Television Academy Rocky Mountain Southwest
Chapter awarded the statuette. The chapter covers
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and parts of California
and Wyoming.
The Emmy® Statuettes
represents the highest honor bestowed in the
Television Industry, making them the most coveted
awards in broadcasting.
The
presentation on the evening of October
6th was the 30th annual event for the
organization. It was held at the plush Renaissance
Hotel and Resort's
Conference Center located near the University
of Phoenix stadium in
Glendale Arizona.
Sharpe
said, "There's more people involved in
making "The Laura Graff Hit and Run
Accident - Search For The Driver"
and other news segments than you see on the surface.
It's not just me!"
Sharpe added,
"Many people have taken time to teach
me videography, editing, writing, ethics
in journalism and appreciated are the people
that were great sounding boards to discuss ideas
with... fantastic were family members that put up
with me working all hours to get the job done...
lets not forget the patient subjects as well
we had for interviews when we started out our
careers. Indeed! these are all the people
who won this Emmy(R) Award as well."
Glendale
Police Chief Steven Conrad stated: "I would
like to congratulate Ed on his latest Emmy! Ed
is committed to providing our community with
information about the efforts of public
safety. This is video is a great example of a
great police-media relationship."
Officer
Matt Barnett, Glendale Police Department PIO, who
narrated the Hit and Run segment congratulated Ed
Sharpe " ...I have worked with him many
times in the past and Mr Sharpe is a pleasure to
work with and is asset to the local journalistic
community."
In
addition to the award ceremonies, attendees were
treated to a tour of Glendale 11, the
City of Glendale Arizona cable channel's new
world class HD studios and control room in the
process of installation. This beautiful
new media center is adjoining the plush
Glendale Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center
located near the University of Phoenix stadium
located in he new Glendale Sports area.
The presentation was on the evening of October
6th at the 30th annual event held at the plush
Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center located near
the University of Phoenix stadium.
In
addition to the award ceremonies attendees were
treated to a tour of Glendale 11 , the
City of Glendale Arizona Cable channel, new
world class HD studios and control room that are
being installed in part of the media center.
Photo:
Glendale Police Department PIO -Officer Matt Barnett
shown in a screen from the call for information
put out over Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV.
We are
still looking for the SUV responsible for the
Hit and Run accident involving Laura Graff and
her motorcycle which took plaice on
the evening of September 23, 2006 at 7:00 pm.
What
the Video was about:
•
Description On the evening of September 23, 2006 at
7:00 pm, Glendale firefighters responded to a car
and motorcycle crash involving Laura Graff, a
24-year-old Glendale woman.
She was riding
her motorcycle at 59th Avenue and Mercer Lane in
Glendale Arizona. They found Graff barely clinging
to life from the severe injuries caused by hit and
run driver. The driver of the vehicle that hit Laura
fled the scene. This footage was the first reporting
of the event and a call for witnesses to help locate
this driver. This driver remains unidentified.
Unlike a
traditional television newscast, this production
with it's call for information narrated by Glendale
Police PIO Matt Barnett, still remains online
shadowing the perpetrator... someday they will be
identified. Laura Graff survived and is undergoing
therapy to overcome the effects of her injuries. You
may also see the ceremony whereas she awarded the
fire fighters, ambulance drivers and hospital
trauma personal for helping save her life in an
article at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/
.
About The
National Television Academy
The
National Television Academy is a professional
service organization dedicated to the advancement of
the arts and sciences of television and the
promotion of creative leadership for artistic,
educational and technical achievements within the
television industry. It recognizes excellence in
television with the coveted Emmy Award for News
& Documentary, Sports, Daytime, Creative Craft,
Public & Community Service, Technology &
Engineering/Advanced Media and Business &
Financial Reporting. Excellence
in Prime Time programming and international
programming is recognized by its affiliate, the
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Local
Emmys are given in 19 regions across the United
States. Beyond awards, the National Academy has
extensive educational programs including National
Student Television and its Student Award of
Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high
school students, as well as scholarships,
publications, and major activities for both industry
professionals and the viewing public. For more
information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.org.
About
CouryGraph Productions /
Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in Glendale,
AZ
Glendale Daily
Planet, the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was
started in 2004 as the first community journalism
news site in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona...
Serving The Metro West Side of the Valley of the
Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has witnessed,
participated in and recorded the further
rejuvenation of the downtown core, the meteoric rise
of the 'Glendale Sports Empire' and the restoration
of historic sections of the town.
One aspect Sharpe is most proud of is the ability
to have a continuous 24/7 stream of archived
footage in the player but yet, when a special
event arises, have the ability to go live
interrupting the pre-programmed content to cover
the event. With the advent of higher speed EVDO
radio cards and compact portable satellite
terminals the options are limitless.
Residents can now catch stories of interest on
their schedule, taking advantage of the on-demand
character of Internet media. No more waiting for 5
or 10pm and no need to program the TiVo. Important
stories remain available, a mouse click away, for
years in the online archives..
Sharpe
is a member of the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS),
Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), Independent
Feature Project (IFP) (IFP/PHX), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE),
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ),
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA),
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications
and Computation (SMECC) member of the national
Media Communications Association-International
Association (MCAI) and other
associations.
The work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions
and other participative community journalists and
engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day,
seven days a week at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/
.
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