The 26th Midsouth Emmy Awards were held on January 26, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Matthew Zelkind, News Director of WKRN-TV and Gregg Stone, photographer for WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama were inducted into the Silver Circle.
Contents
Public Service Announcements
PSA SPOT Taps Memorial Day, Keith Hunter, Brad Jones, WGHP
PSA Campaign New Wing Opening Series, Jeff Williford, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Promotions
Commercial Spot Memphis Music Foundation, Jonathan Pekar, Ardent Film Department National Guard Careers, Perry Jenkins, Mike Brassell, Thomas Lowe, Brent Milby, National Guard Strength Readiness Support Center
Commercial Campaign Dollar General Market Campaign, John Sharpe, Bohan
Interstitial North Carolina People with William Friday: 40th Anniversary, Robert Dobbs, UNC-TV
Promo Spot/News Same Day Greg Fishel in the World's Worst Weather, Jay Yovanovich, WRAL-TV
Promo Spot/News Raleigh's Invisible Homeless, Jay Yovanovich, WRAL-TV
Promo Spot/News Image ABC11 Rise and Shine Promo, Khristopher Kahle, Curtis Miles, WTVD
Promo Spot/Program 6,149 Days, Jay Yovanovich, WRAL-TV
Promo Spot/Image January Rocks, Marc Derro, Gayle Hardy, Justin Owen, Karin Fullington, Phillipe Charles, Scott Reid, WRAZ-TV
Promo Spot/Sports The Legend of Friday Night, Jay Yovanovich, Steve Elizondo, WRAL-TV
Promo Campaign The WRAL-TV Legacy, Shelly Leslie, Christian McIlwain, WRAL-TV
Sports
Sportscast Changes in Chapel Hill, Jeff Gravley, WRAL-TV
Sports Segment Signing Day 2012, Emily Pearce, Patrick Slattery, Vanderbilt University News & Communications
Sports Programs/Series Football Saturdays in the South, David Barringer, Jeremy Williams, Robert Reichley, Alex Farmartino, Chris Duzan, Raycom Sports
Sports Event/Game – Live ACC Basketball, Robert Reichley, Billy McCoy, Raycom Sports
Engineering
Audio Shiloh: The Devil's Own Day, Ken Tucker, The Renaissance Center
Music Composer/Arranger Rembrandt In America, Fred Story, Concentrix Music and Sound Design
Editing
Editor/News Thompson: Cuttin It Up 2012, Nathan Thompson, WTVF
Editor/Program The Soundtrack Project, Robert Bear, Lance Murphey, Running Pony Productions
Editor/Short Form J-Walker Cuts & Composites, Jerry L. Walker, WTVF
Direction
Director/News Live with Breaking News, Mitzi Gargus, WTVF
Director/Program Trinity Goodheard, Joanne Hock, ReelWorks Studios
Director/Short Form FOX13 Composite, Waheed AlQawasmi, Paul Sloan, WHBQ
Specials and Documentary
News Special The Kathy Taft Case, James A. Ford, Jr., Renee Chou, Lori Grant, Chad Flowers, WRAL-TV
Special Event Coverage 2011 Gatlinburg Christmas Parade, Mike Wiseman, WBIR 75th Annual Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant, Sarah Justice, Keith Pryor, Jason Lockhart, Matthew Hayhurst, Time Warner Cable
Documentary/Cultural Tennessee Civil War 150: Crisis of Faith, Justin Harvey, Paul Mojonnier. Kevin Crane, Nashville Public Television
Documentary/Topical 6,149 Days, Clay Johnson, Jay Jennings, Jim Rothschild, Keith Baker, Bridget Whelan, Valerie Aguirre, Steve Elizondo, Shan Zhong, WRAL-TV
Documentary/Historical Birth of a Colony: North Carolina, Scott Davis, Tim Finkbiner, Donna Mitchell, UNC-TV/Horizon Productions
Historic/Cultural Program No Going Back: Women and the War, Ed Jones, Greta Requierme, Beth Curley, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nashville Public Television
Specialty Assignment Report Making Money at Storage Auctions, Valerie Calhoun, WHBQ
Investigative
Investigative Report NewsChannel 5 Investigates: The Ghost Voters, Jennifer Kraus, Bryan Staples, WTVF WRAL-TV Investigates: Medicaid Billing, Cullen Browder, Randall Kerr, Kelly Hinchcliffe, Greg Clark, WRAL-TV
Investigative Series NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Davidson County Clerk, Phil Williams, Bryan Staples, Kevin Wisniewski, WTVF
Journalistic Enterprise NewsChannel 5 Investigates, Phil Williams, Kevin Wisniewski, WTVF
News
Continuing Coverage - Within 24 Hours Path of Destruction: The York County Tornado, Corrie Harding, WCNC
Continuing Coverage - No Time Limit Kimberlee's Law, Bofta Yimam, Michael Moore, WHBQ
Spot News The Worst Is Yet to Come, Nathan Thompson, Aundrea Cline-Thomas, WTVF
Breaking News 50-Car Pile-Up, Tiffany Sawyer, Matthew Hilk, Carley Gordon, Ryan Smith, Paul Heggen, Nickie E. Jennings, Deanna Lambert-Thomas, WSMV
General Assignment - Within 24 Hours I Took You to the Top, Baby!, Kim Gebbia, Nathan Thompson, Dustin Gagne, Nathan C. Sharkey, Angelica Dones, Mike Rose, WTVF
General Assignment - No Time Limit Invisible Homeless, Cullen Browder, Randall Kerr, Kelly Hinchcliffe, Greg Clark, WRAL-TV
Business/Consumer Report NewsChannel 5 Investigates: HRC Medical, Jennifer Kraus, Bryan Staples, WTVF
Video Journalist Stories from the Fort Campbell Beat, Forrest Sanders, WSMV
Video Essay We Keep the Old Way, Nathan Thompson, WTVF
Series
Community Service Kids to Love, Lee Marshall, Stan Pylant, WHNT
Informational/Instructional Program Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage, Tim Grant, Soomo Publishing
Informational/Instructional Series In the Garden with Bryce Lane, Sonya Williams Harris, Bryce Lane, Simone Keith, North Carolina State University
Public Affairs From the Heart, Beverly Penninger, Junior League of Charlotte
Children's Program Janet's Planet, John Hussey, Janet Ivey-Duensing, Janet's Planet
Arts The Soundtrack Project, Jonathan D. Epstein, John Hubbell, Lance Murphey, Running Pony Productions/Greater Memphis Chamber/Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Entertainment Wounded Soldiers Tackle Mt. Rainier, Joel Evans, Eric Richey, Ernest Bateman, Mike Brassell, Sovereign Media Group
Magazine Program Soldier's Stories/Trail of Trust, David Hardy, Morgan Potts, Mike Burke, Mike Milstead, Amy Pasquini, Brian Faulkner, Pete Bell, Jay Cartwright, UNC-TV
Magazine Series Our State, David Hardy, Morgan Potts, Mike Burke, Mike Milstead, Amy Pasquini, Brian Faulkner, Jay Cartwright, UNC-TV
Light Feature News Report Hated To See It Go, Nathan Thompson, Jeffrey Tang, WTVF
Light Feature News Series Bulger's Beat, Terry Bulger, Jason Wilson, Zina Bauman, WSMV
Serious Feature News Report The Best Sound I've Ever Heard, Eric Sander, Bob Buckley, WGHP
Serious Feature News Series A Soldier Comes Home, Dennis Ferrier, Jarod Rogers, WSMV
Production
Graphic Arts News 2 Graphics, Vince Conti, Kinsey Grigsby, John Edmonds, WKRN Shan Graphic Arts Composite, Shan Zhong, WRAL-TV
Animation Casey Latiolais Composite, Casey Latiolais, Running Pony Productions
Interactivity Michelle Li: Interactive. Daily, Michelle Li, WSFX
Technical
Lighting Bluegrass Underground, Allen Branton, Han Henze, Wally Bigbee, Todd Squared
Set Design News 2 News Set, Matthew Zelkind, Vince Conti, WKRN
Technical Achievement The Creation of the New WRAL-TV Broadcast Center, Rick Congleton, Tony W. Gupton, Peter Sockett, Mike Upchurch, Frederick Kelly, Charles Braswell, Tony Patterson, Bill Weinel, Mike Mory, Chris Coles, Jimmy Gamble, P. B. Jernigan, Patrice Jobes, Andy Christensen, Michelle McNeil, Chris Cormier, Matthew Brandes, Bill McKenna, WRAL-TV
Writing
Writer/News Scott Mason News Writing, Scott Mason, WRAL-TV
Writer/Program The Soundtrack Project, John Hubbell, Running Pony Productions/Greater Memphis Chamber/Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Writer/Short Form Nickel Words, Jerry L. Walker, Richard Eller, WTVF
Photography
Photographer/News Thompson: Still Rollin 2012, Nathan Thompson, WTVF
Photographer/Program Keys to the Past, Mike Burke, UNC-TV
Photographer/Short Form Brian's Composite, Brian Hallett, WSMV
Newscast
Newscast/Weekend WRAL-TV News at 11: Hurricane Irene Aftermath, Martha Woodward, Miranda Dotson, Debra Morgan, Aysu Basaran, Stephanie Beck, Streater Kelley, Crystal Woods, Timothy Stiles, Tony W. Gupton, Cullen Browder, Ken Smith, WRAL-TV
Newscast/Morning Channel 4 News Today: Opryland Explosion, Thomas Davis, Ian Reitz, Holly Thompson, Matthew Parriott, Julia Bruck, WSMV
Newscast/Evening Burke & Rutherford Tornadoes, Julie Szulczewski, WSOC
News Excellence NewsChannel 5 Network, Sandy Boonstra, Michelle Bonnett, WTVF Weather Reflections: After the Storm, Jerry Hayes, Stan Pylant, Christina Meeks, David Williams, Denise Vickers, Becky Shores, David Wood, Carson Clark, Benjamin Smith, Greg Screws. Claire Aiello, Carrie Marchese, Michelle Stark, Allison Duff, Tiffany Golden, Bradley Thompson, Dion Hose, WHNT