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TOP 700 AGAIN REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
For the second year in a
row, it appears there are more
than 700 entries in the annual
Northern California Area Emmy
Awards competition.
As of late January, 722
entries in 55 categories had
come into the Academy’s San
Mateo office, slightly ahead of
last year’s 703 total. It’s the
highest Emmy entry total in
more than 20 years.
Nominees will be announced
April 14. The Emmy show will be held Saturday, May 14, By Keith Sanders
at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Eight years ago the prosumer DV format was intro-
“The healthy number of entries shows the Emmy
duced into an unsuspecting world dominated by profes-
contest remains a viable competition, one that people in
sional beta camcorders. Producers quickly realized that
the television industry value,” said David Mills, NATAS’
in many cases DV acquisition would give them 85% of
Northern California chapter president.
beta quality…at one-tenth the price. Now DV footage has
Mills also complimented the Awards Committee, led
insinuated itself into many local and national beta pro-
by Javier Valencia, for adding new categories this year
ductions as cut-away shots or even main show content.
and combining others.
This assault on the professional beta format has acceler-
The most competitive categories will once again be
ated with the introduction of inexpensive NLEs optimized
the features. “Serious News Feature” and “Light News
for DV production.
Feature” tied for most entries with 31 each. The “Cultural
Now the HDV format is poised to make its assault on
Affairs Segment” category was third with 29 entries
professional HD systems. Leading the charge is Sony’s
followed by “General News Reporting” with 28.
HVR-Z1U prosumer camcorder, which sells for $4,900.
The “On Camera News/Field Reporting” category will
Unlike Sony’s consumer-level camcorder or JVC’s one-
be a competitive one with 27 entries, up 11 entries from
chip model, the Z1U can record and play back HDV and
the year before. “Educational/Instructional Program” also
DVCAM in all its flavors, including 60i, 50i, 30 frames, 25
had 27 entries while “Specialized Reporting” brought in
or 24 frames. Its three 16x9 native CCDs (shooting at
25.
1080i/60 fields) can produce beautiful HD video at
“Entertainment Program” had a spike in entries,
25mbit/sec. of bandwidth. It has two balanced XLR
jumping 13 entries to 23. “Serious News Feature —
inputs (with separate audio controls) and produces
Series” doubled its number of entries, hitting 22 this
SMPTE time code.
year.
NATAS offers you a unique opportunity to see this
Fourteen stations entered the “Best Newscast/Large
amazing new HDV camcorder at the 4th Annual San
Market” category, compared to 11 last year. Seven
Francisco HD Seminar. The theme “HD for Every-
stations entered “Best Newscast/Medium Market,” the
one” means that this event is loaded with HD demon-
same as last year. Four stations sent in entries in the
strations. Inspect the world’s first HD DVD authoring
“Best Newscast/Small Market,” up from 2 last year.
system from Sonic Solutions. Filmmaker Brett Shapiro
Nine broadcasts entered the “Best Daytime News-
edits the trailer of his feature “The Chocolate Curse” on
cast/Large Market” while no stations filed in the daytime
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For the second straight year, KPIX had the most
entries. The San Francisco CBS affiliate sent in 98
entries, nine more than last year and the most by a
single station in more than a decade. KNTV, the NBC
affiliate in San Jose, was second with 73, followed by
KRON with 69, KTVU with 62 and KGO with 37. KBHK,
the UPN affiliate, sent in 16, compared to just one the
year before.
Sacramento stations submitted 103 entries, the first
time that region has been over the century mark since
2001. KCRA led the way with 36 entries, seven more
than a year ago, with KXTV second at 30, an increase of
10 over last year.
Fresno stations sent in 77 entries, 27 more than last
year. KFTV, the area’s Univision station, led the charge
with 33 entries, an increase of 17 over last year. KFSN
was second with 18, triple their number of entries from
2003.
Hawaii stations mailed in 25 entries, slightly less
than last year’s 34. KGMB had the most with 11 entries,
followed by KITV with nine.
The Reno area filed 28 entries, seven more than a
year ago. KTVN led the way with 15 entries while KOLO
sent in 10.
Stations in the Salinas-Monterey region submitted 13
entries, more than double the five filed last year. The
combination outfit of KION/KCBA sent in nine.
Stations in Chico-Redding sent in five entries, the
first time since 1998 any TV professionals from that
region have been part of the Emmy competition. KHSL
submitted four of the entries.
KEET sent in the lone entry from Eureka.
Cable outlets sent in 41 entries, down a dozen from
last year. FSN Bay Area once again led that field with 22
entries.
All the entries are listed on the Academy’s web
page. Entrants are responsible to check to make
sure their entry has met all qualifications.
No new entries can be accepted, but names can
be added to current entries if the entrant pays a
$25 late fee.
EMMY CALENDAR
March 31st - last day to add names
April 14th - Nomination Parties
(nominations announced at 7pm)
May 14th - Emmy 2005
Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
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Deirdre Fitzpatrick Dan Adams Nancy Osborne
NATAS governors have appointed a TV professional
from Sacramento and promoted another from Fresno to
fill two vacancies on the organization’s Northern Califor-
nia Board of Governors.
At its January meeting, the governors unanimously
approved the nominations of Deirdre Fitzpatrick of
KCRA-TV in Sacramento and Nancy Osborne of KFSN-
TV in Fresno.
Fitzpatrick fills the vacancy on the board created when
Dan Adams of KXTV was named Sacramento vice
president for NATAS’ Northern California chapter.
Fitzpatrick is an anchor and reporter for the weekday
morning and midday newscasts at KCRA. She has been
at the NBC affiliate since arriving from KCCI in Des
Moines, Iowa, in December 1999. Fitzpatrick has won
regional Emmy awards in feature reporting and writing.
She’s also an endurance athlete, having competed in the
Boston Marathon as well as several “Ironman” triathlons.
Osborne was appointed Fresno vice president, a post
left open when former KGPE anchor Erik Rosales moved
to the Bay Area. Osborne is an anchor and reporter at
KFSN. She has been at the ABC affiliate since 1977,
when the station hired her while she was a theater arts
major in graduate school. Osborne has won two regional
Emmy awards.
The board is expected to appoint someone to fill
Osborne’s governor’s seat on the board at its February
meeting.
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Join the Broadcast
Legends for lunch with
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Jack and Elaine
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March 15th 11:30am till
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 NEW
SCHOL
SCHOLAR AR SHIP
ARSHIP
OFFER
‘04 Local Scholars Excel
By Alison Gibson, Education Chair
Every year our chapter awards scholarships to
students enrolled in communications colleges and
universities. In 2005 there are three $3,000 grants
being offered in videography, production and new this
year, reporting.
College students with at least one year of school
remaining are encouraged to apply. Applications can be
downloaded from the Academy website, click on Founda-
tion. The entry deadline is April
1 1, 2005. The scholar-
ships are named after individuals and organizations who
have contributed greatly to the Television Academy:
Peter J. Marino, Sheldon “Shelly” Fay, and Abrazos
& Books/Rigo Chacon.
Last year’s recipients have much to report since
cashing their checks:
Robert Harris, a UC Berkeley grad student, spent
the summer working for Barbara Kopple at Cabin
Creek Films in NYC, as a sound man and assistant
producer on a documentary about 2 an innovative school
in the Bronx. Since September he’s been doing pre-
production on his own film, shooting news stories for
Cal, and working as a TV lab TA and web designer. He
just returned from shooting a thesis doc in Idaho on
farm auctioneers and will be heading to LA to shoot on
another doc about unschooled kids.
The other recipient, Xiaoli Zhou, also at UC Berke-
ley, is thriving. Her recent letter to the Board of Gover-
nors describes a workload that most professionals would
gasp at: 4 5 Sheldon “Shelly” Fay was a multi-talented televi-
It’s such an honor for me to receive the scholarship! With
the help of the award, I purchased a new iMac G5 so that I
could edit my stories on Final Cut Pro at home. Also, part of
the money helped cover some traveling expenses for my
recent shoot in China. I took a crew to west China this
summer filming a story on the last matriarchy society in the
country. This is also a project funded by Frontline World as I
was chosen as one of their journalism fellows this year.
I also produced a profile TV feature on a Chinese Ameri-
can actor and movie director - Joan6 Chen who lives in SF with
her family right now. The nine-minute piece produced for my
TV class this spring luckily won the “Good News Award”
offered by the Sacramento Chapter of American Woman in
Radio and Television. In addition, The Bay Area Chapter of
Asian American Journalists Association has recently provided
me with the Willie Kee Broadcast Scholarship.
I think I’m really, really lucky to have received so much
recognition and encouragement. All these awards will surely
motivate and inspire me to further pursue the stories that I
feel very passionate about. 8 several
Thank you very much again for bringing me the very first
award. I can’t tell you how important it is to me and I’ll keep
on working hard to produce better stories.
Very best, Xiaoli
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Photo Robert Mohr ©2004
Emmy 2004 Scholarship presentation (l to r) Robert Harris,
Videography winner, Alison Gibson, Education Chair, ABC 7
GM, Valari Staab and Xiaoli Zhou, Video Production winner.
ABRAZOS & BOOKS /RIGO CHACON REPORTER
SCHOLARSHIP $3,000
Multiple Emmy award-winning television reporter
Rigo Chacon and his wife, Lucy, offer a scholarship to
ABC
an outstanding student who aspires to the field of televi-
sion reporting. The Chacons founded Abrazos & Books
Scholarship Program which grew out of the devastation of
the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City when Mr. Chacon was
sent there to report on the disaster. That money helped
build homes and classrooms and has grown to assist
hundreds of students in Mexico and the United States.
A graduate of San Jose State University, Mr. Chacon
joined KGO-TV in 1974 where he was General Assignment
Reporter and South Bay Bureau Chief. He was respon-
sible
3 for opening the first Santa Clara County bureau of a
San Francisco-based TV station. Among his many honors,
Mr. Chacon is a member of the Academy’s prestigious
Silver Circle. He recently received the Governors’ Award
for lifetime achievement, the highest honor offered on
the local level by The National Academy of Television Arts
and Sciences.
SHELDON “SHELLY” FAY VIDEOGRAPHY
SCHOLARSHIP $3,000
sion professional who worked in the San Francisco Bay
Area for more than 25 years. He was a Producer, Director,
Photographer and Film Editor who began his career at
KPIX-TV in 1962. From 1964-1970, he served as Vice
President of Mendelson Productions, eventually leaving
there to form his own production company. In 1976,
Shelly returned to KPIX-TV where he worked on “Evening
Magazine,” “Impact,” “All Together Now,” “SuperKids,” and
“Hot Streaks” until his death in 1990.
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PETER J. MARINO, JR. PRODUCTION
SCHOLARSHIP $3,000
Peter J. Marino was a stalwart member of the San
Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the Television
Academy. He served as Governor, Officer, and Chair of
several committees, including Scholarship (which he co-
founded), and Membership. A native of San Francisco,
Peter was well-known for his public relations exploits and
as a music and video producer. He was associated with
9 Dick Clark musical televisions productions, was a
principal in a Bay Area audio recording studio, and
represented several major recording companies during
his colorful career.
 A REPORTER’S VIEW FROM THE
TSUNAMI ZONE
(Excerpts from Adam Housley’s daily journal, emailed
from south Asia)
January 5
The best way to describe Phuket is to compare it to
the Hawaiian island of Kauai — plush, tropical, hot,
humid and at one point a key vacation destination for
millions of Europeans. Now the bazaars are empty, the
tourist traps and hotels vacant. Everything from the
beaches to two blocks inland has been gutted.
Recovery efforts here are all but done, but the
cleanup is just beginning for shopkeepers, restaurant
owners and hotel managers. Cars that once teetered into
the second story of a building have been removed.
The smell is going away. More bodies can still be
found in a few locations around Patong Beach because
there are still scores buried. Some shops and first-floor
hotels are still somewhat covered in sand and muck. But
in a year, the only signs remaining from this horror will
likely be seen during memorial services and in man-
made reminders.
We watch as truck after truck, military and private,
delivers every type of non-perishable supply you can
imagine. People from all walks of life — Christian, Jew,
Muslim and Hindu — are here to help, in some cases
forming human supply lines that toss bags full of rice into
the truck beds.
January 8
We had a chance to see some of the relief efforts
here in Khao Lak on the mainland yesterday while taking
a trip up and down the coast. Just down the road, about
three miles south of our live location at the half de-
stroyed Merlin Resort area, lies a bright red and shiny
gold laced Buddhist temple. Blue taps stretched from the
walls to tall stakes a few feet away cover piles of donated
clothes and also a small food preparation area. About a
dozen people work at various speeds and several dogs
sleep in the foreground. The disturbing picture of this
place sits right in front of the temple: there, stacks of
thin white and natural wood coffins. By the hundreds, the
monks and their helpers have made row after row. Now
they sit empty, but soon to be filled as victims are
Off Camera, February 2005, page 4
identified. There are still 3,500 bodies without identifica-
tion and more are still unaccounted for.
January 9
On our way back, through piles of rubble and fields of
debris, I saw the picture that most tugged at my heart.
There have been many pictures that I will never forget,
the dead bodies on the dock in Phi Phi, the pictures of
victims posted all throughout this region, the flattened
villages and resorts, but it was a young girl who got me
most. As our van left the leveled village of Nam Kem, I
happened to look out to the window to my right...there
with the help of her mother a young girl went to the
bathroom...right along the road, right in front of a home
that wearily withstood the tsunami. If only for a glance,
you could see the heartbreak in their eyes. It hit me. I
have a niece that age, a godson that age. These people
have such a long struggle ahead.
We leave Nam Kem behind. The young girl and her
mother quickly disappear out the back window of our
van, I can only hope their immediate future brings hope
and a roof over their head. I dream of one day returning
to this village to see it rebuilt and to see people back on
their boats, working their businesses and living in their
homes.
January 10
There are volunteers from all over the world and in
many cases their work can be considered grueling and
gruesome. One family met me in Phuket more than a
week ago. They happen to watch Fox and decided to say
hello when they saw me walking in Patong Beach. After a
few minutes I realized they had come to this region of
the world for vacation and now that the tsunami had hit,
they wanted to help. I suggested they stop at the island
municipal building where volunteers were being sought
and humanitarian efforts were being gathered.
Now more than 9 days later I have come across the
family again. This time here in Khao Lak, where they
have spent their time finding bodies, moving rubble and
now delivering food and water to those in need. Their trip
turned out to be rewarding in a way none of them could
have imagined, but also horrific. The pictures of devasta-
tion will never leave their minds. continued on page 5
 TSUNAMI LOG
continued from page 4
January 12
As the rebuilding and relief begins, the despair
continues for thousands of families around the globe.
There are so many names. There’s the former roommate
of a co-worker presumed dead, her boyfriend back here
in Thailand searching for her remains. Then there’s the
uncle and the cousin of Dianna Trumm. I met them at an
Internet cafe as they continue to search for the
26 year-old, taken by the tsunami from here in Khao Lak.
They are from Monterrey Mexico and their family, which
stretches from North America to Germany, is counting on
them to find closure, their task a gruesome and sad
calling that no one could ever wish upon their worst
enemy.
For those who survived, jobs are hard to come by.
Many fields along the coastline have been destroyed,
ships reduced to piles of lumber spread over miles of low
lying land. Tourist shops and shanty restaurants that sat
on higher ground and were fortunate to survive the
waters, now sit empty. Visitors that once came by the
thousands from around the globe nowhere to be found,
so workers now resort to scrapping. You can see the
small Toyota and Mazda pickups piled like a scene from
“The Grapes of Wrath.”
At the Thai Naval Base here in Khao Lak, a frigate
now calls the beach home, its bow the only part that
touches the teal blue Andaman Sea waters. All around
the village that once neighbored the base is largely left in
ruins. People scrap in the foreground as a majestic sun
sets over an island just off shore. In the foreground
devastation, but in the distance remarkable beauty.
JOB BANK at www.emmysf.tv
Off Camera, February 2005, page 5
January 14
One of my friends who is also a co-worker had a
birthday. We got cakes made and all enjoyed a time
together, if only for a few minutes. We invited some staff
from this half-demolished hotel, they have been incred-
ible during our time here in Khao Lak, but they were too
afraid to come back after dark. It seems they believe
ghosts now walk the beaches and haunt this one-time
paradise. There remains so much to recover here, much
of it will never be seen.
The pictures may fade from our memories and from
your television sets, but they will never disappear for
those who saw the destruction. At times it seemed
everywhere we looked there were bodies, or people
searching for them. Victims of all ages, of all colors, from
all nations...children swept from the arms of their des-
perate parents.
In some places the smell of death was unbearable,
the look of despair...heartbreaking. The destruction...of
biblical proportions. But everywhere we traveled
throughout this devastated region we found stories of
hope and faith, we discovered a human spirit that
couldn’t be overrun by Mother Nature.
Adam Housley is a correspondent
for FOX NEWS and a NATAS governor.
Emmy 2005: The Wild Wild West
Saturday, May 14th
4pm-11pm
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco
 HD SEMINAR
Thu. Feb. 1
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an Apple G5. Dave Van
Hoy of Advanced Systems
Group compares com-
pressed & uncompressed HD
editing. Leigh Blicher of
Videofax helps producers
rent the appropriate HD gear
for film or TV shoots. Fea-
ture Film Editor Jacob
Rosenberg plays an
unreleased theatrical in
Windows Media High Defini-
tion Video from his laptop.
Adobe Systems demon-
strates the classic workflow
of Premiere Pro HD. Paul
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Group discusses new non-
broadcast uses of HD.
Snacks & beverages
provided by Snader &
Associates.
Win huge door prizes
from Adobe Systems &
Sonic Solutions.
Attend this seminal HD
event on Thursday Feb. 10
from 7-9:30pm at KQED 9,
2601 Mariposa in San
Francisco. Admission is $20
for NATAS & FAF and other
media group members, $25
for non-members.
RSVP to hd@emmysf.tv
or call (650) 341-7786.
Keith Sanders is owner of Perfect
Pitch TV and is the NATAS vice president
for San Jose.
Off Camera, February 2005, page 6
GRANT DEADLINE 3/1
The NATAS Northern California Chapter has $2,000
burning a hole in our collective pocket. We’re looking for
four members who want to better themselves with
formal mid-career training. The only catch is, you must
apply by March 1st.
Each year, the chapter awards four $500 grants, one
in each geographic area: San Francisco Bay Area, San
Jose/Salinas-Monterey, Sacramento/Fresno-Modesto,
and Chico-Redding/Eureka/Reno/Hawaii. To qualify, you
must be an active, regional, or life member of the
Northern California NATAS chapter, have worked full time
for at least five years in some aspect of the television
industry, and been employed in the industry within the
previous year. Your grant request must be for formal
instruction at a recognized or certified educational
institution. The grant is paid directly to that institution on
your behalf. If there’s more than one qualified applicant
within a given region, that grant will be awarded by
lottery.
One of last year’s winners, Keith Sanders, related
the following story:
“After being laid off by KICU-TV at the end of 2003, I
decided to learn new video production skills. I applied for
and received a $500 mid-career grant from NATAS which
paid for most of my AfterEffects I & II classes at BAVC.
This new knowledge was put to good use several months
later when I designed an AfterEffects open for the
Computer History Museum’s Fellow Awards show.”
If you have the time and desire to learn a new skill,
NATAS has some money to help you. Applications are
available on the NATAS website: www.emmysf.tv
under the “Membership section.”
KQED’s signature weekly public affairs series, This
Week In Northern California, now in its 16th year, was
recently awarded the prestigious Crystal Award of
Excellence for “Broadcast Television: Public Affairs
Program” in the 2004 COMMUNICATOR AWARDS!
The Communicator Awards is an international awards
competition that recognizes outstanding work in the
fields of communications. Last year’s competition had
2,937 entries from broadcasters and video production
companies in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and
seven other countries.
Off Camera congratulates TWINC’s staff and crew—
as well as the varied local reporters who participate each
week, approximately fifty weeks per year. The “team”
includes the principal creative staff of John Roszak,
Belva Davis, Jon Fromer, Robin Epstein, Katherine
Russell, and Dan Ogawa with ‘regular’ technical and
artistic support from Linda Giannecchini, David Clark,
John Andreini, Eric Shackleford, Harry Betancourt,
Caroline Hendriks, Herb Ferrette, Rick Santangelo,
Helen Silvani, Margaret Clarke—and on-going Opera-
tions support from Frank Carfi, Simon Hui and
Daniela Powers…with Web Production by Colleen
Wilson.
CBS 5 PROMOTES
TWO MANAGERS
Dan Rosenheim Steve Poitras
KPIX CBS 5 has promoted two of its managers to
high-level positions.
In late January, KPIX General Manager Ron
Longinotti named news director Dan Rosenheim as
the station’s Vice President of News. Rosenheim will
continue his role as news director while he takes on the
other responsibilities in his new post.
Longinotti also promoted Director of Creative Services
Steve Poitras to station manager of UPN Bay Area.
Poitras will oversee all non-sales operations at the UPN
affiliate.
ANCHOR
MOVES
The weekday and weekend
evening newscasts now look a
bit different at KPIX-TV.
The CBS affiliate in San
Francisco has moved Juliette
Goodrich from its Saturday
and Sunday evening news-
casts to its Monday-Friday 5
p.m. news. Goodrich takes
the slot once anchored by
Kate Kelly, who is now doing
special reports at KPIX.
To replace Goodrich, KPIX
executives have moved Ann
Notarangelo from her
weekend morning anchoring
duties to the Saturday and
Sunday evening newscasts,
where she joins co-anchor
Doug Murphy.
Sue Kwon is filling in for
Notarangelo on KPIX’s week-
end morning newscasts with
co-anchor Bill Schechner.
Send your news items to:
offcamera@emmysf.tv
Off Camera, February 2005, page 7
CINEMA CLUB
San Francisco - Feb. 14th
Drama and Kids/Family
1 hr. 54 min.
This is the true story of Tony Fingleton, a young
man from a troubled family who found the inner
strength to become a champion. Set in 1950s
Brisbane, Australia, the family drama centers on Tony,
a young man who beats the odds to become a cham-
pion swimmer in spite of his overbearing, alcoholic
father and long-suffering, but quietly heroic mother.
Overshadowed in his father’s eyes by his brothers, it’s
only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming
talent that he feels he has a shot at wining his father’s
heart — and maybe even Olympic gold.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material
involving alcoholism and domestic abuse.
Cast and Credits
Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer,
Tim Draxl, David Hoflin
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Screenplay by: Anthony Fingleton
Produced by: Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin,
Paul Pompian
More information:
http://www.mgm.com/swimmingupstream
The Delancey Street Screening Room is located
at 600 Embarcadero, San Francisco, between Brannan
and Townsend, enter through iron gate. Refresh-
ments & Networking 7 p.m., movie 7:30 p.m. Seat-
ing limited to first 146 to arrive. FREE for NATAS
members who may bring one guest.
Mark your calendars for the Second Monday of
each month for “Cinema Club.”
 TAX TIPS AT SEMINAR

By Cynthia Zeiden
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Photo by Robert Mohr 2005 www.mohrproductions.com
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telling them. In fact, he had some groupies who fol-
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lowed
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THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OFFICERS:
David Mills, KPIX, President
Lynn R Friedman, KGO, VP, SF
Keith Sanders, Perfect Pitch TV, VP, SJ
Dan Adams, KXTV, VP, Sacramento
SAN FRANCSISCO
Nancy Osborne, KFSN, VP, Fresno NORTHERN C ALIF
CALIF ORNIA
ALIFORNIA
Terri Russell, KOLO, VP, Reno Ronald Louie, KTVU 4317 Camden Avenue
Pamela Young, KITV, VP, Hawaii John Murray, San Mateo, CA 94403
Terry Lowry, LaCosse Productions, Secretary JM Communications (650) 341-7786
Frances Palacios, Palacios Prod., Treasurer Sharon Navratil, KTVU F: (650) 372-0279
John Odell, CCSF www.emmysf.tv
NATIONAL TRUSTEES: Pam Schoen, KTXL
Alison Gibson, Media Cool (Education) Heather Searles, ITVS
Cynthia Zeiden, Zeiden Media (Activities) Josh Springer, KCSM (Publicity)
Javier Valencia, KRON (Awards)
GOVERNORS: Stuart Yamane, Yamane Creative Svc.
Bob Anderson, KBWB Richard Zanardi, Notre Dame Univ.
Dan Ashley, KGO
Brian Avery, KTLN COMMITTEE CHAIRS: (not listed above)
John Burgess, KFTY/KVIQ Darryl Cohen, Cohen & Cooper (Legal)
John Catchings, Catchings & Assoc. Linda Giannecchini, KQED (Museum)
(Museum) Deanne Moenster, KTVU (Publicity)
Janice Edwards, KNTV James Spalding, Spalding & Co., (Finance)
Ginnelle Elliott, KPIX (Membership)
Deirdre Fitzpatrick, KCRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Albert Garcia, KUVS Darryl R. Compton, NATAS
Bob Goldberger, KGO
Stewart Heller, York Productions Off Camera
Valeria Hernandez, KDTV Bob Goldberger, Editor
Adam Housley, Fox News Darryl Compton, Publisher
Justin Kanno, KOLO Robert Mohr, Photographer
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