WTIU Earns 18 NATAS Central Great Lakes Emmy Nominations

The NATAS Central Great Lakes Chapter announced on April 28 that WTIU Public Television received 18 regional Emmy Award nominations.
WTIU’s travel series, Journey Indiana, earned ten nominations, including for best magazine program, best video essay, best photographer, best editor in short-form content, and best news features in the categories of arts/entertainment, environment/science, human interest, and military. 
 
The Friday Zone, WTIU’s children’s series, earned four nominations in the children’s, talent, and writer categories.
 
Singing Winds: The Life & Works of T.C. Steele earned four nominations for best historical documentary, best writing, best audio, and best music composition/arrangement.

The Central Great Lakes Emmy Awards recognize excellence in television among its members in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. A complete list of WTIU’s Emmy nominees follows:
 
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT ­– NEWS
 
Journey Indiana – My Own Little World
Saddam Al-Zubaidi, Producer
 
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE – NEWS
 
Journey Indiana – A Brood Awakening
Jason Pear, Videographer
John Timm, Producer/Videographer/Editor
 
HUMAN INTEREST – NEWS (NO TIME LIMIT)
 
Journey Indiana – Mercy of the Winds
Reuben Browning, Producer/Director/Editor
Saddam Al-Zubaidi, Videographer
Jacob Lindauer, Videographer
Jacob Lindsay, Videographer
 
Journey Indiana – Flying Without Brakes
Ron Prickel, Producer/Videographer/Editor
Saddam Al-Zubaidi, Videographer
 
MILITARY – NEWS
 
Journey Indiana – Defining Success
Jason Pear, Producer/Videographer/Editor
Jacob Lindauer, Videographer
 
DOCUMENTARY HISTORICAL
 
Singing Winds: The Life & Works of T.C. Steele
Todd Gould, Producer & Director
Ron Prickel, Managing Producer
Robert Anderson, WTIU Executive Producer
 
MAGAZINE PROGRAM
 
Journey Indiana – Episode 318
Jason Pear, Series Producer
Ashley Chilla, Host
Brandon Wentz, Host
Jacob Lindauer, Videographer
 
CHILDREN/YOUTH/TEEN
 
Pandemic Playhouse
Elizabeth Armancas, Executive Producer
Supriya Limaye, Producer
Timothy Grant, Producer
Kevin Edelson, Producer
 
TALENT: PERFORMER/HOST/NARRATOR
 
Peggy’s Poetry & Zarg, Season 5 – Beware the Boojum
Emily McGee, Puppeteer & Vocal Talent
 
A BethJean Daydream
Beth Jean Olson, Performer
 
WRITER – LONG FORM CONTENT
 
Singing Winds: The Life & Works of T.C. Steele
Todd Gould, Writer
 
A BethJean Daydream
Beth Jean Olson, Writer
 
EDITOR: SHORT-FORM CONTENT (UP TO 10 MINUTES)
 
John Timm – Editor Composite (Journey Indiana)
John Timm, Editor
 
PHOTOGRAPHER: SHORT FORM/LONG FORM
 
John Timm – Videographer Composite (Journey Indiana)
John Timm, Videographer
 
Journey Indiana – My Own Little World
WTIU Saddam Al-Zubaidi Videographer
 
VIDEO ESSAY
 
Journey Indiana – Haulin’ Grass
Jason Pear, Videographer/Editor
 
AUDIO
 
Singing Winds: The Life & Works of T.C. Steele
Kevin Evans, Post-Production Audio Engineer
 
MUSICAL COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT
 
Singing Winds: The Life & Works of T.C. Steele
Tyron Cooper, Composer/Arranger