The 2020 Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards were presented over the weekend live on Emmys.com from the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center.
A complete list of this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmy Award winners, as compiled by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, is attached.
Award-winning KCBS/KCAL journalist Pat Harvey hosted this year’s virtual awards ceremony for the Television Academy, which was produced by Bob Bain. The streaming ceremony honored locally produced programs in the categories of Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, the Environment, and Live and Breaking News Coverage.
Presenting the individual awards categories this year were a number of local-area personalities, reporters and newscasters including: Frank Buckley (KTLA5), Ana Patricia Candiani (Telemundo), Roy Choi (KCET and PBS SoCal), Fritz Coleman (NBC4), Christine Devine (FOX11), Nomar Garciaparra (Spectrum Sports Net LA), Dave Lopez (CBS2 and KCAL9), Lisa McRee (Spectrum News 1), Kristina Pink (Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket), Dallas Raines (ABC7), Naibe Reynoso (LA County Channel), Gabriela Teissier (Univision) and Colleen Williams (NBC4).
Basketball legend and philanthropist Kobe Bryant was named the posthumous recipient of the 2020 Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, recognizing his legacy of philanthropy, community building and inspiration that extended beyond the basketball court. Renowned composer John Williams, who composed the score for Bryant’s Oscar-winning film “Dear Basketball” and was a close friend of the beloved athlete, presented and accepted the award on behalf of the Bryant family.
The Los Angeles Area Emmys were made possible by Television Academy sponsors KIA, PEOPLE and United Airlines.
Mitch Waldow is vice chair, Los Angeles Area, serving on the Academy’s Executive Committee. Paul Button and Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh are the Los Angeles Area governors.
Mark Walton, Editor
Petros Papadakis, On-Camera Talent
Bruce Rollinson, On-Camera Talent
ARTS
MASTERS OF MODERN DESIGN: THE ART OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (ARTBOUND) KCET
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Matthew Crotty, Producer
Jacqueline Reyno, Producer
Akira Boch, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Tadashi Nakamura, Co-Producer
Amanda Marie Pinedo, Associate Producer
ART/CULTURAL/HISTORICAL NEWS STORY
50 YEARS OF FIGHTING ON (FOX 11 NEWS AT 10PM) KTTV-TV
Elex Michaelson, Anchor, Reporter
Debbie Kim, Editor
Joab Perez, Camera
CULTURE/HISTORY
THREE VIEWS OF MANZANAR (LOST LA) KCET
Matt Bass, Director, Director of Photography
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Matthew Crotty, Executive Producer
Nathan Masters, Executive Producer, Host
Hugh McHarg, Co-Executive Producer
Catherine Quinlan, Co-Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Bill Dotson, Co-Producer
Sasheen Artis, Coordinating Producer
Daniel Leonard, Editor
Kathryn Noonan, Associate Producer
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
INVESTIGATIVE NEWS STORY
BAJO LA LUPA (NOTICIAS UNIVISION 34) KMEX
Marco Flores, Executive Producer
Sandra Salazar, Executive Producer
Oswaldo Borraez, Reporter
Andres Fernando Pruna, Camera, Editor
BUSINESS/CONSUMER NEWS STORY
PYRAMID FRAUD – DAVINCI (NOTICIAS UNIVISION 34) KMEX
Hector Gonzalez, Camera, Editor
Raul Gutierrez, Camera Claudia Botero, Producer, Reporter
LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS – NEWS
LA UNDER THE GUN Spectrum News 1
Spectrum News 1 Team
FEATURE SEGMENT
WOMEN LEAD THE FUTURE OF AEROSPACE (BLUE SKY METROPOLIS) KCET
Peter Jones, Producer, Writer
Brian Tessier, Producer
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Michael Riley, Executive Producer
Matthew Crotty, Producer
Bryan Darling, Editor
Tanayi Seabrook, Associate Producer
Peter Westwick, Producer
William Deverell, Producer
Dan Lewis, Producer
NEWS SERIES
PIZARRÓN KVEA
KVEA Telemundo News Team
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
DRIVE BAKED, GET BOOKED LA County Channel
Harry Drucker, Producer
Eric King, Producer
Yury Polissky, Director, Writer
Vance Kotrla, Graphic Designer
CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES
FREEDOM WRITERS: STORIES FROM THE HEART PBS SoCal
Don Hahn, Director, Executive Producer
Lori Korngiebel, Producer
Stephen Yao, Editor
CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES NEWS STORY
MERCANCIA CARNAL (NOTICIERO TELEMUNDO 52) KVEA
Enrique Chiabra, Anchor, Reporter
Linette Geneva Arauz, Producer
Jorge Lopez, Editor
INFORMATION SEGMENT
DISCOVERING THE UNIVERSE (LOST LA) KCET
Matt Bass, Director of Photography
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Matthew Crotty, Executive Producer
Nathan Masters, Executive Producer, Host
Hugh McHarg, Executive Producer
Catherine Quinlan, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Bill Dotson, Producer
Sasheen Artis, Segment Producer
Kathy Kasaba, Segment Producer
Daniel Leonard, Editor
Edgar Sardarian, Editor
Kathryn Noonan, Associate Producer
LIVE COVERAGE OF AN UNSCHEDULED NEWS EVENT
TICK FIRE KVEA
KVEA Telemundo News Team
INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50% REMOTE)
LA COUNTY CLOSE UP – HOMELESSNESS SERIES LA County Channel
Lennie LaGuire, Executive Producer
Michael Wilson, Executive Producer
Samara Rosenbaum, Producer
Becky Schlikerman, Producer
Joe McDonald, Producer
Carla Carlini, Producer
Alejandro Galvan, Editor
Naibe Reynoso, On-Camera Talent
INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50% STUDIO)
LA TIMES TODAY Spectrum News 1
Spectrum 1 News Team
HUMAN INTEREST NEWS STORY
EVERGREEN CEMETERY HERO (EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 5PM) ABC7
David Ono, Anchor, Producer, Reporter, Writer
Dylan Glockler, Camera
Jeff MacIntyre, Editor
SHORT PROMO – NEWS/TOPICAL
BROKEN BREAD KCET
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
James Mann, Director, Director of Photography
SHORT PROMO – SPORTS
GO BLUE KTLA5
Bobby Matthews, Producer
Garry Ashton, Producer
Adam Smart, Graphic Designer
INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING
HAND DRAWN LIFE KCET
Tom Tanquary, Director
Diana Jenkins, Editor
ENVIRONMENT NEWS STORY
LOS ANGELES 2050 (NOTICIAS UNIVISION 34) KMEX
Andres Fernando Pruna, Camera, Editor
Leon Krauze, Reporter
HEALTH/SCIENCE NEWS STORY
PRINCESITA DE HIERRO: HUESITOS DE CRISTAL KMEX
(NOTICIAS UNIVISION 34) Andres Bonilla, Camera, Editor
Francisco Ugalde, Reporter
LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE
FAREWELL MISS VAL! WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS: UTAH STATE VS. NO. 2 UCLA Pac-12 Los Angeles
Pac-12 Los Angeles Team
SPORTS NEWS STORY
REACHING FOR STARS, CATCHING DREAMS (KTLA5 MORNING NEWS AT 9AM) KTLA5
Nerissa Knight, Reporter
Bob Davis, Camera, Editor
SPORTS SPECIAL
BIRTH OF A DYNASTY: THE 1999-2000 LAKERS Spectrum SportsNet
Spectrum SportsNet Team
SPORTS FEATURE
OUR STORIES: FIGHT ON JACKSON FAMILY! (OUR STORIES) Pac-12 Los Angeles
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