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GPB Celebrates A Winning Weekend
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GPB marked a winning weekend with recognition from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Southeast chapter and Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) during ceremonies that both took place Saturday, June 15.
Check out the complete list of winners here and links to the award-winning productions:
Here is the complete list of winners:
Writer - Program
Sharon Collins
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2018 Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Shuler Awards) - Craig McMahon, Sarah Clay Lindvall, Dave Drabik, Anthony Marshall
Director - Live or Recorded Live
2018 Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Shuler Awards) - Anthony Marshall
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Dangerous Color - Bringing Color to the Table - John-Patrick McChesney, Connor Christensen, Matthew Demarko, Abijeet Achar
Documentary - Historical
The Macon Sound - Sharon Collins, Carey Harrison, Andrew Riley
Arts/Entertainment
Leigh Ann Culver - Stories Told With Charcoal - John-Patrick Mc Chesney, Connor Christensen, Matthew Demarko, Abijeet Achar
Mutiny Artwrx - John-Patrick Mc Chesney, Connor Christensen, Matthew Demarko, Abijeet Achar
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Children/Youth - All Ages
GPB’s PBS Kids Young Writers Contest - Laura Evans, Sandra Malcolm, Chris Howell, Gloria Camacho
In addition to our winners, GPB would also like to congratulate Briana Jones, who marked her first Emmy win in the category Craft Specialty - Makeup. Briana works on many GPB productions, including GPB Sports coverage of high school football and A Seat at the Table.
GPB Radio’s On Second Thought took home a national award from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) in the category of best public affairs program for a station with 16 or more full-time news staff. The award-winning episode, which took home second place, aired last year, and it was about the friendship of a former white supremacist named Chris Buckley and a Muslim cardiologist named Heval Kelli.
The interview was produced/edited by Virginia Prescott, La’Raven Taylor, Tyler Morris, Sean Powers, Sara Shahriari, and Don Smith.
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