NPT received four Public Media Awards nominations for original productions this week. Winners will be announced during the 55th Annual Public Media Awards on Sept. 10, 2023, during the NETA Conference and CPB Public Media Thought Leader Forum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
NPT is a finalist in the following categories:
DIGITAL MEDIA
Next Door Neighbors: The Little Things
Megan Grisolano, producer; Jessica Best, editor; Kyle Sweet, visual designer; Shane Burkeen, director of brand and digital; videographers Shawn Anfinson, Paul Mojonnier, Armondo Moralez and Jerome Moore; Jim DeMarco, production manager; and MiChelle Jones, director of communications.
HISTORICAL FEATURE
Facing the Laughter: Minnie Pearl
Barbara J. Hall, producer, director, and executive producer; along with NPT staffers Jessica Turk, associate producer; executive producers Becky Magura, and Daniel Tidwell; Jessica Best, editor; Jim DeMarco, lighting director; Paul Mojonnier, director of photography; Armondo Moralez, videographer; Shane Burkeen, visual effects; and Kyle Sweet, graphic designer.
PERFORMING ARTS
Aging Matters: How Singer/Songwriter Kathy Mattea Copes with an Aging Voice
Suzy Hence, producer; John Boland, editor; videographers Paul Mojonnier and Armondo Moralez; Jim DeMarco, production manager; Megan Grisolano, executive producer; Shane Burkeen, director of brand & digital; Daniel Tidwell, senior vice president of development: Becky Magura, president & CEO; and Kyle Sweet, graphic designer.
VISUAL ARTS
Arts Break: Jose Vera – Day of the Dead Artist
Shawn Anfinson, co-producer, videographer, and editor; Megan Grisolano, co-producer; Kyle Sweet, visual designer; Shane Burkeen, director of brand & digital; and Daniel Tidwell, senior vice president of development.
Read the NETA press release here.