New Team Members at PBS39 Win an Additional 2 Student Emmy® Awards
Bethlehem, PA, October 15, 2018 – The Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy® Awards were held Saturday, October 13, 2018, at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott. WLVT – PBS39 won an Emmy for the category, “HEALTH/ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE PROGRAM/SPECIAL” for the documentary, “Close to Home: Street Medicine”. In addition two new team members of PBS39 won awards for their work while at Temple University. The PBS39 team was nominated for 5 Emmys and 7 Student Emmys.
“Close to Home: Street Medicine” was a co-production of PBS39 and the Lehigh Valley Health Network. The PBS39 team who worked on the winning documentary included Dr. Teri Haddad, Laura McHugh, Matthew Lewis, Stephen Kauffman, and Jeffrey Frederick. Student award winners included Tracy Yatsko and Daniel Ray. Yatsko joined the PBS39 team in January as a General Assignment Reporter and Host, and Ray joined PBS39 in May as a Producer/Editor.
“I am so proud of our team at PBS39 for consistently creating high-quality content,” said Tim Fallon, Chief Executive Officer of PBS39. “The Close to Home series was so impactful, and it is such an honor to be recognized by the industry for the great work that we do here. We are also excited by the two awards that our new team members received. The future of PBS39 is in good hands!”
The documentary is available online at:
About PBS39
PBS39 is a community-owned public television station licensed to Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, Pa., serving eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. PBS39 is owned and operated by the Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation. PBS39 acts as the catalyst to promote civic engagement, and to fulfill the regional needs of the Greater Lehigh Valley through its dynamic communication platforms and resources. PBS39 Reporter Corps journalists are embedded in the ten counties that make up the Greater Lehigh Valley, including Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery, Berks, Schuylkill, Carbon and Monroe in Pennsylvania, plus Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. The Reporter Corps creates community-focused content for PBS39 News Tonight and for the PBS39 digital platform. For more information, visit wlvt.org.
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Jim Macdonald
Director of Marketing, PBS39
