{"id":104237,"date":"2020-12-02T20:31:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T01:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104237"},"modified":"2020-12-02T20:31:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T01:31:51","slug":"lehigh-valley-public-media-named-finalist-in-netas-national-public-media-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104237","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Public Media Named Finalist in NETA\u2019s National Public Media Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>NETA Recognized Lehigh Valley Public Media in 12 Categories<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethlehem, PA.<\/strong><strong>&#8211; December 1, 2020 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Lehigh Valley Public Media has been nominated as a finalist in National Educational Telecommunications\u2019 Public Media Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Public Media received 12 finalist nominations in 11 categories including: In the category of Educational Resources for the Community, booknooks; In the category of Education\/In-Person Learning Events, summer series; In the category of Community Engagement \u2013 National Project, country music.<\/p>\n<p>In the category of Community Engagement: Local Project,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/television\/finding-your-roots-event\/finding-your-roots-viewer-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Finding Your Roots<\/u><\/a>; In the category of COVID-19 Community Engagement,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/education\/its-camp\/\"><i><u>It\u2019s Camp<\/u><\/i><\/a><i>!<\/i>; In the category of Content \u2013 Historical Documentary,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/television\/forged-in-steel-the-roots-of-american-soccer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><u>Forged in Steel: Roots of American Soccer<\/u><\/i><\/a>; In the category of News &amp; Public Affairs,<a href=\"https:\/\/video.wlvt.org\/video\/community-conversation-on-vaping-usicpw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u><\/u><i><u>Community Conversation: Vaping \u2013 Inhaling the Unknown<\/u><\/i><u><\/u><\/a>and PBS39 News Tonight; In the category of Podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/television\/you-bet-your-garden\/\"><i><u>You Bet Your Garden: Is Your Garlic in the Ground?<\/u><\/i><\/a>; In the category of Short Form,<i><u><\/u><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/blogs\/lehigh\/in-pursuit-of-perfection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><u>In Pursuit of Perfection<\/u><\/i><\/a>; In the category of Marketing\/Communication \u2013 Special Event,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/sesame-street-50-years-and-counting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Sesame Street 50th<\/u><\/a>; And finally, in the category of Integrated Media Campaign,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lehighvalleyreads.org\/million?fbclid=IwAR28QFJ-yNuY8V4lagkd0BzagDH5IJKvgeF07JdfboZE_BENYT8sMY4vb54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Lehigh Valley Reads Million Minute Challenge<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely proud of our entire organization as our team members continue to be recognized for their work.\u201d Tim Fallon, Chief Executive Officer of Lehigh Valley Public Media said. \u201cNow more than ever, we remain steadfast in inspiring, informing and engaging our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netaonline.org\/Professional-Development\/Public-Media-Awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>The NETA Awards<\/u><\/a>, (now the Public Media Awards), honors members&#8217; achievements in education, community engagement, marketing\/communication and content.<\/p>\n<p>The awards will be presented in January 2020 during the annual NETA Conference and CPB Public Media Thought Leaders Forum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Lehigh Valley Public Media\u2122<\/strong><br \/>\nLehigh Valley Public Media is home to PBS39,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>WLVR News<\/u><\/a>, and various community initiatives. We are the regional leader in the publicly funded, non-profit media space and serve a vibrant and growing economic region through a dedication to local, unbiased journalism, primary and secondary education, workforce development and health and wellness.PBS39 broadcasts four additional channels of content: PBS39 Extra, WORLD, Create TV and France 24. Lehigh Valley Public Media is licensed in Allentown to the Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>PBS39.org<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nVictoria Scialfa<br \/>\nMarketing and Public Relations Manager<br \/>\nLehigh Valley Public Media<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; NETA Recognized Lehigh Valley Public Media in 12 Categories Bethlehem, PA.&#8211; December 1, 2020 &#8211;\u00a0Lehigh Valley Public Media has been nominated as a finalist in National Educational Telecommunications\u2019 Public &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=104237\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lehigh Valley Public Media Named Finalist in NETA\u2019s National Public Media Awards<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/neta.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}