Bethlehem, PA, October 15, 2018 \u2013 The Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy\u00ae Awards were held Saturday, October 13, 2018, at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott. \u00a0WLVT – PBS39 won an Emmy for the category, \u201cHEALTH\/ENVIRONMENT\/SCIENCE PROGRAM\/SPECIAL\u201d for the documentary, \u201cClose to Home: Street Medicine\u201d. \u00a0In addition two new team members of PBS39 won awards for their work while at Temple University. \u00a0The PBS39 team was nominated for 5 Emmys and 7 Student Emmys.<\/div>\n
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\u201cClose to Home: Street Medicine\u201d was a co-production of PBS39 and the Lehigh Valley Health Network. \u00a0The PBS39 team who worked on the winning documentary included Dr. Teri Haddad, Laura McHugh, Matthew Lewis, Stephen Kauffman, and Jeffrey Frederick. \u00a0Student award winners included Tracy Yatsko and Daniel Ray. \u00a0Yatsko joined the PBS39 team in January as a General Assignment Reporter and Host, and Ray joined PBS39 in May as a Producer\/Editor.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI am so proud of our team at PBS39 for consistently creating high-quality content,\u201d said Tim Fallon, Chief Executive Officer of PBS39. \u201cThe 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!\u201d<\/div>\n
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The documentary is available online at:<\/div>\n
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About PBS39<\/strong><\/div>\n
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<\/a>, Northampton<\/a>, Bucks<\/a>, Montgomery<\/a>, Berks<\/a>, Schuylkill<\/a>, Carbon<\/a> and Monroe<\/a> in Pennsylvania, plus Warren<\/a> and Hunterdon<\/a> 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<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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