The 31st annual MidSouth Regional Emmy Award winners were crowned in Nashville on Saturday, January 21, 2017, and WRAL-TV came home with seven statuettes. WRAL-TV Promotion Writer/Producer Justin Arner took home three awards himself, as well as being part of a team winning a fourth.
WRAL-TV’s honors included nods for promotions, a documentary, and one of the station’s biggest community efforts ever. The WRAL winners are:
DOCUMENTARY/TOPICAL
Inside Cuba – Leyla Santiago, Natalie Matthews, Zac Gooch, Rick Gall, Aysu Basaran, WRAL-TV
NEWSCAST/EVENING
Pope’s Historic Visit – Kimberly Ursich, John Renigar, David Crabtree, Debra Morgan, WRAL-TV
PROMO CAMPAIGN
WRAL Investigates – Justin Arner, WRAL-TV
GRAPHIC ARTS
Shan Graphic Art Composite – Shan Zhong, WRAL-TV
PROMO SPOT/NEWS SAME DAY
Bug Water! – Justin Arner, WRAL-TV
PROMO SPOT/NEWS
Online Anger – Justin Arner, WRAL-TV
COMMUNITY SERVICE
HungerFreeNC – Shelly Leslie, Justin Arner, Steve Elizondo, Phyllis Parish, Steve Hammel, Bill Burch, Debra Morgan, David Crabtree, Jana Crye, Jodi Glusco, Wendy Gatlin, WRAL-TV
The full list of nominees and winners can be found here: http://emmynashville.org/awards/
The awards presentation took place at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TN.
Thanks to WRAL-TV’s Shelly Leslie, Jennifer Sorber-Smith & Monica Laliberte for these capcom photos.