WRAL-TV’s Justin Arner accepts one of four Emmys he won at WRAL-TV’s Monica Laliberte presents an award at the 31st Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards presentation in Nashville, TN, on Saturday, January 21, 2017.
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.
