to the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. We are a membership organization dedicated to excellence in television by honoring exceptional work through the prestigious Emmy® Award. We are the only professional association representing television professionals from all disciplines of the industry, serving as the common meeting ground for individuals dedicated to advancing the art and science of television. Our Chapter region serves Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and El Centro, California.

What’s New

2008 Rocky Mountain Call for Entries and Emmy Express Now Available Online!

2008 Call for Entries is Now Available Online - Deadline for Entries is May 28, 2008.

Enter Emmy Entries Online with Emmy Express
Click here to access Emmy Express, our online entry process.

April 2008 NATAS Newsletter Now Available

Click here to view the newsletter online.

Congratulations to the 2008 Rocky Mountain National Student Television Regional Winners!

Click here to view the list of the NSTV Regional Winners.

NATAS Board of Governors Welcomes 4 Regional Representatives To Our Board for New Mexico, Tucson, Utah and Wyoming.

The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter would like to announce the new Regional Representatives that have joined our Board of Governors. We have established these roles and invited individuals to join us in an inaugural run so that we may better serve our regional areas. We greatly appreciate their willingness to help us help you.

Please extend a warm welcome to the following individuals:

Ron Romero of KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dan Duncan of KUAT in Tucson, Arizona
Jeff Lubsen of Fischer Productions in Park City, Utah
Kyle Nicholoff of Wyoming Public Television in Riverton, Wyoming

For our members in each one of these regional areas please feel free to contact your regional representative or the NATAS office for any questions, suggestions or local news you would like to share.

Congratulations to ABC15 I-Team and our very own Board of Governor, Vik Narayan for receiving the Peabody Award for uncovering Sky Harbor security lapse.

ABC15HD / KNXV-TV is a winner of the 2007 George Foster Peabody Award for The Investigators undercover exposé of lapses in security screening at Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport.

The George Foster Peabody Awards were first presented in 1941 to recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable and webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals.

Today the George Foster Peabody Awards are often cited as the most selective and prestigious in electronic media. Each year, from more than one thousand entries, the Peabody Board selects the most outstanding works by unanimous vote. Though there is no set number of awards, no more than 36 have ever been presented in a single year. ABC15 HD is the only Arizona station, and one of four local news stations in the country, to win this award in 2007.

The ABC15 Investigators documented a serious overnight threat unfolding at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, the eighth busiest airport in the United States.

X-Ray machines were turned off, metal detectors closed, bags and people going unchecked, unscreened, as they walked past on-duty airport security. Documents obtained by the ABC15 Investigators showed how it’s an ongoing problem and common practice happening for nearly two years.

The station brought in a nationally recognized top airline security expert who was a former head of security at a major airline to evaluate the evidence on site. It is an investigation that received national exposure on ABC Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight and CNN.

This prestigious award is one of many for ABC15 News and the ABC15 Investigators. They include the national Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting and several Rocky Mountain Emmys for Investigative Journalism, Breaking News, and Overall News Excellence. ABC15 News is the most recognized organization for excellence in quality journalism in the State of Arizona.

Congratulations to ABC15 I-Team and our very own Board of Governor, Vik Narayan

To view the story online you may access it on KNXV's website at: http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=5585d0f3-53c4-4e9a-91df-6d28b817721c

2008 Rocky Mountain Emmy Call for Entry Survey Results are now posted online - to view click on Emmy Awards link.

Latest Version of Television Quarterly Is Now Available Online

www.tvquarterly.tv

NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY LAUNCHES PEER ACADEMY FOR MEDIA ARTS & SCIENCES

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