KCET's SoCal Connected Gets 11 LA Area Emmy Nominations

Congrats to KCET! Los Angeles - July 9, 2009 - KCET, public television for Southern and Central California, earned a total of 11 nominations for the 61st Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. The station's award-winning weekly news program, SoCal Connected, received 10 nominations. An additional nomination went to KCET's 49th Annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration. The winners will be announced at the 61st Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards presentation on Saturday evening, August 29, 2009 at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood. KCET's nominations included the categories of Information/Public Affairs Series (more than 50% remote) for SoCal Connected and Education Special for SoCal Connected's special report about one of the country's most notorious schools, "Inside Locke High." SoCal Connected also received nominations in the categories of Feature Segment, Information Segment, where it swept the entire category, and three non-news categories. "KCET is extremely proud of all our nominees," said Bret Marcus, executive producer of SoCal Connected and KCET senior vice president of programming and production. "It is especially gratifying to receive 10 nominations in our first season of SoCal Connected." SoCal Connected is made possible through the generous support of The L.K. Whittier Foundation dedicated to improving the quality of life by supporting innovative endeavors in the fields of medicine, health, science and education; The Ahmanson Foundation serving the Los Angeles community since 1952; Jim and Anne Rothenberg; The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; the Elizabeth Hofert-Dailey Trust; by US Bank and by UCLA. Additional funding for select episodes is provided by Boeing. A complete list of KCET's nominations with links to segments is below. EDUCATION SPECIAL "Inside Locke High", KCET Alexandria Gales, Associate Producer; Bret Marcus, Executive Producer; Justine Schmidt, Producer; Angela Shelley, Producer INFORMATION/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES (MORE THAN 50% REMOTE) SoCal Connected, KCET Joseph Angier, Producer; Linda Burns, Producer; Vicki Curry, Producer; Saul Gonzalez, Producer; Karen Foshay Kolesnikow, Producer; Bret Marcus, Executive Producer; Justine Schmidt, Producer; Angela Shelley, Producer; Alexandre Shey, Producer; Val Zavala, Anchor FEATURE SEGMENT "Guerrilla Gardeners" - SoCal Connected, KCET Brett Wood, Camera; Val Zavala, On-Camera Talent, Producer "Safe Haven" - SoCal Connected, KCET Karen Foshay Kolesnikow, Producer; Judy Muller, On-Camera Talent; Alexandre Shey, Producer INFORMATION SEGMENT (Category Sweep) "Billboard Confidential - Part 2" - SoCal Connected, KCET Vince Gonzales, On-Camera Talent; Karen Foshay Kolesnikow, Producer "Foreclosure Alley" SoCal Connected, KCET Lisa Ling, On-Camera Talent; Bret Marcus, Executive Producer; Justine Schmidt, Producer; Angela Shelley, Producer "Shake-Up Call" - SoCal Connected, KCET Vince Gonzales, On-Camera Talent; Karen Foshay Kolesnikow, Producer; Bret Marcus, Executive Producer; Tom Tanquary, Camera OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS EDITOR Michael Bloecher, Editor KCET OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS VIDEOGRAPHER (SINGLE CAMERA) Brett Wood, Videographer KCET OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS WRITER Marcos Villatoro, Writer, KCET LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS (Programming) 49th Annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration Kenneth Shapiro, Producer, KCET

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