September 26, 2009

OnQ Wins 3 Emmy Awards. WQED competes in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Emmy statuettes were presented at a ceremony in Philadelphia to the following WQED team members.

Outstanding Documentary
Gardens of Pennsylvania
Doug Oster, Producer/Host
Nathalie Berry, Supervising Producer
Dave Forstate, Photographer

Outstanding Entertainment Feature
OnQ: Madame Dawson's Opera Company
David Solomon, Writer/Producer

Outstanding Musical Composition/Arrangement
Gettysburg: Stories From The Battlefield
Dave Hab, Composer

August 11, 2009

WQED Receives 12 Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations. 10 of those nominations were for OnQ stories, OnQ specials and OnQ staff members - as listed in the categories below. The National Television Academy of Arts & Sciences will announce the Emmy winners at a ceremony in Philadelphia, September 26, 2009.

2009 Emmy Nominees

Entertainment Program - Feature
OnQ: Madame Dawson's Opera Company
David Solomon, Writer/Producer

Entertainment Program or Special
Cruisin' Pennsylvania
Renee Vid Colborn, Producer

Health/Science Program - Feature
OnQ: Flight Nurse - ER in the Sky
Pierina Morelli, Producer/Photographer/Editor

Historic/Cultural Program - Feature
OnQ: Helen Clay Frick - Bittersweet Heiress
Nathalie Berry, Producer
Paul Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor

Historic/Cultural Program - Feature
OnQ: Panther Hollow
Tonia Caruso, Producer/Reporter

Historic/Cultural Program or Special
Gettysburg: Stories From The Battlefield
David Solomon, Writer/Producer
Paul Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor

Human Interest Program - Feature
OnQ: Fallen Hero - The Ross McGinnis Story
David Solomon, Writer/Producer
Michael Bartley, Reporter
Paul Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor

Documentary
Gardens of Pennsylvania
Doug Oster, Producer, Host
Nathalie Berry, Supervising Producer
Dave Forstate, Photographer

Public/Current/Community Affairs Program or Special
OnQ: Voices For Peace
Michael Bartley, Producer/Reporter/Host
Paul Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor
Jocelyn Hough, Executive Producer

Promotion - News or Programming - Campaign
WQED Changes Lives
Rosemary Martinelli, Producer/Executive Director of Marketing

Station Excellence
WQED Multimedia
Deborah Acklin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Craft Achievement - Musical Composition/Arrangement
Gettysburg: Stories From The Battlefield
Dave Hab

April 7, 2009

Four OnQ productions are named as finalists in the 2009 Golden Quill Awards, sponsored by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania.

Outstanding Television Feature
OnQ: A Lifetime of Songs
Pierina Morelli, Producer/Photographer/Editor

Outstanding Public Affairs/Documentary
Gardens of Pennsylvania
Doug Oster, Host/Producer
Nathalie Berry, Producer
Dave Forstate, Photographer
David Cohen, Editor

Outstanding Public Affairs/Documentary
Gettysburg: Stories From The Battlefield
David Solomon, Writer/Producer
Paul Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor

Outstanding Television Feature Videography
OnQ: Ron Mueck at The Warhol
Pierina Morelli, Photographer

March 25, 2009

OnQ's documentary Gardens of Pennysylvania received the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters award for Outstanding Documentary.

Doug Oster: Producer/Host
Nathalie Berry: Supervising Producer
Dave Forstate, Bob Lubomski, Paul Ruggieri: Photographers
David Cohen: Editor