NJN News Anchor Kent Manahan

STATEWIDE - "NJN Public Television is proud to receive three Emmys from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Television Academy," announced NJN Executive Director Elizabeth Christopherson today. The Academy is a nonprofit professional association serving the television community in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware region. The chapter administers the Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards honoring excellence in news, programming and individual achievement in the region. "We are delighted to be recognized by our peers for our excellent programming including the most comprehensive New Jersey news programs, the best in the arts and important programs on health issues of value to the public."

The following NJN programs received Emmys:

Outstanding Single News Broadcast - Markets #38 and Larger (includes NY and Philadelphia)
For excellence in any regularly scheduled news broadcast, grouped by size of market.
NJN News
William Jobes, Director of News & Public Affairs
For nearly a quarter century, NJN News has been the only news organization that unites the Garden State. NJN News' distinctive style of quality reporting on breaking news and substantive issues is unparalleled in the region. Its team of broadcast journalists has been covering the New Jersey beat for more than two decades, and their unmatched experience brings a unique perspective to the New Jersey story. Director of News & Public Affairs: William Jobes; NJN News Anchor: Kent Manahan; Producer: Mike Curtis; Director: Janet McGuire. Major funders of NJN News are PSE&G, Wachovia, Verizon, New Jersey Education Association, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, The University Hospital and The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Sara Lee Kessler NJN Health & Medical Correspondent

Outstanding Health and Science Program: The Gift of Life
For excellence in a single program, either part of a program series or a program special about health or science issues. The Gift of Life is a heartwarming documentary that explores the crucial need for bone marrow donors. Sara Lee Kessler, NJN Health & Medical Correspondent, is the host and senior producer. The patients featured are among the 3,000 people with life-threatening blood disorders who search an international registry daily for a potential match. They have failed to find one among family members and will die without a transplant. The program was made possible in part by The Blood Center of New Jersey, PNC Bank and the NJ Commission on Cancer Research. Travel was made possible thanks to a trade agreement with American Airlines.
Host/Producer/Writer: Sara Lee Kessler
Executive Producer: Janice Selinger
Editor: Tim Huffnell

Outstanding Magazine Format Broadcast: State of the Arts - November 2002
This State of the Arts special was On Location with the Arts in New Jersey and included

Annie

Annie, self-taught artists at the Stedman Gallery, Eagle

September 11 Eagle Rock Memorial by Patrick Morelli

Rock 9/11 memorial and a Jersey City hip-hop photographer. State of the Arts is a half-hour arts magazine program that has earned over twenty Mid-Atlantic Emmys among numerous other awards and is recognized as one of the outstanding arts magazines in the country. State of the Arts has been co-produced by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts since 1985. Funding is also provided by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
Executive Producer: Nila Aronow
Series Producer: Susan Wallner
Senior Producer: Amber Edwards
Producer: Eric Schultz
Associate Producer: Christopher Benincasa