NJN Executive Producer Jeff Friedman Nominated for Two New York Emmys

STATEWIDE - NJN Public Television and Radio is pleased to announce that Jeff Friedman has received two New York Emmy Award nominations for his role as executive producer for Due Process: Mandatory Sentencing and Due Process: Under God . Due Process is a weekly half-hour series that looks at contemporary legal issues through discussions by attorneys and experts. Mandatory Sentencing examined the debate on fixed sentencing. It featured an exclusive interview with Bobby Cumber, who was sentenced as co-conspirator in the Robert Marshall murder-for-hire trial and released 17 years later. Under God explored the controversy regarding striking "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. It focused on a Warren County woman who has campaigned to keep those words in the Pledge. Mandatory Sentencing was nominated in the category of Crime Programming and Under God in the category of Religious Programming. The New York Chapter of the National Television Academy announces the Emmy Award winners on March 28 in New York City . Friedman is the station manager on NJN's Newark Studios and executive producer at NJN Public Television & Radio. He supervises a variety of television special projects along with the NJN series Due Process hosted by noted New Jersey attorney Raymond Brown. He also handles the production of live, interactive, multi-camera telecasts and videoconferences focusing on healthcare. Prior to joining NJN in 1981, Friedman worked as production manager and producer/director at WWHT-TV. Along with numerous regional television production credits, Friedman's national credits include two PBS specials focusing on cholesterol hosted by NBC's Faith Daniels. Other projects are Keystone , which aired on NJN and A&E; Unfinished Stories Artists & AIDS, A Television Tribute (NJN and BRAVO); and A Lovesong For Miss Lydia (NJN and A&E). Friedman has won numerous awards, including ten Emmys, two CINE Golden Eagles, three Unity Awards, three Telly awards, two International Film & Television awards and a CEBA statue. The American Heart Association has twice recognized Friedman with awards for Excellence in Cardiovascular Reporting, and he has been recognized by the Chicago International Film Festival and The Society of Professional Journalists. An adjunct professor of television production and management at Montclair State University , Friedman has lectured at Rutgers-Newark, Fairleigh Dickenson University and Caldwell College , as well as for private industry. He is a graduate of Montclair State University and was awarded the university's Distinguished Alumni Citation in 1997. Friedman resides in Livingston with his wife, Karen Friedman. They have three children. Other NJN staff who received New York Emmy Award nominations for the two Due Process programs are Sandra King, senior producer; Henrietta Parker, coordinating producer; and Raymond Brown, host.