Lynn Kosek Walker, NJN Producer,
Wins National Cine Golden Eagle Award and
Is Nominated for Two New York Emmys

STATEWIDE - NJN Public Television and Radio is pleased to announce that producer Lynn Kosek Walker is the recipient of a national CINE Golden Eagle Award and two New York Emmy Award nominations for writing and producing The Race for Open Space. This one-hour documentary, narrated by Good Morning America's Charles Gibson, examines the effects of sprawl on the environment and the importance of preserving open space. The show will air on PBS stations nationally beginning this April.

The CINE Awards recognizes excellence in documentary and other informational film and video production. Past CINE Award recipients have included Steven Spielberg and George Lucas as well as Charles Guggenheim and Frederick Wiseman. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on April 22 in Washington, DC.

The New York Chapter of the National Television Academy announces the Emmy Award winners on March 28 in New York City. The Race for Open Space, which Walker produced and wrote, was nominated in the category of Environmental Programming. She was also nominated for individual achievement as a writer in the Documentary category for the program.

Lynn Kosek Walker has worked in video production for more than 20 years: at NJN Public Television, the ABC affiliate WPVI-TV6 in Philadelphia, and The New York Times Cable Company. She is a three-time Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award winner and has received national awards for producing, writing and editing. Walker has produced numerous documentaries and specials for NJN including Reflections of War, Pine Barrens Journey and Gardens Great & Small. She was the series producer for the travel magazine program Discover New Jersey; a staff producer for the arts magazine show, State of the Arts; and an associate producer on the NJN News documentary Throwaway Pets hosted by Betty White.

Walker graduated cum laude from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, with a bachelor's degree in journalism/mass media. She also has an associate's degree in communications from Burlington County College. As a college student, she helped to form a nonprofit organization called the Whitesbog Preservation Trust, dedicated to preserving the historic village of Whitesbog. Walker received a grant from The Burlington County Cultural and Heritage Commission to produce her first documentary Whitesbog: A Century of Innovation. She lives in Eastampton, New Jersey, with her husband and two children.
In addition to Walker, other NJN staff who received New York Emmy Award nominations for The Race for Open Space are Janice Selinger, Executive Producer; Dari Mandell, Associate Producer; and Sia Nyorkor, Associate Producer. The CINE Golden Eagle Award acknowledges the entire production team along with Steve Oleszek, Graphic Artist, and Tim Hufnell, Editor.