DURHAM, May 15, 2006) - New Hampshire Public Television earned two first place and two honorable mention awards recently at the state's annual Associated Press Broadcasters Awards competition. The station garnered recognition in the following categories: First Place - Documentary or Series: NH Outlook : Seeing Seniors - a series designed to increase awareness of the challenges of aging in New Hampshire and to identify ways to ensure the well-being of citizens as they grow older. (Phil Vaughn, producer/reporter/editor; Chip Neal, producer/reporter/editor) First Place - Sports Play by Play: UNH Hockey - a composite of games broadcast in 2005. (Dan Parkhurst, play-by-play; Bob Norton, color analyst; Peter Webster, color analyst; Scott Jones, director; Linda Howe, producer) Honorable Mention - Feature: NH Outlook: Lawnmower Business - a feature about a NH man's grassroots enterprise. (Phil Vaughn, producer/reporter/editor) Honorable Mention - Feature Videography:NH Outlook: Lighthouse Kids - a feature about elementary school students who rescued the historic White Island Lighthouse on the Isles of Shoals. (Steve Giordani, videographer) Additionally, NHPTV has received nine Emmy nominations for Wildlife Journal and NH Outlook , the station's nightly newsmagazine. NH Outlook received Emmy nominations in the following categories: Public or Current Affairs Program - Seeing Seniors: Caregivers (Kim Piela, program producer; Phil Vaughn, producer/editor; Beth Carroll, host; Todd Ziemek, videographer; Rebecca Reilly, director) Education or School Program - Teacher of the Year/School Music (Kim Piela, program producer; Beth Carroll, host/producer; Chip Neal, reporter/producer/editor; Todd Ziemek, videographer; Rebecca Reilly, director/editor) and Dropouts (Phil Vaughn, reporter/producer/videographer; Kim Piela, program producer; Beth Carroll, host/producer; Rebecca Reilly, director) Program Feature or Segment-Historical or Cultural - The Washburns (Richard Ager, producer/reporter; Jonathon Millman, videographer; Rebecca Reilly, editor) NHPTV's Wildlife Journal received Emmy nominations in the following categories: Program Feature or Segment-Historical or Cultural - Decoy Art (Chip Neal, producer/editor) Program Feature or Segment-Informational - Pearl of the Seacoast (Jonathon Millman, producer/videographer) Audio - Wildlife Journal Composite (Stephanie Cottrell, audio post production) Photographer-Program - Wildlife Journal Composite (Jonathon Millman, videographer) and Wildlife Journal Composite (Stephen Giordani, videographer)
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