KNBC won eight local area Emmy Awards, more than any other station in Los Angeles. The station took home two top newscast honors, Best Investigative Reporting and Outstanding Hard News Reporting, among others.
“A Child on Schindler’s List,” a half-hour special focusing on the life of Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson won the Crime and Social Issues Emmy. For a third consecutive year, Mary Harris took home the statue for Outstanding News Writer and the investigative team of Joel Grover and Matt Goldberg won their third consecutive Emmy for Best Investigative Reporting and Outstanding Hard News Reporting.
The “Channel 4 News at 5PM” was the recipient of the prestigious Best Newscast Over 35 Minutes and the station’s 11PM newscast took the top honor of Best Newscast Under 35 Minutes.
Below is a list of KNBC’s eight Emmy Awards:
OUTSTANDING NEWS WRITER
Mary Harris
CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES
A Child on Schindler's List
Fritz Coleman, Host
Kimber Liponi, Producer
Charles Stewart, Executive Producer
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING
Travel Cafe-St. Moritz
Chuck Henry, Executive Producer
SHORT PROMO
Paiman Kalayeh, Producer
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Contaminated Water
David Fernandez, Camera
Matt Goldberg, Producer
Joel Grover, Reporter
Jose Hernandez, Camera
James Hourani, Editor
Scott Meadows, Camera
OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORTING
Matt Goldberg, Producer
Joel Grover, Reporter
BEST NEWSCAST OVER 35 MINUTES
“Channel 4 News At 5PM”
Steve Garcia Producer
Designated News Day: Nov. 6, 2008
BEST NEWSCAST 0-35 MINUTES
“Channel 4 News At 11PM”
Cy Smith Producer
Wendy Harris, Executive Producer
Designated News Day:Nov. 6, 2008