Renaissance Center receives 8 Midsouth Emmy nominations
Release Date: 12/29/2007. Expired: 1/29/2008
The Renaissance Center has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards by the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, with seven of those nominations involving the popular Tennessee’s Wild Side outdoor adventure show produced with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
The nominations were announced Friday, Nov. 16, at BMI headquarters in Nashville. The 22nd annual Midsouth Regional Emmys will be presented in a live telecast Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville.
With the eight nominations, The Renaissance Center’s Multimedia Department has now received 52 nominations since 2000, taking home 12 statuettes so far.
The Renaissance Center’s nominations for 2007 are:
Feature Story: Guide Terry Bulger and photojournalist Matthew Emigh are nominated for a story on Sam and Annie Tate for Tennessee’s Wild Side. The Tates are rising Nashville songwriters who enjoy fishing;
Magazine Program/Special: A Plan for Preservation, Tennessee’s Wild Side; producers Barry Cross, Alan Griggs, Steve Hall, Doug Jackson and Ken Tucker. This special episode of Tennessee’s Wild Side hosted by Griggs featured multiple reports on preservation efforts including the encroachment of urban sprawl on wildlife habitat, efforts to save the Royal snail from extinction, TWRA’s wildlife census, the importance of keeping bird feeders clean and the return of the boulder darter to Shoal Creek;
Magazine Series: Tennessee’s Wild Side; producers Barry Cross, Alan Griggs, Steve Hall, Doug Jackson and Ken Tucker. The outdoor adventure show produced with a grant from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is a two-time winner in this category;
Children’s Programming: Fort Donelson: A Place for Heroes; written by David Van Hooser; producers Steve Hall, Doug Jackson, Ken Tucker and David Van Hooser. Originally produced for the National Park Service as part of its Parks As Classrooms initiative, the program traces the history and significance of Fort Donelson’s role in the Civil War;
Photography/Program: Barry’s Stories, Tennessee’s Wild Side. Photojournalist Barry Cross is nominated for a compilation of his camera work on Tennessee’s Wild Side;
Photography/Program: Life of a Stream, Tennessee’s Wild Side. Photojournalist Ken Tucker is nominated for his camera work in a segment about life in and around a Tennessee stream;
Writer/Program: Terry’s Stories, Tennessee’s Wild Side. Guide Terry Bulger is nominated for a compilation of stories he has written for Tennessee’s Wild Side;
Writer/Program: Writing on the Wild Side, Tennessee’s Wild Side. Guide Ken Tucker is nominated for a compilation of stories he has written for Tennessee’s Wild Side.
The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of NATAS received 700 entries in 70 categories and the nominations include 58 television stations and production companies. The chapter covers all of Tennessee, North Carolina except for Asheville and the Huntsville, Ala., market. The entries were judged by members of the Rocky Mountain Southwest (Phoenix) and Midwest (Chicago) chapters of NATAS, which has 19 chapters with 15,000 members across the country.
Sandra M. Harris, video director for The Renaissance Center’s Multimedia Department, is currently serving on the Board of Governors for the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter.
WCNC in Charlotte, N.C., led the nominations list with 36 nods, followed by WTVF in Nashville with 34. Vanderbilt University News Service (9 nominations) and The Renaissance Center (8) were the only non-television stations to receive eight or more nominations. Other televisions stations in the Nashville market receiving nominations include WSMV (14), WZTV (12), WNPT (10) and WKRN (8).
For more information on Tennessee’s Wild Side and other productions at The Renaissance Center, call (615) 740-5506 or visit www.rcenter.org or www.tnwildside.org.
The Renaissance Center is a fine arts education, performing arts and video production center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.