Rhode Island PBS is Honored with 19 Emmy Nominations

Rhode Island PBS receives 19 Boston/New England Emmy nominations

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Rhode Island PBS is proud to share that the public media organization has received 19 Boston/New England Emmy nominations. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Boston/New England Chapter will announce the official winners on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the 47th Annual Boston/New England Emmy® Awards Ceremony in Boston. Notably, this year’s number of nominations for Rhode Island PBS has surpassed last year’s count of 12.

The nominated local productions encompass a diverse range of genres, including newsmagazine “Rhode Island PBS Weekly,” arts and culture series “ART inc.” and “Ocean State Sessions,” and partnered productions “Treasures Inside the Museum,” “Maria’s Portuguese Table” Season 2, and children’s series “Pollywog Pond.” A full list of the nominees can be found below.  

Rhode Island PBS’ 47th Annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards nominees by category are:

Arts/Entertainment News

Anti-Graffiti Vigilantes": Pamela Watts (Reporter/Producer), Barbara Dury (Executive Producer), Dewey Raposo (Photographer), WSBE 

Human Interest News

Making a Difference": Michelle San Miguel (Reporter/Producer), Barbara Dury (Executive Producer), Ross Lippman (Photojournalist/Editor), WSBE 

Arts/Entertainment – Short Form Content

Double Trouble": Tracy MacDonald (Producer), WSBE 

Arts/Entertainment – Long Form Content

Maria’s Portuguese Table Season 2, Episode 1, Provincetown: Maria Lawton (Executive Producer), Bob Lawton (Executive Producer), Dean Camara (Producer), Azorean Greenbean LLC  

ART inc.": Tracy MacDonald (Executive/Senior Producer), Blake Carpentier (Editor), Dewey Raposo (Videographer), Lindsey Poole (Videographer), Nick Moraites (Videographer), WSBE

Ocean State Sessions": Michael Riley (Producer), Lindsey Poole (Editor), Dewey Raposo (Producer), Jan Boyd (Executive Producer), WSBE 

Education/Schools

Media Literacy": Michelle San Miguel (Reporter/Producer), Barbara Dury (Executive Producer), Ross Lippman (Photojournalist), WSBE  

Diversity/Equity/Inclusion

Turning Point - Raffini’s First Day": Barbara Dury (Executive Producer), Isabella Jibilian (Producer), Justin Kenny (Senior Producer), WSBE 

Historical Cultural – Short Form Content

One Froggy Night": David Wright (Reporter), Barbara Dury (Executive Producer), Justin Kenny (Senior Producer), WSBE 

Magazine Program

Rhode Island PBS Weekly": Barbara Dury (Executive Producer), Justin Kenny (Senior Producer), Michelle San Miguel (Reporter), Pamela Watts (Reporter), Isabella Jibilian (Producer), Michael Jones (Photojournalist), Michael Frank (Photojournalist), Dewey Raposo (Photojournalist), WSBE 

Societal Concerns – Short Form Content

Forged in Fire": Tracy MacDonald (Executive Producer), Lindsey Poole (Producer), WSBE 

Performer/Narrator

Pamela Watts Narrator/Performer Composite: Pamela Watts (Narrator/Host), WSBE 

Writer – Long Form Content

Pollywog Pond": Bill Culbertson (Head Writer), Whooplah LLC 

Photographer News – No Production Time Limit

A ‘Weekly’ View of Rhode Island: Ross Lippman (Photographer), WSBE 

Photographer – Short Form Content

Treasures Inside the Museum: Blithewold Gardens” – Digital: Jim Karpeichik (Photographer), Ocean State Video/WSBE 

Dewey Raposo Short Form Content: Dewey Raposo (Photographer), WSBE 

Photographer – Long Form Content

“Treasures Inside the Museum: Slater Mill” - Jim Karpeichik (Photographer), Ocean State Video/WSBE 

Video Essayist

Treasures Inside the Museum: Varnum Civil War Bible” – Digital: Jim Karpeichik, (Photojournalist), Ocean State Video 

Musical Composition/Arrangement

Pollywog Pond": Bill Culbertson (Executive Producer/Composition), Whooplah LLC

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