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Rhode Island PBS has been honored with three Boston/New England Emmy® Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Boston/New England Chapter presented the awards last Saturday, June 10, at the 46th Annual Boston/New England Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in Boston. The wins follow the 12 nominations Rhode Island PBS received on April 20, 2023, the most of any television station in the state.
“It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences,” said Rhode Island PBS President David W. Piccerelli. “As we strive to provide our community with engaging, high-quality content, receiving these awards not only affirms our goal but also highlights the immense talent of our production teams.”
In the "Arts/Entertainment - Short Form" category, the Rhode Island PBS original series, ART inc., received a Regional Emmy® Award for its story Acorns to Becorns, created by executive producer Tracy MacDonald, producer, editor and photographer Scott Saracen, and creative consultant Maria Saracen. The story provides a behind-the-scenes look at Rhode Island photographer David M. Bird’s process of crafting whimsical woodland creatures from acorns, sticks and other natural materials, and then photographing them in nature.
Newsmagazine, Rhode Island PBS Weekly, took home a Regional Emmy® Award in the "Education/Schools" category for its story Critical Race Theory. Created by contributing reporter David Wright, photojournalist and editor Ross Lippman, producer Isabella Jibilian, and executive producer Barbara Dury, the story reports on the controversy surrounding critical race theory, or CRT, and the rising concerns about this academic approach that's teaching kids about systemic racism in our society.
Additionally, composer Stephen Gilbane received a Regional Emmy® Award in the "Musical Composition/Arrangement" category for Slatersville: America's First Mill Village. Produced by Breaking Branches Pictures and presented by Rhode Island PBS, this documentary series retraces the two-hundred-year history of the first industrialized mill village in America, located in the Blackstone Valley of northern Rhode Island.
To stream the winning entries, click on the links below: