{"id":10932,"date":"2016-03-29T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2016-03-29T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T14:25:09","slug":"international-television-awards-to-salute-janet-davies-bill-zwecker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/03\/29\/international-television-awards-to-salute-janet-davies-bill-zwecker\/","title":{"rendered":"International Television Awards to salute Janet Davies, Bill Zwecker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10936\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/03\/29\/international-television-awards-to-salute-janet-davies-bill-zwecker\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10936\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10936\" alt=\"Bill Zwecker\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-1024x573.jpg\" width=\"780\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-1024x573.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-300x168.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-150x84.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-1200x672.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-400x224.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-800x448.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker-200x112.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bill-Zwecker.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Bill Zwecker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Janet Davies and Bill Zwecker, two of Chicago\u2019s best known entertainment reporters, will be honored for their work by Cinema\/Chicago and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagofilmfestival.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago International Film Festival.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two will be saluted April 20 at the 52nd Chicago International Television Awards, culminating a three-day event of special screenings and panel discussions celebrating excellence in television.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10933\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Janet-Davies.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10933\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10933\" alt=\"Janet Davies\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Janet-Davies-187x300.jpg\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Janet-Davies-187x300.jpg 187w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Janet-Davies-150x240.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Janet-Davies-200x320.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Janet-Davies.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Davies<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Davies, a reporter, host and producer at ABC-owned <a href=\"http:\/\/abc7chicago.com\" target=\"_blank\">WLS-Channel 7 <\/a>since 1984, will receive the Chicago Legend Award.<\/p>\n<p>Zwecker, who\u2019s been a <a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/index\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sun-Times<\/a> columnist for 24 years and doubles as entertainment reporter and film critic for Fox-owned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\" target=\"_blank\">WFLD-Channel 32, <\/a>will receive the Chicago Award.<\/p>\n<p>Also honored at the event with the Career Achievement Award will be actress\/director\/playwright and Golden Globe Award-winner Regina Taylor. In addition, HBO will receive the Commitment to Excellence in Television Productions Award.<\/p>\n<p>Awards also will be presented for television commercials and productions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs viewers of television, we invite those who appear on the small screen into our homes, creating a personal and valued experience,\u201d Michael Kutza, the founder and director of Cinema\/Chicago, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10935\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Regina-Taylor.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10935\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10935\" alt=\"Regina Taylor\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Regina-Taylor-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Regina-Taylor-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Regina-Taylor-57x57.jpg 57w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Regina-Taylor-72x72.jpg 72w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Regina-Taylor-114x114.jpg 114w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Regina-Taylor-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regina Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEach one of this year\u2019s honorees has taken that invitation to heart, whether it was allowing us to see a moving performance, sharing breaking entertainment news, enlightening us on the best films to see or introducing us to innovative, cutting-edge programming. Regina Taylor, Janet Davies, Bill Zwecker and HBO, as well as the deserving recipients for their work in commercial productions, are extraordinary examples of why television is so vital and meaningful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Current and former Chicago television news anchors Dan Ponce and Robin Robinson will host the Chicago International Television Awards at AMC River East 21, 322 East Illinois Street.\u00a0For schedule and ticket information see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagofilmfestival.com\" target=\"_blank\">ChicagoFilmFestival.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janet Davies and Bill Zwecker, two of Chicago\u2019s best known entertainment reporters, will be honored for their work by Cinema\/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival. The two will be saluted April 20 at the 52nd Chicago International Television Awards, culminating a three-day event of special screenings and panel discussions celebrating excellence in television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10932"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10941,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932\/revisions\/10941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}