{"id":508,"date":"2013-09-25T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T22:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=508"},"modified":"2013-09-25T17:44:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T22:44:38","slug":"abc-7s-ebert-coverage-up-for-emmy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/09\/25\/abc-7s-ebert-coverage-up-for-emmy\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7's Ebert coverage up for Emmy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WLS-Channel 7's coverage of the life, death and legacy of legendary film critic Roger Ebert has been nominated for a Chicago Emmy Award.<\/p>\n

The ABC-owned station's extensive reporting on the night of Ebert's death April 4 was one of eight finalists in the spot news category announced Tuesday by the Chicago\/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n

Other nominees in the premier newsgathering category include coverage of the resignation of U.S Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. on NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, as well as the usual assortment of floods, fires, shootings and protests on various local stations.<\/p>\n

Ebert had close ties to ABC 7, where he'd worked as its resident movie critic since 1984 and taped his nationally syndicated movie-review show, \"Ebert & Roeper,\" since 2001. For many of his friends and colleagues at the station, including news anchor Ron Magers and longtime producer Marsha Jordan, reporting his death was like sharing a loss in the family.<\/p>\n

A posthumous award for his home station's coverage would be a fitting salute to the beloved media icon, who co-hosted the local Emmy ceremony with Oprah Winfrey in 1986 and was inducted in the Chicago Television Academy's Silver Circle in 2005.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it's clear that Emmys no longer mean what they used to. Once a coveted symbol of outstanding achievement, today they're as emblematic of excellence in broadcasting as Jerry Springer, who was chosen by the academy's board of governors to host the festivities <\/a>this year. (\"We\u2019re thrilled to have a professional of Jerry Springer\u2019s caliber emcee the event,\u201d chapter president Marcus Riley said.)<\/p>\n

First and foremost a revenue source for the academy (with entry fees ranging from $95 to $210 per submission, and extra trophies going for between $240 and $325), this year's crop includes 155 nominees spread over 66 categories and subcategories.<\/p>\n

Nominees were announced at a party Tuesday emceed by Melissa Forman and Jeanne Sparrow, hosts of WCIU-Channel 26's \"You & Me This Morning,\" at American Junkie. Winners will be announced at the 55th annual Emmy gala Nov. 3 at Alhambra Palace.<\/p>\n

In addition to Chicago, the Midwest region encompasses stations in Peoria-Bloomington and Rockford, Illinois, South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana, and Green Bay-Appleton, Madison, Milwaukee, and Wausau-Rhinelander, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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