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WLRN Wins Top Honors At Suncoast Emmy Awards!

Top Honors Awarded to WLRN! South Florida's Public Television Station Takes Home Five Suncoast EMMY Awards

WLRN took the spotlight at  The 39th Annual Suncoast Emmy® Awards when it was honored with five EMMY Awards. The Suncoast Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the winners on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa on Fort Lauderdale Beach.

“I’m proud of where we are as a station and I am very proud of our producing team, they work hard to create programs that resonate in our local communities," said John LaBonia, General Manager of WLRN.  "These accomplishments continue to reinforce WLRN’s mission as the leader in telling the stories of South Florida.”

Congratulations to the producing teams that have continued to enforce the quality and standards of storytelling in South Florida.  The winners are;

  • Historic/Cultural Program – The First Miamians -  Alan Tomlinson

Long before the first American pioneers established homesteads on the Miami River, its banks were occupied by the Tequesta Indians. Today, archeologists have discovered the remnants of a Tequesta fishing village on a development site in downtown Miami, and what they are finding is completing a vivid picture of what life was like for this prehistoric community of first Miamians.
Watch the video online at http://video.wlrn.org/video/2365618167/

  • Documentary Historical - Treblinka’s Last Witness - Alan Tomlinson, Adrienne Kennedy, John Labonia

WLRN’s film is an unvarnished tale of extraordinary intensity
Visit the Treblinka website and view the film trailer at http://wlrn.org/treblinka

  • Nostalgia Program - The Man Who Built Miami Beach - Alan Tomlinson

Miami Beach was incorporated as a city 100 years ago by a group of visionary pioneers, but it was one of them - a colorful industrialist with a knack for publicity named Carl Fisher - who was most responsible for transforming a swampy jungle into the glamorous tourist resort of today. The film chronicles this metamorphosis through the story of its forgotten protagonist.
Watch the video online at http://video.wlrn.org/video/2365618090/

  • Interstitial: Who Killed Leno and Louise? - Mia Laurenzo, Debra Hall-Greene

Who killed Italian artist Leno Lazzari and his business savvy wife, Louise in the early hours of November 14th, 1948 in Boca Raton? You be the judge as we shed light on one of Florida's most intriguing cold cases.
Watch the video online at http://video.wlrn.org/video/2365622455/

  • Big Cypress National Preserve: Panthers - Felipe Marrou

In this fourth episode of Big Cypress National Preserve, host Rey Becerra joins Florida Wildlife Commissioner Alligator Ron in the hunt for the elusive Florida Panther.  Travel through the Florida Everglades and learn about this solitary and endangered species.
Watch the video online at http://video.wlrn.org/video/2365579214/

WLRN is proud to be among all the nominees for the coveted Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards, which recognize excellence in television and the regions' leadership for their artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. Entries are submitted from all over the region including Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico. 

 

Mia Laurenzo is a 35-year veteran of public television in Miami. She began her career learning every aspect of video production. Currently she is a writer, producer, on-air host and promotions coordinator for TV, radio and the web.  Her experiences include producing for a series, special events and historical documentaries.  As a native Floridian, she is a perfect fit for South Florida's Storyteller Station, WLRN.  She has produced several award winning, nationally distributed documentaries and is the recipient of three Suncoast Regional Emmys.  
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