An historic program on WEWS, Academic Challenge, was recently awarded 2 EMMYs from The Cleveland Regional Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). This was the 2nd consecutive year that the show earned an EMMY Award in the category of “Children / Youth Programs – Regularly Scheduled”, and the 4th EMMY the show has earned in the past 3 years.
The quality of NewsChannel 5’s promotion/production was also recognized when an EMMY was awarded to the station for “Station Promotion – Single Spot.”
Meanwhile, NewsChannel 5’s News Department earned several honors from The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The 2006 Ohio SPJ Awards show will be held on September 30th in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In addition, the Ohio School Board Association honored NewsChannel 5 with a special award. Deb Lee, NewsChannel 5’s education reporter for more than a decade, earned the Ohio School Board Association’s Media Honor Roll Award for 2006. The award reflects her exceptional work not only covering education stories, but working with school systems as well.