Photo: Ed Sharpe of CouryGraph Productions/ Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV with 2007 Rocky Mountain Emmy(R) Award for the production of "The Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The Driver" .(Photo by Julie Sharpe)
Ed Sharpe 2007 Rocky Mountain Emmy(R) Award
by LeeAnn Sharpe
Last month I turned on the television just in time to catch the second half of the Emmys and cheered when Robert Duvall won for Broken Trail.
It’s a long way from Hollywood and The National Television Academy Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter awards that cover Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and parts of California and Wyoming. Still the Emmy® Statuettes represent the highest honor bestowed in the television industry, making them the most coveted awards in broadcasting. So when Glendale broadcaster Ed Sharpe told me he had been nominated I said, “No way!” But he was, and he won!
Ed Sharpe of CouryGraph Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in Glendale, AZ was awarded a 2007 Rocky Mountain Emmy(R) Award for his production of "The Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The Driver". He won in a new internet IPTV category that was recently added to the awards. In fact, he held all four of the nominations in the category.
The new category displays how important the internet has become, not just in local news, but in the ability of the public to view local TV from anywhere in the world. The web TV lists over 300 stations around the world who broadcast on the internet. And that doesn’t even include the thousands of independent broadcasters like Sharpe.
Sharpe has always been a leader in innovative ideas and on the cutting edge of technologies. In his history he has seen the next wave and jumped aboard to ride until the trend becomes mainstream. As a computer entrepreneur Sharpe was one of the first to educate the pubic about scanning, lasers and inkjet printing. He recently has been an advocate of government funded public access WIFI. His KKAT-IPTV produces hundreds of hours of local news and public service footage posted to his site www.glendaledailyplanet.com.
Sharpe says, "Many people have taken time to teach me videography, editing, writing, ethics in journalism and I appreciate the people who were great sounding boards to discuss ideas."
Glendale Police Chief Steven Conrad stated: "I would like to congratulate Ed on his latest Emmy! Ed is committed to providing our community with information about the efforts of public safety. This video is a great example of a great police-media relationship."
Officer Matt Barnett, Glendale Police Department PIO, who narrated the Hit and Run segment congratulated Ed Sharpe "I have worked with him many times in the past and Mr. Sharpe is a pleasure to work with and is asset to the local journalistic community."
Sharpe took his wife Bette, and daughter Julie to the presentation on the evening of October 6th at the recently completed plush Renaissance Hotel and Resort Conference Center located near the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale Arizona.
The video can be viewed online at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/media/Barnett%20police%20motorcycle-3.wmv
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