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On his decision to publish the rules and procedures for the Primetime Emmy awards which had previously been kept under lock and key; on who sits on the Awards Committee and how changes to the makeup of that group began to impact changes to the award rules; on the nomination process and schedule for the Primetime Emmy Awards; on the Primetime Emmys Awards committee and how changes to the rules are proposed; on the blue ribbon panels; on the changes in technology from 3/4" tapes to VHS tapes to streaming for at-home viewing and judging; on keeping the voting process secure as the Emmys entered the digital online-voting age; on expanding the Emmy categories; on the impact that reality programming had on the Emmys; on the business model of streaming media where the measure of success was not how many television sets were tuned in to a program but rather the subscription-based service, as the biggest single impact on the television landscape 34:05
Interview: Dr. John Leverence
Dr. John Leverence on the history of the split between the National and Hollywood Chapters of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and how the Daytime awards were briefly administered by the Hollywood Chapter in the '80s and '90s and why that ended (it is now administered by the national chapter, or NATAS), and on the background of the "wheel" - the license agreement between the major networks who broadcast the Awards show and the Television Academy on an exclusive, rotating basis 07:37
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Genre: Awards Shows
Dr. John Leverence on the Primetime Emmy Awards nomination process 03:15
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Genre: Awards Shows
Dr. John Leverence on how proposals to the rules and procedures for the Emmys are considered and implemented 02:23
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Genre: Awards Shows
Dr. John Leverence on a key meeting between Jim Chabin, the then-president of the Television Academy (ATAS), and Dick Thrall, the then-chairman of the National Academy (NATAS) which was instrumental in the two sides reaching an agreement to their long-term organizational disagreements 02:10
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Person: Jim Chabin
Dr. John Leverence on a key meeting between Jim Chabin, the then-president of the Television Academy (ATAS), and Dick Thrall, the then-chairman of the National Academy (NATAS) which was instrumental in the two sides reaching an agreement to their long-term organizational disagreements 02:10
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Person: Dick Thrall
Dr. John Leverence on how the rift and subsequent split with NATAS (the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) presented questions regarding which shows would be eligible for Daytime and Primetime Emmys; on how a legacy genre show like police procedurals from producers such as David E. Kelley would be a Primetime show and could not overlap for Daytime Emmys (Ed. note: Dr. Leverence would like to note he misspoke here and meant David E. Kelley, not David R. Kelley) 02:31
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Person: David E. Kelley
Dr. John Leverence on the new business model of subscription-based programming having the single biggest impact on the television landscape that he has seen 01:20
Interview: Dr. John Leverence
Dr. John Leverence on watching Howdy Doody as a kid and thinking the in-program ads with Buffalo Bob were rather sadistic 00:34
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Show: Howdy Doody
Dr. John Leverence on being a fan of Candid Camera, which he watched growing up 00:25
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Show: Candid Camera
Dr. John Leverence on the history of the split between the National and Hollywood Chapters of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and how the Daytime awards were briefly administered by the Hollywood Chapter in the '80s and '90s and why that ended (it is now administered by the National Chapter, or NATAS), and on the background of the "wheel" - the license agreement between the major networks who broadcast the Emmys and the Television Academy on an exclusive, rotating basis 07:37
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
Dr. John Leverence on the Television Academy switching over from physical DVD-shipping for Emmy ballot voting to an online, digital platform and the technical challenges of that process, and on the influence then-Academy Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum and Academy President Maury McIntyre had on this process 02:39
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
Dr. John Leverence on his first job, as a ticket-taker at the Roxy Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, which enabled him to sneak a peek at films being shown, and on his early memories of television and the shows he enjoyed 04:23
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Topic: Creative Influences and Inspiration
Dr. John Leverence on the new business model of subscription-based programming having the single biggest impact on the television landscape that he has seen 01:20
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Topic: Interactive Technology
Dr. John Leverence on the new business model of subscription-based programming having the single biggest impact on the television landscape that he has seen 01:20
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Topic: Television Industry
Dr. John Leverence on his first job, as a ticket-taker at the Roxy Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, which enabled him to sneak a peek at films being shown, and on his early memories of television and the shows he enjoyed 04:23
Interview: Dr. John Leverence | Topic: Pivotal Career Moments
On her childhood and early influences, including the impact her parents had on her, and on moving around the world a lot growing up due to her father's career in the Navy; on how television news coverage of the events of the day impacted her as a child and young adult 11:28
Interview: Ann Curry
On studying journalism at the University of Oregon, and on her shift from newspaper reporting to broadcast journalism; on her television news internship at KTVL in Medford, Oregon; on being hired as the first female reporter at KTVL 11:28
Interview: Ann Curry
On learning on the job as a reporter at KTVL; on an impactful piece of advice she received early on in her career about the need for journalists to pursue the truth; on an impactful tweet she sent from Haiti following the 2010 earthquake there; on not being comfortable on-camera early on in her career 11:19
Interview: Ann Curry
On being hired as a reporter at KGW in Portland, Oregon, and on what she learned from working in local markets; on being hired at KCBS in Los Angeles; on the lack of journalistic role models who were women or people of color early in her career 12:57
Interview: Ann Curry
On being hired by NBC News; on moving from reporting to anchoring, and on fighting for coverage of stories she cared about; on reporting on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and on reporting from Darfur 14:47
Interview: Ann Curry
Ann Curry on watching Walter Cronkite's news broadcasts with her father when she was growing up 01:57
Interview: Ann Curry | Person: Walter Cronkite
Ann Curry on what she learned from her first internship in television news, at KTVL in Medford, Oregon: "television is incredibly powerful and dangerous, especially in journalism...a sobering power that needed to be met with a sense of responsibility" 01:37
Interview: Ann Curry | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Ann Curry on her internship at KTVL in Medford, Oregon after college, and on how it led to her becoming a reporter at the station 01:26
Interview: Ann Curry | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Ann Curry on being hired as a reporter at KTVL in Medford, Oregon, a station that had never before had a female reporter, and on the sexism she faced on the job 04:27
Interview: Ann Curry | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Ann Curry on journalism advice she received from a newspaper reporter early on in her career that has stayed with her: "don't trust anyone" because everyone has their own take on the truth, and how the responsibility of the journalist is to ensure she is telling what actually happened 03:11
Interview: Ann Curry | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Ann Curry on what she learned about journalism from working in local markets 00:57
Interview: Ann Curry | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Ann Curry on becoming comfortable as a news anchor early in her career, and on when she began to dream of being a news anchor like Walter Cronkite 02:15
Interview: Ann Curry | Profession: Journalists & News Producers