An Emmy For Amber Edwards

On Sunday, April 3, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, Newtown resident Amber Edwards accepted the New York regional Emmy Award for Arts Programming.

The award was for an episode of “State of the Arts,” New Jersey Public Television’s weekly arts and culture series of which Ms Edwards is Host and Senior Producer.

Now in its 23rd year, “State of the Arts” is the longest running local arts program in the country.

Also named for the award were Nila Aronow, executive producer; Susan Wallner, series producer; and Eric Schultz, producer (as an aside: Mr Schultz’s great uncle, John E. Graham, and grandmother, Harriet G. Schultz, lived on Walnut Tree Hill Road in Newtown for more than 50 years).

The Emmy-winning program, entitled “Magnificent Obsession,” was first broadcast on April 4, 2004, and featured three segments: a profile of the renowned choral conductor and music director of the Westminster Choir College Joseph Flummerfelt, produced by Mr Schultz; “Bling Bling,” about a blockbuster exhibition of jewelry from around the world at The Newark Museum, produced by Amber Edwards; and “The Accordion Files,” a visit to a national convention of accordion players, also produced by Ms Edwards.

The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Science (NATAS) was founded on November 15, 1955, by Ed Sullivan. It encompasses all the broadcast and cable stations in the New York metro area, the largest media market in the country, as well as stations from upstate New York.

New York Chapter members come from all aspects of the television industry: production, post-production, managerial, talent, technical, support services, etc. and from companies including broadcast networks, cable programming services, local stations, independent production companies, advertising agencies, unions, guilds and more.