# Temple Update's Emmy Nomination

For the fourth straight year, Temple Update has been nominated for a NATAS Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award. [Update's April 25th, 2013 show](https://templetv.net/shows/temple-update/temple-update-april-25-2013/) was nominated in the College/University Student Production - Newscast category. The newscast, anchored by **Megan McNerney** and **Chase Senior**, featured reports on the death of a West Chester University student at an off-campus party after Spring Fling and a live report from **Kaitlin Lavinder** on a professor and students from Temple's School of Podiatry who had treated victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Temple Update won the Emmy in the College/University Newscast category in 2011. OwlSports Update also garnered its first nomination in the same category for their [March 27, 2014](https://www.owlsportsupdate.com/shows.html) show. A number of present and former Temple Update contributors were also nominated, including **Rebeccah Hendrickson** for her story ["Temple Under Title IX Investigation."](https://templeupdate.com/temple-under-investigation-for-title-ix-compliance/) **Kevin Otte** received two nominations in the College Sports Production category, for his work on stories dealing with the cuts in Temple's atheletic programs and football player safety. **Nic Cutrona**'s report from South Africa on the [Kliptown Youth Program](https://philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2013/08/14/the-kliptown-youth-program-building-a-community-through-engagement/) was nominated in the Arts and Entertainment category, and **Luke Proctor** was nominated as a co-producer of the Crossroads report "[Heroin Epidemic](https://templetv.net/shows/crossroads/heroin-in-philadelphia/)." Jake Rasmussen and Karl Weimar were nominated for TUTV's "[The Grog Show - Renewal](https://templetv.net/shows/the-grog-show/renewal/)." Former Temple Updaters **Rob Czyzewicz** and Patrick **Rosenbaum**, now working together as [20/20 Visual Media](https://www.2020visualmedia.com/default.cfm) in Philadelphia, collected three nominations, for "Temple Football: Inside the Owl's Nest," "Temple Basketball: Above the Rim - Temple Tours Europe," and, with fellow Update alum **Rudy Mezzy**, for an editing nomination for their work with Temple Athletics for 20/20. Two former Updaters, **Lindsay Keeler** and **Amiekay Richcrick**, were nominated in the Evening Newscast-Medium Market division, Lindsay for her work producing at WBRE in Scranton, and Amiekay as producer at WHTM in Harrisburg. Reporter **Catherine Hawley** won a nomination her report "Confronting Cancer" for WFMZ. Producer **Monica Avery** at CBS3 was cited for her work on "Alex Scott: A Stand for Hope." Other Temple alums receiving nominations including longtime Philadelphia 76er announcer **Marc Zumoff**, Comcast Sportsnet Senior Executive Producer **Sean Olesiak** and Comcast Sportsnet editor **Ryan Woldoff**. The [NATAS Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards](https://www.natasmid-atlantic.org/emmy_awards_information.php) will be held at The Philadelphia Hilton on Saturday, September 20th, and the award program will be broadcast on TUTV in early October.