It’s Emmy® time!  The 2013 NATAS-Upper Midwest Regional Emmy® Awards “Call for Entries” is now open! Due to lots of breaking news in the past week and the end of May sweeps, we’ve decided to extend the Early Bird entry special till Friday May 24th.  Regular rates will begin on Saturday May 25th. New this [...]

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences– Upper Midwest Chapter provides FREE  “Emmy® on the Road” workshops for people who want to share, learn and grow in the visual media industry. ALL media professionals as well as college and/or high school students are invited to our story-telling workshops. These workshops are FREE, but please [...]

Hey High School Seniors! Let NATAS-Upper Midwest help you pay for some of your tuition for your first year of college. We offer $2,500 scholarship grants to high school seniors planning to major in journalism, broadcasting or electronic media at an accredited post secondary educational institution beginning in the fall of 2011.

Congratulations to the college & university recipients in the 2012 NATAS-Upper Midwest Regional Student Television Awards for Excellence!  Recipients were announced at a ceremony on Sunday April 1st, 2012 at the Theaters at Mall of America. This year, the NATAS – Upper Midwest Chapter received more than 100 entries from 20 different high schools and [...]

Congratulations to the high school recipients in the 2012 NATAS-Upper Midwest Regional Student Television Awards for Excellence!  Recipients were announced at a ceremony on Sunday April 1st, 2012 at the Theaters at Mall of America. This year, the NATAS – Upper Midwest Chapter received more than 100 entries from 20 different high schools and colleges/universities [...]

Time to get the Emmy party started! The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Upper Midwest Chapter is pleased to release details of the 2011 Nomination Party, the 2011 Student Television Awards for Excellence. Date: Saturday August 20th, 2011 Location: Aloft Hotel 900 Washington Ave. South in Downtown Minneapolis We are combining two [...]

Success in award-winning story-telling takes not only inspiration and perspiration, but passion.  “Without passion, journalism is just another job,” is what Melissa Martz, Emmy® Award winning photojournalist at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis told students and professionals at the NATAS – Upper Midwest Chapter Emmy® on the Road workshop Saturday November 12th at Minnesota State University-Moorhead (MSUM). [...]

It’s time to look over the best of your work for the last year, because now is the time to start getting your stuff together for the Emmy Awards! UPDATE:  BECAUSE OF TORNADO COVERAGE AND THE KILLEBREW FUNERAL – WE’VE EXTENDED THE ENTRY DEADLINE TO MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011.   Entries must be submitted by [...]

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences– Upper Midwest Chapter is excited to bring its “Emmys on the Road” workshop series to GTN 16 Studios in White Bear Lake, MN on Saturday April 23rd, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m .

You don’t have to work in a major market to tell great stories.  That’s the take-away message for nearly 60 media professionals after two days of NATAS-Upper Midwest workshops in Bismarck and Fargo North Dakota on March 4th & 5th, 2011. Small Market Success Bob Lindee from Minot, ND is a perfect example that you don’t have [...]