14th ANNUAL
UPPER MIDWEST EMMY® FOUNDATION
nominations
March 10th, 2025
awards ceremony
April 11th, 2025
Tickets
Individual Tickets: $50
Per-person
(Including Nominees)
TICKET ORDER DEADLINE APRIL 4TH
Theater style seating for awards, not tables.
Food & tables available during pre-show social
TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE!
Guest changes or substitutions are available.
Email # of tickets info@midwestemmys.org.
OTHER WAYS TO WATCH
This televised ceremony will be streamed for online and mobile devices on the Upper Midwest Emmy® YouTube channel and The Emmy® App.
The Emmy® App, is a dedicated platform powered by Vimeo. All programming is available watch.TheEmmys.TV and via The Emmy® apps for iOS, tvOS, Android devices. FireTV, AndroidTV and Roku (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).
AWARDS NIGHT SCHEDULE
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
7800 Normandale Blvd. Bloomington, MN 55439
5:00PM — Registration opens
5:00PM - 6:30pm — Career/College Fair
6:30PM — Ballroom opens
7:00PM — Awards Show
Jason Hackett
Morning Anchor
Student Production AWards HostS
Join our show hosts Jason Hacket & CeCe Gaines for this night to honor student and educators.
Jason Hackett joined KARE 11 in 2023 as an anchor for KARE 11 Sunrise after spending more than four years as a morning anchor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Jason was born and raised in Miami Gardens, Florida. He's the son of Jamaican immigrants. A proud University of Florida Alum, he has worked as a reporter in several cities, including Panama City, Florida, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and West Palm Beach, Florida.
CeCe Gaines
Traffic Anchor/Reporter
CeCe Gaines joined KARE 11 in August 2021. She is the traffic anchor and reporter on Sunrise.
Before coming to KARE, Gaines was the morning and midday anchor at KBJR 6 in Duluth. Gaines says now that she’s in the Twin Cities, she’s looking forward to working with some of the most talented journalists in the nation!
proud sponsor of student awards
Hotel reservations
The Hilton DoubleTree in Bloomington, MN hotel is offering a special conference discount rate of $139 per-night, plus taxes & fees.
Click button below and adjust the arrival and departure dates as needed, and click on your room type. The discount is automatically applied.
Make phone reservations at 952-835-7800. To get discount, use reference group code: MJC or Midwest Journalism Conference.
DEADLINE TO RESERVE ROOM WITH CONFERENCE DISCOUNT IS THURSDAY, March 20th, 2025.
AWARD STORE
Anyone listed on official SPA nominated or recipient entries from 2011 – present may purchase awards. Nomination Certificates and Crystal Pillar Awards come engraved with entrant’s name and role on entry.
Student Production Awards College/Career Fair
Network on Awards Night! Meet pros, college reps and colleagues as you celebrate the evening Friday April 11th @ Hilton Double Tree in Bloomington, MN
Nearly 300 high school and college students attend this annual event. It’s a tremendous opportunity for company managers/HR representatives to meet with hundreds of potential job seekers!
College/Career Fair Booth
Participating Companies:
Gray Television
KSTP - Hubbard Broadcasting
Minnesota Broadcasters Association
Iowa State University
St. Cloud State University
University of Minnesota - Hubbard School of Journalism
RESERVATION DEADLINE
Reserve ad space and/or booth by March 14th. Artwork deadline March 17th.
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2024 UPPER MIDWEST EMMy®AWARDS SHOW
2024
HONORS SHOW
Saturday, October 19th, 7pm
GOLD & SILVER CIRCLE HONORS SHOW HOSTS
Black Music America (BMA)
GOLD CIRCLE HONOREE
Carlini Entertainment
Woodbury, MN
Silver Circle HONOREEs
Ron Schara Productions
Minneapolis, MN
KOTA
Rapid City, SD
KTIV
Sioux City, IA
Donna Smith
KCCI - Des Moines, IA
2024 UPPER MIDWEST EMMy®AWARDS SHOW DIGITAL PROGRAM
26th AnnualUPPER MIDWEST REGIONAL
EMMY® AWARDS
2025 SAVE THE DATES
EARY BIRD ENTRIES
June 2nd - June 6th
ENTRY DEADLINE
June 20th
NOMINATIONS
September 8th
REGIONAL AWARDS CEREMONY
October 18th
ELIGIBILITY PERIOD
June 1, 2023 — May 31, 2024
ENTRY PERIOD
June 3 — 21
NOMINATIONS
Friday, September 6
CEREMONY
Saturday, October 19
AWARD CEREMONY
Saturday, October 19
2024 Board of GOVERNORs EMMy®AWARD
Black Entrepreneurs Day at the Capitol
Upper Midwest Emmy® Foundation help local students pay for some school tuition!
We offer $1,500 student scholarships to be used for tuition & books.
Scholarships are open to high school seniors and college/university sophomores & juniors or graduate students living or attending school in the five-state region served by the Upper Midwest Emmy®Foundation (MN, ND, SD, IA, western WI).
PRESIDENTS SCHOLARSHIP
PIPER MURRAY
EASTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (MN)
GOVERNORS SCHOLARSHIP
Sailor Schervish
Theodore Roosevelt High School (IA)
FRANSEN LEADERSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP
Kaylynn Ruffin
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
carlini media
SCHOLARSHIP
BAYLISS FLYNN
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
BEAURLINE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP
Savannah Michele Reinke
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Upper Midwest Foundation offers Classroom Grant Opportunities to enhance the learning experience of media students in our chapter region’s high schools and/or 501(c)(3) post-secondary educational organizations.
Special thanks to ACOWSAY FILM COMPANY for its generous donation to fund a major portion of 2025 Classroom Grants
Classroom Grants allow educators to acquire and distribute resources related to video production, television, and/or broadcast journalism. Since 2017, the Upper Midwest Emmy® Foundation has provided 9 grants totaling nearly $17,000 to local schools for media equipment in their classrooms.
MVAOCOU High School is part of the Maple Valley Anthon-Oto Community School district. A small rural district about 60 miles southeast of Sioux City, Iowa. The school has 20-23 broadcasting students each semester and is looking to expand into a 2nd class.
Our $2,000 grant this year for a computer will give students more access to create videos for social media and commercials. The iPad can connect to a Production Truck during games to do real time interviews with players and coaches
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Upper Midwest Foundation recognizes students who are an incredible technical asset to the overall success of a school or non-profit educational student video media program.
These are the hardest working, most engaged and active students in the school’s video program or club. The go-to students who help keep you on the air.
Educators may nominate one student from their school or organization’s media program. Students should be behind-the-scenes production personnel.
College
RYDER L. BATES
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
COLLEGE
BLAKE PETERSEN
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
high school
LUCAS KRIEG
BEC-TV BLOOMINGTON EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY TELEVISION (MN)
