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
UPPER MIDWEST
EMMY® FOUNDATION
14th ANNUAL
STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS
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Jason Hackett
Morning Anchor
Student Production AWards HostS
Join our show hosts Jason Hacket & CeCe Gaines from KARE 11 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!
Hotel reservations
NEW HOTEL FOR 2025 - DoubleTree Hilton Minneapolis South (Bloomington, MN) 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 WEDNESDAY, March 20th, 2025.
AWARDS NIGHT SCHEDULE
5:00PM — Registration opens
5:00PM - 6:30pm — Career/College Fair (tables & food available)
6:30PM — Ballroom opens
7:00PM — Awards Show
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).
Student Awards Program PDF
Student Production AWards Host
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 & Saturday April 5th -6th @ Graduate Hotel in Minneapolis (University of Minnesota). 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:
To Be Announced
RESERVATION DEADLINE
Reserve ad space and/or booth by March 8th. Artwork deadline March 11th.
2024 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Upper Midwest Emmy® Chapter/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).
FRANSEN LEADERSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP
ASHLEY WEIL
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
carlini media
SCHOLARSHIP
LILLY MAROHN
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY
BEAURLINE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP
EMMA CRISWELL
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHER IOWA
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 2024 Classroom Grants
2024 Classroom Grant Recipient
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 7 grants totaling nearly $13,000 to local schools for media equipment in their classrooms.
Humbolt High School’s video studio has two empty multipurpose rooms. The $1,200 grant will fund some video and audio recording equipment so those rooms can be used for music & vocal recording. Because of the room’s privacy they provide, students will feel less shy working in small groups projects.
The $1,200 grant will fund some video and audio recording equipment for BLCK Press Center for Broadcast Journalism's reporters. By equipping its reporters with professional equipment the organization can give its student journalists a competitive edge that will help them produce high quality stories and also build on their production skills.
The $1,200 grant will fund some lighting equipment for video production at Augsburg University. The new lights will improve production quality, align with industry conversion to LED, and demonstrate the school’s commitment to green production practices.
2024 AV ALL STAR RECIPIENTS
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES – UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER 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 schools on the air.
Educators may nominate one Junior or Senior behind-the scenes personnel from their school or organization’s media program.
COLLEGE
HENRY HAHN
KNIGHT VISION - WARTBURG COLLEGE
