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City of Edina 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte,
Communications & Technology Services Director
Phone 952-833-9520 Fax 952-826-0389 EdinaMN.gov
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City Receives Third Emmy for ‘Public Art Profiles’
Edina, Minn., Oct. 13, 2017 – The City of Edina received its third consecutive regional Emmy for “Public
Art Profiles.”
The City received the regional Emmy from the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences Satruday, Oct. 7, at the Radisson Blu in Bloomington. “Public Art Profiles” was
honored in the Interstitial category. Other nominees in that category were Pioneer Public Television’s
“Postcards: Train Car Mural” and TP Production’s “Ret. Col. Marty Mahrt.” “On the Job,” hosted by Edina
City Manager Scott Neal, was also nominated in the category.
“For a video of relatively brief length, you get to know quite a bit about the artist and their work,” said Edina
Art Center General Manager Michael Frey. “That is the skill of the videographer in ‘Public Art Profiles’ – they
are put together exceptionally well. I watch ‘Public Art Profiles’ again and again because of the content, the
music and how the video is cut together. Really impressive work.”
The City received the same award in 2015 and 2016. “Public Art Profiles” is currently produced by Video
Production Coordinator Scott Denfeld.
The City of Edina received four other nominations in the 2017 competition for “Beyond the Badge,” the
City’s monthly public safety program. Nominations were earned in the “Crime” category for a segment on a
child sex abuse case; “Public/Current/Community Affairs – Program” category; “Special Event Coverage
(other than news and sports)” category for coverage of National Police Week in Washington, DC; and
“Editor – Program (non-news)” category for Dietrich Nissen’s work on the show.
Entries made to the Upper Midwest Chapter were judged by panels assembled by other National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences Chapters. These judging panels are comprised of no fewer than five judges with
no more than three of the judges employed by the same station or company. There may be one award, more
than one award or no award given in each category.
The Communications & Technology Services Department has been nominated for at least two Emmy Awards
each year since 2009, and has brought home the gold statuette a total of four times.
For more information on the City’s government access programming, visit EdinaMN.gov/EdinaTV or contact
Denfeld, 952-903-5776. For more information on Emmy nominations, visit www.midwestemmys.org.
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