January 5th at 8 p.m. and again, January 8th at 6 p.m. on PBS-HD 6 (KUAT Channel 6)

Press release from Arizona Public Media:

Tucson, Ariz. – December 19, 2011 – We reflect, we mend, we mourn – January 8th, 2012 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic shooting of nineteen people at a Congress on Your Corner event in Tucson. On Thursday, January 5th at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday, January 8th at 6 p.m.

Arizona Public Media presents a one-hour special documentary, Together We Heal, a moving and thought-provoking program focusing on emotional healing, both individual and community-wide, over the past year. For many, grieving and healing have become on-going and consequential parts of their lives. Narrated by national correspondent, Savannah Guthrie, Together We Heal features 36 in-depth interviews with victims and their families, members of Congresswoman Giffords’ staff, and the doctors and nurses who treated them.

Together We Heal interviewees include John Green, Christina-Taylor Green’s father; Ross Zimmerman, Gabe Zimmerman’s father; Gabrielle Giffords’ staff members Ron Barber, Pam Simon, former staff member C. J. Karamargin and others; good Samaritans; staff members from the UAMC Trauma Center, Intensive Care Unit and UAMC Surgeons; and therapist Maggie Morton.

Together We Heal is all about the healing that has taken place from the perspective of individuals immediately impacted by the events of January 8th, 2011. As our community continues to heal, we would like to hear your story. We invite you to share your stories and remembrances. Go to www.azpm.org.

Together We Heal is written, directed and produced by AZPM’s Emmy® Award winner Tom Kleespie.

Credits:
Producer/Director/Writer: Tom Kleespie
Contributing Producers: Michael Chihak, Peter Michaels
Director of Photography: Martín Rubio
Narrator: Savannah Guthrie

About Tom Kleespie
Tom Kleespie is Senior Producer, Special Projects at Arizona Public Media. He’s traveled the deserts of the world for 19 seasons for his work on The Desert Speaks, airing on over 300 PBS stations nationally and the winner of multiple regional and national awards, including 24 Rocky Mountain Emmy® Awards. Kleespie also produced Unforgettable: The Korean War, Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice and the follow-up program, Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto to Ice, Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks and the Tucson Remembers series which included Tucson Remembers: The War Years, Tucson Remembers: The Battle for Europe, and Tucson Remembers: War in the Pacific and A Show of Courage.
Kleespie, a Tucson native, joined KUAT-TV 35 years ago as a member of the student production crew. Four years later, he became a full-time studio supervisor. He also did a four-year stint directing Arizona Illustrated, was a KUAT membership pledge producer, and worked for two years producing and directing for South Dakota Public Television.

About Savannah Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie is a native of Tucson, Arizona, and graduated from Amphitheater High School.
Guthrie received her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Arizona and was a student intern at AZPM. She received her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. Before joining Court TV (now truTV), Guthrie worked at NBC affiliates WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. as a reporter, KVOA-TV in Tucson, Arizona as a reporter/anchor, and at KMIZ-TV in Columbia, MO. Guthrie was named White House correspondent for NBC News. After substituting for both Meredith Vieira and Ann Curry on NBC’s Today, Guthrie became co-host of NBC’s Today alongside Natalie Morales and Al Roker, as well as NBC News Chief Legal Analyst. Guthrie was the commencement speaker for the University of Arizona’s 2011 graduation ceremony.

About AZPM
Arizona Public Media (AZPM) is a member-supported non-profit media organization based at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and is the trusted source of information that promotes thoughtful conversation and community collaboration. The organization offers six channels of television content, three channels of radio content, a robust lineup of online offerings, and community and educational outreach to residents in Southern Arizona and beyond. AZPM produces award-winning original television, radio and online content from its digital studios on the campus of the University of Arizona and is provided as a community service and educational resource. More information about AZPM, including program schedules and Video-on-Demand offerings, can be found online at www.azpm.org.

Media Contact: Sue DeBenedette, Marketing Manager
Tel: 520-621-5222 Mobile: 520-247-5883
sdebenedette@azpm.org
Follow us on: Twitter: @azpmnews
Facebook: facebook.com/azpublicmedia

Watch a short one minute, 39 seconds AZPM preview of this documentary here.

Carolyn’s note: I was fortunate enough to view a preview copy of this documentary, which is incredibly moving to hear the horror story related by those who were there at the Safeway on 1/8/11, esp. Dr. David Bowman and his nurse wife Nancy Bowman, who both aided the bleeding victims. Roger Salzgeber, one of the two men who tackled Loughner down says that “death just passed right over us” (as he and his wife Faith were standing in that line to speak with Congresswoman Giffords). The show highlights the physical & emotional healing after the shooting, with touching scenes of the memorials and interviews of the UMC Trauma staff. I’m even shown wearing my British Gillie hat at the UMC memorial, where I spent many days re-lighting candles and praying for the victims. I’ve known Gabby for years and also worked with Gabe Zimmerman, and had just met Pam Simon a month before this event. But time does heal wounds and our Tucson community has been changed forever by this mass shooting.

Watching this heart-felt documentary will indeed help us all reflect, mourn, mend, as the anniversary of 1/8/11 approaches. Together we can heal.

http://cms3.tucsonaz.gov/info/calendars

Let me know which ones you find helpful, as I continue to report/blog about community events & people in Tucson. I didn’t hyperlink any of the listings, as the City’s website has done that for us.

Event Calendars
Downtown Tucson Partnership Event Calendar
Zocalo Downtown Event Calendar
Showup.com Art & Culture Calendar
AZStarnet Calendar
Dot Tucson Calendar
Tucson Style Event Calendar
University of Arizona Event Calendar
University of Arizona Sports Calendar
Pima Community College Event Calendars
AZ State Museum
UA Free Classes & Events
Tucson Weekly Calendar

Watch videos about local art:
Sonoran Style – Channel 12
DTown – Channel 12
Arte – Arizona Public Media
Arts and Life – Arizona Public Media

Videos about local music:
Studio C – Channel 12
Music – Arizona Public Media

Sports & Recreation:
Rec365 – Channel 12
Zoo News – Channel 12

Shop Local Businesses
Local First Arizona, Tucson listings
The 3/50 Project – Arizona listings

Attractions & Destinations
Tucson.com Travel
Tucson Attractions

Outdoor Activities
Arizona Parks
Saguaro National Monument
Coronado National Forest
Visit Tucson Day Trips

Food
Tucson Dining Guide
Tucson Originals
Local & Heritage Foods Directory

With all these listings & resources, I’m sure you’ll find something to do. Enjoy Tucson and Southern Arizona!

Tucson, Ariz. – October 17, 2011 – Arizona Public Media’s PBS-HD Channel 6 received five Emmy® Awards for television broadcast over the last year and tied for sixth overall (commercial and non-commercial stations) in the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. On a state, non-commercial, level, PBS-HD 6 tied with KAET 8 in Phoenix with five awards.

“These awards for quality and creativity speak volumes about what we produce for people in Southern Arizona,” said Jack Gibson, Director and General Manager of AZPM. “Our job is to share these great stories with the rest of the world, and this recognition shows we’re accomplishing that goal.”

For inquiring minds: commercial stations KOLD 13 received six awards and KGUN 9 received one.

PBS-HD Channel 6 – Rocky Mountain Emmy® Awards

Awards By Category:

Historic/Cultural – News Single Story – For excellence in coverage of subjects that emphasize historical, cultural or ethnic issues or topics:

*Neon Artistry (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

Documentary – Cultural – For excellence in the creation of a formal, structured television presentation
with dramatic impact of an event, condition or situation of current, cultural and/or historical significance.

*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee

Information/Instructional – For excellence in presentation of stories from a regularly scheduled program, series or special whose prime purpose is to be instructional; to teach formally or informally about a subject or subjects.

*WaveLengths: Scientific Voyage Pamela White & Daniel Duncan

Writer – Program (Non-News) – For excellence in a specific television discipline demonstrating the skills of one or more individuals.

*Unforgettable: The Korean War Thomas Kleespie

*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee & Kimberly Craft

Awards by Program:

*Arizona Illustrated –Daily News Magazine program – 1 award

*Neon Artistry (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Historic/Cultural – News Single Story

*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo – 2 awards

Cultural – Sooyeon Lee
Writer – Sooyeon Lee & Kimberly Craft

*Unforgettable: The Korean War – 1 award

Writer – Program (Non-News) – Thomas Kleespie

*WaveLengths Series – 1 award

Informational/Instructional
Scientific Voyage – Pamela White & Daniel Duncan

The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is a membership organization dedicated to excellence in television by honoring exceptional work through the prestigious Emmy® Award. This organization is the only professional association representing television professionals from all disciplines of the industry, serving as the common meeting ground for individuals dedicated to advancing the art and science of television. The Chapter region serves Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and El Centro, California.

Media Contact: Sue DeBenedette, Marketing Manager
Tel: 520-621-5222 Mobile: 520-247-5883
sdebenedette@azpm.org

Congratulations to all the award recipients for their great work and dedication!

DeCamp defeated fellow activist Dave Croteau in the Green Party primary on August 30, 2011 and also ran unsuccessfully for the Ward 3 Council seat in 2009. Grinnell ran for the Ward 2 Council seat unsuccessfully in 1995 and 1999, and was a write-in candidate in the recent Republican primary. And Rothschild has never run before for any political office and faced no opposition in the August Democratic primary.

“An encore radio broadcast of this special forum will air on NPR-FM89.1/1550AM on Friday night, October 14th at 6:30 p.m. Marketplace normally scheduled at this time will be pre-empted.”

Click here for the “debate” between these 3 candidates.

Prior KUAT Interviews (separately) of each Mayoral candidate:

–DeCamp on October 6 (click here).
–Grinnell on September 9 (clck here).
–Rothschild on September 22 (click here).

If you want to meet these candidates in person (as well as all others running for Council seats in Wards 1, 2, and 4), plan on attending the League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson forum on October 17 at Temple Emanu-El (225 N. Country Club), 6 p.m. The forum is co-sponsored by the Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission.

Vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed out by City of Tucson Elections next week on October 19. Vote wisely.

Info about Mary from my previous blog (click here).

She is a community activist and Code Pink member, received her B.A. in Interdisciplinary Sciences and Master of Arts in Communication from the U of A, and has been a college instructor. Mary is currently employed as a Connector with Pro-Neighborhoods, “organizing neighborhood communities to adopt healthier diet and exercise choices”.

Mary got 4429 votes (6.16 % of the vote) in the Ward 3 race in 2009, next to Democratic Councilmember Uhlich’s 46.98% of the votes and Republican Ben Bueller-Garcia’s 46.74% of the votes. She also defeated fellow Green candidate Dave Croteau in the recent August 30 Green Party primary for Mayor (369 to 127 votes). (Croteau was the sole challenger before in 2007 against current Republican Mayor Bob Walkup, who is stepping down after 3 terms).

DeCamp is facing off with Democrat Jonathan Rothschild (political newcomer) and Republican Rick Grinnell (ran twice before unsuccessfully for the Ward 2 Council seat) in the November General election.

On Tuesday October 4 DeCamp announced at a press conference at City Hall that her 2 bedroom/1 bath home in Tucson is being foreclosed, & she faces eviction on November 10, 2 days after the General Election. Her home has been sold by the bank in a foreclosure sale to a foreign company. Apparently Mary purchased the home in 2007 but experienced a costly bicycling accident in 2009, and then her employment at the U of A was scaled back due to the economy, causing her to miss mortgage payments.

She will continue her campaign despite this setback, and will be sign waving usually every Friday at 4 p.m. at the NW corner of Granada & Broadway, downtown. (Sign waving is wildly popular & expected in State of Hawaii campaigns, but not as popular or utilized here. In Hawaii the candidates stand out there in the streets daily, often wearing fresh lei around their neck to distinguish themselves from their campaign supporters.) Mary usually wears a Green Party (green colored) t-shirt, and this week she & her supporters will be at 4th Avenue and Broadway instead.

Campaign website: www.DecampforMayor.org.

Click here for the interview.

Scott is running for her 5th term on the City Council (elected in 1995), and ran her own business for 21 years prior to that. From Vogt’s website: “Tyler Vogt works as Deputy Chief Engineer of Production on a $250+ million contract. He is a subject matter expert in system architecture and design and system analysis. His previous position as a Principal Systems Engineer and lead systems analyst on a $400+million development contract required skills in requirements development and management, similar to developing and writing legislation/ordinances.”

Scott’s campaign website: www.shirley2011.com
Vogt’s campaign website: www.vogt4tucson.com

Wards 1, 2 and 4 are up for election this year, and there are now KUAT Channel 6 interviews of all these races:

For the 9/1/11 KUAT interview of the Ward 1 Council candidates, click here.

For the 9/15/11 KUAT interview of the Ward 2 Council candidates, click here.

Vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed out on October 19, so vote wisely on/before November 8.

Tucson, Ariz. – September 22, 2011 –

Arizona Public Media’s PBS-HD Channel 6 was recognized with 14 Emmy® Award nominations, more than any public station in the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and more than any local television news station.

PBS-HD Channel 6 – Rocky Mountain Emmy® Nominations

By Category:

Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature-Segment
*Borderlandia (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

*Tucson Arts Brigade (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

Teen (13 and up) – News Single Story/News Feature or Program Feature/Segment
*Youth Diving Competition (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

Historic/Cultural – News Single Story
*Neon Artistry (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

*Last Chopper Out (Arizona Illustrated) Christopher Conover & Mike Baron

Documentary – Cultural
*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee

Documentary – Historical
*Unforgettable: The Korean War Thomas Kleespie

Information/Instructional
*Wavelengths: Scientific Voyage Pamela White & Daniel Duncan

*Wavelengths: The Thinking Machine, Part 1 Pamela White

Magazine Program – Feature/Segment
*To Be Chinese Sooyeon Lee

Editor – Program (Non-News)
*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee & Martin Rubio

Photographer – Program (Non-News)
*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Martin Rubio

Writer – Program (Non-News)
*Unforgettable: The Korean War Thomas Kleespie

*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee & Kimberly Craft

Nominations by Program:

*Arizona Illustrated –Daily News Magazine program – 5 total nominations
*Borderlandia (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature-Segment

*Tucson Arts Brigade (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature-Segment

*Youth Diving Competition (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Teen (13 and up) – News Single Story/News Feature or Program Feature/Segment

*Neon Artistry (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Historic/Cultural – News Single Story

*Last Chopper Out (Arizona Illustrated) – Christopher Conover & Mike Baron
Historic/Cultural – News Single Story

*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo – A total of 4 nominations
Cultural – Sooyeon Lee
Editor – Program (Non-News) – Sooyeon Lee & Martin Rubio
Photographer – Program (Non News) – Martin Rubio
Writer – Sooyeon Lee & Kimberly Craft

*Unforgettable: The Korean War – A total of 2 nominations
Documentary Historical – Thomas Kleespie
Writer – Program (Non-News) – Thomas Kleespie

*Wavelengths Series – A total of 2 nominations
Informational/Instructional
Scientific Voyage – Pamela White & Daniel Duncan
The Thinking Machine, Part 1 – Pamela White

*To Be Chinese - Sooyeon Lee – 1 nomination
Magazine Program – Feature/Segment

The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is a membership organization dedicated to excellence in television by honoring exceptional work through the prestigious Emmy® Award. This organization is the only professional association representing television professionals from all disciplines of the industry, serving as the common meeting ground for individuals dedicated to advancing the art and science of television. The Chapter region serves Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and El Centro, California.

Congratulations to all the Channel 6 nominees!
Website for Arizona Public Media: www.azpm.org.

Arizona Illustrated Political Roundtable
Premieres with New Host Jim Nintzel
New format on PBS-HD Channel 6
Friday evenings at 6:30 p.m. starting September 16th

Tucson, Ariz. – September 9, 2011 – Jim Nintzel, senior writer for the Tucson Weekly and a longtime contributor to Arizona Public Media, will host a new political roundtable on the Friday evening edition of Arizona Illustrated premiering Friday, September 16th at 6:30 p.m. The program will feature a mix of political strategists and reporters who will bring insider perspective to the events of each week.

Arizona Illustrated Political Roundtable will be part of PBS-HD Channel 6’s Friday night news block airing at 6:30 p.m. before PBS NewsHour, Washington Week, Arizona Week and Need to Know. The program repeats at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning in addition to video-on-demand at www.azpm.org.

“I’ve missed doing the Friday Roundtable and am thrilled to be part of the team that’s bringing a new version to Arizona Illustrated,” Nintzel said. “As the host, I hope to bring fresh insights and perspectives from both the left and the right to our viewers. It’s great to be back in the AZPM studios providing in-depth political news for the community.”

Jack Gibson, Director and General Manager of AZPM states “This new restructuring of the Friday Roundable supports Arizona Public Media’s strategic focus on news and current affairs. Jim, with his respected standing in the community and long experience in the political arena, is a welcome addition to our broadcast team.”

New Arizona Illustrated Political Roundtable format:
• The format for Arizona Illustrated Political Roundtable will include Nintzel, political strategists and insiders from both the left and the right sides of the political aisle, reporters from Arizona Public Media and other special guests who will provide analysis of the week’s events in local, state and national politics, as well as forecasts of future political trends.

The premiere program on September 16th will include the following guests:
Jonathan Paton, former Arizona state lawmaker and congressional candidate,
Rodd McLeod, Political Strategist (Congressional campaigns of Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords and the 2010 gubernatorial campaign of Terry Goddard),
Andrea Kelly, political reporter, Arizona Public Media.

About Jim Nintzel:
Having covered politics in Southern Arizona for two decades at the Tucson Weekly, Jim Nintzel has won more than 30 statewide and national journalism awards for reporting, commentary and feature writing and was named a Journalist of the Year by the Arizona Newspaper Association in 2010. He was part of PBS-HD Channel 6’s Friday Roundtable for 15 years and has aided Arizona Public Media with political debates and other segments. He is an adjunct faculty member who has taught government reporting at the University of Arizona School of Journalism since 2001.

Romero defeated fellow Democrat Joe Flores in the recent primary, 3990 votes (75.8%) to 1234 votes (23.4%).

Councilmember Regina Romero and challenger Beryl Baker

These two women faced off four years ago as well, as no Republican ran for Ward 1 in 2007 either. Romero then got 72.86% (42,556 votes) to Baker’s 26.62% (15,551 votes).

Campaign websites:
Baker: www.berylbaker.comli.com
Romero: www.votereginaromero.com

Click here for the interview or go online at Arizona Public Media www.azpm.org.

Host Chihak’s guests tonight were Assistant Professor Kate Kenski of the UA Dept. of Communication, and Carol Zimmerman, of Zimmerman Public Affairs (and apparently no relation to CD 8 aide Gabe Zimmerman who was killed on 1/8/11). Kenski talks about current trends and the growing number of Independents in Arizona. Zimmerman talks about the upcoming federal races in 2012.

Political comments were also provided by Amy Wang, reporter for the Arizona Republic and Ted Robbins, SW correspondent for National Public Radio. Both discuss Congresswoman Giffords’ current condition/treatment and her uncertain future. Amy also reports that only Republican Congressman Jeff Flake (CD 6) has currently announced for U.S. Senator Kyl’s seat. (Board of Regent Fred DuVal, former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, and former U.S. Senate candidate Jim Pederson– all Democrats– have declined to run).

View this TV segment online here.

Note: I also heard Jessica Schultz, Congresswoman Giffords’s poltiical director speak this week Monday at Democrats of Greater Tucson, who said that the Congresswoman’s condition was still a “long road to recovery”, as a brain injury survivor.