Florida – Members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) were among the honorees at the 49th Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards on Dec. 6 in Hollywood, Florida. The ceremony celebrates outstanding television work across Florida and markets in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Puerto Rico.
Emerald Morrow, an investigative reporter for 10 Tampa Bay and vice president of the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists (TBABJ), earned three Emmy awards. Other NABJ members who received honors include Spectrum Bay News 9 reporter and TBABJ president Saundra Weathers; Spectrum Bay News 9 anchor and reporter Dalia Dangerfield, also a TBABJ member; and Spectrum News 13 anchor Tammie Fields, who leads the Central Florida Association of Black Journalists as president.
Dangerfield, Fields, and Weathers earned Emmys for their reporting in the “Justice for All’’ series. Their award-winning story explored community efforts to restore long-neglected African American gravesites. The project aired on Spectrum Bay News 9 and Spectrum News 13.
“The people who share their stories are the real winners here when it’s all said and done,’’ Weathers said. “The special we won for was for people who are literally not able to speak for themselves—buried in cemeteries all over the country, forgotten. It was an honor to amplify their stories.’’
The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a nonprofit organization, oversees the regional awards each year.