(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Ketchikan Story Project brought home six 2013 Telly Awards last week—three silver and three bronze, announced Patti Mackey President & CEO of the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau.

The Telly Awards “honor the very best local, regional, and cable television programs, the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.” According to the Telly Awards web site, of the 11,000+ entries received each year, only 7-10% are awarded with silver statuettes and up to 25% are awarded bronze awards.  

The Ketchikan Story Project is a multi media information program produced by the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau and funded by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough to provide information tools for the cruise industry and its passengers. The chapters receiving award were titled Ketchikan: Our Native Legacy and Ketchikan: The Artists. These chapters represent two of five segments of the project and were produced in 2012.

Key personnel for the winning pieces include Project Manager/Producer: Deby Santos- Kali Enterprises, Director/Editor Kyle Aramburo, Writer/Producer Laurel Lindahl and Production Company, the Alaska Channel.

Two additional chapters in the series will debut the evening of May 3 at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan with the premiere of Ketchikan: The Timber Years and Ketchikan: The Bush Pilots.

The categories receiving awards:

Silver Award: TV Programs, Segments or Promotional Pieces – Travel/Tourism:
Ketchikan: Our Native Legacy

Bronze Award: TV Programs, Segments or Promotional Pieces – Travel/Tourism:
Ketchikan: The Artists

Silver Award: TV Programs, Segments or Promotional Pieces – Cultural:
Ketchikan: Our Native Legacy

Silver Award: Internet/Online Programs, Segments or Promotional Pieces – Cultural:
Ketchikan Story Project

Bronze Award: Internet/Online Programs, Segments or Promotional Pieces – Travel/Tourism: Ketchikan Story Project

Bronze Award: Outdoor/Environmental – Kiosk:
Ketchikan Story Project

Ketchikan: Our Native Legacy and Ketchikan: The Artists represent two of five segments of the project and were produced in 2012.

Edited by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

On the Web:

Ketchikan Story Project
www.ketchikanstories.com

Source of News: 

Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
www.visit-ketchikan.com/

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