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Veterans Group IAVA Honors Sesame Founder Joan Ganz Cooney

Graydon Gordian — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:41:59 +0000

Sesame Workshop Founder Joan Ganz Cooney and her husband Peter Peterson

On Tuesday night the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) hosted their sixth annual Heroes Gala, and Sesame Workshop co-founder Joan Ganz Cooney and her husband, Chairman Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations Peter G. Peterson, were honored at the event. Mrs. Ganz Cooney received the IAVA’s 2012 Civilian Service Award in recognition of all the work Sesame Workshop does to help military families, but in particular Sesame’s Talk, Listen, Connect outreach initiative, which focuses on providing military parents with the tools they need to discuss complex issues like deployment, relocation, injury and the loss of a parent with their children.

“Many parents don’t have the right words to help explain to their child what happens when they must go away, how to reassure their children when they return from service injured, or worst of all, when a parent dies,” Mrs. Ganz Cooney said while accepting the award. “But with the right language, support, and the help of the Muppets, we are able to help. Since its launch, our Talk, Listen, Connect initiative has grown to reach virtually every U.S. military family with young children.”

Mrs. Ganz Cooney went on to thank the IAVA, saying, “It makes it all the more meaningful to receive this honor from an organization that is working every day to advocate for and support our veterans and their families.”

To learn more about the Talk, Listen, Connect initiative, click here. To get a firsthand look at the resources and tools we provide for military families, visit Military Families Near and Far.

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Congratulations to Kevin Clash on His Most Recent Emmy Award

Graydon Gordian — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:17:17 +0000

For the second week in a row we are proud to announce that a member of the Sesame Workshop team has been honored with an Emmy award. On Saturday night Kevin Clash, the performer of Elmo, was awarded the Emmy for best performer in a children’s series. The Emmy is Kevin’s 21st overall Emmy, his eighth as a performer and his fourth in a row in the category. We also wanted to congratulate Sesame Workshop performers Carroll Spinney and Leslie Carrara, who were nominated for the award. The imagination and talent of Kevin, Carroll and Leslie have long been an indispensable part of Sesame Workshop’s ability to help children across the world laugh and learn.

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Congratulations to Sesame Street and Electric Company’s Emmy Winners!

Graydon Gordian — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:49:10 +0000

There’s no greater reward for the work we do here at Sesame Workshop than seeing children smile and develop a genuine love of learning. However, we’re appreciative when other organizations recognize how hard individuals here at the Workshop work to help better the lives of children both here and abroad. That’s why we wanted to congratulate all the people who work on both Sesame Street and The Electric Company who were awarded Emmys at Sunday’s 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Congratulations to The Electric Company team for being awarded two Emmys. In particular, congratulations to Executive Producer Karen Fowler, Supervising Producer Carol Klein, Producers Adam Peltzman and Ryan Cunningham and Line Producer Mark Santora for receiving an award for Outstanding Children’s Series and to Editors Nick Mougis, Andrew Mednels and Paul Viskup for receiving an award for Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing.

Sesame Street was awarded seven Emmys. The Emmy for Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series was awarded to Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente, Co-Executive Producer Kevin Clash, Senior Producer Tim Carter, Coordinating Producer April Coleman, Producer Ben Lehmann, Producer Melissa Dino and Line Producer Stephanie Longardo.

The Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Children’s Series was awarded to Head Writer Joey Mazzarino and writers Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Luis Santeiro, Belinda Ward, Emily Kingsley and John Weidman.

The Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Series was awarded to Directors Joey Mazzarino, Kevin Clash, Nadine Zylstra, Ken Diego, Scott Preston and Matt Vogel.

The Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing was awarded to Tim Carter, Supervising Editor Todd James and Editors Jesse Averna and John Tierney.

The Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action was awarded to Supervising Sound Editors Chris Prinzivalli, Michael Barrett and Michael Croiter, Music Editor Jorge Muelle, Sound Editor Chris Sassano and Sound Effects Editor Dick Maitland.

The Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – Live Action was awarded to Production Mixer Chris Prinzivalli and Re-Recording Mixers Michael Croiter, Michael Barrett and Dick Maitland.

The Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control was awarded to Technical Director Tom Guadarrama, Senior Video Director James Meek and Camera Operator’s Frankie Biondo, Jerry Cancel and Shaun Harkins.

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