TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —“Discovering Alabama,” an award-winning nature television series produced by The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History and its Center for Public Television and Radio, has earned an Emmy Award in the 2010 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast competition.
Dr. Doug Phillips, creator, executive producer and host of the Alabama Public Television series; Wendy Reed, CPTR producer; and Roger Reid, writer, producer and director, won for their efforts in developing the “Discovering Alabama” episode titled “Alabama in Space.”
The program highlights the role Alabama plays in space exploration.
“We put a man on the moon, and there is so much more space science and environmental science that is happening at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,”Phillips said.
“Discovering Alabama: Alabama in Space” takes viewers behind the scenes at Marshall, the National Space Science and Technology Center and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
Discovering Alabama was created by Phillips in 1985. For 25 years, it has brought the natural wonders of the state to Alabama Public Television viewers. The series is a production of the Alabama Museum of Natural History and The University of Alabama in cooperation with the Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio.
“Discovering Alabama” programs are correlated with the Alabama Course of Study and, with accompanying Teacher Guides, are used in classrooms throughout the state. For more information visit www.discoveringalabama.org and www.cptr.org.
Contact
Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782; Deidre Stalnaker, 205/348-6416, dstalnaker@ur.ua.edu
Source
Randy Mecredy, director, Alabama Museum of Natural History, 205/394-4105