Officer Matt Barnett PIO From Glendale Police Department Gets Emmy® Certificate

USA, Glendale, AZ (SANEPR.com) April 30, 2008 -- This afternoon Officer Matt Barnett PIO from Glendale Police Department received his Emmy ® Production Certificate bestowed upon him by The National Television Academy Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter. Ed Sharpe of CouryGraph Productions/ Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV who was the Director/Producer/Videographer of "The Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The Driver" presented it to Matt in the downtown Glendale Arizona Police Headquarters.

On hand for the ceremonies also was Sgt Jim Toomey who is also a Glendale Police Public information officer.

Both the Glendale police department and local media are proud of the way Matt Barnett handles incidents around the city that require a Police Department spokesperson...

"Reaching out to the public for help and information is a vital component of many investigations, as it was in the case of Laura Graff," said Chief Steve Conrad . "Matt does an excellent job, and I am very proud that he has been recognized for his efforts in this case."

Ed Sharpe from the Glendale Daily Planet commented " I like to refer to Officer Barnett as "One Take Matt" due to his direct succinct presentation of the facts we need for our news stories..."

Sharpe continued "I never remember a time we had to re-shoot a statement. It is a joy to be able to run something like this straight though without having to edit to take dead spots out and umm's and ah's... Matt is great to work with!"

About the Video:

Title: The Laura Graff Hit and Run Accident - Search For The Driver
Category: 73 Breaking News / Continuing Coverage
Item URL: http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/media/Barnett%20police%20motorcycle-3.wmv

Photo: Glendale Police Department PIO -Officer Matt Barnett shown in a screen from the call for information put out over Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV.

We are still looking for the SUV responsible for the Hit and Run accident involving Laura Graff and her motorcycle which took place on the evening of September 23, 2006 at 7:00 pm. (Image file at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/images/composite2.jpg )

What the Video was about:

Description On the evening of September 23, 2006 at 7:00 pm, Glendale firefighters responded to a car and motorcycle crash involving Laura Graff, a 24-year-old Glendale woman.

She was riding her motorcycle at 59th Avenue and Mercer Lane in Glendale Arizona. They found Graff barely clinging to life from the severe injuries caused by hit and run driver. The driver of the vehicle that hit Laura fled the scene. This footage was the first reporting of the event and a call for witnesses to help locate this driver. This driver remains unidentified.

Unlike a traditional television newscast, this production with it's call for information narrated by Glendale Police PIO Matt Barnett, still remains online shadowing the perpetrator... someday they will be identified. Laura Graff survived and is undergoing therapy to overcome the effects of her injuries. You may also see the ceremony whereas she awarded the fire fighters, ambulance drivers and hospital trauma personal for helping save her life in an article at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com / .

About CouryGraph Productions / Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV in Glendale, AZ

Glendale Daily Planet, the parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was started in 2004 as the first community journalism news site in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona... Serving The Metro West Side of the Valley of the Sun, Glendale Daily Planet has witnessed, participated in and recorded the further rejuvenation of the downtown core, the meteoric rise of the 'Glendale Sports Empire' and the restoration of historic sections of the town.

One aspect Sharpe is most proud of is the ability to have a continuous 24/7 stream of archived footage in the player but yet, when a special event arises, have the ability to go live interrupting the pre-programmed content to cover the event. With the advent of higher speed EVDO radio cards and compact portable satellite terminals the options are limitless.

Residents can now catch stories of interest on their schedule, taking advantage of the on-demand character of Internet media. No more waiting for 5 or 10pm and no need to program the TiVo. Important stories remain available, a mouse click away, for years in the online archives..

Sharpe is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), Independent Feature Project (IFP) (IFP/PHX), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation (SMECC) member of the national Media Communications Association-International Association (MCAI) and other associations.

The work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions and other participative community journalists and engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day, seven days a week at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com / .

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Contact :

Ed Sharpe
Director/Producer
CouryGraph Productions/Glendale Daily Planet
5802 W Palmaire Ave
Glendale AZ 85301
623 435 1533
couryhouse@aol.com
http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com