"We are the Emmy people, setting the gold standard while celebrating innovation and integrity across all platforms of visual media," asserts Maggie Eubanks, executive director of the St. Louis-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)-Mid-America Chapter, Inc.
The group's gold standards include providing scholarships through the NATAS Mid-America Foundation to deserving high school and college students intending to study journalism or presently studying broadcast television, television production and communications to prepare for careers in media or visual arts.
The Foundation is the charitable arm of NATAS-Mid-America Chapter, Inc., and is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
The Mid-America chapter was chartered in 1962 and began honoring outstanding achievement with local Emmy Awards in 1976. The Mid-America chapter includes television markets primarily in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and surrounding DMAs: St. Louis, Kansas City, Little Rock, Springfield (MO), St. Joseph, Columbia-Jefferson City, Joplin-Pittsburg, Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk, Ottumwa-Kirksville, Davenport-Rock Island-Moline, Paducah-Cape Girardeau-Harrisburg, Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Fort Smith-Fayettville-Springdale-Rogers, Jonesboro, Monroe-Eldorado, Shreveport (LA).
2024 NATAS Cronkite Scholarships (journalism-focused recipients):
- Abigail Johnson, College of the Ozarks junior
- Nevaeh Suit, high school student headed to Central Arkansas
Creative Arts Scholarships (production/film-focused recipients:
- Maxwell Hoener, University of Arkansas junior
- Edgar Cardiel, Harding University sophomore
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NATAS Mid-America is one of 19 regional chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, headquartered in New York City. Annual highlights of the group include the Mid-America Emmy Awards, the Silver Circle Awards, College and High School Student Awards for Excellence and various educational, as well as year-round social events.