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Her skill atthe directing craft garnered her six regional directing emmys between 2010 and 2016.  \nin 2019, she assumed the position of news operations manager while continuing to cover periodic shifts on all shows as a director. in that role, she was responsible for all of the odds and ends of making sure that the news department’s plans were executed: planning and executing remote productions; producing political debates, community affairs specialsand sports content; coordinating quality control efforts between departments; supervising all things studio-related and, in her spare work time, leading a staff of ten directors and camera operators.  \nin 2025, amy stepped back from local broadcasting and accepted a position with the national academy of television arts and sciences as the acting Head of news & documentary emmy awards.  \namy also works as a freelancer in the sports broadcasting world, keeping the production tools in her toolbox sharp and scratching that creative, hands-on itch.  \nshe has also served on the drake university school of Journalism and mass Communication’s national advisory Council and the advisory Board for iowa Central Community College’s radio & television production program.  \nwelcome, amy!  \nmeet amy sCHmelzer 􀀟  \ncoNtENts  \n3 IntroducIng Amy Schmelzer  \n4 letter from the chAIrmAn  \n5 letter from the PreSIdent  \n6 lIfetIme AchIevement Al roker  \nby Dustin Smith and Hillary Povar of Smithhouse Strategy  \n10 lIfetIme AchIevement Jon elSe  \nby Dustin Smith and Hillary Povar of Smithhouse Strategy  \n13 nAtAS foundAtIon ScholArShIP recIPIentS  \n14 newS nomIneeS  \n76 newS & documentAry gold& SIlver cIrcle InducteeS  \n80 offIcerS of the nAtIonAl AcAdemy of televISIon ArtS & ScIenceS  \n81 SPecIAl thAnkS  \nPhotography by Joseph sinnott Photography Photos from the event can be viewed at  \n[photos.theemmys.tv](photos.theemmys.tv)  \nAbout nAtAS  \nthe national academy of television arts & sciences (natas) is a service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational, and technical achievements within the television industry. it recognizes excellence in television with the coveted emmy awards for news & documentary, sports, daytime and Children’s & Family programming, as well as achievements in television technology & engineering.  \nnatas membership consists of more than 18,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country in addition to the new national membership. Beyond awards, natas hosts the national student Production awards for outstanding journalistic and creative work by high school students.  \n\\#DocEmmys \\#NewsEmmys  @[theemmys.tv](theemmys.tv)  @theemmys / tHe national aCademy oF teleVision arts & sCienCes 3  \nNews & DocumeNtary Emmys®  \nNews & DocumeNtary Emmys®   \nlEttEr from tHE cHAIrmAN  \nterry o’ reilly  \nGood evening!  \non behalf of the national academy of television arts & sciences, our directors and more than 18,000 members across the nation, i welcome you to the 46th annual news & documentary emmy® awards, from the Palladium in new york’s iconic times square. this expanded two-night celebration of the best in our industry comes at a time when the work of our nation’s broadcast journalists and documentarians has never been needed—nor appreciated—more.  \nin addition to to","cbCaiq2CHnCNBGf9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq2CHnCNBGf9","pdf",31392521,42,"English","# IntroducIng Amy Schmelzer\n# letter from the chAIrmAn\n# letter from the PreSIdent\n# lIfetIme AchIevement Al roker\n# lIfetIme AchIevement Jon elSe\n# nAtAS foundAtIon ScholArShIP recIPIentS\n# newS nomIneeS\n# newS & documentAry gold& SIlver cIrcle InducteeS\n# offIcerS of the nAtIonAl AcAdemy of televISIon ArtS & ScIenceS\n# SPecIAl thAnkS","[{\"question\":\"Who is Amy Schmelzer and what role does she take for the News \\u0026 Documentary Emmys?\",\"answer\":\"Amy Schmelzer is introduced as the acting Head of News \\u0026 Documentary Emmy Awards. 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