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New Orleans Television
by Dominic Massa
New Orleans Television uses close to 200 archival photographs to trace the history of local TV from its earliest days in 1948, with memories of popular programs and personalities from over the past 60 years.
Jim Tolhurst is featured on pages 60 & 61. Thanks, Dominic!
Partial Listing of Tolhurst's Awards:
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Greater New Orleans Broadcasters Association
New Orleans Broadcasting Hall of Fame
1st Television Photographer to be Inducted
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Press Club of New Orleans
1st Place Documentary Photography - Sun King
2nd Place Documentary Photography - Treasures of Vatican - Ages & Images
President's Award for Television Photography
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Iris Award - Sun King
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George Foster Peabody Award - The Search for Alexander
Press Club of New Orleans Series Photography - Crime Explosion '80
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UPI Southwest Division 1st Place Investigative/Public Service - Crime Explosion '80
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UPI Broadcasters of Louisiana
1st Place Investigative Reporting - Crime Explosion '80
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Gabriel Award - UNDA-USA - Tutankhamun, Live Forever
Information Film Producers of America
Bronze Cindy - Tutankhamun, Live Forever
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National Press Photographers Assn.
2nd Place TV Documentary Photography - Tutankhamun, Live Forever
Press Club of New Orleans 1st Place Documentary Photography - Tutankhamun, Live Forever
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Associated Press
1st Place Distinguished Documentary Photography - Billion Dollar Bean
Press Club of New Orleans 1st Place Documentary Photography - Billion Dollar Bean
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George Foster Peabody Award - China '72: A Hole in the Bamboo Curtain
New York Overseas Press Club Award - China '72: A Hole in the Bamboo Curtain
NPPA University of Oklahoma TV Newsfilm 3rd Place - China '72: A Hole in the Bamboo Curtain
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B'nai B'rith
Terra Sancta Award for International Understanding - This New Frontier
UPI Documentary Film Award - This New Frontier
Press Club of New Orleans 1st Place Documentary Photography - This New Frontier
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George Foster Peabody Award - This New Frontier
Ohio State Film Festival - My House and Where Do We Go From Here?
National Association of TV Program Executives - My House
1970 New Orleans Press Club Documentary Film - This New Frontier
1970 New Orleans Press Club Documentary Film Editing - This New Frontier
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United States Catholic Conference Certificate of Excellence
Atlanta International Film Festival - My House and Where Do We Go From Here?
Press Club of New Orleans 1st Place Film Editing - Fashion Is
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National Academy of Arts & Sciences
Emmy Award - The Other Side of the Shadow Press Club of New Orleans
1st Place Feature Film - Three to Get Ready
1st Place Documentary Film - The Other Side of the Shadow
National Association of TV Program Executives
Award for Excellence - Fashion Is
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Press Club of New Orleans 1st Place TV Documentary Film
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Press Club of New Orleans Best TV Feature