AAJA member Dai Sugano wins Emmy Award

San Jose Mercury News photographer/multimedia editor Dai Sugano won an national Emmy Award on Monday for his video of mobile home residents in Sunnyvale, beating out competitors from PBS and Web sites of the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
 
“Uprooted,” which looks at displacement of a group of mobile home residents in Sunnyvale, won for his approaches to news and documentary programming in the documentary category.
 
Sugano was the photojournalists and multimedia producer; Richard Koci Hernandez, former Mercury News deputy director of multimedia photography, and Geri Migielicz, director of photographer, were the executive producers; and Julie Patel was the reporter.
 
“I was stunned,” Sugano said. “It’s a great honor to win for this new way of storytelling, and I hope to serve the community even better with this new approach.”
 
Monday’s 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in Time Warner Center in New York City.
 
You can video Sugano’s Emmy-winning multimedia piece at: www.mercurynews.com/emmys
 
Story by Sandra Gonzales, Mercury News
 
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Miami – Day Four

Michael Yamashita on cruise

Michael on the Island Queen Cruise ready to explore Biscayne Bay. Not quite his usual exotic adventure.

Cheryl bunny ears

Cheryl works to get the bunny ears on Michael.

Paul on cruise

Our fearless leader Paul on the cruise. No attempts at conch shell blowing this year.

Miami Skyline

The Miami skyline as most vessels were motoring a bit faster than us.

Kuni Photo

Kuni works his overseas photo skills, or at least photos on the sea.

Gloria Estefan home

Okay, our skipper said this home belongs to Gloria Estefan but we didn’t see her for the paparazzi moment.

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At the Gala Banquet, as you can see everyone likes to hang with the photographers.

Beauty Table

The beauty table at the silent auction.

Happy Eugene

Why is Eugene smiling? Because he won a prize and what happens where he’s going, stays where he’s going.

Miami – Day Three

Student Critiques

Students were in the hot-seat with live photo critiques during the opening of the Friday photo session. Photographers were able to talk to photo editors during the convention about their images.

Michael Yamashita talks

Michael, right, talks to photographers after giving his presentation on his project for National Geographic of world explorer Zheng He.

Therese review

Therese, center, goes over some of her images in the photo room at the convention.

Kuni on overseas photography

Kuni takes questions regarding photography overseas.

Therese South Beach

Therese takes in the sights of South Beach.

More South Beach

More South Beach explorers who braved the humidity.

Miami – Day Two

Andrew and Dai

Andrew and Dai give their multimedia sessions Thursday at the AAJA convention. Video, slideshows, hybrid packages. Lots of great information.

You can find some of the great information they talked about on

Photographer’s dinner at Versailles

The photographer’s dinner at Versailles Restaurant.

Versailles Mojito

Some mojitos around the table.

Eugene, Marc and Stan

Eugene, Marc and Stan talk photojournalism at Versailles Restaurant.

Miami – Day One

Cheryl and Eugene

Cheryl and Eugene in the photo room during auction photo set-up.

Auction Prints

Prints framed for the photo auciton.

Concert Hall Tour

AAJA members take a tour of the Knight Concert Hall in Miami before the opening reception.

Eugene shoots the hall

Eugene shoots the concert hall

Taiko Drummers

Taiko drummers open the AAJA convention.

Opening Crowd

The opening night crowd at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida.

Corky, Leah, James, Baron

Corky, Leah, James and Baron at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts for the AAJA opening night reception. I think Corky is begging for more appetizers to be sent our way.

Mambo Gang

After dinner at the Mambo Restaurant. Great cuban food and great mojitos at Bayside.