ERMP Press Release
On April 09, 2009 Anthony Dowling, Executive Producer for Eno River Media Production, headquartered
in Durham, NC announced Emily Edwards, Phd, an Eno River Media Production Board of Directors
member, renewed her membership to the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Arts and
Sciences. This is ERMP’s second member of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
About Emily D. Edwards
Emily D. Edwards is an associate professor of broadcasting and cinema at the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro. She received her Ph.D. in Journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
in 1984. She has been a television news reporter, producer, copywriter and television creative services
director for NBC and ABC affiliates in Alabama and Tennessee. Her book, Metaphysical Media: Occult
Experience in Popular Culture (Southern Illinois University Press, November 2005) is an in-depth
discussion of media presentation of a wide spectrum of the occult - everything from urban legends
reported in the media following the September 11th attacks to examination of the media viewing as an out
of body experience. Her book also serves as a comprehensive sourcebook of movies and television
programs that deal with supernatural characters and themes. The producer or director of more than
fifteen films, Edwards has also published articles on documentary filmmaking, popular music, the occult
and popular culture in journals such as The Journal of Film and Video, TDR, Southern Speech
Communication Journal, Southern Folklore, Sex Roles, National Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences Journal, Popular Music and Society, and The International Documentary Association Magazine,
among others. She has contributed chapters to books such as Current Research in Film, Hauntings and
Poltergeists, and Adolescents and Their Music.
Edwards screenplays have received Awards of Excellence in blind, juried review in the 2003 and 2005
International BEA Festival of Arts in the Faculty Screening Writing Competition. She has also received
awards for screenwriting in the University Film and Video Production Screenwriting competitions, Twin
Rivers, and Bare Bone International Screenwriting competitions among others. Her documentary and
narrative films have received awards from UFVA Faculty competitions, The George Lind-say Film
Festival, Bare Bones International Film Festival (among others) as well as screenings through festivals
and television broadcasts nationwide.
As a volunteer joining the ranks of ERMP in January 2007, Emily will be contributing primarily as a
Consultant.
About The New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is the preeminent
membership organization serving the Television industry.
NY NATAS is a professional 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.
NY NATAS conducts activities that cultivate, promote and encourage understanding of, appreciation for,
and public interest in the arts, crafts and sciences of television. We recognize outstanding achievement,
we encourage the pursuit of excellence and we promote the highest standards of quality in television by
conferring the industry’s classic and most coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction, the Emmy®.
Background
The New York Chapter was founded on November 15, 1955. Ed Sullivan served as our first president.
The New York Chapter is the flagship chapter of 19 in the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences: Boston /New England, Chicago/Midwest, Cleveland, Heartland Chapter, Lone Star, Michigan,
Mid-America, Mid-Atlantic, Nashville/Midsouth, National Capital/Chesapeake Bay, New York, Ohio Valley,
Pacific Southwest, Rocky Mountain/Southwest, San Francisco/Northern California, Northwest, Southeast,
Suncoast and Upper Midwest, as well as by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) in Los
Angeles.
There are approximately 2,000 members of the New York Chapter and 15,000 members nationwide.
New York Chapter members come from all aspects of the television industry - production, postproduction, managerial, talent, technical, support services, etc. - and from companies including broadcast
networks, cable programming services, local stations, independent production companies, advertising
agencies, unions, guilds and more.
About Eno River Media Production
Eno River Media Production is a nonprofit 501(C)(3) company located in the heart of the North Carolina
piedmont. It was established in 1999 as a vehicle for highlighting local nonprofit organizations,
musicians, artists and creative entrepreneurs. Their mission is to promote and support North Carolina’s
unique arts community, non-profit organizations and positive entrepreneurial spirit through a variety of
media.
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