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Glasgow's Own Shawn Newton Brings Home Regional Emmy, Under the Big Sky Wins Three

Under the Big Sky, a storytelling series produced by the Montana Television Network, recently won awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northwest Chapter at the Emmy Gala in Seattle, Wash., on June 8.

The series earned recognition in three categories: Historic/Cultural - Program for "Under the Big Sky - Episode 5", Arts/Entertainment - Program Feature/Segment for "Live from The Divide" and Individual Craft Award for series cinematographer Matthew Wheat in the Photographer – Program category.

"We really feel fortunate to be able to showcase these remarkable stories with an emphasis on stunning visuals and first-person storytelling," says executive producer on the series Shawn Newton. "Our remarkably talented team works hard to present Montana in a way that conveys our deep love and admiration for our home state and resonates with our audience."

The team, including Shawn Newton (producer, director), Dillon Davies (editor, co-producer) and Matthew Wheat (cinematographer), previously received an Emmy Award for Promotion – Campaign for the same series.

Under the Big Sky premiered in February 2017 and features stories with dynamic people and organizations across Montana. Episode 5 of the series featured Eugene's Pizza, a small-town pizza shop on the Hi-Line, Yellowstone Grassfed Beef, an innovative ranching operation near Two Dot, and Supaman, a Native American hip-hop artist in Billings.

The next episode of Under the Big Sky premieres Saturday, June 29, at 6 p.m. MST with encore presentations at 10:35 p.m., Saturday; Sunday, June 30, at 10:35 p.m. and the following weekend Saturday, July 6, at 4:30 and 10:35 p.m .; Sunday, July 7, at 10:35 p.m. on all Montana CBS stations. This new episode features stories with Lewis & Clark Brewing in Helena, Locati Architects and Strong Frames in Bozeman.

All current stories are available at http://www.underthebigsky.com and on YouTube.

 

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