I got to hold an Emmy Today...

It was very cool. Sasha Gurevich did an investigative series on the Unabomber for KPIX (CBS Channel 5 in San Francisco), and won an Emmy on Saturday for it. Here's a picture of Sasha receiving the Bill Stout Award for this same piece earlier this year.

He brought it into the coffee shop I frequent (Has Beans in San Ramon) and shared it with us.

One of the other folks I have coffee with, Max Noel, was a former FBI agent and was the person who actually tracked down and arrested the Unabomber. He worked with Sasha on this piece. Here's a (much too serious) picture of Max.

It's a shame that I couldn't find anything about the Emmy, the piece that earned it, or even information on Sasha on the KPIX website, since their name is on the Emmy, too. However, KPIX recently decided to cut costs by letting all their freelance folks go (and I guess it wouldn't look good on their part to recognize an emmy that went to somebody you just sacked).

So, it looks like there's a very good Award Winning Investigative Producer available. I have his contact information if you're interested