LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
KVVU FOX5 garnered five Emmy awards when the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Television Academy announced winners on June 16.
The regional award ceremony honors work done on the air over the last year.
FOX5 won in the Team Coverage category for "Tragedy On the Track," a special newscast detailing the death of IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Oct. 2011.
The win garnered awards for producer Tescily Maguire, reporters Doug Johnson and Matt DeLucia, and anchors Elizabeth Watts and Jon Castagnino.
DeLucia also grabbed two other awards for News Writing and Journalistic Enterprise.
Anchor John Huck and photojournalist Joseph Lybarger won for their story, "Tracking Truants," in the Education Story/Series category.
FOX5 also received an award for Best News Promotion done by producer-editors Toni Forster and John Finn.
FOX5 multi-media journalist Christian Cazares won in the Business/Consumer story category for work he did for KGTV in San Diego.
Here is a complete list of awards won by FOX5, according to the Emmy website:
Team Coverage
Tragedy On The Track, Matt DeLucia, Douglas Johnson, Jon Castagnino, Elizabeth Watts, Tescily Maguire, FOX5 Las Vegas
Writer – News
Gold Diggers, Matt DeLucia, FOX5 Las Vegas
Education – Single Story or Series
Tracking Truants, John Huck, Joseph Lybarger, FOX5 Las Vegas
Promotion – News Promo – Single Spot
Rick Tabish, Toni Forster, John Finn, FOX5 Las Vegas
Journalistic Enterprise
DeLucia Enterprise Composite, Matt DeLucia, FOX5 Las Vegas
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(from l-r) FOX5's John Huck, Matt DeLucia, Elizabeth Watts and Christian Cazares hold Emmy statues won in San Diego.
FOX5 multi-media journalist Christian Cazares won for his work that aired in the San Diego TV market.
