Chris has relearned how to sleep, and she’s back behind the Aca-Media mic. She and Michael bring you interviews with Alfred Martin and Michael Newman, members of the SCMS Katherine Singer Kovács Essay and Book Award committees respectively, as well as the inspiring backstory of the awards’ namesake. Then we head back in time to just before the 2014 SCMS conference, when we told you all about things to do in Seattle. Luckily, not that much has changed in the Emerald City since then, and Perry Como’s “Seattle” is still a killer earworm, so we’ve included the whole segment again on the eve of the 2019 SCMS conference. If you’re headed to Seattle, you’ll definitely want to listen to this one on your trip there to maximize the recommendations.

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SCMS Awards Segment

Alfred Martin’s page at University of Iowa

Michael Newman’s page at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Susan Murray’s Bright Signals: A History of Color Television

List of all SCMS Awards and 2019 winners

SCMS Katherine Singer Kovács Book and Essay Award

Ron Gottesman, "In Memory of Katherine Singer Kovács"

Ron Gottesman, “Homage to Kitty Singer Kovács”

List of past winners of the Kovács Book Award