Awards

2014

Outstanding Journalism Award – American Correctional Association

 

2012

Best Television Entertainment Programming – International 3D Society’s 3D Creative Arts Awards

 

2010

Silver Telly Award – Videography/Cinematography – Undercover: “Mark Whitacre: Operation Harvest King”
Silver Telly Award – Editing – “Undercover: Mark Whitacre: Operation Harvest King”
Bronze Telly Award – Documentary – “Inside the Iraq War”
Bronze Telly Award – Set Design – “Undercover: Heidi Landgraf: Operation Green Ice”
CINE Golden Eagle Award – “Inside the Iraq War” for The National Geographic Channel

 

2009

Telly Award – Runaways: Chicago – MSNBC

 

2008

Silver Telly Award – When Weather Changed History “Challenger” – Weather Channel
Silver Telly Award – When Weather Changed History “Battle of The Bulge” – Weather Channel
Bronze World Medal for the New York Festivals – Runaways: Chicago – MSNBC

 

2007

Hugo Awards – Commitment to Excellence – Towers Productions, Inc.

 

2006

Emmy Nomination – Best Documentary – Inside 9/11
Telly Award – Storm Stories, “Thailand Tsunami”

 

2005

NY Festival – Best Documentary Writing – Inside 9/11
NY Festival – Best Documentary Series – Inside 9/11

 

2004

National Headliners Awards-3rd Place – After Saddam
New York Festival – Documentary – Storm Stories
New York Festival World Media – Storm Stories, “Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak”
Telly Award – Storm Stories, “Battlefield Iraq”
Silver Telly Award – Documentary – Storm Stories “Las Vegas Flood” – Weather Channel

 

2003

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Minute by Minute

 

2002

CINE – American Justice, “Shattered Innocence: The Fells Acre Abuse Case”
National Association of Black Journalists – Atmospheres, “Hurricane Alison”

 

2001

CINE – “Private Schools, Public Money,” for CNN
32nd NAACP Image Awards – Biography, “Sally Hemmings: Redefining History”

 

1999

47th Annual Columbus International Film & Video Festival – Biography, “J Edgar Hoover, Personal and Confidential”
CINE – “The Hidden History of Chicago,” for the History Channel
The CHRIS – “Hidden History of Chicago,” for The History Channel

 

1998

Chicago Midwest Emmy Awards-“Chicago’s Front Page: 150 Years of the Chicago Tribune,” for WGN
International TV Programming – American Justice
IL Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award Oustanding Achievement in Broadcasting

 

1996

Chicago Midwest Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement for Documentary Programs
CINE – Biography
Gideon Award- Bill Kurtis and Jonathan Towers

 

1995

Chicago Midwest Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement for Documentary Programs

 

1990

11th Annual Cable ACE Awards nominee – American Justice

 

Other Awards

Cable Ace Awards Nominee – Investigative Reports, “Sins of the Father”
Telly Award – History / Biography – “Isaac’s Storm,” for The History Channel
Bronze Telly Award – Documentary – Storm Stories “Battlefield Iraq” – Weather Channel