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Don Gangnagel Nominated For Regional Emmy® Awards.
 
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has nominated Salt & Light Productions’ Senior Producer Don Gangnagel for two regional Emmy® Awards. Since 1949, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has awarded Emmy Awards to recognize the very best in broadcast video production. It is one of the highest honors in the broadcasting industry. 
 
Salt & Light Productions is a project of the Center for Faith and Freedom, a non-profit organization that has been serving communities across the nation since 1989 with its multi-media and production capabilities. “Our organization is once again grateful to be recognized for our commitment to excellence,” noted Founder and President Stuart J. Roth. “We are dedicated to helping those less fortunate and sometimes overlooked members of society by sharing their stories and testimonies with the community. Our goal is to help inspire and encourage charities and government agencies by equipping them with the necessary multi-media tools to communicate their message and vision to donors, program recipients and community leaders.”  

The nominations were received for a short-form documentary about ShelterBox USA and a long-form documentary about the Florida Highway Patrol. Both pieces were nominated in the category “Documentary-Topical.”

The ShelterBox USA documentary highlights the efforts of the non-profit organization to provide the shelter and disaster-specific equipment a family will need to survive in the aftermath of a disaster. You can watch the ShelterBox USA video here.

“Troopers: Inside the Florida Highway Patrol” follows the progress of Basic Recruit Class 118 through twenty-seven weeks of intense training to prepare them for the challenges they will face in their new careers as Florida State Troopers. They documentary also portrays the various ways that troopers work together to keep motorists safe on Florida’s highways. You can  watch the “Troopers” documentary here.

These two documentaries are the sixth and seventh Emmy nominations for Salt & Light Productions’ Senior Producer Don Gangnagel. In 2009 and 2010, Gangnagel won Emmy Awards for two Salt & Light Productions films created for Micaiah Ministries and the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center.

For further information about the Center for Faith and Freedom and to see our award winning videos, please visit our website at www.faithandfreedom.org or contact Patty Dodson at 941.487.4061.