Courier’s Brian Cook Sr. wins 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy Award

In the field of local television and video production, the regional Emmys are like the Oscars, the Grammys, and probably a little higher than the MTV Video Music Awards… Each year, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, awards Emmys to those who have performed at the highest level in a particular video category. Brian Cook Sr., who has served as a freelance photographer/videographer for the Courier since 2017, won a 2024 Emmy Award for his work on the WQED-TV special, “Equity On Ice: The Willie O’Ree Academy.” Cook served as the narrator for the special, along with a photographer and contributing producer. The special won for the category, “Diversity/Equity/Inclusion – Short Form.” Cook won alongside producer/photographer/editor David Forstate, writer/producer Beth Dolinar, editor Paul Ruggieri and executive producer David Solomon. Cook, the former longtime Pittsburgh Black Media Federation president who now serves as director of communications and marketing for Central Catholic High School and owner of Golden Sky Media, most recently covered for the Courier the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Sunday Night Football contest against the Dallas Cowboys, Oct. 6, as a photographer. He has produced short documentary-style pieces for the Courier’s in-person events on its Legacy Award winners...