Chicago

2025 Honors Presentation

Friday, May 2, 2025

Chicago Marriott Downtown

Magnificent Mile, 540 N. Michigan, Chicago IL

2025 Chicago Silver Circle Honorees

We will be celebrating the careers and accomplishments of:

Diann
Burns

Jennifer
Graves

Billy
Jennings

Dan
Jiggetts

Rob
Stafford

Debra
Zimmer

Phil
Donahue

Posthumous honor

Bernard
Shaw

Posthumous honor

Silver Circle Award

The Silver Circle Award was established to recognize and honor outstanding individuals who have devoted 25 years or more to the television industry and who have either made significant contributions to local broadcasting, or who have spent the formative years of their career in the chapter region. Nominees in academic, administrative, creative, journalistic, performing or technical roles within the television industry are eligible.

Chicago Silver Circle Dinner

Friday, May 2, 2025

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N. Michigan, Chicago

The honorees are: Diann Burns, Jennifer Graves, Billy Jennings, Dan Jiggetts, Rob Stafford, and Debra Zimmer. We will also induct two television greats who left us far too soon: Phil Donahue and Bernard Shaw. The High School Student Award Presentation will take place at the beginning of dinner at 6:30 pm.

Schedule

5:30pm - Cocktails (cash bar)
6:30pm - Dinner and Student Awards
7:45pm - Award Ceremony

Tickets

Prices increase $30 after Wednesday, April 23rd.​

For individual tickets purchased, seating will be arranged in tables of 10 or 12. If requested, individuals can be seated together even if tickets are purchased separately. When you purchase tickets, there will be online questions about your seating preferences. We will make all effort to seat individual ticket holders together according to their preferences.​

Member Ticket (single)

Non-Member Ticket (single)

Sponsor Table for 10

Sponsor Table for 12

Program Book

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FULL PAGE AD
7.5 x 10"
HALF PAGE AD
7.5 x 4.75"
QUARTER
PAGE AD
3.5 x 4.75"

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Congratulations Message

Congratulation messages are just text.
Example:
"To Jim Smith.
Congratulations on this honor!
We love you. Susan, Fred, and Holly"

6-line message

Approximately 40 words

3-line message

Approximately 20 words

Deadline
Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Silver Circle program book will be printed 8.5" x 11".
- Files should be at least 300dpi.
- Ads can be in color or grayscale. If color, CMYK is preferred.
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Attn: Rebekah Cowing
Chicago/Midwest TV Academy Chapter
c/o Columbia College, Communication Dept.,
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Ste. 535,
Chicago, IL 60605
Please email ads and congratulations messages to:
rcowing@emmyonline.tv
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