This session honors the winners of the Faculty and Student Festival of Media Arts News Competitions. Selected works of this year’s award recipients will be exhibited.
Faculty News Chair: Trina T. Creighton, University of Nebraska @ Lincoln; Student Radio News Chair: Brent M Foster, California State University, Fullerton; Student Feature News Chair: Sara Magee, Loyola University Maryland; Student Hard News Chair: Mary T. Rogus, Ohio University; Student Talent Chair): Herbert Dunmore, Loyola University Maryland; Student Newscast 3 days/less Chair: Rick Sykes, Central Michigan University; Student Newscast 4 days/more Chair: Rick Ricioppo, Stony Brook University
Faculty News Competition
Television News Feature Reporting
Best of Competition: Bradley Weaver, Westminster College; Deconstruction on Spring Break
Student News Competition
Radio Feature Reporting
1st Place: Monica Gokey, University of Montana; Diwali Coverage, Missoula
2nd Place: Jacob Mueller, Kansas State University; Building a Family
3rd Place: Taylor Crosby, University of Alabama; Dorm cooking using the microwave
Radio Hard News
1st Place: Ruth Eddy, University of Montana; Coal Trains
2nd Place: Allison Mills, University of Montana; Batteries
3rd Place: Matt Czizek, University of North Texas; Emergency Drill Denton
Honorable Mention: Devon Dewey, Brigham Young University; Quail Fire Evacuation
Radio Newscast
1st Place: Danielle Kerschhackl and Kelsey Morris, Goshen College; Globe News
2nd Place: Meredith Everitt, University of Oklahoma; In-Depth Reports
3rd Place: Leannda Carey, Marshall University; Newscenter88: 2-24-12
Honorable Mention: WUFT-FM News Student Staff, University of Florida; WUFT NEWS
Television Feature Reporting
1st Place: Patrick Wright, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; New Towing Law
2nd Place: Nelson Oliveira, Stony Brook University; Memories Destroyed by Sandy
3rd Place: Jack Dodge Highberger, Arizona State University; Old West tradition survives in Nogales boot shop
Honorable Mention: Jacob Fisher, University of South Carolina; Radioiodine Therapy
Honorable Mention: Alexis Flake, Brigham Young University; Sushi Challenge
Television Hard News Reporting
1st Place: Nathan O'Neal, Arizona State University; Navajo HIV
2nd Place: Alexis Flake, Brigham Young University; Trampoline Park Dangers
3rd Place: Bill Melugin, Arizona State University; Scottsdale City Council Campaign Finance Reports Show Controversial Funding
Honorable Mention: Ryan Haarer, Arizona State University; Buffalo Invasion
Honorable Mention: Jack Dodge Highberger, Arizona State University; For crime reporter on streets of Ciudad Juarez, change comes slowly.
Television News Anchor
1st Place: Cat Janisko, College of Communications / Penn State University
2nd Place: Ryan Haarer, Arizona State University
3rd Place: Krista Baker, West Virginia University
Honorable Mention: Alex Giles, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Television Newscast (airing 3 days per week or less)
1st Place: Fast Track Best of Fall 2012, Purdue University; Fast Track Best of Fall 2012
2nd Place: UTVS News en Español, SCSU; UTVS News en Español
3rd Place: Carolina Week - April 18, 2012, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Carolina Week - April 18, 2012
Honorable Mention: Focal Point Newscast 12/8/12, Michigan State University; Focal Point Newscast 12/8/12
Television Newscast (airing 4 or 5 days per week)
1st Place: NewsWatch Staff, Arizona State University; Cronkite Newswatch 10/02/2012
2nd Place: Devon Dewey, Brigham Young University; ElevenNEWS at Noon
3rd Place: Lindsey Branwall and Leah Carr, St. Cloud State University; UTVS News November 30, 2012
Honorable Mention: Erik Ugartechea, University of Florida; WUFT NEWS First at Five
Television Weathercaster
1st Place: Drew Day, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2nd Place: Ryan Hoke, Mississippi State University
3rd Place: Elisabeth D'Amore, Mississippi State University
Honorable Mention: Jon Haverfield, University of Oklahoma; Haverfield OU Weather
