student television awards of excellence

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MORE GREAT WORK THIS YEAR IN THE 2014
STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
School District of Lee County, Ft. Myers, FL
The Suncoast Student Television Award of Excellence encourages the pursuit of excellence in video production and focuses
public attention on outstanding achievements produced by college, university and high school students. The 2014 Suncoast
High Television Awards of Excellence drew 88 entries from 10 high schools and 1 university.
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus, North Miami Beach
American Heritage School / WAHS News, Plantation
Christopher Columbus High School / CCNN Live, Miami
Cooper City High School, Cooper City
Hialeah Gardens Senior High School, Hialeah Gardens
Oviedo High School, Oviedo
Pine Crest School, Boca Raton
John A. Ferguson High School, Miami
School District of Lee County, Ft. Myers
University School of Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana
Subsequent to the judging of all 88 entries, there were 16 winning and 17 honorable mention entries.
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STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus, North Miami Beach, FL
Category 1 Newscast
School District of Lee County “CURRENTLee Episode 35 ECHO Global Farm”
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus “WSRK Shark News-Episode 42”
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus “WSRK Shark News-Episode 41”
Pine Crest School “PCTV 12/11/2013”
WINNER
HONORABLE MENTION
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Category 2 News Story - Serious
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus “Miami’s Iron Man-News Feature”
School District of Lee County “The Son He Never Had”
Southeastern Louisiana University “Improved Levees”
WINNER
WINNER
HONORABLE MENTION
Category 4 Arts & Entertainment, Cultural Affairs
American Heritage School/WAHS News “Environmental Education Center”
WINNER
Category 6 Long Form (Non-Fiction)
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus “Miami’s Iron Man”
Oviedo High School “The Pages”
Southeastern Louisiana University “McCrea 1971: Louisiana’s Forgotten Rock Festival”
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
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STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
University School of Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Pine Crest School, Boca Raton, FL
Category 7 Sports
Pine Crest School “PCTV Sports – Chaney Spot Feature”
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus “Bouncing Back”
WINNER
HONORABLE MENTION
Category 8 Public Affairs/Community Service/Public Service
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus “Find Ecstasy in Life, Not Pills”
American Heritage School/WAHS News “Gun Safety PSA”
American Heritage School/WAHS News “Peer Pressure”
School District of Lee County “Rolling Home”
School District of Lee County “Delete Cyberbullying”
University School of Nova Southeastern University “ArtReach”
Category 10 Graphics
Christopher Columbus High School / CCNN Live “CCNN Live Graphics Reel” Category 11 Photographer
Southeastern Louisiana University “McCrea 1971: Louisiana’s Forgotten Rock Festival”
Southeastern Louisiana University “The Riddle”
American Heritage School/WAHS News “Photographer Craft”
University School of Nova Southeastern University “Lost”
WINNER
WINNER
WINNER
WINNER
WINNER
HONORABLE MENTION
WINNER
WINNER
WINNER
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
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STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, FL
Category 12 Directing
School District of Lee County “CURRENTLee Episode 35 ECHO Global Farm”
American Heritage School/WAHS News “Relative Sanity”
Southeastern Louisiana University “The Riddle”
Category 13 Editing
School District of Lee County “Rolling with the Punches”
American Heritage School/WAHS News “Relative Sanity”
Southeastern Louisiana University “McCrea 1971: Louisiana’s Forgotten Rock Festival”
WINNER
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
WINNER
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
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STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Oviedo High School, Oviedo, FL
Category 14 Music Arrangement/Composition
School District of Lee County “CurrentLee Intro”
Category 15 Sound
School District of Lee County “Delete Cyberbullying”
Category 16 Writing
Southeastern Louisiana University “Causeway Safety”
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NBC 6 NAMES ELYSE MASSA VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES
NBC 6 South Florida / WTVJ has named seasoned local television sales veteran Elyse Massa as
Vice President of Sales for the station. Massa succeeds Larry Olevitch, who was recently promoted
to President and General Manager of NBC 6.
Massa brings more than 30 years of local television sales experience to her new role, including
more than a decade at Comcast Spotlight in Miramar. For the last six years, she was Director of
Regional/National Sales for Comcast Spotlight, where she provided leadership to a sales team
and developed and implemented sales strategies that achieved budget and sales goals.
“I am incredibly excited to welcome Elyse to the NBC 6 leadership team,” said Larry Olevitch.
“She brings a wealth of knowledge and a strong understanding of the market to her role and is
highly regarded by the advertising community in South Florida. These characteristics make
her an invaluable asset to our organization.”
Elyse Massa
Prior to joining Comcast Spotlight, Massa was General Manager at Millennium Sales and Marketing in Hollywood, Florida for
two years. She has also held various sales positions in the South Florida market, including Local Sales Manager and Account
Executive at WSVN in Miami, Local Sales Manager at WSFL in Miami and WTVX in West Palm Beach, as well as Account Executive
at WBFS and WFOR in Miami.
“I am honored by the opportunity to join such an outstanding sales operation,” said Massa. “I am eager to work with such a
dedicated team and to continue to build on its success.”
Massa holds a BA in Television and Radio Communications from Brooklyn College. She and her family reside in Coral Springs, Florida.
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GLENNA MILBERG JOINS ‘THIS WEEK IN SOUTH FLORIDA’ ON WPLG
By Johnny Diaz SunSentinel
WPLG-Ch 10 has expanded its longtime half-hour Sunday morning show.
The issues and community affairs program, which has been helmed by senior political reporter
Michael Putney, is also getting a new co-host: Glenna Milberg.
“Expanding to an hour has been a longtime dream of mine, as has adding a free-wheeling
roundtable discussion. From now on we’ll have that ... and the one and only Glenna Milberg,”
Putney said in a release.
Milberg, who has been a mainstay for South Florida TV news, added, “I’m so excited and so
honored to become a regular part of our go-to source of information for South Florida issues,
politics and events. Working with Michael has been a highlight of my South Florida news career;
he’s the consummate newsman and a great friend.”
Bert Medina, WPLG’s general manager, said “this expansion and the recent addition of our 4 p.m.
newscast are consistent with our mission to serve our community.”
REGIONAL NEWS
TAMPA REPORTER PRESTON RUDIE LEAVING TV
TO WORK FOR FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
By Kevin Eck TVSPY
WTSP reporter Preston Rudie is leaving the Tampa CBS affiliate to work as communications
director for Rep. David Jolly (R-FL).
“For the past 23 years, I’ve been serving the public and helping give a voice to the voiceless
as a journalist,” said Rudie in a statement. “I think my years of working in the area and
experience covering the issues that affect Pinellas County will help me better serve the
people of the 13th District.”
Preston Rudie
Rudie started his TV career at WGBA in Green Bay, WI and worked at WITI in Milwaukee, WI,
before moving to WTSP in 2002.
He officially started on Monday, April 21.
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REGIONAL NEWS
LAUREN ROWE LEAVING ORLANDO’S WKMG
By Merrill Knox TVSPY
After 13 years at WKMG, Lauren Rowe is stepping down from the Orlando CBS affiliate.
Rowe, who anchors the evening newscasts, revealed earlier this year she struggles with depression.
“I have made the difficult but necessary decision to focus my full attention on my health
and family,” Rowe said in a statement. “The outpouring of support I have received from all
of you has been heartfelt and greatly appreciated, and I will truly miss the privilege you have
afforded me by inviting me into your homes each day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Lauren Rowe
FORT MYERS STATIONS PAY TRIBUTE TO JIM REIF
By Kevin Eck TVSPY
Waterman Broadcasting’s Fort Myers stations, ABC affiliate WZVN and NBC affiliate WBBH,
took some time out of their respective newscasts to remember the station’s shared
director of meteorology Jim Reif who died from injuries suffered in a bicycling accident.
Many of Reif’s friends and colleagues remembered the Fort Myers meteorologist by telling
stories about their time together or by giving their impressions of the man.
“Aside from being a great meteorologist and mentor to all of us here at ABC7 and NBC2,
you know, Jim was a lovable guy—a big teddy bear,” said WZVN meteorologist John Patrick.
WZVN anchor Jeff Butera wrote on his blog, “Through six presidencies, Jim Reif was a fixture here. A rock. A constant. Someone
the people of our community could trust to be there and to be right. In short, Jim Reif was not your typical weatherman.
He was better.”
GARRETT BEDENBAUGH TO JOIN WTEV-WAWS
AS WEEKEND METEOROLOGIST
By Kevin Eck TVSPY
Garrett Bedenbaugh is joining Jacksonville CBS and FOX affiliate WTEV-WAWS as weekend meteorologist.
WTEV-WAWS news director Bob Longo said Bedenbaugh will join the station in mid to late May
and will start on air, “soon thereafter.”
“Excited to announce that I will be joining #ActionNewsJax in Jacksonville, FL in late May!” Bedenbaugh
wrote on his facebook page. “Let’s do this #FLwx! Will be on the weekend evening shows.”
Bedenbaugh comes to WTEV-WAWS from WACH in Columbia, SC.
Garrett Bedenbaugh
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REGIONAL NEWS
FOX 8 WINS PRESTIGIOUS PEABODY
AWARD FOR “LOUISIANA PURCHASED”
By FOX8Live.com Staff
FOX 8 News , New Orleans has announced that it’s investigation with NOLA.com | The
Times-Picayune has won the prestigious George Foster Peabody award.
One of the most prestigious journalism awards, The Peabody is given to the best work in
electronic media in the United States.
Here is what the Peabody Award committee had to say about “Louisiana Purchased”:
“Plenty big, never easy, this extensive joint TV-newspaper investigation of Louisiana campaign financing—who gives and gets
what—put influence peddlers and buyers on notice and provided TV-news operations around the country a template for
ambitious digging.”
High praise from an organization that has awarded excellence in storytelling through electronic media since 1940.
Since the middle of last year, this collaboration exposed illegal activities, questionable practices and toothless ethics enforcement in
Louisiana’s campaign finance system.
Fox 8 News stories focused on the leading sources of financial support for politicians and candidates in our state.
“This is an incredible honor for WVUE and NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune,” said FOX 8 General Manager Sandy Breland. “It’s
gratifying to see those who spent countless hours working on this series recognized in this way. But, even more rewarding is that
our joint effort produced the kind of journalism that has impact prompting change and reform.”
“We are proud of our partnership with WVUE, which has resulted in great watchdog journalism in the service of this community,”
said Jim Amoss, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune’s editor and vice president of content.
The Peabody’s international roster of 46 winners produced everything from news and documentaries to entertainment and
children’s programming.
Other winners for journalism include, WBZ for its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and a pair of investigations in Seattle
and Nashville.
The awards will be presented at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, May 19. For a full list of the winners: http://peabodyawards.com/
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REGIONAL NEWS
2014 EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The 2014 Edward R. Murrow Awards have been announced and there are numerous stations
in the Suncoast Region that are recipients of this distinguished award.
Since 1971, RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism
with the Edward R. Murrow Awards
Murrow’s pursuit of excellence in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his
name. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a
standard for the electronic news profession.
We’ve included a list of the Suncoast Regional winners in the small and large market television categories. Congratulations to all
the Suncoast Region recipients. To see the full list, go to http://rtdna.org/content/2014_region_13_murrow_winners#.
Small Market Television
Large Market Television
Overall excellence
WPTV
WPTV-TV
West Palm Beach, FL
Newscast
Fox 4 News at 10
WFTX-TV
Cape Coral, FL
ABC Action News at 5pm
WFTS-TV
Tampa, FL
News Documentary
Contentious Cleanup
WUFT-TV
Gainesville, FL
News Series
USS Mohawk Masterpieces
Waterman Broadcasting
Fort Myers, FL
Reporting: Sports
Trojans Tackle Tragedy
WCTV
Tallahassee, FL
Writing
Chris Kirschner
WUFT-TV
Gainesville, FL
Website
No winner
911 Dispatch Mistakes
WPTV-TV
West Palm Beach, FL
News4Jax.com WJXT-TV
Jacksonville, FL
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PEOPLE MOVES
KELLI COOK has joined Memphis ABC affiliate WATN as weekend anchor. Cook previously worked at Central Florida News 13
in Orlando since 2008.
GARRETT BEDENBAUGH joins Jacksonville CBS and FOX affiliate WTEV-WAWS as weekend meteorologist. Bedenbaugh
comes to WTEV-WAWS from WACH in Columbia, SC and will officially join the station in mid to late May.
WTSP reporter PRESTON RUDIE is leaving the Tampa CBS affiliate to work as communications director for Rep. David Jolly
(R-FL). Preston has been with WTSP since 2002.
Former WTVJ anchor/reporter AMARA SOHN is now anchoring at CNN International. Sohn, who now goes by her married
name Walker, just signed a contract with CNNI. Sohn left WTVJ NBC 6 in 2012 after seven years to move with her husband.
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Officers
Committee Chairs
Chip Richards, President and Trustee,
Production Manager, WLRN-TV, PBS, Miami
Art & Design
John Mays, 1st Vice President and Trustee,
Production Manager, WFOR/CBS4, Miami
Emmy Awards
Maria Cristina Barros, 2nd Vice President and Alternate Trustee,
Director of Marketing and Community Relations,
WSCV/Telemundo 51, Miami
Karla MacDonald, Secretary, Suncoast Chapter Administrator
Betsy Behrens, Treasurer, Retired television producer
Board of Governors
Stacey Panson, Designer, Ft. Lauderdale
John Mays, Production Manager, WFOR/CBS4, Miami
Scholarship
Angela Ramos, Programming & Public Affairs Director,
WLTV/Univision23, Miami
Karla MacDonald, Suncoast Chapter Administrator
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Frank Adelson, Special Projects Editor, WTVJ/NBC6, Miami
Barbara Alfonso, Manager, Programming and Community
Marketing, WTVJ/NBC6, Miami
Maria Cristina Barros, Chapter 2nd Vice President and
Alternate Trustee, Director of Marketing and Community
Relations, WSCV/Telemundo 51, Miami
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Lori Davis, Producer/DP/Director/Avid Editor,
LCD Productions, Ft. Lauderdale
Frances Hernandez, Manager, Production Administration,
WPBT Channel 2, Miami
John Mays, Chapter 1st Vice President and Trustee
Production Manager, WFOR/CBS4, Miami
Adriana Mocciola, Producer, Telemundo Network, Miami
Christine Portela, Producer, Fusion, an ABC-Univision joint venture
Liz Roldan, News Director, WFOR/CBS4, Miami
Mel Taylor, Assignment Desk, WPLG, Miami
Max Wyler, Owner, Accord Productions, Coconut Grove
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