ICTV, WICB-FM and the Ithacan received national recognition at the College Media Advisers fall conference in Nashville last weekend.
In the Associated Collegiate Press' on-site best of show competition, ICTV's NewsWatch 16 won best television news program. The Ithacan won second place among 49 entries in the four-year weekly tabloid newspaper division and was a finalist in the prestigious Pacemakers competition.
Collegiate Broadcasters Inc., representing students involved in radio, television, and webcasting, sponsored the National Student Production Awards. Ithaca winners by category were:
- Best radio feature
Hold On: Breaking the Silence, on the topic of depression and suicide
Produced by members of the 2003-2004 radio news team
- Best radio sports play by play
IC Basketball
Announcers Ed Cohen '05 and Steve Kerwin '06
- Best TV newscast
Newswatch 16
Produced by members of the spring 2004 television news team
- Best TV news reporting
Ice Fishing
Reporter Adam Aurand '04, photographer Peter Busa '05
- Best video promotion
ICTV.org
Director/animator Robert Edwards '05
- Best TV technical production
By the Book, a comedy enacted by hand puppets
Producer Don Ferlazzo '05
- Finalist -- radio sports play by play
IC Football
Announcers Ed Cohen '05 and Jesse Goldberg-Strassler '04
- Finalist -- radio promotion
A promo for Hold On: Breaking the Silence
Producer Dan Henning '06
- Finalist -- TV news reporting
The Rose Inn Fire
Reporter Evan Axelbank '05, photographer Sean Colahan '04
- Finalist -- TV sportscast
Newswatch 16 Sports
Producers Matt Millson '06 and Ed Cohen '05
- Finalist -- TV sports play by play
Football -- Ithaca v. Cortland
Announcers Chris Onorato '04 and Adam Aurand '04
- Finalist -- regularly scheduled TV program
Thirty Minutes, a sketch comedy series
Producers Chris Caccioppoli '05 and Dave Ferguson '06
- Finalist -- music video
Photobooth
Produced by Andrew Rowe '04 and Abhinav Bhat '04
Contributed by Melissa Gattine
