Student News Competition


Student News Competition
Best of Festival Television:    Matt Rascon, Brigham Young University; The Road (TV Feature)


Best of Festival Radio:           Cooper Rummell, Arizona State University; Maricopa County Jail Flags (Radio Hard News Reporting)



Best of Festival Newscast:     Spring 2013 Staff, The Pennsylvania State University; Centre County Report (Television Newscast)

Radio Feature Reporting
1st Place:             Jessica Murri, University of Montana; Taxidermy Bootcamp


2nd Place:           Dan Lane, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Bird-cams Aim to Explain Peacocking


3rd Place:            Brianna Sacks, University of Southern California; Leimert Park's World Stage Fights Extinction


Honorable Mention:       Caiti Currey, Arizona State University; YouTube Guru



Radio Hard News Reporting
1st Place:             Mark Haywood, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; North Carolina leading state Human Trafficking


2nd Place:           Brandon Kinnard, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; UW-Oshkosh Coach in Boston Marathon


3rd Place:            Caiti Currey, Arizona State University; Playworks


Honorable Mention:       Patrick T. Malowski, State University of New York, College at Oswego; Harlem Shake Translation Controversial



Radio Newscast
1st Place:             James Kaminsky & Andrew Tie, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Carolina Connection


2nd Place:           Jackson Baird, Rowan University; A Community Affair


3rd Place:            Katherine Davis, Jerome Campbell, Denise Guerra & Graham Clark, University of Southern California; Annenberg Radio News


Honorable Mention:       Maddie West, University of Southern Indiana; The Edge Radio News Update



Television Feature Reporting
1st Place:             Meghan Reistad & Emilio Ramos De Jesus, St. Cloud State University; Giving By the Gallon


2nd Place:           Meredith Dean, The University of Georgia; America's Stonehenge


3rd Place:            Dustin Askim & Max Barnum, University of Montana; PEAS Farm


Honorable Mention:       Jenna Jaynes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Nebraska's First Male Color Guard Lives his Dream


Honorable Mention:       Nick Minock & Vicki Ikeogu, St. Cloud State Univeristy; Rocorri High School



Television Hard News Reporting
1st Place:             Kristina Zverjako, Arizona State University; Immigration Partner


2nd Place:           Ali Monsen, Brigham Young University; Paraglider's Predicament


3rd Place:            Julian Glover, University of Miami; Tracking Florida's Promise


Honorable Mention:       Vivian Padilla, Arizona State University; Online Sex Demand


Honorable Mention:       Tommy Townsend, University of Alabama; Drownings on the River



Television News Anchor
1st Place:             Johanna Rojas, The Pennsylvania State University; Johanna Rojas Anchor Reel


2nd Place:           Caiti Currey, Arizona State University; Caiti Currey


3rd Place:            Natalie Davis, St. Cloud State University; Natalie Davis


Honorable Mention:       Gabriela Rodiles, Arizona State University; Gabriella Rodiles News Anchor



Television Newscast (airing 3 days per week or less)
1st Place:             Emilio Ramos De Jesus, Emily Haeg & Alyssa Tryggeseth, St. Cloud State University; UTVS News en Espanol


2nd Place:           Brenna Cukier, Madison Morgan, Kiara Palmer & Landon Dowdy, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Carolina Week


3rd Place:            Zoya Popova, Palomar College; North County News Show 5/7/13


Honorable Mention:       Emily Dick, West Virginia University; WVU News Special Edition-College Campus


Honorable Mention:       Ezra Van Den Einde, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Campus News



Television Newscast (airing 4/5 days per week)
1st Place:             Leah Carr & Josh Nguyen, St. Cloud State University; UTVS News


2nd Place:           Aaron Greene, Blane Skiles, Brianna Whaley & Katelyn Murray, University of North Texas; ntTV Nightly News


3rd Place:            WUFT NEWS Student Staff, University of Florida; WUFT News First


Honorable Mention:       Ed Horan, Sean Siciliano & the News 7 production team, Lyndon State College; News 7 at 5:30


Honorable Mention:       Lauren King, Madeline Stebbins & Kenzie Clark, University of Oklahoma; OU Nightly



Television Weathercaster
1st Place:             Shelby Latino, Mississippi State University; December 12, 2013 – WCBI


2nd Place:           Hayden Nix, Mississippi State University; Campus Connect November 18th, 2013


3rd Place:            Katie Western, University of Oklahoma; Katie Western – Weathercaster


Honorable Mention:       Marissa Scott, Arizona State University; Cronkite News Weathercaster Marissa Scott