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2021 Faculty Winners
Faculty Audio Competition
Best of Show
Artist Spotlight: Louis Armstrong — Dutch Hoggatt, Harding University
Awards of Excellence
For Changemakers, By Changemakers — Michael Riecke, SUNY – Oswego
Increase the Peace — David Shabazz, Kentucky State University
SFA Summer Classes — Casey Hart, Stephen F. Austin State University
Faculty Documentary Competition
Best of Show
Tennessee Triumph: Making a Monument — Karen Bullis, Austin Peay State University
Awards of Excellence
A Two-Front War — Shawn Kildea, Rider University
Rockin’ Baker — Ringo Jones, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Added Years — David Garcia, Baylor University
Faculty Film & Video Competition
Best of Show
The Secret Life of an Alien Teenager — Dean Cummings, Georgia Southern University
Awards of Excellence
Eyes of the Storm — Chandra Clark & Scott Hodgson, University of Alabama & University of Oklahoma
Time, Place & Manner Restrictions — Kevin Qualls, Murray State University
TCU KinderFrogs 2020 — Dustin Hahn, Texas Christian University
Safe 2 Help — Scott Hodgson, University of Oklahoma
Baptized in the Flames — Ringo Jones, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Faculty Mobile / Interactive Multimedia Competition
Best of Show
Pin Up! The Movie: An Interactive Documentary — Kathleen Ryan, University of Colorado Boulder
Awards of Excellence
From Suarez’s Basement – Video Podcast — Francisco Suarez, SUNY – Oswego
Iron and Yarn — Mike Castellucci, Michigan State University
Faculty News Competition
Best of Show
Secrets of Life — Mike Castellucci, Michigan State University
Awards of Excellence
An Immigrant’s Experience of the ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy President Biden Is Ending — Alexander Luchsinger, Elon University
Mother’s Day — Mike Castellucci, Michigan State University
The Marx Brothers & the Story of Freedonia Marxonia — Mike Igoe, SUNY – Fredonia
Faculty Photojournalism Competition
Awards of Excellence
Mango House — Ross Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder
Vietnam Motorbike Culture — Greg Luft, Colorado State University
The Aftermath — Ross Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder
Faculty Sports Competition
Best of Show
MTSU-Marshall Feature — Chris Bacon, Middle Tennessee State University
2021 Student Winners
Student Audio Competition
Best of Show
The Road to Freedom Avenue: The Legacy of Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore — Lillian Hernández Caraballo and Julianne Amaya, University of Central Florida
The Musical Magic and Scorched Legacy of Cairo’s Khedivial Royal Opera House — Maya Aboelnasr, American University in Cairo
Awards of Excellence
D&D — Jade Thomas, University of Arkansas
Racism Within Football — Conor O’Grady, Nottingham Trent University
The Colescott Quest of Discovering Himself — Bassel Hanna, American University in Cairo
The Lights – Front and Center — Lyric Hill, Kentucky State University
Metri Lyons A Performer at Heart — Ethan Foster, Mississippi State University
Primetime w/Parker Primrose — Parker Primrose, University of Oklahoma
Student Documentary Competition
Best of Show
Race, Recognition and Reconciliation — Luke Harvin, Furman University
Downright Discrimination – A Life Worth Living — Anna Wilkinson, Nottingham Trent University
Award of Excellence
Syracuse Senior Confronts Inherited Trauma Through Painting — Patrick Linehan, Syracuse University
Student Film & Video Competition
Best of Show
The Dime — Alex Semikopenko, University of Oklahoma
Awards of Excellence
My Love for Books — Ben Bosler, University of Arkansas
I’ll Be Gone — Maggie Bossalini, Sara Bouwman, and Reese Karras, Elon University
Black Lives Still Matter — Emmanuel Tobe, Peter Fortunato, and Jack Learner, Elon University
To Go Bros — Eliza Polich, Furman University
Student Interactive Multimedia Competition
Best of Show
Deconstructing the Divide — Deconstructing the Divide Staff, Syracuse University
Award of Excellence
Visualizing 81 — Sonny Cirasuolo, Lawry Boyer, Kevin Camelo, Molly Gibbs and Amanda Paule, Syracuse University
Hmmgry? — Tkeya Davy, Elon University
Student News Competition
Best of Show
The Disunited Kingdom – Will Wales Want Independence? — Lewis Jones, Nottingham Trent University
Focal Point Evergreen Newscast — Julian Stainback, Joe Freihofer, Sam Britten, Emily Towns, Collin Membiela, Jessie Cohen, Ally Smith, Rahmya Trewern, Isabella Martin, Michigan State University
Awards of Excellence
OU Nightly — Will Blessing & Curt Watson, University of Oklahoma
Focal Point 3-19 Newscast — Julian Stainback, Sam Britten, Joe Freihofer, Emily Towns, Michigan State University
Letters of Love — Joe Freihofer, Michigan State University
On Seeking Plein-Air — Daniel O’Neil, Colorado State University
Truman Scholarship Finalist — Flora Dedeaux, Mississippi State University
Mustard Mags and the Weinermobile — Flora Dedeaux, Mississippi State University
It Feels Like a Normal Semester Again — Sam Britten, Michigan State University
Student Photojournalism Competition
Best of Show
For the Win — TJ Shaw and Laura Oliverio, Syracuse University
Awards of Excellence
Stepping Up for Justice — Renée Deemer and Laura Oliverio, Syracuse University
Our Poisoned Kids — Jessica Ruiz and Laura Oliverio, Syracuse University
Student Sports Competition
Best of Show
The Amateur Professional — Peter Fortunato, Jack Lerner, and Emmanuel Tobe, Elon University
Award of Excellence
Sooner Sports Pad — Will Blessing & Marissa Marcotte, University of Oklahoma
GamedayU Basketball — Jared Thomas, Dylan Rivera & Kolton Cooper, University of Oklahoma