Our six MMJ students were picked out of an incredible group of 51 applicants from the US and abroad. Our selections stood out for their well-rounded skill sets, innovative ideas, and recommendations by their professors. These six students worked with faculty advisors Nancy Dupont and Iveta Imre to cover BEA2019 and the NAB show, which can be found below.
Meet The Team
2019 Coverage
Videos
Students pitch their next Hollywood blockbuster to industry pros at BEA 2019
Students in attendance at BEA 2019 in Las Vegas had a special chance to meet with two Hollywood insiders to talk story ideas and how to pitch your next film or television show. Ken Lazednik and Jon Vandergriff both spoke to the audience on the importance of storytelling for the screen and how to put your best work forward when pitching ideas to studios. The pair then stayed on hand to hear real story pitches and give feedback to a select group of lucky students. For more, watch the video clip here.
Latinos at NAB 2019
An attendance of 91,460 people was reported for the 2019 NAB Show in a NAB Communications press release. There were 24,096 international attendees and 160 countries represented at the convention. Hear from Latinos who were there to check out the latest broadcasting technology and advance their own enterprises.
Guillermo Díaz, Spanish radio announcer and voice actor based in Los Ángeles
Veronica Thebar, CFO at Broadcast and Production Services in México
Jorge Garcia, CEO at Teaasi Video in México
Valeria Canseco, Imagen Televisión in México
ESports defies critics
ESports have burst onto the scene as a featured form of entertainment for fans across the globe. Whether it is Fortnite or Apex Legends, gaming has become a medium that brings in millions of dollars daily.
You don’t have to walk far at the NAB Show to find a gaming exhibit. At the ESports Experience, Roger Caneda and Noel Nelson are helping to grow the network of gamers. They detail the judgement that ESports have overcome and discuss the future.
Professional gamers have become celebrity gamers in their own right. Justin Akeem is at the NAB Show taking part in the ESports Experience tournament. For the former professional skateboarder, he is living out his childhood dream that so many people doubted.
It’s crazy who you run into at these conventions…
Google: Virtual Studio for Broadcast Editing
A Google representative explains how one can edit video with Adobe Premiere on Google Cloud. The internet enables project displays to be shared across the world.
Best of Festival Winner: Caitlyn Chase
Caitlyn Chase, graduate of Huntington University, won Best of Festival award for her cartoon film in the category “Student Film and Video”. I got the chance to meet up with Caitlyn and her father to discuss their overall feelings about this amazing accomplishment. The awards show took place Monday night, April 8th at #BEAvegas.
Should student media get academic credit or pay?
During the session “AIRCHECK: The Student Newscast Experience” on Sunday, professor Jeff Hammond said that student media members at his institution (Metropolitan State University of Denver) do not receive academic credit for their work. This inspired BEA student MMJs to discuss how their respective campus media is compensated.
BEA STUDENTS WIN NEWS AWARDS
Garrett Short from the University of Indiana State and Zachary Anders from the Washington State University both took home first place prizes in the news category for faculty and students. Short is a senior aspiring to be a sports reporter/anchor, while Anders is also a senior, but aspiring to be a reporter/MMJ. Both winners had nothing but great things to say about their first BEA experience so far.
Anders From Washington State
Conference time: Tips for rookies
I sat down with Rich Landesberg from Elon University. A conference attendee for 20 years, Rich gives insight on how to take advantage of all this week has to offer.
NAB Conference is in full swing
You could say people were excited to get into the NAB conference this morning!
Articles
Planning for exhibits at NAB
Six months ago, before many attendees had given much thought to the NAB Show, Sarah Loyd and the Social News Desk team began preparing for the four-day convention. Loyd, the senior client success manager, and their team of about 13 employees did their best to plan for...
Festival of Media Arts
Missed the 2019 Festival of Media Arts? Want to relive the night and pretend it never ended? Swipe through this Google Bulletin story for all the highlights of the evening and a rundow of this year's award winners.
Outside the spotlight: sports engineering
Technology has changed the sports media world tremendously in the last decade. Bryan Rule of Game Creek Video details the necessity for more tech-savvy people to adventure into the world of engineering.
BEA STUDENTS WIN NEWS AWARDS
Garrett Short from the University of Indiana State and Zachary Anders from the Washington State University both took home first place prizes in the news category for faculty and students. Short is a senior aspiring to be a sports reporter/anchor, while Anders is also...