Several student and faculty works were selected for honors and presentation at the national Broadcast Education Association/National Association of Broadcasters meeting held in Las Vegas in April.
Elon Student Television’s weekly news program, Phoenix14News, won third best in the nation among college newscasts. One of the primary anchors on the program, Meghan Packer, right, took home a first place award in anchoring. Broadcast student Dusty Miller, pictured below right with Ryan Howard and Lara Nicotra, won second place in the promotional video category. Her video promoted the book, “Why Me?” about children in foster care.
Film student Lauren Gadd’s film, “The Idol and the Band,” won a Mark of Excellence Award. Also chosen was a senior capstone and ElonDocs documentary that shared reporters experiences during the civil rights movement, “In the Midst of the Movement.” Broadcast students Ryan Howard and Lara Nicotra accepted the award on behalf of their classmates.
Faculty member Janna Anderson presented the Imagining the Internet site (www.imaginingtheinternet.org), which won the Best of Competition award in the Informational Production category of the Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition. The Imagining the Internet site is a 6,000-page resource that has been built through the contributions of nearly 100 Elon University faculty, staff and students. It is partially supported by a grant from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, and was inspired by an idea from School of Communications Advisory Board member Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project.
Associate Professor Brooke Barnett and Professor Laura Roselle, professor of political science, won third place in the news division for a paper they co-authored about local news websites. Elon alum Ashley Corum presented a paper she authored on patriotic images in the news. The panel was chaired by Assistant Professor Rich Landesberg and the respondent was Assistant Professor Barbara Miller.
Associate Professor Tom Nelson chaired a panel about ways to enhance the teaching of international news reporting in the classroom. Assistant professors Janna Anderson and Rich Landesberg served on the panel.