Feedback May 2002 (Vol 43 No 2)

Table 3Broadcast Education Association — News Division2001 student newscast competition: TELEVISIONcategory 1st place 2nd place 3rd placenewscast Carolina Week Campus Television Maryland NewslineUNC / Chapel Hill Colorado State U. U. of Marylandhard news Gas Main Fire Crab Season Cut Weapons TestingUNC / Chapel Hill U. of Maryland Arizona State U.feature news Miss NC USA Mayberry Days Sweetsville ZooUNC / Chapel Hill UNC / Chapel Hill Colorado State U.The judges commended Carolina Week for its overall excellence, specificallycrediting a pair of very comfortable anchors and noting the stories contained “realpeople” and blended an appropriate mix of experts and facts. “The show had acomfortable pace, good writing and well-written teases that helped carry the show intoweather and sports. The hard work put into it (show) showed,” the judges reported inwritten comments.Congratulations to hard news reporters Tim Nelson (UNC/CH), George Lettis(Maryland) and Sally MacDonald (ASU) as well as to feature news reporters NicoleBrusik (UNC/CH), Michelle Muscatello (UNC/CH) and Drew Hancock (CSU) fortheir award winning reporting efforts. Pictures from the awards ceremony areaccessible on the web athttp://www.dvdreporter.com/images02/april/albums/nab2002/student_awards/courtesy of Jack Olmsted, Senior Correspondent, The New Digital Reporter.“This year’s competition was a great start. We expect the BEA Student NewsAwards to become one of the premier nationwide contests for student broadcastjournalists,” says 2001-2002 BEA News Division Chair Ken Fischer, assistantprofessor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.Plans are already in the works for the 2002 News Division student awardscompetition with hopes of more entries from more schools. It is likely additionalcategories will be added and an entry form will be used. You can be sure the postmarkdate for entries will be February 1, 2003, and that all entries must be on individualtapes, which must be clearly labeled with a slug, school, and category. Students, let thedubbing begin!Dana Rosengard is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at theUniversity of Memphis. He coordinated the television division of this awardsprogram and led the presentation of all awards at the BEA convention in Las Vegas.54Feedback May 2002 (Vol. 43, No. 2)