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July 1, 2010 10:43 AM
The Los Angeles Press Club recognized USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism students, faculty and alumni with several honors at the 52nd annual Southern California Journalism Awards.
Student media sites Annenberg TV News, Neon Tommy and Annenberg Radio News won eight awards. Annenberg TV News took home three first-place honors. Neon Tommy won a second-place award in the online news story and online entertainment news/feature/commentary categories.
"Journalism schools are becoming a more important part of the news and information landscape, and these awards show that we at Annenberg are performing that responsibility exceptionally well," said School of Journalism director Geneva Overholser. "I'm so proud of the journalism we are doing here and delighted to see it so richly recognized."
Communication professor Robert Scheer won second place in the online journalist category; journalism professor Judy Muller was part of a KCET-TV group that won a first-place, second-place and honorable mention award in the feature and investigative journalism categories; adjunct journalism professor Sara Catania won an honorable mention for online sports news/feature/commentary; and alumnus Daniel Heimpel ’07 won a first-place award for commentary.
USC Annenberg award winners:
Annenberg TV News
Professional media categories:
Best Web site (online only, low budget): First place.
Judges comments: "News about life in the University of Southern California community has a fine home at atvn.org. A nice snapshot of what's going on in Trojan Nation."
Best Web site (online only, low budget): Honorable mention.
The Annenberg TV News Close-up section of atvn.org was produced in Serena Cha's news and sports multimedia course.
Student media categories:
Best Student News Broadcast: First place.
Judges comments: "Excellent package of coverage dominated by the story of the terrible hit-and-run death of Adrianna Bachan outside USC. Several strengths stand out, including the reporting of Mat Mendez, who gathered riveting and horribly sad coverage of the sobbing mother shaking photos of her dead daughter at passersby and journalists. The producers followed this dramatic segment with an excellent feature about the favorite memories of the student’s friends and wrapped up the package with additional reports involving questions of whether USC officials had done enough, whether pedestrian safety is sufficient in the area and the psychology behind hit-and-run crimes. Excellent editing and sound."
Best Student News Web site or Blog: First place.
Judges comments: "Annenberg TV News [web site manager Derek Staahl] shows what happens when you mix talented students with plenty of well-funded, high-end technology. This site offers a lot of excellent coverage and reports."
Best Student News Web site or Blog: Honorable mention.
Judges comments about the Annenberg TV News Close-up section: "Annenberg TV News [web site manager Jackie Tsai] offers a multimedia complement of photos, videos and text within the larger site. Itıs filled with interesting real-life stories of students, trend pieces and newsier stories with a social message."
Annenberg Radio News
Best Student News Broadcast, Radio or Web: First place.
Judges comments: "Smart, fast-moving and easy to understand. Excellent editing and sound. One standout interview is with an employee of the MTA where mechanics working on a fleet of hundreds of buses are replacing old engines with fuel-efficient ones. The worker is explaining that the federal stimulus money will be important to the plan to make the fleet cleaner. Another good report is on farmer’s markets, highlighted by a quirky interview with a man who loves farmer's markets because he wants to taste the 'real' taste of food."
Neon Tommy
Online News Story, Feature, Series or Package: Second place for "Secrecy About Swine Flu Deaths"
Online Entertainment News/Feature/Commentary: Second place for "Competition is Getting Ugly at Christmas Tree Lots" (Amy Silverstein)
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