FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2011 Contact:
Suzanne Irwin, Studio One Director of Marketing, UND (701) 777-3818 Victoria Hvaring, Studio One Student Director of Marketing, UND (701) 777-4346
SANDVIKA, NORWAY NATIVE REPORTS FOR AWARD-WINNING TELEVISION SHOW Amdam brings creative photography and storytelling skills to Studio One GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Sandvika, Norway native, Dag Amdam, is currently interning as a feature reporter with the University of North Dakota’s award-winning television show Studio One. As a reporter, he develops story ideas, schedules interviews, shoots footage and writes story scripts. “[Studio One] is really unique and it would be hard to get this [type of] first-hand experience elsewhere,” he adds. Amdam is a 2006 Dønski High School graduate, and is the son of Dag and Anne Amdam. He is a communication major at UND with an emphasis in journalism. He has received the Robert Hagen Memorial Scholarship, Studio One Recognition of Excellence award, as well as a transfer student Scholarship. Amdam says his internship will help in future career endeavors. “[The internship] will give me an advantage when I am done at UND,” he explains. Studio One is an award-winning news and information program produced at the University of North Dakota Television Center. The program can be seen by viewers in Bismarck-Mandan, Dickinson, Grand Forks, Fargo, Jamestown, Minot, Ray and Steele, N.D.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo.; Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba and online at www.studio1.und.edu. -30-