Student Awards
WVU News wins first place in national competition The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) awarded “WVU News” first place in the Television Newscast (airing three days per week or less) category in the 2017 Festival of Media Arts competition. “WVU News” won the top honor out of more than 1,500 entries. The winning entry, “Special Edition Heroin and Opioids: When Addiction Hits Home,” focuses on the Mountain State’s rising heroin and opioid addiction. WVU students involved with the award-winning project include Executive Producer Megan Saporito and Anchors Hannah Goetz and Kristen Tuell.
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This is the second time “WVU News” has received the top award under the leadership of Teaching Associate Professor Gina Martino Dahlia. The BEA Festival of Media Arts is an international refereed exhibition of faculty creative activities and a national showcase for student works sponsored by the Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation. More than 175 colleges and universities are represented at the festival. Competition categories include audio, documentary, interactive multimedia, news, scriptwriting, sports, two-year/small colleges and video.
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