Mass Com Students Win Twice in National Competition
 Students in Sam Houston State University's Mass Communication
Department recently returned from a national convention in Washington,
D. C. with two first place awards.
The Bearkat
Sports Report won first place for "Sports Program" and "News
7 Open" won first place in the "Video Program Open" category
of the National Broadcasting Society's 43rd Annual National
Student Electronic Media Competition.
Patric Sleightholm
was the executive producer for both entries.
Other students
who shared the honors included Leah Burger, Dustin Dyer, Brian
Hernalsteen Zach Schroeder, and Alex Stivers, associate producers
of the Bearkat Sports Report.
Also involved
in that effort were Kristina Adams, Courtney Lundgren, and
Kristen Lundgren, who provided field reports and helped run the
studio. Newcomers to the program included Matt Carey, Lisa Lenander,
and Jenna Zibton.
Tony DeMars
is the faculty adviser for the show, as well as the SHSU chapter
of the National Broadcasting Society and KSHU-TV (Channel 7).
The Bearkat
Sports Report finished ahead of second and third place entries
from Kansas State University. News 7 Open won over Norfolk State
and Weber State.
0ther Region
6 members include Stephen F. Austin and Texas State University-San
Marcos, as well as 10 others in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana,
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
The Bearkat Sports Report crew was also proud of a recent
pre-game show that aired live on KSHU-TV prior to a basketball
game in Johnson Coliseum, the fact that one of their clips
was shown on ESPN2, and compliments on their contest entry
from baseball play-by-play announcer Mike Capps.
Capps, a SHSU
graduate who does games for the Round Rock Express, was given a
video disc when he came to speak at a recent career fair at SHSU.
He said the show's anchors "did a great job of really bringing
me down on the field and making me feel as if I am right there."
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SHSU Media Contact: Frank Krystyniak
March 21, 2006
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