Career Center TV Production Students Win National Award in Broadcast News Contest
Career Center students Sarah Strunk, Julia Harris, David Price and Max Stempniewicz were awarded the 3rd Place Bronze Medal in the Broadcast News Contest at the annual National Leadership and Skills Conference and SkillsUSA Championships. The competition was held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, June 24-25.The Broadcast News contest is a four-member team contest where two team members serve as the anchor team, one as the floor director and the other as the team’s director. The team is evaluated on their broadcast writing ability, time management, directing, proper use of hand signals, performance techniques, and teamwork.
All teams received an identical hard copy of 24 various newswire service printouts. Their initial task was to determine the top stories of the day, and put them in order of importance. Next, working against the clock, they had to rewrite the stories, and then perform a three-minute professional news broadcast in one live take.
Sophomores Strunk and Price were the news anchors and senior Stempniewicz acted as the floor director and relayed cues from senior Harris who served as the director. Harris also had the responsibility of switching from the three different camera angles, and adding action clips with titles.
Their Television Production teacher, Thomas O’Day credits their work ethic for winning the bronze medal. “These students spent months preparing for this moment and I feel fantastic that their efforts were rewarded.”
Other students that placed in the national top 10, included:
- Quyen Tran – 8th place, Medical Math
- Cara Lovett – 10th place, Commercial Baking
All winners receive medallions and frequently receive tools of their trade and/or scholarships to further their careers and education. The SkillsUSA Championships is for high school and college-level students who are members of SkillsUSA. More than 6,000 students from every state and two territories competed in 100 contests in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations this year. In order to qualify for the national competition, the students competed in local and state contests. The state gold medal winners advanced to the national SkillsUSA Championships.
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