[Vision2020] "Mostly Moscow" wins first prize

[Carl Westberg]

Kudos for great work from a small U of I department.....(lifted from Vandal Venue)  Carl Westberg Jr.
Written by Donna Emert
 
MOSCOW,
Idaho – "Mostly Moscow," a television news program produced by
University of Idaho Journalism and Mass Media students, recently took
first place in the television magazine category of the Region Six
National Student Broadcasting Society (NBS) Student Audio and Video
Competition.
 
"This shows, once again, that the work of our
students can stand with the work being done by students at any college
in the country," said Glenn Mosley, JAMM director of broadcasting.
 
The
program was produced as part of Mosley’s spring semester course,
Advanced Broadcast News. It earned top ranking in competition with
student submissions from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and Washington.
 
The
winning entry was the February 20, 2008, edition of the program,
telecast on UITV- 8, the university's cable channel. The news program
featured debate over whether guns should be allowed on campus, looked
at community impact of the Kids on Campus student volunteer program,
explored the university's efforts to increase its energy efficiency,
reported on the Latah County voting caucus, and revealed where to find
a good cup of coffee in Moscow.
 
“The educational value in
actually participating in producing a television news show is the
experience that the pressure of meeting a deadline brings,” said
Mackenzie Wilson, currently a senior in JAMM and one of the students
who produced the award-winning program. “I think that our piece won
this competition because our class really took notice of what was
important to University of Idaho students as well as the Moscow
community.”
 
The relevance of the coverage also impressed NBS
judges, who noted that the Idaho telecast "had pieces with good
substance,” and that it was “very refreshing to see this in student
work.”
 
The program also featured two public service
announcements produced by students in Denise Bennett's video production
course, Studio Program Production.
 
The award-winning team
includes the following students and recent graduates: Jennifer Castro
of Anchorage, Alaska (now with KTUU- TV, Anchorage, Alaska); Jarod
Breshears of Colfax, Wash.; Anne Harding of Idaho Falls, Idaho (now
with KLEW- TV in Lewiston, Idaho); Pramesh Karki of Kathmandu, Nepal;
Mary Kienzle of John Day, Ore. (now with KBCI- TV in Boise, Idaho);
Lindsey Koppen of Missoula, Mont.; Rei Matsumoto of Issaquah, Wash.
(now with the Sunrise Identity company in Seattle); Hayley Larsen of
Sparks, Nev.; John Mallory of Moscow, Idaho (the radio voice of Idaho
Women's Basketball); Brittany Mayson of Boise, Idaho; William
McWilliams of Boise, Idaho; Kevin Otzenberger of Jerome, Idaho; Jacob
Sellen of Moscow, Idaho; and Mackenzie Wilson of Sandpoint, Idaho.
 
"Mostly
Moscow" has been a staple of the student experience in the broadcasting
program at the University of Idaho since 1982, when it was first aired
on KUID-TV, the on-campus Idaho Public Television station. The show now
regularly airs on cable channel UITV-8.
 
As a first place award
winner regionally, "Mostly Moscow" now enters into the 46th annual NBS
national competition. Winners will be announced during the NBS National
Convention March 24-29, 2009, in New York City.
 
For more information on this and other JAMM programs, visit www.class.uidaho.edu.
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