
Broadcast
Education Association's 2005 Festival of Media Arts:
Promotional:
First Place (Tie): producer Robert Edwards,"Studio
Walk," a thirty second promo for ICTV programs
Studio Production: Third Place: producer Chris Caccioppoli,
"30 Minutes," a sketch comedy show.
All
entries were reviewed by a panel of professional judges.
Awards will be made April 21 at the Las Vegas Convention
Center as part of the BEA's annual convention.
Ithaca
Time Warner Cable honored three Ithaca College Television
programs
from Fall 2004 in its 20th annual Pegasys Awards ceremony
February 11.
Local public, governmental, and educational access
programs on cable
channels 13, 15, and 16 competed.
Newswatch 16 (producer Michael Geller)
won the Newscast/Magazine
category. NewsWatch presents Tompkins County news
live at 8:00pm on
Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Work in Progress (producer Nathan
Brown), which showcases student
films and videos, won the Performing Arts category.
The Solarium with Professor Smedley Drake,
a satire produced by Jesse
Porter, and Newswatch 16 were named Best
Educational Access programs.
Time Warner will enter them in the Hometown Video
Festival, a national competition of the Alliance for
Community Media.
ICTV,
WICB-FM and The Ithacan received awards at the College
Media Advisers fall conference November 3-6 in Nashville,
TN. Collegiate Broadcasters Inc., representing students
involved in radio, television and webcasting, sponsored
the National Student Production Awards. ICTV winners
by category were:
Best
TV Newscast
Newswatch 16
The Spring 2004 NewsWatch staff
Best
TV News Reporting
Ice Fishing, on Newswatch 16
Reporter Adam Aurand '04, photographer Peter Busa '05
Best
Video Promotion
ICTV.org
Director/animator Robert Edwards '05
Best
TV Technical Production
By the Book, a comedy enacted by handpuppets
Producer Don Ferlazzo '05
Finalist
- TV News Reporting
The Rose Inn Fire, on NewsWatch 16
Reporter Evan Axelbank '05, photographer Sean Colahan
'04
Finalist
- TV Sportscast
Newswatch 16 Sports
Producers Matt Millson '06 and Ed Cohen '05
Finalist
- TV Sports Play by Play
Bombers Football - Ithaca v. Cortland
Announcers Chris Onorato '04 and Adam Aurand '04
Finalist
- Regularly Scheduled TV Program
Thirty Minutes - a skit comedy series
Producers Chris Caccioppoli '05 and Dave Ferguson '06
Finalist
- Music Video
Photobooth - by Andrew Rowe '04 & Abhinav Bhat '04
In the on-site Best of Show competition
sponsored by Associated Collegiate Press, ICTV's Newswatch
16 (Spring 2004) won best television news program.

Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences - College Television
Awards -
Los Angeles CA - March 28, 2004. ("College
Emmys")
-
First
Place, Newscast - Newswatch 16 - newscast
of November 20, 2003
The photo shows Fall 2003 news producer Michael
Geller and news director John Cook receiving
plaques from actors Faith Salie and Corbin
Bernsen at the ballroom of the Hollywood Renaissance
Hotel. The Newswatch episode was screened
the following evening, along with other first
place winners, at the Academy's theater.
Society
of Professional Journalists' Mark of Excellence
Regional Awards - Harrisburg PA - April 18,
2004
Best
Non-daily Television Newscast
1st - ICTV Newswatch 16 (three 2003 newscasts)
Judge's comment: "Rarely have we seen a college
news operation be able to pull off news/sports/weather
so smoothly. The anchor teams seemed comfortable
with each other. These were very watchable newscasts
from beginning to end. The students and faculty
should be proud of the work they've accomplished."
Television In-depth Reporting
2nd - Adam Aurand & John Cook
"The
Candidates & the Issues"
Television Sports Reporting
2nd) - Edward Cohen & Matthew Corsetti
"The Ooga Booga Man"
Television News Photography
3rd- Peter Busa
"Lockheed Helicopter"
Television
Feature Photography
3rd - Peter Busa
"Snowy Showdown at RPI"
Television Sports Photography
3rd- Peter Busa & Stefan Tannenbaum
"Ithaca vs. Cortland Football game"
Time
Warner Pegasys local access awards - Ithaca NY
- Feb. 20, 2004
-
Winner,
Comedy/Variety - "Thirty Minutes"
- Winner,
Religion/Philosophy - "Ultimate Utopia"
Associated
Collegiate Press - College Media Advisers Conference
- Dallas TX - November 9, 2003
-
Best
of Show in Broadcast News - Newswatch 16 - newscast
of October 21, 2003
Collegiate
Broadcasters National Student Production Awards -
College Media Advisers Conference - Dallas TX - November
7, 2003
-
First
Place - Television Sports Play-by-Play
2002
Bombers Football Ithaca v. Buffalo State game.
Announcers: Adam Aurand and Keith Hannon
- Finalist
- Newscast - Newswatch 16 - November 14, 2002
- Finalist
- Sportscast - Newswatch 16
- Finalist
- Technical Excellence - Election Center 2002
New
York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association
- Saratoga Springs NY - June 21, 2003
Alliance
for Community Media International Conference - Hometown
Video Festival, Tacoma WA - July 20, 2003
-
Election
Coverage - Non-Professional Division, for Election
Center 2002, a production of Newswatch 16
Society
of Professional Journalists - Regional Competition
- April 12, 2003
-
Second
Place - NonDaily Newscast
"Newswatch 16" cablecast live on March
26, 2002.
-
First
Place - Television Sports Photography
"Game
Day" - Peter Busa, Shannon Ross, Lindsay
Schwartz
College
Media Advisers Conference - NYC - March 22, 2003
-
Apple
Award for TV Journalism
"Newswatch 16" cablecast live on 11/14/02.
PEGASYS
- Local Time Warner Cable - Ithaca NY - Feb. 28, 2003
-
News/Informational
category
"Newswatch 16" cablecast live on 3/26/02.
Jeff Saperstone '03 was 2002 news director.
-
Comedy/Variety
category
"How May I Help You?" a sitcom written
and produced by James Wolan '03, telecast in November.
-
Religion/Philosophy
category
"Ultimate Utopia," telecast 9/14/02, a
magazine program produced by Jenny Marsella '04.
-
Arts/Event
catagory
"Magic Through Time" a multi-camera recording
of a magic show with dance troupe, produced by Adam
Levy '04 and Alex Pryor '03.
College
Media Advisers/Collegiate Broadcasters - National
Convention -
Nov. 1, 2002, Orlando
- Second
Place - Television Newscast category - Newswatch
16 (March 26, 2002 newscast)
- First
Place - Television News Reporting - "Plain
Street Bridge." Reporter: Meredith Jorgensen
Society
of Professional Journalists - Regional Competition
- Spring, 2002
-
First
place - Television Spot News Reporting
Meredith Jorgensen, reporter
Ed Nescot, photographer
"Stop Staples" on Newswatch 16, 11/13/01
-
Second
place - Television General News
Cassie Safrit, reporter
Peter Busa, photographer
"Recycling Day" on Newswatch 16, 11/8/01
-
Second
place - Television In-Depth Reporting
Ben Simmoneau, reporter
Meredith Jorgensen, photographer
"Warplane Museum Closing" from Television
Journalism 221-28600 taught by JoAnn Caplin Fall
2001, on Newswatch 16, 12/16/01
-
Third
place - Television General News
Christopher O'Leary, reporter
Michael Johnson, photographer
"Coping with Nor'easter" on Newswatch
16, 3/6/01
-
Honorable
Mention - Television Feature Reporting
Ben Dobson, reporter
"Mobility Event and Metacriticism" on
Newswatch 16, 3/8/01 and 4/10/01
College
Media Advisers/Collegiate Broadcasters - National
Convention -
October 27, 2001 New Orleans
- Second
Place - Television Newscast category - Newswatch 16
(April 8, 2001 newscast)
- The
CMA Diversity Awards - reportage on Newswatch 16 of
April 8, 10 and 12, 2001. Reporters Jenelle West, Ben
Dobson, Julie Cochran.
Society
of Professional Journalists - National Competition
- June 1, 2001
-
Television
Spot News - Sodexho-Marriott Protest - Adam Aurand,
Newswatch 16.
-
General
News Reporting - Vet School/PETA - Ben Simmoneau,
reporter, Darryl Drevna, photographer, Newswatch
16.
Society
of Professional Journalists - Region One Competition March
31, 2001
- Best
Non-Daily Newscast - Newswatch - telecasts
of March 2, Oct. 8, Dec. 7, 2000 - news directors
Ben Dobson and Jenny Rizzo
- First
Place - TV Sports Reporting - The Gridiron
Report: Ithaca v. Buffalo State, November 5, 2000
- Laura Remia, producer; Jon Alhart, reporter
- First
Place - TV Spot News Reporting - Sodexho-Marriott
Protest - December 5, 2000 - Adam Aurand, reporter;
Adam Mazzuto, photographer
- Second
Place - TV Spot News Reporting - Trash Pileup
- October 17, 2000 - Ben Simmoneau, reporter; Allison
Toole, photographer
- First
Place - General News Reporting - Vet School/PETA
- April 9, 2000 - Ben Simmoneau, reporter; Darryl
Drevna, photographer
- Second
Place - Feature Reporting -Ben Dobson and
Jeff Saperstone - Cornell Legos Competition - Feb.
24, 2000
Pegasys
16th annual Time Warner local cable awards - Feb. 12,
2001
- Best
Magazine Program Ð Behind the Scenes - Spring 2000.
Jon Mendelsohn, coordinating producer
- Best
Educational Access Program Ð Behind the Scenes
2001
Hometown Video Festival - May, 2001
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