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UMTV’s NewsVision Receives Emmy Nomination

Coral Gables, FL (Oct . 22, 2009) - UMTV’s NewsVision has been nominated for a 2009 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award. The nominated newscast aired on April 16, 2009 and was produced by Seniors Chris Nielsen and Rory Lincoln, and anchored by Ryan Hughes, B.S.C. ‘09, and Senior Jenna King. The show led with a story on University of Miami students who were being evicted from their rental units due to foreclosure. Winners will be announced at the Emmy dinner on Dec. 5 in Orlando.

The Suncoast Chapter of the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences offers the annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards to television markets in the entire State of Florida, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans, LA, Mobile, AL, Thomasville, GA, and Puerto Rico.

UMTV’s NewsVision is produced twice a week by undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Communication. The half-hour news program covers local, state, national and international news with materials produced by University of Miami students and CNN. School of Communication Professors Andy Barton, Terry Bloom and Ellen Fleysher serve as faculty advisors to the show. NewsVision airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Comcast Cable channel 96. For more information on UMTV, visit http://umtv.miami.edu/.

To watch the Emmy nominated show, visit:
http://umtv.miami.edu/site/admin/show_news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1239926701&archive=&template=