By: Sabrina Pizziol
University of Miami students took the nation by storm at the 57th Annual National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition, receiving several nominations and taking home eight awards. UMTV’s Spanish-language news show, UniMiami, was recognized as the Best Video Newscast (Prerecorded) making it the first award the program has won.
“It was definitely a long-time coming,” said Alexa Eckembrecher, one of the executive producers of UniMiami. “It would have never happened if it weren’t for all the members that worked on this program before me and my co-EP, Bryan Acevedo, and all of those that continue to participate now.”
The annual competition is hosted by NBS-AERho, the nation’s only collegiate honor society for electronic media students. Universities nationwide compete each year to receive recognition on their work in a range of media categories from podcasts and magazines, to music videos and sports programs.
As for the future of UniMiami, Eckembrecher says it will “continue to uphold its values of creativity and perseverance, in order to hopefully continue to be recognized for its distinction.”
Below is a list of the winners:
Video Feature Segment
Hero for a Hero by Erika Orstad
Video Newscast (Live) – Tie
UMTV: NewsVision “MDS Massacre 1 Year After” by Tommy Fletcher, Justin Stevens, Rebekah Chung, Jenna Weiss, and Ben Ezzy
Video Newscast (Prerecorded)
UMTV UniMiami Show by Alexa Eckembrecher and Bryan Acevedo
Video Sports Segment
Seeing Life Through A Different Lens by Josh White
Video Sports Program
SportsDesk by Amanda Fuentes, Valerie Ferrante, and Luis Gonzalez
Video Comedy Segment
UMTV: Off the Wire “Good for Anything” by Jeremy Erdheim, Alberto Lopez, and Kate Styles
Video Comedy Program
UMTV: Off the Wire Episode 179 by Jeremy Erdheim, Alberto Lopez, Danny LaRose, and Victoria Stewart
Outstanding Multi-Camera Direction
UMTV: NewsVision 10-24-2019 by Ben Ezzy
