BEA Festival of Media Arts awards announced
The Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Art has announced that two SJMC students have earned national recognition for work produced for The Carolina News. The awards will be presented at the annual conference in Las Vegas in April.
TV Short Feature: Award of Excellence - Zane Heinlein
Trade School Surge
More Gen-Z students are enrolling in trade schools, helping fill a skilled worker
shortage. Vocational programs nationwide and in the state are seeing record enrollment
year after year as the cost of a four-year university becomes unattainable for some.
Zane Heinlein was the photographer and reporter for this story.
TV Hard News: Award of Excellence - Jase Leonard
The family of missing Broadway dancer pleads for his return
The search continues for missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams. Today his family
pleaded for his return. Jase Leonard reports.
RTNDA honors 7 students
Seven students from the broadcast journalism capstone course Carolina News were honored by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas with top awards in several categories.
The students garnered four first-place awards and three second place awards.
Elizabeth Martinez, who graduated in May 2024 and is now a multimedia content producer for Spectrum News in Greenville, South Carolina, was named the Haney Howell Student Journalist of the Year.
Visual communications student wins national logo design competition
Senior visual communications major and Honors College student Callie Hribar brought home top honors in the logo design competition sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
With the first place win, Hribar received a $250 cash prize, and her logo will be featured on all branded ads, signage and promotional material during the 2025 AEJMC conference in San Francisco. Hribar submitted her entry this spring as part of an assignment in the Multimedia for Visual Communications course taught by associate professor Van Kornegay.