National Student TV Awards

The National Television Academy chose six national winners of the Student Television Award for Excellence recognizing outstanding television journalism by high school students. Chosen from the pool of 88 regional NTA chapter award-winners, the 2004 National winners were presented their awards at the National Television Academy Trustees Award Dinner on June 3, 2004 in Los Angeles. The winners received their award from Norman Pearlstine, Editor-in-Chief, Time Inc. and Barry Meyer, Chairman and CEO, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

	The Cleveland Regional Chapter is proud to say that one of the winners was from our region. The Award for Technical Achievement went to Stephen P. Neary, a Senior from Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, for LC Current? Where It’s @: Caroline Hanna’s Dance Club. Stephen really appreciates that the National Television Academy takes the time to host such a contest and feels it’s an amazing opportunity for students and their advisors alike.
	Assisting Stephen on the award-winning production was Ines Pacheco, also a Senior (and class Salutatorian!) at Lawrence Central High School.

The National winners were chosen by a blue ribbon panel consisting of multiple Emmy Award winners, among them are: two former executive producers of network news magazine programs; a former executive producer of an arts and entertainment magazine series; a former network news senior producer; two former network field producers; a director of network sports promotion; a network documentary producer; a network technical manager and technical director; a post-production technical director and long-form editor; a former producer of sports personality profiles; three university professors of journalism; an associate director of a university news program; and the sports director of a university news program.

The National Television Academy’s Student Television Award for Excellence recognizes outstanding television journalism by high school students. The Student Award for Excellence is part of the National Student Television program which encourages and supports journalism skills among students.

Student producer/writer teams from around the nation submitted entries in six
categories in 2004: News; Arts & Entertainment/Documentary; Public ffairs/Community Service/Public Service; Sports; Technical Achievement; and Writing. All entries were originally broadcast, cablecast, or Web cast within the eligibility period from February 1, 2003 to January 31, 2004. Local winners were then eligible for recognition at the national level.

Winners from the Cleveland Regional Chapter were:

Award for Excellence in News – “Brittany Gerena - Anchor/Reporter Composite”
Award Winner: Brittany Gerena
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie

Award for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment/Documentary – “School Uniforms – Examining The Controversy”
Award Winner: Christina Kallas
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie
Crew: Mel Snyder, Brittany Gerena

Award for Excellence in Public Affairs/Community Service/Public Service –
“Meet The Candidates- A Steele News Live Special”
Award Winner: Kyle Kalister
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie
Crew: Mel Snyder, Cody Stollings, Andrea Flickinger, Brittany Gerena, Liz Lehman,
Monica Morell, Jackie Phiel, Al Bereznay, Antone DeJesus, Brian Deitz, Abby
Engelhardt, Bryan Gilles, Mallory Hawley, Jessica Hiromoto, Christina Kallas,
Rachel Newman, Brian Toth

Award for Excellence in Sports –
“Rivalry Week- Two Towns, Two Teams, One Game”
Award Winner: Brian Deitz
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie
Crew: Cody Stollings, Al Bereznay

Award for Excellence in Technical Achievement –
“Caroline Hanna's Dance Club”
Award Winner: Stephen Neary
School: LC Current, Indianapolis, Indiana
Advisor: Dan Davis
Crew: Ines Pacheco

Honorable Mentions were also awarded as follows:

Honorable Mention for News – “Steele News Live- October 6, 2003”
Honorable Mention Winner: Mel Snyder
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie
Crew: Abby Engelhardt, Cody Stollings, Brittany Gerena, Kyle Kalister, Christina Kallas, Al Bereznay, Antone DeJesus, Brian Deitz, Andrea Flickinger, Bryan Gilles, Mallory Hawley, Jessica Hiromoto, Elizabeth Lehman, Monica Morell, Rachel Newman, Jackie Phiel, Brian Toth

Honorable Mention for News – “Steele News Live December 16, 2003”
Honorable Mention Winner: Brian Deitz
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie
Crew: Rachel Newman, Brian Toth, Antone DeJesus, Kyle Kalister, Al Bereznay, Brittany Gerena, Andrea Flickinger, Jackie Phiel, Bryan Gilles, Monica Morell, Christina Kallas, Mallory Hawley, Cody Stollings, Elizabeth Lehman, Mel Snyder, Jessica Hiromoto, Abby Engelhardt

Honorable Mention for Arts and Entertainment/Documentary –
“Pancake Breakfast Commercial: Multiple Giffords”
Honorable Mention Winner: Robert Hoffman
School: Rocky River High School
Advisor: Samuel Gifford
Crew: Jordan Gourash

Honorable Mention for Arts and Entertainment/Documentary –
“Teen Pregnancy- High School Seniors... Young Mothers”
Honorable Mention Winner: Jessica Hiromoto
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie
Crew: Andrea Flickinger, Rachel Newman, Mallory Hawley

Honorable Mention for Arts and Entertainment/Documentary –
“SNL Punk'd- A Steele News Live Special Feature”
Honorable Mention Winner: Brian Toth
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie
Crew: Kyle Kalister, Antone DeJesus, Bryan Gilles

Honorable Mention for Sports –
“Varsity Boys Basketball Against Fairview”
Honorable Mention Winner: Steven Arora
School: Westlake High School
Advisor: Anthony Hoty
Crew: Matt Friedman

Honorable Mention for Sports –
“Varsity Football: Westlake Demons vs. Bay Village Rockets”
Honorable Mention Winner: Matthew Friedman
School: Westlake High School
Advisor: Anthony Hoty
Crew: Michael Kopcak, Monica Arora, Doug Bullard, Dheeraj Kumar, Nathan Dreher, Kim Kopcak, Steven Arora, Dean Buck

Honorable Mention for Sports –
“Westlake Southview Football Game”
Honorable Mention Winner: Mark Hottel
School: Westlake High School
Advisor: Anthony Hoty
Crew: Michael Kopcak, Doug Bullard, Nathan Dreher, Mrs. Hoty, Tony Chairavalle, Tony Hoty, Kim Kopcak, Matt Friedman, Steven Arora, Sheetal Kotha, Tom Kopcak, Leah Hottel

Honorable Mention for Technical Achievement –
“Mel Snyder Director- Steele News Live”
Honorable Mention Winner: Mel Snyder
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie

Honorable Mention for Technical Achievement –
“Kyle Kalister- Anchoring, Reporting and Editing Composite”
Honorable Mention Winner: Kyle Kalister
School: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio
Advisor: Mark Lowrie

Honorable Mention for Arts and Entertainment/Documentary – “Caroline Hanna's Dance Club”
Honorable Mention Winner: Stephen Neary
School: LC Current, Indianapolis, Indiana
Advisor: Dan Davis
Crew: Ines Pacheco

Honorable Mention for Technical Achievement – “Traffic Jam”
Honorable Mention Winner: Stephen Neary
School: LC Current, Indianapolis, Indiana
Advisor: Dan Davis
Crew: Christin Neary