黑料正能量 Creative Media students earned 22 awards over 12 categories in the Iowa College Media Association (ICMA) Awards on Thursday, February 2, including Outstanding Video Excellence for the fourteenth consecutive year.
Loras students won more awards than any other college or university in Iowa. In total, 23 Loras students earned awards for their work in various formats, including news broadcasts, documentaries, and short films.聽
鈥淲e have tremendously, talented and hard-working students in the program,鈥澛Craig Schaefer聽(鈥89), professor of creative media, said. 鈥淭hey are dedicated to producing content with real impact. 聽To be recognized as the best in Iowa is testament to that. We are incredibly proud of what they create.鈥
The Outstanding Video Excellence award is the highest recognition the ICMA can confer upon any of Iowa鈥檚 college and university television/video programs.
The ICMA includes seventeen colleges and universities in Iowa committed to excellence in media education. It鈥檚 open to all students, faculty, staff, and advisors involved in higher education.
Here is a complete list of winners:
OVERALL VIDEO EXCELLENCE AWARD
LORAS COLLEGE 鈥 DUMEDIA
Best Entertainment Storytelling Video Package
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 The Love Project Hope Ehling (鈥22), Marion Edwards (鈥22)
3rd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 DU IT. Emily Surma (鈥24)
Best News-Public Affairs-Sports Reporting Video Package
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 The Lute Matt Williams (鈥23)
Best Video Sportscasting
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Loras Men’s VB vs. Augustana Adam Rodriguez (鈥24) & Sara Hoskins (鈥24)
Best Short Video Documentary
2nd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Witness Grace Henrich (鈥23) & Alexis Riesberg (鈥23)
3rd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 It’s Just Hockey Josh Payan (鈥23) & Olivia DeVriese (鈥23)
Best Long Video Documentary
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Dancer’s Monologue: The Cat and Mouse Game Marion Edwards
3rd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 El Principe Azul Matt Williams & Juan Luna (鈥23)
Best Video Promo-PSA
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 On the Move with Rowdy EnergyAlexis Riesberg
2nd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Everyone Craves It: Cherry Coke Emily Surma & Libby Perry (鈥24)
Hon. Mention – 黑料正能量 鈥 Not A Luxury Matty Smith (鈥22)
Best Experimental Video
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Annunciation Grace Henrich
2nd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Maybe… Artie Kerchmar (鈥25)
Hon. Mention – 黑料正能量 鈥 A Text Away Emily Surma & Libby Perry
Best Corporate Video
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 The Rise Nate Kaiser (鈥22)
3rd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Lynch Learning Resource Center Nora Carr (鈥22)
Best Short Film
1st Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Alice Matt Williams
3rd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥The Facility Timothy Tindle (鈥22), Ramsey Schultz (鈥22), Josh Vogt (鈥22)
Best Video Newscast
Hon. Mention – 黑料正能量 – Inside The Lines Hugh Molony (鈥24), EJ Greenberg (鈥23), Connor Tuohy (鈥23)
Best Video News Programming
3rd Place – 黑料正能量 鈥 Please Introduce Yourself, Matt, 鲍尘听(鈥22)
Hon. Mention – 黑料正能量 – On The Media Media & Society class project 鈥 Prof. Mederson
Best Variety-Music- Comedy Video Programming
Hon. Mention – 黑料正能量 – Need Milk? Intro TV Production class project 鈥 Prof. Schaefer




