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| “NATIONAL STUDENT AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE” Winners from New York, Florida, Ohio, Utah, Idaho, California, Hawaii New York, N. Y. – May 31, 2006 – Seven television productions, created by high school students around the country and covering a diversity of topics from living with disability to preserving cultural heritage to speeding cars and teen date violence, have been named winners of the National Student Award for Excellence presented by The Foundation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the professional organization that presents television’s coveted Emmy Awards. Each winner, chosen from more than 600 high school entries, will receive a crystal pillar engraved with a replica of the Emmy Award, at a ceremony in New York City at the Marriott Marquis on Friday, June 9 attended by 300 television industry leaders, including the National Television Academy’s Board of Trustees. The winners of this year’s National Student Television Awards, known as the “Student Emmy Awards,” include: Amherst Steele High School, Amherst, Ohio for News for “Kristina Sliman: That’s My Life,” the story of a courageous young girl living with cerebral palsy and Real Works Teen Filmmaking of Brooklyn, N.Y. for Documentary: “Happy Ending,” the autobiographical story of Chris Irrizarry, a Fort Hamilton High School student who dreams of reuniting with his mother and step-father, both recovering addicts. The winner in the Arts & Entertainment category is Orem High School of Orem, Utah for “All Tied Up,” a fictional music video about a boy who finds himself caught up in many unfortunate events. The “Student Emmy Award” in the sports category goes to Searider Productions of Waianae High School of Waianae, Hawaii for “A Paddle Through Time,” which looks at the sport of paddling as not only a high school sport but as a cultural identity and a tradition past down through generations. A series of public service announcements focusing on teen dating violence by Eagle High School of Eagle, Idaho earned the Hubbard Family Public Affairs, Community Service & Public Service Award. The award for writing will be presented to George Jenkins High School of Lakeland, Florida for its documentary “The Need for Speed,” exploring local teens’ attraction to speedracing and the dangers of speeding and illegal street races. The Technical Achievement Award goes to Carlsbad High School of Carlsbad, California for its work in the studio and in the community in presenting a live daily newscast, “CHSTV News.” Winners’ video can be seen at http://nationalstudent.tv “This year’s competition has exceeded our expectation on every level,” said Av Westin, Executive Director of The Foundation and a veteran ABC News and CBS News producer/executive. “In addition to attracting the largest number of student entries we have ever seen, the journalism and production values this year approached professional grade work. The student winners have made great use of the Internet to distribute programming and have captured their generation’s storytelling in emotional and technically superior ways, which is a credit to them, their teachers and the educational system that supports them. The National Television Academy is proud to honor them.” Now in its fourth year, the National Student Television Awards for Excellence is part of the National Television Academy’s nationwide ongoing commitment to educating the next generation of broadcast journalists and promotes “best practices” to high school producer/writer teams by using a curriculum based on two books by Mr. Westin. An award-winning producer himself, Westin has won six Emmy Awards, three Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia University Awards, two George Polk Awards, four Peabody Awards and the Albert Lasker Medical Journalism Award. The National Student Awards for Excellence winners were selected in a two-step process with hundreds of judges first naming regional winners in each of the National Television Academy’s 19 chapter regions. From these regional winners, the seven national winners were chosen by a blue ribbon panel from the television industry (many multiple Emmy Award winners) and academia, including 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; a former network field producer; 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; a university professor of journalism and four previous recipients of the National Student Television Award for Excellence. Student producer/writer teams from around the nation submitted entries in seven categories: News; Arts & Entertainment, Cultural Affairs; Documentary; Public Affairs/Community Service/Public Service; Sports; Technical Achievement; and Writing. All entries were originally broadcast, cablecast, or webcast within the eligibility period from February 1, 2005 to January 31, 2006. The Foundation is the education arm of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Foundation’s mission is to recognize and support excellence in television through educational programs including National Student Television as well as university scholarships. The Foundation Chair is Stanley S. Hubbard, Chairman of Hubbard Broadcasting and Vice Chair is Dennis Swanson, President for Station Operations, Fox Television Stations. Av Westin, a veteran television news producer, is the Executive Director of the Foundation and creator of the National Student Television Curriculum. Peter O. Price is President and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Science.
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