Loyalist media students receive awards

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Ten students from Loyalist College’s Interactive Media Development – Film & Television Production and Broadcasting – Radio programs received Canadian Media Educators (CME) National Student Awards for producing outstanding work.

At the CME Awards Gala in Canmore, Alberta late last month, eight Loyalist students placed first and three students received an honourable mention in four of the 12 video categories, and one student placed first in one of the nine audio categories.

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“We are proud of our students’ achievements,” said Ann Drennan, senior vice-president academic and chief learning officer at Loyalist College. “Being recognized on a national level by CME reinforces the excellent teaching and learning environment Loyalist’s faculty members facilitate and we look forward to seeing how these students contribute to film, television and broadcast industries in the future.”

The CME National Student Awards Program recognizes and rewards the unique combination of creativity and technical excellence demonstrated by students in radio, television/video, photography and animation taught in CME member institutions. Over 140 entries from colleges and universities across Canada were submitted to the 2019 CME National Student Awards Program.

Loyalist was represented by:

First Place – Series Production – “StreamFlip”; Interactive Media Development – Film & Television Production students: Christopher Ashby, Jordan Goncalves, Casey Moffatt and Jonny Eves-Kinsley

First Place – Commercial/PSA – “Creative Claude”; Interactive Media Development – Film & Television Production student: Karlie Armstrong

First Place – Corporate/Client Based – “Quinte Symphony”; Interactive Media Development – Film & Television Production students: Jairus Leeson and Sara Phillips

First Place – Station Imaging – “I am Santa Claus”; Broadcasting – Radio student: Martin Richardson

Honourable Mention – Doc Long – “Down VII, UP VIII”; Interactive Media Development – Film & Television Production students: Jairus Leeson, Sara Phillips, Rebecca Huntington and Andrew Tulett