Enloe High Senior Wins Student Emmy Award
April 21, 2009 - And the Emmy goes to…. Enloe High senior Taylor Leslie who won in the writing category for a series of commercial spoofs called “Real Teachers of Genius.” Also, Southeast Raleigh High students earned two honorable mentions.
|
Leslie is a student in the broadcasting class taught by Curry Leslie and is part of Enloe’s Eagle Productions. This is the 12th Student Emmy award in 13 years for Enloe Eagle Productions and advisor Curry Leslie. The school has a total of 23 nominations.
Leslie received the award in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presentation of its 7th Annual Regional Student Television Awards for Excellence.
The annual awards were judged by TV professionals and handed out in seven categories including sports, craft achievement and writing. There were 68 entries, with winners from across Tennessee and North Carolina.
Southeast Raleigh Magnet High students earned two honorable mentions in the competition. In the craft achievement, Devon Henry earned honorable mention for her skills in editing. In the writing category, Pat Mushid, Brooke Gooding & Garrett Fitzgerald earned honorable mention for their news report on Project Based Learning. This was the first time Southeast has entered the competition under Broadcasting Teacher, Steven O’Neill and was surprised to find out at the ceremony that Southeast is the only public high school in the country that utilizes 100% direct drive capture and broadcasts exclusively in high definition.
"The student awards are judged on the same criteria as the Emmy Awards for professionals," said Geneva M. Brignolo, executive director of the academy's Nashville chapter. "Many of the pieces that won could easily be shown, with pride, on broadcast television. And the academy can have no greater role in the industry than to foster the next generation."
The Regional Student Television Awards for Excellence are intended to be an incentive for the pursuit of excellence in television journalism and to focus public attention on outstanding achievements in television by high school students from their telecasts, cablecasts or webcasts.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in television. The Nashville/Midsouth Region encompasses the States of North Carolina (except Asheville) and Tennessee, and northern Alabama.
Thanks to Curry Leslie for providing this information on GotNews.