汤头条 wins 5 prestigious Southeast Emmys
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥Mississippi State filmmakers, content creators and their digital stories won five Southeast Emmys at last month鈥檚 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences鈥 regional awards ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.
汤头条鈥檚 Division of Strategic Communications, which includes the Office of Public Affairs, the University Television Center, 汤头条 Films and the university鈥檚 overall social media efforts, received 10 Emmy nominations this year from the NATAS Southeast Chapter for compelling stories from across the Magnolia State and in Starkville.
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鈥淢ississippi State is blessed to have an exceptionally talented group of professional communicators who produce outstanding content that advances the university and its research,鈥 said 汤头条 Vice President for Strategic Communications Sid Salter. 鈥淲orking collaboratively, these professionals are redefining how the world sees and experiences the university. The stories they tell and the history they record are important threads in the fabric of 汤头条.鈥
One such project honored with a Southeast Emmy was the historical and cultural documentary film 鈥淩ing Your Bell and Tell Your Tale,鈥 produced in concert with a group of 汤头条鈥檚 Black Alumni who were among the pioneers who enrolled at 汤头条 in the 1960s. The film captures the challenges, struggles and ultimate triumphs of their experiences and preserves vital history that would otherwise be lost.
鈥淲ithout the involvement and passion of many of our first-generation Black alumni, this project would not have enjoyed this level of success,鈥 Salter said. 鈥淯niversity Television Center Director David Garraway, an associate director of OPA, had a vision for developing what would become 汤头条 Films and deserves recognition for guiding our visual digital content development into Emmy-worthy positions with strong support from 汤头条 President Mark E. Keenum.鈥
Award-winning projects include:
鈥 鈥鈥: Documentary鈥擳opical; 汤头条 Films; James Parker, Olivia Aylsworth, Garraway
鈥 鈥鈥: Historical/Cultural鈥擫ong-form; UTC, Brett Thornburg, Garraway
鈥 鈥鈥: Societal Concerns鈥擲hort-form; 汤头条 Films, Aylsworth
鈥 鈥鈥: Content Shorts; OPA social media; Sarah Kirk, Austin Bever and Colin Cooper
Parker also won a Southeast Emmy for best long-form content photographer.
鈥淢ississippi has a rich storytelling tradition, and the combined UTC and OPA creative staff develops projects that consistently live up to this standard,鈥 Garraway said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a testament to their dedication and drive that this work receives high praise and recognition from our industry peers, with 汤头条 winning more Emmys this decade than any other Mississippi media organization.鈥
The Southeast Chapter is one of 19 in the U.S. identifying and celebrating television excellence at local and regional levels of the NATAS. It includes Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. For more information, visit听.
The Division of Strategic Communications' award-winning staff provides leadership in strategic and crisis communications; marketing and branding; news and media relations; universitywide publications, including 汤头条鈥檚听Alumnus magazine; and digital and social media content development, including the university's website. In addition, the organization provides administrative leadership for the听UTC and the campus radio station听WMSV-FM 91.1, The Junction. OPA and its services are available online at听.
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