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SHS Video Production Class Shines at MIPA Contest
Eleven Saline students won broadcast journalism awards.
Perhaps Saline High School is home to the next Edward R. Murrow, Dan Rather, or Katie Couric. After all, eleven Saline High School students were honored for their video productions skills at the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) spring competition held in Lansing, Michigan on April 17.
Seniors Jill Borowski and John Alex Pearsall and junior Ryan Marcus served as the highlight of the day’s competition, an annual event that honors students from across the state for their excellence in print, yearbook and broadcast journalism. The team placed first in the On-Site Video Competition, topping 11 other teams that were challenged to produce a news story about “technology dependency” in less than four hours.
“I found (the On-Site video contest) to be a very challenging and rewarding experience,” Pearsall said. “We thought we might have a chance at winning, but we were still really surprised when we saw the results.”
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While Saline students faired well in the On-Site contest—Saline also took the second spot behind the work of junior Alex Cyburt and seniors Jacob Farah and Taybor Pepper—they also were successful in the categories that required submissions from the school year.
Pepper and junior Lexie Dawson placed second in the Sports Story and Field Reporter categories, respectively. Dawson, along with seniors Samar Niazi and Evan Beardsley, took third place for their News Story/News Package entry. In addition, Niazi nabbed another third place finish with her partner senior Rae Woody for their production of a commercial. Finally, senior Marissa Hall-Burkhart won two honorable mentions in the Feature Story competition.
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All told, the students took home 19 awards in six categories, not bad considering this was the first time the Video News Production class entered videos to the competition for judging. According to teacher Nate Bush, students entered a total of 10 videos and won awards for nine of them.
“I’m incredibly proud of my students,” Bush said. “They’ve done an outstanding job all year. It’s nice to see them get some recognition for their work.”
To see episodes and examples of the Video News Production classes’ work, go to www.vimeo.com/shsvideo.
