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July 8, 2002 Volume 27, Issue 1 |
Communication professionals in several Mississippi State offices are bringing home top awards from recent statewide competition.
Staff members at the campus radio station WMSV-FM, the University Television Center and the agricultural communications office received a combined total of 27 awards in separate competitions sponsored by the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters and the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi. Ten gold and five first-place awards, the highest given by the respective organizations, were among the MSU honors.
Specifically:
--WMSV collected five golds at the recent broadcast association convention in Gulfport. The recognitions involved the station's special 9/11 coverage, mid-day news program, two public service announcements, and a baseball promotional spot.
--The University Television Center received three MAB golds for "Insight," a student-produced newscast; the Coach Ron Polk show highlighting MSU baseball; and a public service announcement related to Black History Month.
--Agricultural communications, which serves the MSU Extension Service and other related programs, was awarded two MAB golds for a public service announcement about MSU-developed turf grass at the 2001 World Series and a program related to a state lumber enterprise.
MAB Silver Awards included:
--One to WMSV for its morning newscast.
--Two to the television center for the ThisWeek@MsState and "MSU On-Air" programs.
--Three to agricultural communications for "Southern Gardening with Norman Winter," a public service spot related to tailwater irrigation recycling and a public affairs program focusing on sunset corn maize.
In addition, agricultural communications staff members were presented with a total of 11 awards-including five first places-at the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi's annual meeting. These included:
--First place for the College of Veterinary Medicine bulletin, a television program titled "Catch a Dream," a video presentation on the 4-H Centennial, the Web page msucares.com, and a public relations innovation titled MediaLink 2001.
--Second place for a television news story on corn yields, a segment on the weekly television program "Farmweek" and a segment of "Farmweek" on Public Radio in Mississippi.
--Third place for the magazine MAFES Research Highlights, a video spot for the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, and the Farmweek Web site.