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Aug. 31, 2001
Scripps Howard Foundation names winners of "Most Valuable Staffer" broadcast competition
CINCINNATI -- The Scripps Howard Foundation has named the five
winners of its second "Most Valuable Staffer" broadcast
competition, which was open to students who work at U.S.
college broadcast stations.
The winners are:
Brian
Anstey, advertising director for KRUI-FM radio
at the University of Iowa at Iowa City.
Kleber Delgado,
general manager of WNPC-TV at the State University of New
York at New Paltz.
Theodore Postula,
general manager/technical director for EmoryVision at Emory
University in Atlanta.
Lori Ann Saeki,
interim general manager at KTUH-FM radio at the University
of Hawaii at Manoa.
Denise Yoder, marketing consultant, WQME-FM radio at Anderson University in Anderson, Ind.
The five winners each will
receive a $5,000 scholarship. Winners also will receive
an all expenses paid trip to New Orleans for an awards presentation
in October during the national College Media Advisers convention,
co-sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press and College
Media Advisers. The broadcast stations where the students
work will each receive a matching $5,000 grant.
The competition was sponsored
by the Scripps Howard Foundation in cooperation with College
Media Advisers.
"Scripps Howard Foundation
is proud to recognize the accomplishments of these fine
college broadcast staffers," said Judith G. Clabes, president
and CEO of the foundation. "Each exemplifies the dedication
and talent needed to meet the unique challenges of working
at campus radio and television stations."
Chris Carroll, president
of College Media Advisers and director of student media
at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, said, "This competition
has provided a great opportunity for these deserving college
students who might not otherwise have been so well rewarded
for their hard work. Their college broadcast stations also
are happy beneficiaries thanks to the matching grants."
The competition was open
to any member of student-operated college radio or television
stations licensed for broadcast by the Federal Communications
Commission or available campus- or community-wide via a
closed circuit system. Nominees had to be enrolled as full-time
students in the college or university. They were not required
to be journalism or communications majors.
The competition was judged
by Gary Hawke, University of Kansas; John Lansing, senior
vice president of The E. W. Scripps Company’s broadcast
television station group; and Clyde Gray, news anchor, WCPO-TV,
Cincinnati.
College Media Advisers,
with more than 700 members, coast to coast, represents the
people who advise the nation’s collegiate newspapers, yearbooks,
magazines and electronic media.
Dedicated to excellence
in journalism, the Scripps Howard Foundation is a leader
in industry efforts in journalism education, scholarships,
internships, literacy, minority recruitment/development
and First Amendment causes.
Contact: Vickie Martin, Scripps Howard Foundation, 513-977-3034, vlmartin@scripps.com