WOUB students have been nominated for college student production awards

Twenty current and former WOUB students have been nominated for three different Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2023 College Student Production Awards.

“We are very proud of the work our students produce to serve the 55-county, three-state region WOUB covers,” said WOUB Editor-in-Chief Atish Baidya. “To be recognized in this way is a testament to the time and effort students at WOUB dedicate to doing the very best they can for the people in our region.”

Claire Schiopota, Matthew Gebhart, Lexi Lepof, Andre Norrils, Jack Demmler, Emma Dollenmayer, Taylor Mondragon, Silver Barker, Dylan Theisen and Jacob Motta were nominated in the Newscast or News Report category for NewsWatch Special Report: The Future of Higher Education in Southeast Ohio.

In the Sports Story/Segment, Sports Program, or Live Sporting Event category, Adam Schlosser, Parker Kopronica, Aidan Cagna, Audrey Paquette, Hailey Hollinger, Bryce Tinson and Conor Mallonn were nominated for Hardwood Heroes (Season 13 Episode 6), and Dylan Theisen, Jacob Motta, Max Brunke, Adam Schlosser, Chloe Gee and Jack Demmler were nominated for Gridiron Glory (Season 23 Episode 7). Demmler was also nominated individually in the Talent News or Sports category for his sports reel.

The recipients of the College Student Production Awards will be announced during a virtual ceremony on Sunday, September 17.

About The Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television. Our mission is to serve our members, promote the highest standards in television professionalism and recognize excellence in television throughout our region with the coveted regional Emmy^® award.

About WOUB Public Media

As a member station of both NPR and PBS, WOUB Public Media is a trusted source of news, local content and educational resources that have proven to be worthy of the time, effort and support of our users. WOUB, an experiential-learning unit of the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, is a non-profit, community-supported multimedia organization which provides online and broadcast services, along with non-broadcast educational services and student professional development. WOUB serves 55 counties throughout southeastern Ohio, western West Virginia and eastern Kentucky with its broadcast signals. WOUB Radio’s FM Network has transmitters in Athens, Chillicothe, Ironton, Zanesville and Cambridge, while WOUB AM serves the immediate Athens area. WOUB TV is made up of seven television channels (WOUB HD, WOUB Classic, WOUB World, WOUB Create, WOUB Ohio, WOUB Kids and WOUB Voicecorps Reading Service) which are broadcast from two transmitters.

Through its support of public service, teaching, research and administrative missions, along with its high-quality local content and programming, WOUB enriches, enhances and expands the lives and horizons of the people in the communities it serves, as well as Ohio University faculty, staff and students.