Manship senior places second in Hearst Awards TV Features Competition
01/06/2016
Manship senior Taylor Curet has placed second in the TV Features Competition of the .
鈥淚 was excited and proud when Cindy Carter called and told me the news,鈥� said Curet. 鈥淧ersonally, I was proud because I finished 11th in last year鈥檚 Hearst Awards, so it was nice to see I鈥檝e improved the second go-round.鈥�
Curet submitted two stories for the competition that he did as a part of MC 4260 Long-Format Video Production course taught by Cindy Carter last spring. The first story submitted was about Caley Oquist, a 海角社区 swimmer who was inspired to make the 海角社区 swim team after her mother passed away from cancer. 鈥淭his story was definitely the most emotional piece I鈥檝e worked on, but also the most gratifying because of how much Caley said it meant to her,鈥� said Curet. 鈥淣ot coincidentally, I put more thought and effort into this story than any other one I鈥檝e done.鈥� The second story Curet submitted takes a look at what happens when the homeless pass away. 鈥淭he story is about funerals put on for the forgotten,鈥� he said.
鈥淚 am proud to represent 海角社区 and the Manship School because I鈥檝e learned so much from professors like Cindy Carter and Tad Odell, and also from working with Tiger TV,鈥漵aid Curet. 鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to see 海角社区 get some recognition because there isn鈥檛 a school or program I鈥檇 rather be a part of.鈥�
The top five winners of the TV Features Competition will submit additional TV feature stories for the semi-final round of judging in March. Following the semi-finals, five television finalists will be chosen to participate in the 2016 Championship in San Francisco, along with the radio, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.
The 56th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program is held in 108 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs. The Broadcast News Competition was added in 1988 to Program which also includes writing, photojournalism, and multimedia competitions and offers awards totaling up to $500,000.
Submitted TV features by Taylor Curet:
Swimmer package (originally aired March 12, 2015):
Funeral package (originally aired April 30, 2015):