Mercer Island High School’s Broadcast Media Students Honored with 16 National Broadcasting Awards
Mercer Island High School’s Broadcast Media Students Honored with 16 National Broadcasting Awards
Natalie Woods
Mercer Island, WA March 1, 2023 - KMIH 88.9 The Bridge has earned 16 national awards for excellence in broadcasting from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. The annual Golden Microphone Awards were held during a live ceremony in New York on February 25, 2023. Students and staff from KMIH were in attendance. Honors included several awards for the station’s wide-ranging news coverage, as well as best celebrity interview, use of video in radio, sports coverage and best specialty music show. Students were also recognized for their leadership and management roles in areas such as business, news, sports and promotions.
KMIH Advisor and General Manager Joe Bryant says it was a welcome change to return to New York after three years of attending the conference and awards virtually.
“We had fun touring the city and brought home 16 awards as well as many excellent new ideas. I'm so proud of all the students who entered content for awards consideration and love seeing them being recognized nationally. I also am thrilled to see so many awards for our community news and events. These awards are a testament to not only the talent of our young broadcasters, but also the excellent job of our Community Outreach Coordinator and news industry veteran, Natalie Woods, who mentors the students and creates partnerships in the community."
MIHS Senior Miles Avilez took home the most awards, with four Golden Microphones for spot news, political news, community outreach and being named Best News Director. Senior Sophia Azzano and Junior Ellie Sadlier each collected two awards. Azzano for best specialty music show and best Sports Director, Sadlier for her music interview with recording artist Mary Scholz and on-air programming. Other Golden Microphone Award winners include Gil MacDonald, Dylan Shobe, Jenna Martin, Theodore Freeman, Andrew Howison, Sophie Prock, Molly Rojas, Sidh Shroff, Grace Go and Johnathan Aggar. The highly competitive IBS Awards recognizes excellence in college and high school broadcasting nation-wide.
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Mercer Island High School’s Media Technology, Filmmaking, and Storytelling Class announced today that two student works have been named Best Student Works in the record breaking 44th Annual Telly Awards.
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The grant from MISF provided students with two workshops with a guest artist from Seattle Shakespeare. In one of the workshops students were guided by the guest artist in the language, characterization, and world of Shakespeare.
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The MIHS team represented Mercer Island by bringing their ‘A’ game to these challenging events by exhibiting poise, determination, grit, creativity, and sheer hard work. There were 253 MIHS DECA students that began the year with the Area 3 DECA competition in January. Five MIHS students made it onto the stage as finalists in Orlando out of the 22,000 students that competed.
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This afternoon at Mercer Island High School (MIHS) a new campaign called "Island Space" was launched by Mercer Island Youth and Family Services (MIYFS) and SAFE (Super Awesome Fun Events) Club students.
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The National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) hosted their 34th annual conference, the National Services-Learning Conference, in Nashville, Tennessee from April 2 to April 5.
