* TV-10 students won EIGHT Student Silver Dome awards in the Illinois Broadcasters' Association's 2007 competition, more than any other university.

*TV-10 won first place awards in THREE of the six TV categories:
First place in Longform Programming for Centerstage
First place in Photojournalism for Erin McCormick
First place in TV Spot for "How It Ends"

TV-10 won five third place awards:
Longform Programming for Hollywood Corner
TV Spot for Miller Park Zoo
TV News Pack for Mandolin Player by Matt Zickus
TV Sports Pack for ISU Paintball by Drew Smith
TV Newscast for the TV-10 News at Noon

ILLINOIS NEWS BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION - SPRING 2007
Kirsten Korth and Michelle Mantel won two of the four INBA scholarships awarded at the Spring Convention. Kirsten is a newsroom intern at KPLR-TV, St. Louis and is hoping to work as a producer or assignment editor. Michelle is a reporter intern at WEEK-TV, Peoria and is working part-time at WJBC-AM, Bloomington while looking for reporting jobs.

"The LineUp" was named Best Hard News Program for the second year in a row. Director/Editor Bill Malott accepted the award on behalf of "The LineUp's" cast and crew, including Executive Producer Jake Flanigan.

"Hollywood Corner" received Honorable Mention in the Best Soft News Program category. Host/Producer Jeff Conway is pictured with Alexis Cory '06, who launched the show.

COMMUNICATION WEEK 2007

Outstanding Alumni

Journalism Bob Arya '89 spent nearly 20 years as a reporter and anchor, primarily at CLTV, Chicago. He is now the Chief Advisor to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Arya is pictured with former TV-10 News Director Jay Groves '81, M.S. '83

Outstanding Students

Mass Communication Bill Malott has been a photographer, editor, reporter, anchor and show director at TV-10. He also is a key member of the US Cellular Coliseum crew and shoots part-time at WMBD-TV, Peoria. (pictured with TV-10 News Director Laura Trendle Polus)
Journalism Colleen McCormick '07 was TV-10's Newsroom Manager, along with producing, reporting and anchoring newscasts. She also worked on the news and sports staff at WZND radio. She interned at WBBM-TV in Chicago in Summer 2006. She is now the Daybreak producer at WTVO-TV, Rockford.

TV-10 won five Student Silver Dome Awards from the Illinois Broadcasters' Association in October 2006.

Christine Van Fleet '06, Alexis Cory '06, Noah Brooks '05, Katie Kerke '06 and Jake Flannigan '07 -- First Place -- TV News Pack for "White Sox Riot" - students covered the jubilation on the Quad after the White Sox' World Series victory in September 2005.

Ji-Heon Ha, Korean exchange student from Dong-Ah Broadcasting College -- First Place -- TV Sports Pack for "Kung Fu Master," which featured a Bloomington man who studies and teaches an ancient form of Kung Fu

Christine Van Fleet '06 -- First Place -- TV Spot for a 30-second high-energy graphics piece promoting Student Television Workshop shows

Kim Behrens '07, Doug Rohrer '07 and Meg Savage '07 -- Honorable Mention -- TV Spot for a public service announcement about the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal

Christine Van Fleet, '06, Katie Kerke, '06, Leslie Kearby, '06, Brittany Cohen '07, Diana Salmonson '08, Seth King '06 -- Honorable Mention -- TV Longform Programming for "Miles to Go" -- a magazine-style program about ISU, featuring a segment on Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater and how it was started by ISU theater alums

TV-10 sports show named "Best in the State" in 2006 contest; Three other awards received by ISU

Three awards for TV-10 at 2005 Student Silver Domes

Noah Brooks, Mailynn McKinney and Jason Parkinson -- First Place -- Best TV Spot
TV-10 News at Noon -- Honorable Mention -- Best Newscast
Photographer Christine Van Fleet -- Honorable Mention -- Best Sports Package

TV-10 Students won three Student-Illinois News Broadcasters Awards at the Spring INBA Convention in Decatur in April 2005.

TV-10 On Location -- First Place -- Hard News Program
Tech Bin -- First Place -- Soft News Program
Christine Van Fleet -- Honorable Mention -- Best Photography

TV-10 Founder's Award

Meghan Fisher is the 2005 recipient of the TV-10 Founder's Award, created to honor Jeff Hawkinson, who was TV-10's first news director and was instrumental in the creation of the program in 1974. Hawkinson went on to a very successful career in television journalism and corporate communication.  Despite failing health, he and his wife Cathi have maintained an active interest in TV-10 and its students. The award is presented each year to an outstanding graduating senior.
Fisher, a Bartonville, Illinois native, has been working as a news producer at WHOI-TV, Peoria since her May 2005 graduation. While at TV-10, she worked as a photographer, reporter, producer and anchor, and was the producer and host of "TV-10 On Location," a magazine-style show that won first place (hard news program) from the Illinois News Broadcasters Association in April 2005.
The first Founder's Award was presented to student Alexandra Bennett at the TV-10 30th anniversary reunion in 2004. She is pictured here with Jeff Hawkinson.
Bennett was a reporter, producer and anchor during her three semesters at TV-10 News. After an internship at WMBD-TV, Peoria, she was hired as a general assignment reporter at WTWO-TV, Terre Haute.

TV-10 student Michael Rigsby received four Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society for Professional Journalists. The awards include first and second place in television sports reporting and second and third place in radio sports reporting.

Daralene Jones, 2002 National Association of Black Journalists' Summer Intern Winner, $6,000 stipend to intern as a reporter at WRTV-TV in Indianapolis.

Also awarded $5,000 NABJ scholarship which she'll use toward her graduate studies at the U of I-Springfield, Public Affairs Reporting program in the 2002-2003 school year. Pictured with former TV-10 News Director Karin Schwanbeck.

Scott Sill, 2001 College Media Advisors' National Award winner, 1st Place, National Best TV Production. Pictured with former TV-10 Production Director John Fisk.

Karin Schwanbeck, former News Director, wins Morris Berman Teaching Award 2001, National Press Photographers' Association. Pictured with Morris Berman.

Adam Harris won the Society of Professional Journalists' National Mark of Excellence Award, 1st Place, Best Sports Reporting. Pictured with former Illinois State University President Dr. Victor Boschini.