Digital Media Students Earn 39 ICMA Honors

KBVU again named Iowa College Radio Station of the Year in Iowa College Media Association awards contest.

BVU digital media students display awards they earned in the 2022 Iowa College Media Association contest.
Digital media majors and participants at Buena Vista University gathered following an awards ceremony in which certificates and plaques from the Iowa College Media Association were handed out. Included are, front row, from left: Cody Holtgrewe, Joshua Tigges, Clayton Van Horn, Joceline Medina, and Andrew Fox. Second row, from left: Hunter Vasey, Morgan Krull, Trinity Grimord, Daniel Meissner, Rocio Flores-Gonzalez, Austin West, and Charisma Mendez. Back row, from left: Collin Imhoff, Tyler Grames, Blake McMillan, Rachel Hardy, Jadyn Forbes, Max Olsan, Joshua Woolcott, and Dylan Foote.

Buena Vista University earned 39 awards, including two major honors, in the Iowa College Media Association’s annual contest held in February.

For the third time in four years, KBVU was named the Iowa College Radio Station of the Year. BVU senior Blake McMillan, of KBVU, also earned the coveted First Amendment Award for his work, “Art Censorship: The First Amendment and Visual Arts.”

All told, BVU students earned 11 first-place awards representing efforts within programming at BVTV, KBVU, and The Tack.

“We are so proud of what our digital media students and programs have done in the past year,” says Dr. Andrea Frantz, Professor of Digital Media. “BVU students earned 39 awards in a contest that’s becoming more competitive each year with the addition of other colleges in Iowa. Student productions in print/online, multimedia, audio, and video continue to help shape what others across Iowa are doing in this ever-dynamic field.”

“Our students can be proud of themselves as they did very well,” says Jerry Johnson, Assistant Professor of Digital Media. “Students enjoyed seeing these results and it spurred several conversations already about upcoming projects that will be part of next year’s contest.”

Frantz and Johnson presented the honors to students during a recent reception in Lage Communications Center that coincided with the ICMA ceremony that was held virtually due to COVID-19 concerns.

Here’s a look at the following Iowa College Media Association award winners from the BVU digital media department:

Video

  • 1st Place—Best Variety Music Comedy Video: Morgan Krull, Hunter Vasey “BVTV Tonight! Gets Cancelled ‘Best Friends Forever’”
  • 1st Place—Best Video Sportscasting: Daniel Meissner, Clayton Van Horn, Cody Holtgrewe, Rocio Flores-Gonzales, and BVTV crew “BVU v. Luther Football, Sept. 25, 2021”
  • 1st Place—Best Video Promo or PSA: Clayton Van Horn, Colin Imhoff, Zach Hess “LaJuanita’s Commercial”
  • 2nd Place—Best Short Film: Zach Hess “Lakeshore Drive”
  • 3rd Place—Best Video News Programming: Joshua Tigges, “AgriVista”
  • 3rd Place—Best Short Film: Zach Hess, Clayton Van Horn “Date Night”
  • 3rd Place—Best Video Promo or PSA: Charisma Mendez, Jordyn Daggs-Olson, Clayton Van Horn “Don’t be Afraid—Join BVTV”
  • 3rd Place—Best Experimental Video: Clayton Van Horn “BVU v. Luther Football Hype”
  • 3rd Place—Best Corporate Video: Jordyn Daggs-Olson, Nick Henrichs, Evan Grant “BVTV Tour (DIGI Day 2020)”
  • Honorable Mention—Best Video Sportscasting: Daniel Meissner, Clayton Van Horn and BVTV crew “BVU v. Central College men’s basketball March 11, 2021”
  • Honorable Mention—Best Corporate Video: Autumn McClain, Daniel Meissner, Cody Holtgrewe “KBVU Tour (DIGI Day 2020)”
  • Honorable Mention—Best Video Short Documentary: Nick Henrichs “365 Fever”

Audio

  • 1st Place—Best PSA or Promo: Colin Imhoff and Jadyn Forbes “Vaccine PSA #1”
  • 1st Place—Best Podcast: Joshua Tigges “The Positive Point”
  • 1st Place—Best Newscast: Colin Imhoff “Beaver Bulletin”
  • 1st Place—Best News Programming: Joshua Tigges “Buena Vista University Ag News”
  • 1st Place—Best Sports Broadcast: Austin West “BVU Softball v. Coe”
  • 1st Place—Best Long-Form Audio Story: Morgan Krull “From Drought to Derecho”
  • 2nd Place—Best PSA or Promo: Tanner Frost “Summer of Fun”
  • 2nd Place—Best Podcast: Joceline Medina “Sex Talk”
  • 2nd Place—Best Show (Entertainment): Joshua Woolcott and Clayton Van Horn “Untitled Radio Show”
  • 2nd Place—Best Sports Broadcast: Austin West and Daniel Meissner “BVU Baseball v. Coe”
  • 2nd Place—Best Long-Form Audio Story: Max Olsan “Sports Amid Pandemic”
  • 3rd Place—Best Long-Form Audio Story: Charisma Mendez “Mental Health in Storm Lake Community”
  • 3rd Place—Best PSA or Promo: Charisma Mendez “COVD-19 Vaccine PSA (Spanish)”
  • 3rd Place—Best Podcast: Austin West and Lavelle Harris “Football UNFocused”

Multimedia & Print/Online

  • 1st Place—Best Feature Photo: Joshua Tigges “The Digital Age”
  • 1st Place—Best Review: Joceline Medina “Patio 220: A Review”
  • 2nd Place—Best Multimedia Slideshow: Joshua Tigges “The Birds I Raise”
  • 2nd Place—Best Print/Online Sports Reporting: Nicola Veltri “The Fifth and Final Season”
  • 2nd Place—Best Feature Photo: Trinity Grimord “Cool Science”
  • 2nd Place—Best Graphic or Illustration: Dylan Foote “Dr. Carlos Acosta-Ponce: Graphic Novel Super-Nerd”
  • 3rd Place—Best Sports Photo: Colin Imhoff “Evans Shot on Goal”
  • 3rd Place—Best Headline: Colin Imhoff “Max Murphy: Knee-d for Speed”
  • Honorable Mention—Best Headline: Blake McMillan, Hunter Vasey, Hannah Kramer “It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a New Professor!”
  • Honorable Mention—Best Opinion: Hunter Vasey “The Freedom of Religion Must End Where it Infringes on Others’ Rights”
  • Honorable Mention—Best Sports Photo: Jadyn Forbes “Something to Celebrate”

Radio Station of the Year—KBVU

First Amendment—KBVU/Blake McMillan: “Art Censorship: The First Amendment and Visual Arts”

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