Past Awards

2009-2023

Southeast Emmy

2022 Student Production Award Nominee – Non-Fiction (Long Form): “Beyond the Month: The Historic Black and Slave Cemeteries of Rome, GA

2021 Student Production Award Nominee – News Report (Serious): “Students Protest During Berry’s 2020 Mountain Day”

2021 Student Production Award Nominee – News Report (Serious): “The 2020 Freshman Experience: Mental Health”

2021 Student Production Award Nominee – Public Service Announcement: “Domestic Violenc

2019 Student Production Award Winner – General Assignment Light News: “The school within a school: Berry students devote their time to early childhood education”

2019 Student Production Award Winner – Sports: “Runs in the Family”

2019 Student Production Award Nominee – Photographer: Beth Ann DeKeizer, “Finger Guns”

2018 Student Production Award Winner – Photographer: Eric Jackson , “The History Project”

2018 Student Production Award Nominee – General Assignment Light News: “Pet housing welcomes unorthodox furry friend”

2018 Student Production Award Nominee – Sports: “Berry football secures conference championship”

2018 Student Production Award Nominee – Sports: “Tim Tebow, trading touchdowns for homeruns”

2017 Student Production Award Winner – Arts & Entertainment: “Film War”

2017 Student Production Award Winner – Sports: “Senior Football Spotlight”

2017 Student Production Award Winner – Photographer: Eric Jackson and Chris Scott, “Me and My Camera”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – General Assignment Light News: “Students run community garden”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Arts & Entertainment: “Wireless Fidelity”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Short Form Fiction: “Ay, Mi Amor”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Long Form Fiction: “Pretending”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Long Form Fiction: “Imperia”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Director: Ryan Warrick, “Jude”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Director: Eric Jackson and Chris Scott, “Me and My Camera”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Editor: Ryan Warrick, “Jude”

2017 Student Production Award Honorable Mention – Photographer: Ryan Warrick, “Jude”

2016 Outstanding Achievement: Television Student Production Excellence Winner – “Sunrise”

2016 Outstanding Achievement: Television Student Production Excellence Nominee – “The Studio Awakens”

2016 Outstanding Achievement: Television Student Production Excellence Nominee – “Welcome to Valhalla”

2015 Outstanding Achievement: Television Student Production Excellence Nominee – “Green Lady Episode 3”

2014 Outstanding Achievement: Television Student Production Excellence Nominee – “The Calculus Priority Dispute”

2011 Outstanding Achievement: Television Student Production Excellence-Student Production – College Winner “The Conference Room”

EPPY

2023 Editor & Publisher Best College/University Investigative/Documentary Runner-Up – “Georgia v. Foster: Episode 1”

2018 Editor & Publisher Best College/University News or Event Feature Finalist – “Florence’s Le Murate: Historically closed space transforms into a cultural, social hub”

2016 Editor & Publisher Best College/University Investigative or Documentary Feature Finalist – “The Things They Carry”

2016 Editor & Publisher Best College/University Newspaper Website Finalist – “Viking Fusion”

2015 Editor & Publisher Best College/University News or Event Feature Finalist – “How Rome’s wealth and income are geographically linked”

2014 Editor & Publisher Best College/University News or Event Feature Video Finalist – “The Art of Protesting in Madrid”

2011, 2012 & 2013 Editor & Publisher Best College/University Journalism Website Finalist

2012 Editor & PublisherBest College/University Investigative or Documentary Report Finalist – “An Italian history: How one Jewish family survived Italy’s fascist persecution”

College Broadcast, Inc.

2023 National Student Production Awards: Best Audio Documentary 3rd Place – “Georgia v. Foster: Episode 1”

2023 National Student Production Awards: Best Video PSA 3rd Place – “Cybersmile”

2023 National Student Production Awards: Short Film Fiction 4th Place – “Hot Meat”

2022 National Student Production Awards: Best Best Student Media Website 4th Place – Viking Fusion

2022 National Student Production Awards: Best General Entertainment Program 3rd Place – “Reality Check: Episode 2”

2021 National Student Production Awards: Best PSA 3rd Place- “Dangers of Dating”

2021 National Student Production Awards: Best Live Sports Broadcast 4th Place – “Berry Football vs Rhodes College”

2021 National Student Production Awards: Best Live Sports Broadcast 2nd Place – “Berry Softball vs Centre College”

2020 National Student Production Awards: Best Student Media Website 2nd Place – Viking Fusion

2020 National Student Production Awards: Best Social Media Presence 3rd Place – Viking Fusion

2019 National Student Production Awards: Best PSA 3rd Place – “Domestic Violence”

2019 CBI Visual Media Festival: Short Film Fiction Winner“My Roommate the Alien”

2018 Best Vodcast Winner – “Sanctuary”

2018 Best Live Production Winner – “Berry Volleyball vs Emory University”

2018 Best Comedy 2nd Place – “That’s Sketchy: Jail Time

2018 Best Vodcast 2nd Place – “Not Enough

2018 Best Comedy 3rd Place – “That’s Sketchy: Intervention

2018 Best General Entertainment 4th Place – “Wreckage

2017 Best General Entertainment 2nd Place – COM 425: “Transaction”

2017 Best Vodcast Winner – “Me and My Camera”

2017 Best Special Broadcast 4th Place – “Jude”

2017 Best PSA Video 4th Place – COM 425: “Slavery”

2016 Best Comedy Winner – “Ay, Mi Amor”

2016 Best Comedy 2nd Place – “Wireless Fidelity”

2016 Best Vodcast Winner – “The Studio Awakens”

2016 Best Station Promo 4th Place – “Welcome to Valhalla”

2015 Best PSA Finalist “Cancer PSA”

2015 Best Student Media Website Finalist – “Viking Fusion”

2014 Best PSA Finalist – “Child Abuse” by Taylor Jackson

2014 Best Promo Finalist – “Viking Fusion App Promo”

2014 Best Student Media Website Finalist – “Viking Fusion”

2013 Best General Entertainment Program Winner- “Going Up – Episode 5”

2013 Best Vodcast Finalist“Roll Call”

2013 Best Vodcast Finalist“Going Up – Episode 4”

2012 Best Vodcast Winner – “The Conference Room, Episode 10.2 – Cancelled”

2012 Best General Entertainment Program Finalist – “The Conference Room, Episode 10.2 – Cancelled”

2011 Best PSA Finalist – “Smoking Mime”

2011 Best Promo Finalist – “Viking Fusion Promo”

2010 & 2011 Best Student Media Website Finalist – “Viking Fusion”

2009 Best Comedy Winner – “The Conference Room”

College Media Association

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: College Media Group: Div. III & IV Winner- Viking Fusion

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Four-Year TV Station of the Year: Div. II & III Winner – Viking Fusion

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Talk/Entertainment Program Div. III 2nd Place – “The Abyss

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Podcast Div. III and IV Winner – “Georgia v. Foster: Episode 1”

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Short Video/Entertainment Div. III and IV Winner – “Viking Fusion Promo 2022”

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Video Entertainment Program Div. III 3rd Place – “Funny Pages: Murdercast”

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Coverage of Faith Div. III and IV Winner – “Galway’s houses of worship adapt as church’s influence wanes”

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Multimedia Feature Story Div. III 2nd Place – “Galway artists say Celtic tattoos not cultural appropriation”

2023 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Sports Multimedia Story Div. III Honorable Mention – “Sports and Pubs Unite Fans in Galway, Ireland”

2023 CMA Film Festival and Audio Festival: Audio Creative Winner“The Abyss

2023 CMA Film Festival and Audio Festival: Audio Documentary 3rd Place“Georgia v. Foster: Episode 1”

2022 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Four-Year TV Station of the Year Winner – Viking Fusion

2022 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best House Ad 3rd Place – 48 Hour Film Challenge Poster

2022 CMA Film Festival and Audio Festival: Creative Video 3rd Place “Harold and Pearl”

2021 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Talk/Entertainment Program Honorable Mention: “Martha’s Mysteries – Season 1 Episode 1”

2021 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow Winner “Finding faith and recovery through hunting and fishing”

2021 CMA Film Festival and Audio Festival: Video Sports Package 2nd Place“Building the perfect pole vaulter”

2019 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best House Ad Honorable Mention: 48 Hour Film Challenge Poster

2019 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Viral Video Honorable Mention – “Runs in the Family”

2019 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Television Entertainment Program Winner “My Roommate the Alien”

2019 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow Winner – “The beautiful story of Mary Beth Cornwell”

2019 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow 2nd Place – “Dirt bike riding with Noah Caldwell”

2019 CMA Film Festival and Audio Festival: Creative Film 2nd Place“Finger Guns”

2019 CMA Film and Audio Festival: Sports Video 3rd Place“I try and catch the ball when it comes to me”

2018 CMA Film Festival: Short Creative Film Winner – “Not Enough

2018 CMA Film Festival: Short Creative Film 3rd Place – “That’s Sketchy: Intervention”

2018 CMA Film Festival: Sports Video Package 2nd Place – “Vikings advance to second round of playoffs”

2018 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow 3rd Place – “234 Cove: Eighty-six years of family business

2018 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow 2nd Place – “Depth of Field

2017 CMA Film Festival: Feature Video Package 3rd Place – Pet Housing welcomes unorthodox furry friend

2017 CMA Film Festival: Sports Video Package 2nd Place – Tim Tebow, trading touchdowns for homers

2017 CMA Film Festival: Long Documentary 2nd Place – How Does the City of Savannah Negotiate Its Complicated Past?

2017 CMA Film Festival: Short Creative Film Winner – “The History Project”

2017 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best TV Entertainment Program 2nd Place – “Me and My Camera”

2017 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow 2nd Place – “Debbie Cunningham building a career after 50”

2017 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow 3rd Place – “Caleb Timmerman: Rockclimbing at Sandrock”

2016 CMA Film Festival: Short Creative Film 3rd Place The Collector”

2016 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best TV Promo/PSA 3rd Place – “Welcome to Valhalla”

2016 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Viral Video 2nd Place – “The Studio Awakens”

2016 CMA Pinnacle Awards: 4-Year TV Station of the Year Winner – “Viking Fusion”

2016 CMA Fall Film Festival: Short Creative Film Winner – “Fire Bloomed”

2016 CMA Fall Film Festival: Short Creative Film 2nd Place – “Wireless Fidelity”

2016 CMA Fall Film Festival: Short Creative Film Honorable Mention – “Checkmate”

2015 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best TV Promo/PSA Finalist – “Video Shorts are Coming!”

2015 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best TV Entertainment Program Finalist  “Sunrise”

2015 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Online Audio Slideshow Finalist “People come together around food and the places it’s eaten in Madrid”

2014 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Radio Podcast Finalist – “The Takeover Episode 2”

2014 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Podcast Finalist – “The Takeover Episode 6”

2013 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Station Promo Winner – “Viking Fusion Promo”

2013 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Audio Slideshow Winner – “Jews of Florence – Treves family uncommon story by Mary Claire Stewart

2013 CMA Pinnacle Awards: 4-Year TV Station of the Year Finalist

2012 CMA Pinnacle Awards: Best Radio Entertainment/Talk Program Winner – “Disconnected”

SPJ Regional Mark of Excellence Awards

2023 Best Use of Multimedia Winner – “Project Galway”

2023 Best Independent Online Student Publication Finalist – Viking Fusion

2023 Photo Essay/Slideshow Finalist – Galway artists say Celtic tattoos not cultural appropriation

2022 Best Independent Online Student Publication Winner – Viking Fusion

2021 Best Independent Online Student Publication Winner – Viking Fusion

2021 Best Online Sports Reporting Winner – Looking for guys who throw no-hitters? Go West.

2021 Best Breaking News Photography Finalist Protests erupt in Atlanta

2021 Best Use of Multimedia Finalist – Protesters from Berry share motivations, complications behind calling for racial justice

2020 Best Independent Online Student Publication Winner – Viking Fusion

2020 Best Use of Multimedia Winner – Three Waffle Houses, Two Bros, One Night

2019 Best Television Feature Reporting Finalist – “Memorializing a Tragedy: A Look into America’s History of Slavery and Social Justice Today”

2019 Best Television Sports Reporting Finalist – “I try and catch the ball when it comes to me

2019 Best Online News Reporting Finalist – “Greater Florence to get its first mosque

2019 Best Online Feature Reporting Finalist – “Depth of Field

2018 Best Independent Online Student Publication Finalist: Viking Fusion

2018 Best Online Sports Reporting Winner: “Vikings advance to second round of playoffs” – By Allie Pritchett, Bruno Rosa and Chris Ferguson

2017 Best Independent Online Student Publication Winner: “Viking Fusion”

2017 Best Online Sports Reporting Winner: “Four years in: Reflections on Berry football” – By Haiden Widener and Allie Pritchett

2017 Best Use of Multimedia Finalist – “Spaces of Vienna” – By “Spaces of Vienna” Team

2017 Best Online News Reporting Finalist: “Neo-Nazi Rally in Rome” – By Campus Carrier and Viking Fusion News Teams

2016 Best Online Sports Reporting Winner: “The Things They Carry” – by COM 311 Sports Journalism

2016 Best Independent Online Student Publication Finalist: Viking Fusion”

2015 Best Use of Multimedia Winner: “Madrid as text” – By Viking Fusion Project Madrid Team, Berry College

2015 Best Independent Online Student Publication Finalist: Viking Fusion”

Georgia College Press Association

2023 Better Newspaper Contest 1st place – “Best Website”

2022 Better Newspaper Contest 1st place – “Best Website

2020 Better Newspaper Contest 3rd place – “Best Website”

2019 Better Newspaper Contest 2nd place – “Best Website”

2016 Better Newspaper Contest 2nd place – “Best Website”

2015 Better Newspaper Contest 1st place – “Best Website”

2014 Better Newspaper Contest 1st place – “Best Website”

Broadcast Education Association

2023 Festival of Media Arts Student Audio Competition Comedy or Drama Category Award of Excellence – The Not Deer: Audio Evidence Set #1

2021 Festival of Media Arts Student Audio Competition Specialty Programs and Podcasts Category Award of Excellence – Seth’s Spins: Purposefully Forgetful

2019 Festival of Media Arts Student 2-Year/Small College Competition Promotional/Educational/Non-Narrative Category Third Place – “A Wheel, a Trail, and a Student: The Story of Berry’s Mountain Unicyclist”

2017 Festival of Media Arts Student 2-Year/Small College Competition Video Production Category Award of Excellence –“Film War”

2016 Super-Regional Conference: Narrative Film Winner (Tie) —“Film War”

2016 Super-Regional Conference: Promotional Video Winner -“Welcome to Valhalla”

2014 Festival of Media Arts Student 2-Year/Small College Competition Video Production Category Second Place – “The Calculus Priority Dispute”

2013 Festival of Media Arts Student 2-Year/Small College Competition Video Production Category Second Place- “Roll Call”

2010 Festival of Media Arts Student 2-Year/Small College Competition Video Production Category Second Place- “Coffee Gnomes” By Amelia Heine, David Reeves, Jenny Mischler & Lindsey Coe

2010 Festival of Media Arts Student Video Competition Promotional Category First Place- “Violent Kids PSA” By Jonathan Miley, Stephanie Morris, Brittany Page, Katie Underdown & Drew Welchel

Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2021 Gold Circle Awards: Photo and Audio Slideshow Winner – “Delzer Woodworks”

2021 Gold Circle Awards: Photo and Audio Slideshow 2nd Place – “Finding faith and recovery through hunting and fishing”

2021 Gold Circle Awards: Photo and Audio Slideshow 3rd Place – “Ryan Simmons, Filmmaker”

2021 Gold Circle Awards: Photo and Audio Slideshow Certificate of Merit – “The Artisan in Glass”

Associated College Press

2019 Associated College Press: Best of Show Award Website 5th Place – Viking Fusion

AEJMC

2013 3rd Place – “Jews of Florence”

College Media Matters

2013 50 Best Student Press Websites: 2013 Edition