By: Leo Boshardy
Students in the College of DuPage Motion Picture/Television program earned top awards at the recent Illinois Broadcasters Association Student Silver Dome Awards. COD students won two first-place, one second-place and one third-place awards in the competition, which includes all state of Illinois universities and community colleges.
In the Best TV Longform Entertainment Programming category, Nikki Patel won first place with her entry, “1, 2, 3, Eyes On Me!” Liz Kumle earned second place for her entry, “The Candle City.”
Catherine Antlept, Eva Koureta and Din Hodzic won first place in the Best TV Photojournalism category for their entry, “Mindful COD – Puppies”
Antlept, Hodzic, Koureta, JoJo Scott, Leesly Gonzalez Serrano, Naomi Vevers, Nick Caldarazzo and Ryan Karlin won third place in the Best TV Newscast category for their entry, “Courier TV News May 12, 2022.”
Kumle’s animation, “The Candle City,” also was named a finalist in the College Student Production – Short Form category of this year’s National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Midwest Chapter’s student Emmy awards.
Courier TV, which made its debut in spring 2015, is the student-run on-campus television broadcast at COD that covers campus life while providing students with hands-on opportunities to learn about journalism and television production.
Courier TV delivers content through three programs: “Courier TV News,” a news broadcast that covers a wide array of people and events at COD; “At the MAC” a talk show highlighting the McAninch Arts Center; and “Chap Life,” a talk show that promotes events and opportunities for students and the community. Students in the “Advanced TV Production” course do everything from on-camera reporting to behind-the-scenes writing, editing and directing.