Newhouse Students, Faculty Make Exceptional Showing With 17 Honors at AEJMC Festival of Visual and Interactive Media

Newhouse students and faculty had a fantastic showing with 17 wins, including five Gold Awards, at the Festival of Visual and Interactive Media contest, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s VISCOM division for the best in design, interactivity, photos, video and advertising. 

The winners span nearly all Newhouse majors, with students taking the top three prizes in the Video/Film category and visual communications assistant professor Michael O. Snyder earning two faculty awards for his photo projects.

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VIS Prof. Michael Snyder and Photo junior Diana Valdivia with their Gold awards for photography for the AEJMC Festival of Visual and Interactive Media.

Winners

Photo Essay, Gold – “Beating the Odds,” Diana Valdivia (The Fall Workshop)

Photo Single Entry – Journalism, Bronze – “Police officer funeral,” Patrick King (The NewsHouse)

Photo Illustration, Bronze – Sculpting with Luminosity, Andrew Skiver (SALT) 

Video/Film, Gold – “The Thread Remembers,” Maxine Wallace and LJ Guerra

Video/Film, Silver – “A Tale of Two Cities: Reclaiming Niagara Falls and Salinas “

Video/Film, Bronze – “Fright Night: An American Family Story,” Kayla Breen 

Animation, Gold – “Lotus,” Elizabeth Carlson

Advertising, Gold – “Wear the Change,” Gabriella Enriquez

Advertising, Bronze – “One Eagles Nation,” Jack Wojtowicz and Micaela Kraker

General Design, Silver – “Cisco Swank,” Noa Putman

General Design, Bronze – “Neil Minet Brand Identity,” Sammy Swiss

Multimedia, Silver – The Baldwin Fund, Pixels and Print Staff – Alex Hodge, Arlo Stone, Rongpeng Zhang, Rebecca Skier, Ania Johnston, Dara Pershing, Chelsea Palmer, Patrick Firrell, Alex Levy, Laura Knaflewski, Dean Lourenco, Max Meyer

Multimedia, Bronze – “Canal Keepers,” Canal Keepers Staff

Interactive & Motion, Silver – “GameSense,” Arlo Stone

Interactive & Motion, Bronze – Baldwin Fund 3D/Immersive Experience, Elizabeth Carlson, Samantha Mai Currier, Darren Cordoviz, River Taylor, Charlotte Little (Pixels & Print)

Faculty:

Photo Story, Gold – Michael Snyder, “The Queens of Queen City“

Photo Story, Silver – Michael Snyder, “Hidden Waters“