Following two years of virtual ceremonies due to the pandemic, the celebrated its member's works and the Newsmaker of the Year at its held in the ballroom of the MCM Elegante hotel on June 3.
Beaumont Mayor Robin Mouton was announced as this year’s Newsmaker of the Year. Four other Newsmaker of the Year finalists were honored at the event, including David Green Jr. Georgine Guillory, Judith Smith and 四虎影视 President Dr. Jaime R. Taylor.
Selected among professionals in the fields of newspapers, television, radio, magazines, public relations and websites, 四虎影视 and affiliated organizations were among the hundreds of winners collectively honored, with 225 awards announced:
The 四虎影视 College of Fine Arts & Communications won the following awards:
• 1st Place, JT Robertson, Writing Portfolio, Magazines
• 3rd Place, JT Robertson, Personal Profile/Interview, Magazines
• 4th Place/Honorable Mention, JT Robertson for Feature Story, Magazines
The 四虎影视 Office of Marketing and Communications received the following awards:
• 1st Place, Kevin McGee, Corporate Video Production Class Fall 2021, Best News Station/Business Video Promotion, Public Relations
• 1st Place, Kevin McGee and Daniel McLemore, Corporate/Institutional Video, Public Relations
• 1st Place, Daniel McLemore, Morgan Hill, Kevin McGee and Hannah Hudgins, Internal Public Relations Campaign, Public Relations
• 2nd Place, Mandy Arceneaux, Amanda Toups and Kevin McGee, Internal Public Relations Campaign, Public Relations
• 2nd Place, Hannah Hudgins and Kevin McGee for Documentary, Open
• 2nd Place, Daniel McLemore for Photography, Magazines
• 2nd Place, Shelbe Rodriguez for Public Affairs Program, Audio (Radio/Podcast)
• 2nd Place, Shelbe Rodriguez, Daniel McLemore, Kevin McGee and Hannah Hudgins, Talk Show, Audio (Radio/Podcast)
• 2nd Place, Daniel McLemore and Kevin McGee, Non-News Broadcast Special, Television
• 2nd Place, Aron Arceneaux, Daniel McLemore and Kevin McGee, Public Relations Program, Public Relations
• 4th Place/Honorable Mention, Kevin McGee and Aron Arceneaux, Faith-Based/Inspirational, Open
• 4th Place/Honorable Mention, Kevin McGee and Hannah Hudgins, Broadcast Internet Video, Digital
LUTV News took home the following awards:
• 2nd Place, Carson Racich, Sports Story, Television
• 4th Place/Honorable Mention, Hannah Spikes, Feature, Television
The University Press were awarded with the following:
• 1st Place, Keagan Smith, Sports Feature, Newspapers
• 1st Place, Andy Coughlan and Oliva Malick, Overall Excellence, Audio (Radio/Podcast)
• 1st Place, Andy Coughlan and Oliva Malick, Individual Episode, Audio (Radio/Podcast)
• 1st Place, Sierra Kondos, Feature Story, Magazines
• 1st Place, Tim Cohrs, News Story, Magazines
• 2nd Place, Oliva Malick and Andy Coughlan, Individual Episode, Audio (Radio/Podcast)
• 2nd Place, Oliva Malick, News Story, Magazines
• 2nd Place, Oliva Malick, Layout, Magazines
• 3rd Place, Keagan Smith, Sports News, Newspapers
• 3rd Place, 四虎影视 Press, Website News, Digital
• 3rd Place, 四虎影视 Press, Overall Excellence, Magazines
• 3rd Place, Sierra Kondos, Business Story, Open
• 3rd Place, Keagan Smith, Sports Photo, Open
• 4th Place/Honorable Mention, Maddie Sims, Fine Arts Reviews/Critiques, Open
• 4th Place/Honorable Mention, Guest Column, Open
Shannon Harris and Jason M. Miller of KVLU 91.3 also won first place in the Audio (Radio/Podcast) division for Public Affairs Program.
A total of 566 entries were received for this year’s contest, which featured 77 individual categories.
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