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TUTV receives 30 award nominations this year

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TUTV and Temple University programs are dominating the list of nominees for the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Emmy© Awards, accounting for over 60% of all college nominations! Many categories include nominations from no other universities. Two out of the four students nominated for the Talent category are Temple students. Additionally, 8 TUTV programs have been nominated for the 2018 National CBI Awards, with TempleUpdate.com nominated for best Student Media Website!

A list of the nominated programs can be found below, along with links to watch them.

2018 Mid-Atlantic Emmy© College Nominations

Newscast

Inside the Nest: October 17, 2017
Ben Otte, Senior Producer
Zac DeMedio, Show Producer
Dave Petrozziello, Show Producer
Nick Roche, Chief Videographer/Editor
Matt Bevenour, Anchor
Max Mirkin, Anchor
Jonathan Gilbert, Field Reporter
Alexa Ross, Field Reporter
Max Bass, Graphics Coordinator

OwlSports Update: December 7, 2017
Sarah Shields, Senior Producer
Melissa Payavis, Show Producer
Erin Steffe, Show Producer
Tracy Yatsko, Anchor
Dan Bartels, Anchor
Nick Roche, Chief Videographer

Philadelphia Neighborhoods on TV— Episode 1 Fall 2017
Neil Ortiz, Executive Producer/Faculty Advisor
Francesca Viola, Executive Producer/Faculty Advisor
Rob Di Rienzo, Producer
Bud Knapp, Producer
Montana Bassett, Graphics Designer/Video Editor

Temple Update: March 1, 2018
Spencer Trabbold, Supervising Producer
Asad Bokhari, Producer
Rebecca Rosenblatt, Director
Kelly Antonacci, Anchor
Kaicey Baylor, Anchor
Cassie Semyon, Reporter
Brianna Dent, Technical Director
Logan Moritz, Editing Manager
Andrew Mikida, Editing Manager
Peter Jaroff, Advisor

Temple Update: March 29, 2018
Spencer Trabbold, Supervising Producer
Keith Aversa, Producer
Danielle Sabulsky, Director
Dan Ray, Anchor
Zuri Hoffman, Anchor
Kelly Antonacci, Reporter
Izamarie Camacho, Reporter
Max Bass, Technical Director
Logan Moritz, Editing Manager
Peter Jaroff, Advisor

General Assignment

Behind the Counter for 46 Years, and Counting
Rob DiRienzo, Multimedia Journalist/Producer

Cape Town Residents Struggle in Temporary Relocation Area
Paul Gluck, Faculty Advisor
Hannah McComsey, Reporter

Combating Addiction, Starting with a Conversation
Robert DiRienzo, Multimedia Journalist/Producer

State of the Union 2018 Preview
Peter Jaroff, Executive Producer/Faculty Advisor
Cassie Semyon, Reporter
Ben Otte, Field Producer/Photojournalist

Temple Snow Storm
Peter Jaroff, Executive Producer/Faculty Advisor
Ben Otte, Photojournalist

Arts and Entertainment/Cultural Affairs

The Vibe at Temple
Edward Dress, Executive Producer/Advisor
Nydja Hood, Executive Producer
Giovanni Vazquez, Executive Producer
Miya Jones, Executive Producer
Monica Logrono, Director
Lindsey Ferguson, Co-Director

World at Temple
Edward Dress, Executive Producer/Advisor
Mohab Abou-Elalla, Producer
Katie Bandish, Host
Rebecca Rosenblatt, Director
Sajid Chaudhary, Associate Producer
Christina Lew, Head Script Writer
Justin Welton, Senior Correspondent
Rose Keenan, Reporter
Rico Le, Reporter

Longform

The Art of Being Izzy
Laura Zaylea, Executive Producer/Advisor
Kristine Weatherston, Executive Producer/Advisor
Christina Lew, Script Writer
Eli LaBan, Director Of Photography
Colin Pawlowski, Director

Shortform

The Fight: Grappling with Philadelphia Gentrification
Paul Gluck, Faculty Advisor
Dan Ray, Producer/Editor

Encore – Music Education for Social Change (to be aired in the fall)
Bridget O’Hara, Producer/Director/Editor
Hoa Nguyen, Producer/Director/Editor
Christopher Lumsden, Producer/Director/Editor
Matthew Ward, Producer/Director/Editor
Kelsi Smith, Producer/Director/Editor

Making it Up (to be aired in the fall)
Dr. Kristine Weatherston, Executive Producer/Faculty Advisor
Saisha Pringle, Producer/Director
Danielle Halteman, Producer/Director
Zhaochen Zhang, Producer/Director

Sports

Maria Biancaniello: Rowing Through the Wake
Luke Burdsall, Reporter
Maria Cantu, Photog/Editor
Mario Fantini, Photog/Editor

Temple TUFF
Tracy Yatsko, Reporter/Writter
Sarah Shields, Field Producer
Ben Otte, Photog/Editor

Talent

Alexa Ross
Matt Bevenour

Read the full list of all nominees here.

2018 College Broadcasters, Inc. National Student Production Finalists

Best News Reporting Video

Protests before State of the Union Address

Best Newscast Video

Temple Update: April 26, 2018
Temple Update: April 19, 2018

Best Sports Reporting Video

OwlSports Update: Temple TUFF
OwlSports Update: A Basketball Student Manager versus Cancer

Best Sportscast Video

Inside the Nest: October 17, 2017
Inside the Nest: December 7, 2017

Best Documentary/Public Affairs Video

Encore:  Music Education for Social Change

Best Student Media Website

TempleUpdate.com

Best Promo Video

Temple Update Topical Promo for March 22, 2018 Show

Read the full list of nominees here.

Celebrating Independence Day abroad

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Klein College student Kaicey Baylor is studying in Spain this summer and sharing stories of daily life in Barcelona with TUTV. In the latest installment of the series, Kaicey speaks to other American study abroad students about how it felt to be in another country on July 4th. She shows how an American bar in Spain hosted an Independence Day celebration for and talks to patrons about what they missed most about celebrating the holiday in the States.

My Summer in Spain: July 4th

Hear three up-and-coming local bands in “Featured in Philly”

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The Summer Music Edition of Featured in Philly highlights three local Philadelphia bands–watermedown, Stealing From Thieves, and Lazy Eye–through a mix of music videos, live performances, and interviews with the artists. The program was produced, directed and edited by Temple students Madison Hall, Dillon Josephsen, Hannah LaRocca, Dana Markham, Aidan Peirce, Conall Smith, Amanda Sweeney, Alexandra Valerio, and Emani Washington, and executive produced by Professor Kristine Trever Weatherston.

Featured In Philly: Summer Music Edition

Documentary highlights common millennial myths

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Sorry Not Sorry: The Millennial Experience

Lazy. Narcissistic. Entitled. These are only a few descriptors that many use to define millennials. Sorry Not Sorry: The Millennial Experience tackles the various stigmas and stereotypes that young people hope to overcome. The short documentary features interviews with millennials who are struggling to find their place in a world filled with assumptions about them.

This student film was produced by Matt Bevenour, Emily Strange, Nicole DeSanto, and Tristan Horan for Kristine Weatherston’s Media Studies and Production class. Watch the premiere on TUTV this Friday, August 17 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Learning etiquette with Doice John

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Lisa Bien and Doice John

In an all new episode of Bouncing Back, host Lisa Bien speaks to guest Doice John, creator/owner of SocialAce, about how good manners affect self esteem.

Growing up, Doice’s family was very poor, but his mother instilled in him and his brother the importance of manners and etiquette, which helped give him confidence and succeed in all kinds of environments as he got older. Now, Doice works as a coach to others, teaching proper etiquette to raise self esteem and helping people feel more confident in situations they would otherwise avoid. He has done work with formerly incarcerated men to help expand their universe and learn to move in and out of new cultural contexts. Doice helps these communities to bounce back to rules of decorum and manners and discover new opportunities.

Doice gives viewers some etiquette tips and concrete ways to overcome anxiety surrounding etiquette. He and Lisa discuss how by enacting this behavior in your life, you will create a positive experience for yourself and everyone you encounter.

Watch Doice John in an all new Bouncing Back with Lisa Bien, this Monday, August 6 at 12:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

 

Learn how to bake Irish soda bread Thursday

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Irish Soda Bread

On the latest episode of Baker Dave Presents… the Temple pastry chef bakes alongside guest Christopher Carey, Senior Associate Dean of Students, whose job is to help Temple students cultivate a life on campus and find opportunities in leadership. Chris brings his family’s recipe for Irish soda bread, a treat he would make with his mother and give as gifts to his teachers growing up. They discuss the history of the sweet scone-like treat, and Chris describes his career path from selling insurance to working in higher education.

Watch the premiere on TUTV this Thursday, August 9 at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Watch Frank Sinatra in “The Man with the Golden Arm” Sunday

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Man with the Golden Arm

Extremely controversial in its time, The Man with the Golden Arm is also one of the first films to deal honestly and directly with drug addiction. Sinatra plays an addict recently released from rehab who returns to Chicago with big plans of becoming a jazz drummer. His disabled wife wants him to return to poker playing and the local drug dealer wants him for a customer. When he hits the night clubs, Sinatra falls for a professional bar hostess (played by a pre-Vertigo Kim Novak) while sliding further and further back into his addiction until he feels that something has to give.

Widely considered Sinatra’s greatest acting performance, the 1955 film noir hit was directed and written by Otto Preminger, based on a novel by the same name. Its gritty and realistic depiction of the tragedy of heroin addiction was rejected by the MPAA under its Production Code, but was released anyway to great fanfare, which led to a dissolution of the restrictive Code.

Watch it on TUTV this Sunday, August 5 at 1 and 9 p.m. as a part of our Film Noir Theater series.

Learn about ancient Chinese dress in a documentary this Wed

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Interpreting Ancient Chinese Fashion

Two San Francisco fashion designers—Colleen Quen and Jude Gabbard—seek new inspiration by visiting China for the first time. They skip cosmopolitan Shanghai, and head straight to one of China’s most remote and poorest areas, Guizhou Province. While economically poor, this region is rich in diversity, culture—and, of course—fashion.

Guizhou is home to many of the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups, each with a distinct traditional style of dress. While signs of modernization are clearly visible in Guizhou’s ancient communities, entering them is still like stepping back in time. The clothes they wear today are the same as their ancestors wore centuries ago. Colleen and Jude traipse through rice terraces and steep hillsides to visit the ancient villages of the Miao (Hmong) and Buyi people.

They learn traditions that have been passed down for generations, and the villagers help them decode some reoccurring motifs on their clothing. Colleen and Jude take a hands-on approach to learning about wax-dye batiks, embroidery, silver jewelry, unusual hairstyles and adornments— and they explore the layers of meaning behind these unique designs and accessories.

Watch their journey and see what they discover in the documentary, Interpreting Ancient Chinese Fashion, airing on TUTV this Wednesday, August 1st at 1 and 9 p.m.

Interpreting Ancient Chinese Fashion

 

Philadelphia International’s Kenny Gamble speaks on music history

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Blockson Lecture: Kenny Gamble

In celebration of Black Music Appreciation Month, The Blockson Collection at Temple University hosted a discussion with legendary Philadelphia-based songwriter Kenneth Gamble, who provided firsthand accounts of the city’s rich music heritage. Composer, music producer and community developer, Kenny Gamble himself was the one who first thought to institute a national Black Music Month. He and Earl Wright began the Black Music Association and the International Association of African American Music Foundation in the late 1970s, which led to former President Jimmy Carter declaring June as Black Music Month on June 7, 1979.

Attorney and civil rights activist Vivienne Crawford was on hand to moderate the discussion, which was also a part of a calendar of Juneteenth events.

Watch it on TUTV (Comcast 50/Verizon 45/online) this Thursday, August 2 at 1 and 9 p.m.

Blockson Lecture: Kenny Gamble

How to make turkey burgers appetizing on a new Baker Dave

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Baker Dave Presents... Turkey Burgers

T.J. Logan, Associate VP of Student Affairs, visits Baker Dave in the J&H kitchen to make his go-to snack, turkey burgers with no bun.

T.J. recently started working at Temple after working at the University of Florida. He goes into detail about his passion for helping students to achieve while showing us how he spices up his turkey burgers to add flavor.

Tune in to TUTV this Thursday, July 27 at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. to catch the latest episode of Baker Dave Presents…

Bouncing Back when you lose weight and gain it all back

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Bouncing Back: Weight Gain

On the latest Bouncing Back, host Lisa Bien talks to two health coaches about how to get off the path of yo-yo dieting.

Carol Roman and Dr. Eric Stofman, both Cope Certified Health Coaches, both went through their own ordeals of constantly dieting and losing the weight only to gain it right back. Together, they share their stories about how they came to a place of love for their bodies as a sustaining strategy for long term health.

Both guests also share tips to avoid common weight loss pitfalls, provide corrections to misconceptions about weight loss, and give a detailed health strategy to maintaining weight loss.

Tune in to TUTV (Comcast 50/Verizon 45/online) this Monday, July 23 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m.

“Guardians of the Galaxy” star Michael Rooker interviewed on new TUTV show

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Hoot News: Interview with Michael Rooker

Student Rebecca Bender talks to actor Michael Rooker on a new TUTV show straight out of Temple University Japan Campus. Rooker discusses his techniques as an actor and his work over the past three decades. Rooker has appeared in a range of work from Walking Dead and Cliffhanger to JFK and Mississippi Burning.

The Hoot News is a student made and student lead organization making content out of Temple University, Japan. They cover events that happen throughout Tokyo as well as create a weekly news broadcast for students to learn about upcoming events at the school. Stay tuned for the latest coming from The Hoot News this Fall, and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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#YearOfGrog: An obscure Summer Olympics event is highlighted

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In this month’s edition of #YearOfGrog, the Summer Olympics are featured as France and the United States go toe to toe in the Don’t Step in Doo Doo event.

Temple Professors host a deep dive into “2001: A Space Odyssey”

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2001: A Space Odyssey - 50 Years Later

Without a doubt, 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest and most philosophical science-fiction films ever made. It has provided some of cinema’s most famed icons—the monolith, the ape bone toss, the HAL-9000, the Star-Gate, and the strange hotel suite. 50 years later, 2001 is more relevant than ever as we organize our lives amidst a culture of technology and vast potential.

For the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival earlier this year, Barry Vacker and Brooke Storms of Temple University hosted presentations, discussions, multi-media presentations, a panel discussion, film clips, and video about Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi masterpiece.

Presented by The Gershman Y, Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, and TUTV & The Rudman Media Production Center, “2001: A Space Odyssey – A Discussion” airs on TUTV this Thursday, July 19 at 1 and 9 p.m.

Student doc tells history of American prison system

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Hallway at Eastern State Penitentiary today

Through interviews with historians and political science experts, Confinement tells the story of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, the modern prison system, and how the two relate.

Confinement was produced by Temple students Michael Vizzoni, John Kaeser, Lorian Thompon, and Regan Falk for a Media Studies & Production class taught by Professor Kristine Weatherston.

Watch it on TUTV Friday, July 13 at 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Comcast 50/Verizon 45 or online.