{"id":27848,"date":"2025-03-13T16:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=27848"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:39:00","slug":"marshall-wins-top-tv-honors-in-prestigious-student-media-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/marshall-wins-top-tv-honors-in-prestigious-student-media-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall wins top TV honors in prestigious student media awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Marshall University\u2019s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications brought home two first-place awards for television programming at the 2025 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) International Conference, held March 8 in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>JMCTV, the school\u2019s news and entertainment outlet, earned top recognition for Best Comedy with &#8220;After Hours with Matt James&#8221; and Best Commercial for Alex Cooksey\u2019s Honda advertisement. Both productions emerged from the school\u2019s advanced video production course, which utilizes the university\u2019s only television studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust being nominated is an honor,\u201d said Emma Gallus, JMCTV\u2019s director and a junior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. \u201cBut winning \u2014 and winning twice? Priceless!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IBS, which recognizes excellence in college broadcasting across more than 100 categories in radio and television, attracts competition from universities worldwide. For JMCTV, founded in 2023, securing wins in such a competitive field underscores its rapid growth and excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen great students are motivated, given clear objectives, and provided with the right tools, this is the kind of success that follows,\u201d said Dr. Christopher Swindell, JMCTV faculty advisor. \u201cWe knew we were up against tough competition \u2014 this is a huge win worth celebrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, JMCTV entered three categories, while Marshall\u2019s award-winning radio station, WMUL-FM, competed in two. In a reversal of last year\u2019s results, JMCTV claimed top honors in 2025, whereas WMUL-FM took home two trophies in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere could be no greater validation of our program\u2019s strength and our students\u2019 talent than this recognition,\u201d said Dr. Rob Quicke, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. \u201cI am incredibly proud of the students who worked so hard to achieve this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With programs in television, radio, podcasting, social media, public relations, advertising and more, Marshall\u2019s J-School is dedicated to preparing the next generation of media professionals.\u00a0 For more information, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/jmc\/\">W. Page Pitt School of Journalism &amp; Mass Communications<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications brought home two first-place awards for television programming at the 2025 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) International Conference, held March 8 in New York City. JMCTV, the school\u2019s news and entertainment outlet, earned top recognition for Best Comedy with &#8220;After Hours with Matt James&#8221; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cam","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27848"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27859,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27848\/revisions\/27859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}