July 2004

University's radio-TV
department rakes in awards
UM’s radio-television department will have to find more room in its trophy case after a series of awards this summer.

A student-produced documentary titled “Settling the Tab on Montana’s Alcohol Culture” received the E.B. Craney Award for outstanding noncommercial television program of the year from the Montana Broadcaster’s Association and Greater Montana Foundation on June 19.

It was only the fourth time a student documentary has earned the award. UM’s Student Documentary Unit, led by Professor Bill Knowles, has been in production for 18 years.

Also on June 19, an episode of the department’s “Business: Made in Montana” program earned a Student Emmy Award from the Seattle-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS)-Northwest Chapter. Three of UM’s student-produced programs were nominated for the award.

In addition, Andy Atkins-Van Lieshout, a junior studying radio-television from White Sulphur Springs, earned a $2,000 NATAS scholarship. Earlier this summer, Atkins-Van Lieshout also learned he will receive a $2,000 Great Falls Broadcasters Association scholarship. His classmate Sarah Cowan, a senior from Havre, earned a $1,000 scholarship from GFBA.

For information, contact:
Rita.Munzenrider@mso.umt.edu
University Relations
(406) 243-2522

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