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2025 MSP Award Winners List

Best Feature-News Package

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Temple Senior Shines Bright on Broadway
    • Student Name(s): Jesse Kosierowski and Lauren Haley Morris
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Update on The Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris
    • Student Name: Rachel Williams
  • 3rd Place:
    • Project Title: President John Fry’s Plans for Temple University
    • Student Name(s): Lauren Morris, Charly Shultz, Sujan Upreti, Spencer Schenkel and Connor Magee

Best Long Form Script

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Mirror Lake
    • Student Name(s): Celina Ehrlich, Boburjon Egamberdiev, Hunter Gonzales, Gabriella Natale, Finn Shaffner, Safiya Totesau and Lianna Platzner
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Devotion – A Horror Short Film
    • Student Name:  Fletcher Gamwell
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Take Care of Yourself!
    • Student Name:  Maggie Salter

Best Short Form Audio Production

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Dark Future: Cyberpunk Media’s Cautionary Tales
    • Student Name: Rob Lista
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: The Influencer Equation: Fame, Power, and Society
    • Student Name(s): Andrew Johnson and Dave Piacentini
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Techno Eclipse
    • Student Name: Sofia McClintock

Best Research Paper

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: The Evolution of Diversity in Video Game Culture
    • Student Name:  Connor Murray
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Social Media, the Fast Fashion Cycle, and Global Consumption
    • Student Name: Morgan Immell
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Bringing Media Coverage of College Sports to Youth Viewers
    • Student Name:  Jennifer Quagliariello

Best Music Production

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Dual Nature: Harmonizing Chinese and American Cultural Identity through Musical Fusion
    • Student Name: Calvin Tron
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Consequential
    • Student Name: Maeve Conran
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Devil Woman -Cadalay
    • Student Name: Tyler Deerfield

Best Website

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Wander Around With Pombo
    • Student Name: Alexandra Pombo
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Mirror Lake
    • Student Name(s): Celina Ehrlich, Boburjon Egamberdiev, Hunter Gonzales, Gabriella Natale, Lianna Platzner, Finn Shaffner and Safiya Totesau
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Philly Local Music Guide
    • Student Name: Morgan Malecki

Best Graduate Creative Project

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: The Shockwave: A Horror Host Story
    • Student Name: Celina Ehrlich
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Out of Frame
    • Student Name: Christina Brown
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: My Eyes Deceive – An Afro-Surrealist Dance Narrative
    • Student Name: Kayla Owens

Best Talent Reel

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Natalie Koranda Reel
    • Student Name: Natalie Koranda
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Lauren Haley Morris Reel
    • Student Name: Lauren Haley Morris
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Sam Covone Reel
    • Student Name: Sam Covone

Best Sports Package

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Lax Love with Ryder
    • Student Name: Natalie Koranda
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Tite: Fran Dunphy & Adam Fisher Sit-Downs
    • Students Name: Kylie Haberstroh and Sheldon Harvey
  • 3rd place
    • Project Title: The Game Continues – The Mashburn Legacy
    • Student Name: Sam Covone and Sheldon Harvey

Best Entrepreneurial Vision for a Media Business

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: The Note Keepers
    • Student Name: Rachel Scierka
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Tap in, LLC
    • Student Name: Jarvis Cain
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Meat Bone Studios
    • Student Name: Maeve Conran

Best Studio/On Location Show

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Built on Broad: 2000 Wins and Counting
    • Student Name(s): Kylie Haberstroh, Natalie Koranda, Sam Covone, Sarah Winton, Logan Matthews, Sheldon Harvey and Pat Dallahan
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: TUTV Live in Paris (July 30, 2024)
    • Student Name(s): Natalie Koranda, Hayden Winter, Rachel Williams, Maggie Przywara, Mariam Akraz and Charly Schultz
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Inside The Nest: December 3.
    • Student Name(s): Sam Covone, Hayden Bandel, Sam Massad, Andrew DePietro, Arden Patterson, Domingo Dominguez, Sheldon Harvey, Jackson Batchler and Kayla Levine

Best Media Analysis/Critique

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Big Brother Is Watching, But So Is Everyone Else: Social Media and Activism
    • Student Name: Stephen Nackman
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Selling Smell with Sight – How Cologne Advertisements Degrade Men’s Masculinity as a Sales Technique
    • Student Name: Francine Rodriguez
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Momfluencers: The Impact of Social Consumerism on Identity and Misogyny
    • Student Name: Molly Caufield

Best Graduate Research Paper

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Dual Nature: Harmonizing Chinese and American Cultural Identity through Musical Fusion
    • Student Name: Calvin Ton
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Infrastructure is Politics: Social Media’s Legacy in The Arab Spring
    • Student Name: Matt Lavine
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title:  Psychedelics in the Media: A Documentary Journey Through Coverage, Controversy, and Culture
    • Student Name: Joelle DelPrete

Best Emergent Media

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: A Look Behind the Scenes: OwlSports Update
    • Student Name: Sam Massad
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Build Your Own Rundown – An Interactive Video
    • Student Name: Charly Shultz
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Mind the Gap
    • Student Name: James De Martini

Best Long Form Video Production

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Mirror Lake
    • Student Name(s): Celina Ehrlich, Boburjon Egamberdiev, Hunter Gonzales, Gabriella Natale, Lianna Platzner, Finn Shaffner and Safiya Totesau
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Do You Know Your Boo?
    • Student Name(s): Ernie Coney, Winston Cameron, Jack Zebertavage, Rylan Epstein, Markus Guirand, Kendal Lorfink, Cesar Selvaggi, Danny Podolsky, Nathaniel Davies, Andrew Johnson, Jemar Butler, Lleyton Powell, Camilla Romero, Peter Behrig and  Macy Katzman
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Take Care of Yourself!
    • Student Name: Maggie Salter

Best Package Script

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: System Upgrades for Temple University Police Department (TUPD)
    • Student Name: Lauren Morris
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: The Metal Maze: Paris Olympics
    • Student Name: Natalie Koranda
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: From Skis to Clubs
    • Student Name(s): Sarah Winton, Caroline Delaney and Jaiden Vallejo

Best Critical Video

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: “Behind the Screen”
    • Student Name(s): Amaris Alfonseca, Carly Morris, Rowe Shepps
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: “Dope and Greed”
    • Student Name(s): Markus Guirand, Chris Porter and Kristian Robinson
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Technological Dilemma – Friend or Foe
    • Student Name(s): Kennedy Brown and Cassie Paioletti

Best Long Form Audio Production

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Plato’s Severance
    • Student Name: Connor Murray
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Home Sweet Unhomely Podcast – Analog Horror and Digital Anxieties
    • Student Name: Celina Ehrlich
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Radio DJ “For the Girls”
    • Student Name: Sianna Blackwell

Best Video Editing

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Shucked into the Deep End
    • Student Name(s): Nialyn Albino, Winston Cameron, and Kylie O’Connor
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: How Playing Music Makes Me Feel
    • Student Name: Melanie Spiegel
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: learnaboutdesirepaths.exe
    • Student Name: James De Martini