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2026 MSP Award Winners

Check out the televised broadcast of our 20th Annual Awards show, hosted by PHL17 sports anchor and Temple alum Lindsay Moppert on TUTV’s website or read about it here.

Best Feature-News Package

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Grays Ferry Parking Garage Collapse
    • Student Name(s): Gabriel Linington
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Youth Soccer Players Gear Up for the World Cup in Philadelphia
    • Student Name(s): Lucy Potts, Jessy Xu

Best Long Form Script

Best Short Form Audio Production/Sound Design

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: PRESS START – Applying Media Theory to Video Games
    • Student Name(s): Adam Martin
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Hyperreal Hotline: Creating the Matrix with Fly Brains
    • Student Name(s): Brandon Dreibelbis

Best Research/Media Analysis Paper

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: An Analysis of “7 Rings”
    • Student Name(s): Lucy Potts
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: The Future of Artificial Intelligence in the Music Industry
    • Student Name(s): Madeleine Veras

Best Music Production

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: A Thousand Times (JD Glass)
    • Student Name(s): Jordan Domally, Nikodem Rentley, Andrew Rhines, Ben Inglee, Simon Gardner, Jack Rosti, Ian Costello

Best Website

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Alex Fisher – Internship Portfolio
    • Student Name(s): Alex Fisher
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Faith Brennan – Creative Portfolio
    • Student Name(s): Faith Brennan

Best Graduate Creative Project

Best Talent Reel

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Talent Reel: Kevin Gruen; Broadcast/Digital/Social Media; Temple Update (TUTV), Spring 2026
    • Student Name(s): Kevin Gruen
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: MMJ/Reporter Reel; Temple Update/PHL 17 Spring 2026
    • Student Name(s): Christian Lee

Best Sports Package

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: La Salle Boys Lacrosse
    • Student Name(s): Jaiden Vallejo, Sheldon Elijah Harvey, Timothy McFarland
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Club Volleyball
    • Student Name(s): Gabriel Linington
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Preparation for Race Day on the Water
    • Student Name(s): Kayla Levine, Anthony Roscioli

Best Live Studio/On Location Show

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Inside the Nest – November 18, 2025
    • Student Name(s): Emily Courtney, Logan Matthews, Pat Dallahan, Xavier Adams, Haley Smith, Myles Thurston, Kayla Levine, Jack Zebertavage, Jake Steinke, Marlee Myers
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Temple Update: March 26, 2026
    • Student Name(s): Connor Magee, Charly Schultz, Christian Lee, Molly Caufield, Ethan Ubina, Sean Graveley, Shayla Cotterman, Moyo Awolowo, Kayla Strickland, Christian Grosso, James De Martini, Sujan Upreti & Temple Update Crew
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Temple Update: November 13, 2025
    • Student Name(s): Charly Schultz, Connor Magee, Spencer Schenkel, Ethan Ubina, Sean Gravely, Kevin Gruen, Sydney Humes, Aidan Cairns, Mariam Elias-Danjuma, Lauren Haley Morris, Kamil Rozanski, Jesse Kosierowski & Temple Update Crew

Best Graduate Research Paper

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Between the Lines: Navigating the Standard of Black Women, Code-Switching, Intersectionality and the Corporate Gaze
    • Student Name(s): Aniyah Pinkney
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Netflix’s Transnational Approach to Content and “Global” Culture
    • Student Name(s): Sam Korda

Best Emergent Media

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Sammy’s Adventures in Psycholand
    • Student Name(s): Scott Manning
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Neet to Neat: 3
    • Student Name(s): Ivy Flynn

Best Long Form Video Production

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Newsroom Short Film
    • Student Name(s): Isabel Albis, Markus Guirand, Michelle Patelmo, Tobi Rih, Jack Zebertavage
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Merpit’s Misadventures: Puppet Panic!
    • Student Name(s): Kendal Lorfink, Chase Ferry, Makai Rieves, Mia Callejas, Kadence Webb
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Newscasters
    • Student Name(s): Rylan Epstein

Best Pre-Recorded Studio/On Location Production

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Lo Último
    • Student Name(s): Jarly Mofunanya, Mario Rodriguez Canuto, Fernando Santos, Desiree Genao, Sean Graveley, Estevan Quintero Malaga, and Noah Cardona-Sanchez
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Hometown Heroes
    • Student Name(s): Kevin Gruen
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Dark Skies
    • Student Name(s): Joyce “Smiley” Mustapha

Best Critical Video

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: AI Ramageddon: The Price of the Machine
    • Student Name(s): Sean Feinberg
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Tech as Destruction Consumer Tomorrow
    • Student Name(s): Andrea Jimenez

Best Podcast/Long Audio Production

  • 1st Place
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Music In the Gaming Industry
    • Student Name(s): Jeff Scott
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Cult of Person-AIty
    • Student Name(s): Jake Scott

Best Video Editing

  • 1st Place
    • Project Title: Newscasters
    • Student Name(s): Rylan Epstein
  • 2nd Place
    • Project Title: Silent Night at La Salle College High School
    • Student Name(s): Kayla Hlay, Antoinette Fitzgerald, Sheldon Harvey
  • 3rd Place
    • Project Title: Merpit’s Misadventures: Puppet Panic!
    • Student Name(s): Kendal Lorfink, Chase Ferry, Makai Rieves, Mia Callejas, Kadence Webb

Best of Show