2026 MSP Award Winners

Best Feature-News Package

• 1^st Place
  • Project Title: Temple Student Chased Into Dorms
  • Student Name(s): Sujan Upreti
• 2^nd Place
  • Project Title: Grays Ferry Parking Garage Collapse
  • Student Name(s): Gabriel Linington
• 3^rd 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

• 1^st Place
  • Project Title: Auggie Is So Over, Thinking
  • Student Name(s): Nalani Chiles & Makai Rieves

Best Short Form Audio Production/Sound Design

• 1st Place
  • Project Title: Si My World Ep.8: War of the Worlds
  • Student Name(s): Sianna Blackwell
• 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
  • Project Title: TikTok and the New Age of Imperialism
  • Student Name(s): Hugo Rodgers
• 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
  • Project Title: OG Media Portfolio
  • Student Name(s): Ollie Gomez
• 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

• 1st Place
  • Project Title: Between the Lines: Navigating the Standard of Black Women, Code-Switching, Intersectionality and Corporate Gaze
  • Student Name(s): Aniyah Pinkney
• 2nd Place
  • Project Title: Media Forms
  • Student Name(s): Alana Cooper-Russ, Emily Briggs, Ziran Yuan
• 3rd Place
  • Project Title: A Byte to Remember
  • Student Name(s): Zey Engin

Best Talent Reel

• 1st Place
  • Project Title: Pat Dallahan – OwlSports Update
  • Student Name(s): Pat Dallahan
• 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
  • Project Title: A Byte to Remember: Lost Media and Digital Preservation
  • Student Name(s): Zey Engin
• 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
  • Project Title: Door at 3 AM
  • Student Name(s): Marlee Myers
• 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
  • Project Title: “Connection Lost”
  • Student Name(s): Gracen Frank
• 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
  • Project Title: Sigma Sound – ReBirth on Broad Street
  • Student Name(s): Ava Campbell
• 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

• Kevin Gruen