Six RBTV students received Crystal Pillar nominations for TV projects they produced in their Media Arts Classes at RB. The Crystal Pillar nominations were presented by NATAS (the National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences) at the recent high school video awards held in Naperville. The nominees were seniors Sam Egan and Jake O'Brien for their sports talk show CrossOver Sports, Sam Egan, Jake O'Brien, and junior Matt Morgan for LIVE EVENT Sport Coverage, Bulldog Basketball. Junior Makayla Angshed was nominated for her News Package Dusty Groove and for her Music Video Busy, and sophomore Liam Hickey for his Talk Show The Fantasy Rundown. Winning Crystal Pillars were Sam Egan and Jake O'Brien for their Sports Talk Show CrossOver Sports, and Sam Egan, Jake O'Brien, and junior Matt Morgan for LIVE EVENT Sport Coverage, Bulldog Basketball.
RBTV students won additional awards at the same festival from MMEA (The Midwest Media Educators Association). RBTV students won first place for best High School News Program RBTV News. The news program was a collaborative effort between two production classes and featured senior Delilah Luna del Castillo and junior Makayla Angshed as anchors. Seniors Sam Egan and Jake O’Brien took second place for their Sports Talk Show CrossOver Sports, Makayla Angshed came in third place for her 11 Miles Movie Trailer, and sophomore Liam Hickey received fifth place for his Talk Show Backtalk with WGN-TV's Micah Materre.
PIC, first row: Junior Jenny Thomas - RBTV News, Senior Delilah Luna del Castillo - RBTV News, Junior
Makayla Angshed - RBTV News.
PIC, second row: Jacob O'Brien - CrossOver Sports and LIVE Event Sports Coverage Announcing, Sam Egan - CrossOver Sports and LIVE Event Sports Coverage Announcing.
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