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Award Winning Videos Produced at The Media Center

We pay tribute to those producers who have won accolades at the regional Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) awards (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Hawaii) and at the national Hometown Video awards.

Congratulations to Henrietta and The Media Center!

Every year, the Alliance for Community Media holds a national conference to share ideas from public access media centers from around the country. A centerpiece of the proceedings is the Hometown Awards celebrating excellence in community media production. This year, two awards were bestowed on Media Center related entities.

 

Midpeninsula Community Media Center

2011 Hometown Award Winner, Overall Excellence in P.E.G Access- Budget >$650,000

Annie Folger, E.D. and the MC Community
For the third time, the Media Center itself has been recognized for overall excellence. Our high points last year included the Greenlight environmental film festival; coverage of state High School Sport championship seasons for Paly's footbal and volleyball teams; the Dalai Lama's visit to East Palo Alto; the World Music Day in Palo Alto; and a wealth of contributions through our Zoom In collaborative program for community produced videos.

The Media Center thanks the Alliance for Community Media for recognizing the work and extraordinary dedication of our community producers.

 

 

Talking With Henrietta - Strengthening the Bonds Between Fathers and Children

2011 Hometown Award Winner, Informational Talk Show

Produced by Henrietta Burroughs
Featuring Bruce Collins, Chairman of the Fatherhood Collaborative of San Mateo County and Hector Sanchez Flores, Director of Policy and Initiatives for the Latino National Fatherhood and Family Institute. Both guests are fathers themselves and along with Henrietta Burroughs explore stereotypes about fatherhood in communities of color and review findings that prove that men in these communities are more involved in their families than is sometimes portrayed.

 

Congratulations to our WAVE 2010 Award Winners!

The Western Access Video Excellence Awards were announced on October 15, 2010. Media Center Producers, both in the Community and on Staff, took home 7 awards, more than any other public access center in the Western US. We present them in their entirety below. Click on the player to start. You can also expand the player to full screen size by clicking an icon at the bottom of the player. The full list of WAVE 2010 Finalists from the Media Center appears just after the Winners list.

 

Small Plane Crash in East Palo Alto

2010 WAVE Winner, Community Event

Produced by Becky Sanders
A tragic small plane accident claimed three lives on a foggy morning, February 17, 2010. All fatalities were on board the plane. Media Center Staff and Volunteers scrambled to the crash site along with other local media to cover the aftermath.

 

Icon: Hangar One

2010 WAVE Winner, Documentary Events

Produced by Daya Curley and Mark D. Messersmith
A profile of historic Hangar 1 on Moffett Field in Mountain View, California.

 

Guide Dogs for the Blind

2010 WAVE Winner, Programming By/For Differently Abled

Produced by Stan Ng
Guide Dogs for the Blind trains and supplies dogs as partners for the disabled. Guide Dogs are raised for the first year from puppyhood by volunteers before being returned for more advanced training. We visit a local Guide Dogs puppy club to find out how puppies are trained to remain calm in stressful situations, and how volunteers cope with having to give up their puppies after a year.

 

End Polio Now

2010 WAVE Winner, Public Service Announcement

Produced by Edoardo De Armas
The basics on Polio: what it is, how it's prevented.

YCS Interact End Polio Now from Edoardo De Armas on Vimeo.

 

American Songwriter - Hero's Last Mission

2010 WAVE Winner, Music Programming

Produced by Becky Sanders and Scott van Duyne
This episode of the American Songwriter series features "Hero's Last MIssion", a local indie alternative rock band.

 

Studio Session - O2

2010 WAVE Winner, Professional Division, Performing Arts Coverage

Produced by Karen Adams, Bakari Thompson, Messina Wattley, Jesse Norfleet
Songs by O2 & Paper Son from their album "Charles".

 

Make The Call - Episode 4

2010 WAVE Winner, Professional Division, Talk Show

Produced by Karen Adams, Chief Ronald Davis, LaDoris Cordell, Captain Estelle, Bill Lindemann
Featuring the East Palo Alto Youth Court

2010 WAVE Award Finalists

Local Producers are being recognized as finalists 14 times this year, for excellence in video production, including 10 community productions and 4 Professional productions by Media Center Staff. Congratulations to all!

Click on Show Title to see the Program online.

In the Community Producers Division:

In the Professional Producers Division:

The Theatre Factory Wins a 2010 Hometown Award!

Congratulations to Patricia Neme and Patti Page, producers of The Theatre Factory, which highlights local live theaters and the plays that are produced there. Their episode on the production of Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor" won an ACM Hometown Award in the Informational Talk Show category.

Congratulations to our WAVE 2009 Award Winners!

The Western Access Video Excellence Awards were announced on October 17, 2009. Producers at the Media Center took home 6 awards. We present them in their entirety below. Click on the player to start. You can also expand the player to full screen size by clicking an icon at the bottom of the player. The full list of WAVE 2009 Finalists from the Media Center appears just after the Winners list.

 

The Stephanie Herman Show - Dancing Behind the Scenes

2009 WAVE Winner, Performing Arts Coverage
Produced by Stephanie Herman

Stephanie Herman is a former Pricipal Ballerina. In this episode, Stephanie takes you behind the scenes and shows you the processes she goes through to prepare and perform her dances. Her featured dance is set to Bob Fosse's All That Jazz

 

The Theater Factory - Velocity Circus

2009 WAVE Winner, Information/Culture
Produced by Patricia Neme and Patty Page

The Theater Factory invites local theater productions to perform excerpts of upcoming and current productions in th studio. Interviews and externally shot segments show how a local theater production comes to life. This episode showcases Velocity Circus, featuring a Mongolian contortionist.

 

Studio Session - Fua Dia Congo

2009 WAVE Winner, Performing Arts Coverage (Professional Division)
Produced by Karen Adams and Muisi-Kongo Malonga

Studio Session showcases local performance and visual arts. This episode covers Fua Dia Congo, a spectacular African-Dance troupe.

 

Abilities United Presents: Community Connections #4

2009 WAVE Winner, Programming By/For Differently Abled
Produced by Andrea Throndson

A Series dedicated to those living with developmental or physical challenges. This episode is about advocacy on behalf of others.

 

Suicide PSA

2009 WAVE Winner, Public Service Announcement
Produced by Edoardo De Armas

This PSA makes a poignant case that help is always available.

 

Jook Joint - featuring Etta James

2009 WAVE Winner, Music Programming
Produced by E.C. Scott and Gregg Mitchell

E.C. Scott hosts a VJ-style Blues show. This episode honors Etta James.

2009 WAVE Award Finalists

This year, the Media Center's producers are honored as finalists in the 2009 WAVE Awards 18 times. Winners will be announced Friday, 10/17 at the annual conference of the Alliance for Community Media, Western Division, in Reno. Congratulations to all!

Click on Show Title to see the Program online.

In the Community Producers Division:

In the Professional Producers Division:

Congratulations to our WAVE 2008 Award Winners!

The Western Access Video Excellence Awards were announced on October 24, 2008. Among the winners were four Media Center productions. We present them below. Click on the player to start. You can also expand the player to full screen size by clicking an icon at the bottom of the player. The full list of WAVE 2008 Finalists appears just after the Winners list.

The Water Stalker

2008 WAVE Winner, Programming by Youth
Produced by Mark Dreshke

The Water Stalker is a takeoff on the horror film style, telling us the downside of water wasteage.  


Chess Diva

2008 WAVE Winner, Instructional Programming
Produced by Lauren Goodkind and Barbara Goodkind

Lauren and Barbara are identical twins who are both rated among the top 100 women chess players in the country. Their show features local chess events and players, and they give tips on chess strategy.



If Kids Ruled the World / The Reusable Bag

2008 WAVE Winner, Programming for Youth
Produced by Jim Skinner

Kids take over for a day at a local grocery store, telling us the virtues of the reusable shopping bag.



West Bay Game Night - CCS Championship Game

2008 WAVE Winner, Sports Coverage, Professional Producers Division
Produced by Doug Smith

The Media Center Sports crew cover the memorable 2007 Football championship game between Menlo-Atherton and Palo Alto.

2008 WAVE Award Finalists

The Media Center has helped 13 local producers become finalists in the 2008 WAVE Awards. This is more finalists than any other media center in the WAVE competition. Congratulations to all our talented producers!

Click on Show Title to see the Program online

In the Community Producers Division:

In the Professional Producers Division:

Neal's Place

2008 Hometown Video Winner, Entertainment Talk Show, Professional
2007 WAVE Winner, Talk Show-Entertainment, Professional
Produced by Kenny Neal

Kenny Neal, an internationally recognized blues performer hosts, with guest blues artists for jam sessions and talks about what's happening in the world of blues. This episode features Kenny's daughter Syreeta Neal. This episode was honored at both the WAVE 2007 and Hometown Video 2008 events.

Try Bicycling!

2008 Hometown Video Winner, Community Event
Produced by Stan Ng and Don Burnett

Hosted by Dena Mossar and other members of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC), this show promotes Bike To Work Day in May 2007, encouraging ordinary people to Try Bicycling for their work commute. Two local bicycle routes are featured: the Ellen Fletcher Bicycle Boulevard (presented by Ellen herself) and the Stevens Creek Trail.

We had a bumper crop of finalists at WAVE 2007. Here is a list of submissions that were singled out for excellence as finalists...

Below are the shows that won at WAVE 2007 in their category. Congratulations to all!

SOIL: Sowing Seeds of Change in Rural Haiti

2007 WAVE Winner, Documentary Profile
Produced by Jennifer Benorden and Zara Zimbardo

This film is about SOIL, a California-based 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to battling health hazards in Haiti due to poor sanitation and lack of infrastructure and to bring about ecologically sustainable solutions.

What's Going On - How to get out of the Game

2007 WAVE Winner, Talk Show Category
Produced by Marina Latu, Douglas Fort and Karen Adams.

Doug Fort hosts former drug dealers interviewed before a studio audience by Mr. Fort, founder of For Youth By Youth.

The Happy Hybrid and the Polluting Pickup

2007 WAVE Winner, Public Service Announcement
Produced by Austin Tamaddon

This PSA by a local high school student features a battle between a hybrid and a gas guzzling pickup.

Art 2 Art

2007 WAVE Winner, Instructional Category
Produced by Dianne De Laet

explores approaches to working in watercolors by two very different, but complementary and entertaining, local artists.