1/9/06

MCN Live Takes Home Communicator Award

MCN Live, the student-produced live news broadcast of Mercer County Community College, has been awarded Honorable Mention in the Cable News Category at the 2005 Communicator Awards.

The Communicator Awards is an international awards competition that recognizes outstanding work in the communication field. Entries are judged by industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. There were 3,059 entries from throughout the United States and five other countries in the Communicator Awards 2005 Video Competition. Honorable Mention is granted to those entries that meet the high standards of the industry. Eight percent of all entries received this honor.

MCN Live expanded to two telecasts per week in the fall of 2005, broadcasting live at 5:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays from the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College. The shows were led by student producers Jennifer Joyce and Kelly Capers and were broadcast under the direction of Wilmar Luna. The on-air teams consisted of Sharon Seaman, Christopher Curto, Kelly Capers, Christopher Lopez, Kim Coleman, Read Langan and Brandy Merritt. The Tuesday and Thursday Technicals Directors were Sri Rao and Michelle Treanor, respectively.