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DIGITAL ARTS
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Daniel DeAmeller – “Moby Dick”
Elise Simon – “The Hunger Games”
Rei Hill – “When We All Vote”
DIGITAL IMAGING
Rachel Jungeun Oh – “Scene 3”
James Ferrara – “Butterfly Fx”
Joeshin Septh–Bullock – “HS”
WEB DESIGN
Sara Avroch – “In This 2gether App”
Louis Cacace – “Rival-Fest App”
Gabrielle Grenier – “You're Okay App”
3D DESIGN
Daniel DeAmeller – “Candy”
Brianna Singh – “Christmas Carnival”
Jen Boshans – “Christmas Ski Trip”
ANIMATION
Ben Hanley – “Trashterpiece”
Daniel DeAmeller – “Lesson Learned”
James Ferrara – “Existential Stroll”
VIDEO
James Ferrara – “Trump Parody”
Malique Parker - Untitled
Jaylen Williams – “CB2M”
TELEVISION
BEST TELEVISION PROMO
Cory Soodoo – “Club Bash”
Joshua Thiong – “Panther Pride Homecoming Spirit Chalk”
Natalie Zuniga – “Dodgeball”
Lauren Smith – “The Commuter Room”
Ashley Fiorito – “Virtual Reality Lab at SUNY Old Westbury”
BEST SPECIAL EVENTS PACKAGE
Ashley Fiorito, Kyle Brodsky, Sean McCarron – “OW responds to Global Climate Change”
Ashley Fiorito – “Old Westbury earns Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award”
Natalie Zuniga, Joshua Thiong – “Math Redesign Lab - 10000th student!”
Graciela Cuji – “Art Gallery Faculty Exhibition - Paradox of Constructed Nature”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqCZcappho&t=1379s
Brandon Johnson – “First-Year Experience Common Reading Speaker - Dr. Michael Eric Dyson”
https://youtu.be/SpGmfblFFFA?t=551
Sean McCarron, Alexa Spinelli – “Tis the Season”
https://youtu.be/9yBtAvhnHe8?t=1436
BEST SPECIAL INTERVIEW
Julie Goldsmith – “Noam Chomsky on COVID-19 and its Impacts”
Nina Crawford – “Kevin Law, Long Island Association President”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qu5b69Byik
Brianna Knibbs – “President Dr. Timothy E. Sams”
BEST SPORTS SEGMENT
Marvin Argueta – “Get in the Game: Episode 4”
Erin McInerney – “Hockey Alert Episode 6”
Josue Urbina – “Ownfit - Episode 1”
BEST CREATIVE TELEVISION SEGMENT
Kristel Garcés, Sean McCarron – “Campus Talks Episode 9”
Alexander Zepeda, Erin McInerney – “Movie Night European Cinema”
Nina Crawford – “Let’s Talk About it: Episode 2”
Joshua Thiong – “Outlandish: Episode 2”
Brianna Knibbs, Anthony Vega – “Weekly Brief: Episode 15”
Benjamin Hanley – “Why Not? Episode 2”
BEST NATIONAL NEWS PACKAGE
Jalen Michael, Cory Soodoo, Josue Urbina – “Coronavirus”
Jennifer Berkowitz – “COVID-19 on Long Island”
Nina Crawford, Alexa Spinelli – “An interview with Naala Royale: Restaurant Business during COVID-19 Pandemic”
https://youtu.be/SpGmfblFFFA?t=705
Julie Goldsmith – “Deadly Vaping”
https://youtu.be/SpGmfblFFFA?t=705
BEST CAMPUS BASED NEWS PACKAGE
Julie Goldsmith – “Old Westbury Discusses Climate Change”
https://youtu.be/9yBtAvhnHe8?t=543
Ghadir Razeq, Michael Odemena – “Shuttle Bus is a Must”
https://youtu.be/9yBtAvhnHe8?t=691
Naila Allen, Monica Crespo Badillo – “Building a Future”
https://youtu.be/9yBtAvhnHe8?t=924
Jennifer Berkowitz, Lucas Waldmann – “The New Reality”
https://youtu.be/SpGmfblFFFA?t=941
Brianna Knibbs – “Coronavirus Story”
https://youtu.be/Cc6rx7O6zUo
BEST PROFILE PIECE
Aleeka Noble – “Lisa Payton”
https://youtu.be/r6x8xcq0X4A?t=1003
Jalen Michael, Diana Pignatelli – “Bonnie Eannone”
https://youtu.be/9yBtAvhnHe8?t=1161
Marvin Argueta – “The Story of Grixon Moriera”
Diana Pignatelli, Monica Crespo Badillo – “Calvin O. Butts”
https://youtu.be/SpGmfblFFFA?t=335
BEST ANCHOR TEAM
Reza Khan, Amber Green – “OWTV News”
Monica Crespo, Lucas Waldman – “OWTV News”
Nailah Allen, Diana Pignatelli – “OWTV News”
BEST SPORTS NEWS PACKAGE
Julianne Sucre, Carmella Perone – “Should College Athletes be Paid?”
https://youtu.be/9yBtAvhnHe8?t=1292
Marvin Argueta – “Kobe”
https://youtu.be/tSqCZcappho?t=1682
Natalie Zuniga, Ashley Fiorito, Derbie Pierre-louis, Cory Soodoo – “OW Panthers’ Marquez named to NABC Honors Court”
VIDEO
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
James Griffo – “Altered Consciousness”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wipHHkUHzrE
Natalie Zuniga – “Altered consciousness: in your words”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mIk3lkkCGU&t=45s
Lilian Chen – “Anxiety”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzJIfgqUTI
Erin Mcinerney – “Being Five”
BEST SELF PORTRAIT
Milania Marquez – “Life Is...”
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h128j1tgzkzcv75/Milania%20Marquez%20-%20Milania%20Marquez%20Life%20Is...%20Final.mp4?dl=0
Alanna Iacovetti – “Alana Lacovetti”
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v0xj13ulz9n83cy/Alanna%20Iacovetti%20-%20video-1607829877_1.mp4?dl=0
Hannelore Thomas – “Hannelore”
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aqye1my08hohctp/Hannelore%20-%20Final%20project%20.prproj.mp4?dl=0
Joshua Thiong – “Don’t Stop my Game”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfa2sEOoMEA
BEST CREATIVE VIDEO
Stenley Talabert – “Spoken Words: part 2”
https://youtu.be/-O-DZ1A4Y9g
Tafari Simpson – “Spoken Words - The Renaissance”
https://youtu.be/xTBvmxdaVO4
Joshua Thiong – “ERIC – Trailer”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQibmq5s5w
Jalen Michael – “Ann James: Celebrating 50 Years at Old Westbury”
https://youtu.be/71_x4U1D3Qo
NEW MEDIA
AUDIO SLIDESHOW
Aniesha Izevbizua – “My 2020 Experience”
https://voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/16461993/103921905/95694930
Matthew Lorenzo – “Covid Church”
https://voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/16462704/103928595/95699231
Aaliyah White – “Inside the Brain”
https://voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/16462691/103928379/95699738
PODCAST:
Jade Hang – “Mental Health During COVID 19”
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4yvcwznseotr4s/IJM%20Audio%20Project.mp3?dl=0
Adrian Munoz – “Election 2020”
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vl37cxfw5zf88qi/adrian%20podcast.mp4?dl=0
Cory Soodoo – “By The Window”
https://anchor.fm/cory-soodoo/episodes/Episode--4-eq0nav
INTERACTIVE PROJECT:
Juan “Ricardo” Abreu – “Interactive Passing Academy, (Video Documentation)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb8SQXaKGRg
Stephanie Cutrone – “Levittown, NY”
https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/9cbff061571771b2888d4731e2fb0e38/final-project/index.html
Jalen Natera – “Who Am I, AR Project, (Video Documentation)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2fd3G70Anw
MEDIA PORTFOLIO
Stenley Talabert – “Documentary Portfolio”
https://stalaber.wixsite.com/mysite
Joshua Thiong – “Josh of All Trades”
https://joshuathiong.wixsite.com/joshoats
Wanwen Wang – “Portfolio”
https://wanwenw.wixsite.com/portfolio
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BEST NEWS STORY
Laura Francavilla, “Diana Sukhram is SUNY OW’s New Acting Dean of the School of Education,” March 2020.
Brianna Knibbs and Jalen Michael, “Bursar Problems,” December 2019.
Ghadir Razeq, “SUNY OW Ranked One of the ‘Best Colleges’ For Value in New Money Magazine Issue,” October 2019
Colleen Guirand, “Drug Cartel TikTok is Taking Over,” December 8, 2020.
Natalia Ventura, “Flood Barriers in Venice Succeed Again,” October 18, 2020.
Alanna Iacovetti, “Fall 2020 Enrollment Levels,” September 2020.
BEST REVIEW
Jalen Michael, “Sharp Objects,” November 2019.
Kyle Berthoud, “Judas and The Black Messiah,” March 7, 2021.
Amanda Weissman, “An Exciting Novel With Sex, Drugs, & Rock N’ Roll,” February 20, 2021.
Karina Kovac, “Degree Zero: Drawing at Mid-Century,” November 22, 2020.
Alanna Iacovetti, “The Social Dilemma : A Compelling and Disturbing Documentary,” October 10, 2020.
Colleen Guirand, “SZA Did It Again,” September 17, 2020.
BEST FEATURE
Ren Mendonca, “Traveling Safety Precautions During Covid-19,” April 12, 2021.
Brianna Knibbs, “Meet the Honors College New Coordinator: Nicole Zinerco,” December 2019.
Karina Kovac, “The Racial Fetishization of Asian Women is Pedophilic in Nature,” March 31,,, 2021.
Laura Francavilla, “Yoohoo! We’re Making Another Young Guns Movie!,” February 21, 2021.
Terrance Pierce, “COVID-19 vs. March Madness: Round 2,” March 14, 2021.
Jamilet Rivera, “Experiences of a Fast Food Worker,” September 15, 2020.
BEST OPINION PIECE
Karina Kovac, “Is Veganism Classist?” December 19, 2020.
Miles Bayne, “Governor Cuomo’s Mishandling of the Number of Covid-19 Nursing Home Deaths,” March 1, 2021.
Patrick Ogunnaya, “The NFL’s Diversity Issue,” March 1,2021.
Brianna Knibbs, “Nigeria’s #EndSARS Movement,” November 15, 2020.
Enoch Byrd, “My Grandfather, Master Jay, and the NBA,” May 14,2020.
Natalia Ventura, “ Digital Divide Increases During Pandemic,” April 29, 2020.
RADIO
BEST NEWS SEGMENT
Gregg Mandel – “OWWR 6 PM News Update”
GREGG MANDEL - OWWR 6 PM NEWS UPDATE
Marvin Argueta – “The Jose Hernandez Interview”
MARVIN ARGUETA - BEINSPORTS'S JOSE HERNANDEZ BILINGUAL INTERVIEW
Richard Concepcion – “OWWR 6 PM News Update”
RICHARD CONCEPCION - OWWR 6 PM NEWS UPDATE
Summer Huynh – “OWWR 6 PM News Update”
SUMMER HUYNH - OWWR 6 PM NEWS UPDATE
BEST EVENT PROMO
Joelle Desrosiers – “Vinylthon 2020 on OWWR”
JOELLE DESROSIERS - VINYLTHON 2020 ON OWWR
Ajon Crump – “Open House”
AJON CRUMP - OPEN HOUSE
Giovanni Dainotto – “Disco Nights at The Paramount”
GIOVANNI DAINOTTO - DISCO NIGHTS AT THE PARAMOUNT
Noa Caines – “Panther’s Softball”
NOA CAINES - PANTHERS SOFTBALL
BEST STATION PROMO
Brandon Ellis, Scott Honickman – “The Damage Report”
BRANDON ELLIS - SCOTT HONICKMAN - THE DAMAGE REPORT
Joelle Desrosiers – “Cup of Joe”
JOELLE DESROSIERS - CUP OF JOE
Jaquana Greenwood – “TNT on OWWR”
JAQUANA GREENWOOD - TNT ON OWWR
BEST CREATIVE PRODUCTION
Noa Caines – “WBAB Rocks”
NOA CAINES - WBAB ROCKS
Nikki Kallipozis – “TNT”
NIKKI KALLIPOZIS - TNT
Michelle Chan – “Core”
MICHELLE CHAN - CORE
Keila Alequin – “Keila’s Love Story”
KEILA ALEQUIN - KEILAS LOVE STORY
Joelle Desrosiers – “Cops and Ghosts”
JOELLE DESROSIERS - COPS AND GHOSTS
Jaquana Greenwood – “Top 40”
JAQUANA GREENWOOD - TOP 40
Marvin Argueta – “OWWR Sports Spotlight: NY Cosmo’s”
MARVIN ARGUETA - OWWR SPORTS SPOTLIGHT NY COSMOS
BEST SHOW
Giovanni Dainotto – “Five N Dime on OWWR”
GIOVANNI DAINOTTO - FIVE N DIME ON OWWR
Joelle Desrosiers – “Cup Of Joe on OWWR”
JOELLE DESROSIERS - CUP OF JOE ON OWWR
Keila Alequin – “DJ Keila Show on OWWR”
KEILA ALEQUIN - DJ KEILA SHOW ON OWWR
Marvin Argueta – “Goal Zone on OWWR”
MARVIN ARGUETA - GOAL ZONE ON OWWR
The 13th Annual Student MAC Awards will be held on Wednesday, May 5th, 2021, at 7 PM.
More details including Zoom information will be released soon.
For more information or questions, please visit the contact page on OWWRNY.ORG.
