Howard University Students Take Home First-Place Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
By Sholnn Z. Freeman The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced that several current and former students from Howard University’s Cathy Hughes School of Communications won NATAS Student Production Awards. The students, who are in the school’s Department of Media, Journalism and Film, were recognized for exemplary work in the following categories: Newscast, News Report – Serious News, and Fiction – Short Form (Film). The Student Production Awards are annually given to students from colleges, universities and high schools from throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia for excellence in the production of news