Volunteers Recognized For Their Commitment to Local Media at Annual Monty Awards (VIDEO & PHOTOS)
The television shows you often see on Access 19 and Montgomery Channel 21 and the content for the MyMCMedia website has a lot to do with the many volunteers and contributors across Montgomery County. To honor their work and commitment, MyMCMedia honored the volunteers at the 2016 Monty awards ceremony on Sunday evening at the Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown.
“All of these volunteers being recognized tonight play such an integral role in telling the stories of the county,” said Montgomery Councilmember Nancy Navarro.
Awards were presented by Director of Communications for the City of Laurel, Audrey Barnes.
“If you tried to just rely on network television to tell the story of what’s going on in your local communities, it won’t happen,” said Barnes. “You got to get the community people involved in telling your stories.”
“I’m a student at MyMCMedia and I’m learning the studio tech class right now,” said student volunteer Andrew Krivitskiy. “I think this class is very beneficial so I can apply to any local news station in the future.”
Below, are the 2016 Monty award winners:
Arts & Humanities
James Shuler for DMV Heat Network
Community
Issac Asare for MPPTV: African Community Forum
Cultural
Yen-Ju Chen for Info Zone
Educational
Yen-Ju Chen for Career Choices
Promos & PSAs
Laurent Amzallag for Yala Fitness
Public Affairs
Pamela Shields for 2016 Verizon Strike
Class Project
Hashmat Koraganie for Meet Joe
Music Production
Yen-Ju Chen for Classical Open Stage
Host
Kelly Leonard for Small Business University
Youth
Explorer Post 1921 for Put it Down
Backpack Citizen Journalism
Bradley Fisher for What it is Like to Have Dementia
Blog Award
Maureen Stiles for Fake it Till You Make it–The Real Housewives of Potomac Premiere Recap
Viewer’s Choice
Robert Snip for On the Edge of Time
Most Field Producer Hours
Donato Sorrano
Most Studio Producer Hours
Steve Friedman
Most Active Volunteers
India Soodoo
Fikru Dinka
Donato Sorrano
Linna Barnes
Henry Teague
Amavi Misshou
Yen-Ming Chen
Robert Mattia
Marian Merewitz
Suds Chand
Carla Satinsky
Sheila Ogilvie
Susan Stevenson
Nancy Poole
Mike James
Donna Merrifield
Jerry Simon
Dick Terrill
Dee Willett
Bill Randolph Awards (STILL)
Dick Terrill
Haig Ellian Volunteer Grant
Ron Robinson
Bruce Adams Award
Marcie Povitsky
Volunteer Recognition
Jerry Simon
Monty’s Choice Nominees
Michael Bailey
Yen-Ju Chen
Laura Rowles
Discussing why local media is so important for our community. @mymcmedia #2016Montys pic.twitter.com/ewMUGNWJf1
— Nancy Navarro (@nancy_navarro) November 20, 2016
Here at @mymcmedia 2016 Monty Awards to honor our contributors and volunteers. pic.twitter.com/6cmLXk8c1A
— Mitti Hicks (@MittiMegan) November 20, 2016
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