Manhasset Students Earn Awards at Regional Broadcast Conference

On May 22, Manhasset Broadcasting Company attended the highly anticipated Broadcast Alliance for Senior High Awards at Hofstra University’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication.

Over 50 Long Island, Westchester and New York City schools participated in BASH’s Day-Of Competition, networking opportunities, informative breakout sessions and awards ceremony.

Manhasset’s Helen Tso, Chloe Eng, George Hogan, Diya Panjwani, Aris Lin, Sofia Tsioutas, and Mia Chen won 1st place for the Day-Of Competition with their vox pop video answering the question, “Why BASH?” and Manhasset’s Eshaal Mirza taught an original breakout session, “Graphics Without Photoshop.”

Of the five categories entered, MBC took home four trophies at the awards ceremony:

• 1st Place in Best Community Feature Package (“Lady of the Lake” by Alexia Mellis and Vincent Amat)
• 2nd Place in Best Human Interest Feature Package (“Grace Through Grit: Heather’s Story” by Chloe Eng)
• 2nd Place in Best School News Package (“Freefall Field Trip” by Chloe Pusey)
• 2nd Place in Best Short Broadcast 0-5 minutes (Good Morning Manhasset, Season 5)

MBC would like to thank the administration, faculty, staff and Manhasset community for continuing to support the program. Thank you for being a part of Good Morning Manhasset’s weekly episodes and class projects throughout the year!