MEDPL 283 News Video Reporting students made their on-air debuts last week as they learned how to read from a teleprompter and deliver the news from the Hunter North fourth floor studio. Fortune Magazine’s Susie Gharib, who anchored business programs for CNBC and PBS, gave the students three things to remember as they got into the anchor chair:

1. Sit up straight
2. Know what you’re talking about and
3. Think about why you are telling people this story and sell it!

She also encouraged students to pump up their enthusiasm and self-assurance. “When you sit down in that chair, you own that anchor desk,” said Gharib, adding that it’s important to project confidence to the audience.

F&M alum Taishon Black’s (director) short film THE ROCKET SHIP won:

– The Audience Choice Award at Indie Works
– Winner of BEST FAMILY SHORT at the Manhattan Film Festival

The film’s team includes alumni: Nick Vega (director of photography), Miles Adgate (producer), and Peter Jackson (production designer).

IMA alumna Deirdre Fishel receives 2018 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund grant.  The grant is given to films that explore social themes.  Deirdere’s (director and producer) film Women In Blue is about a high-profile police shooting rocks the Minneapolis Police Department, and its reform-minded first female chief is forced to resign. Following three women officers who carry on the fight to transform the MPD and restore community trust — Women in Blue explores gender, violence and policing in America.