Jason Takhtadjian, Marcos Santander, Karina Trujillo and Breanna Hernandez (all Journalism and Media Studies) were honored with a Student Programming Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Pacific Southwest Chapter.
The winning students produced an episode of the "Rebel Report," a 30-minute sports program created solely by journalism students, and overseen by faculty and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ TV.
The focused on the 2019 Southern Highlands Collegiate, one of the most prestigious collegiate golf tournaments in the country, held annually at the Southern Highlands Golf Club.
Through a collaboration with 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Golf and organizers of the tournament, students produced the episode "on-location" for the first time in Rebel Report history. The crew covered the final day of the tournament onsite, where 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Jack Trent won the individual title in a sudden-death playoff.
