Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: UT-Austin Entry Title: Project Princess 2024 Entry Credit: Chandler Tompkins, Diego Torrealba, Amaya Austin, Simone Mericle Judge Comment: An excellent all-around package that tells the story of this important work. The visuals keep the viewer engaged by showing you the different facets of Project Princess.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Baylor Entry Title: The magic behind the viral Baylor Men's Choir social media Entry Credit: Lauren Holcomb Judge Comment: Great work in using visuals and telling the story of how the choir goes viral.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Texas Tech MCTV, KTXT Entry Title: MCTV - The Maze Entry Credit: Macy Ranzer Judge Comment: A good balance between interviews and visuals to keep the viewer interested.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: UT-Arlington Entry Title: Irish Nachos Entry Credit: Natanael Mazariego Judge Comment: A fun interview with the creator of "Irish Nachos." That guy is a natural storyteller, and this video does a great job letting him go to work.
Competition Comment: A great field of contenders. You can tell the students behind these stories put in a lot of effort and time. It was hard to narrow it down to four, but the awardees balanced good feature reporting with visuals.