Lumination Network and the Department of Communication and Journalism recently held the first ever Lumi Awards, an event that honored some of Lumination’s finest contributors.
The ceremony was held at the Ezell Center on Thursday evening and was hosted by Anne Paquin, the news director for Lumination News.
The awards were both voted on by Lumination’s readers, as well as student leaders and faculty members.
For Lumination’s newly launched radio station LU Radio, Ariel Jones won the award for Best Music Show, Emily Poe won the award for Best Talk Show and Jeremy Keck won Best On-Air Personality.
Thomas Jones of Sports 60 with Tom & Aaron accepted the Best Sports Show Award and Brianne Welch won the award for Best Overall Show.
Nicci Carney, the station’s program director, awarded Thomas Jones with the student award for his work on the station, and Aerial Ellis, the station’s faculty sponsor, awarded Carney with the faculty’s choice award.
For the Lumination Newscast, Caitlin Selle won Best Female Anchor and Jeremy Keck won Best Male Anchor.
Brynn Watkins won Best Feature Reporter, Jessica Burke won Best Show Segment, Nicci Carney won Best Weather Anchor and Ariel Jones won both Best Sports Anchor and Best Entertainment Anchor.
Kage Sanderson and Joe Sanderson were awarded the newscast’s MVP awards, and Brianna Langley and Janice Ng were awarded the Rookie of the Year honors. Savanna Schubert won Best All-Around Anchor.
Anne Paquin awarded Sydney Poe, the station’s assistant news director, with the student award, while Alan Griggs, the newscast’s faculty supervisor, awarded Jael Teme with the faculty’s choice award.
Whitney Jarreld was awarded the Best Photographer Award for her work for Lumination.
For Lumination Network’s written side, Michael Fox won Best Feature Story for Shaun Senters shows pride in coaching at alma mater, while Nicci Carney won Best Entertainment Story for her review of the song “Only One” by PJ Morton feat. Stevie Wonder.
Kyrsten Turner won Best News Coverage for Students gain insight from Alternate for Death Penalty conference, Logan Butts won Best Sports Story for Heat, Lakers look to impress in upcoming NBA season and Monaih Sam and Kelly Dean won Best Multimedia Story for Lipscomb veteran student Ben Maenza overcomes odds to serve as inspiration to all.
Cory Woodroof, the editor-in-chief of Lumination Network, awarded Monaih Sam with the student award while Tim Ghianni, Lumination Network’s faculty supervisor, awarded Kyrsten Turner with the faculty’s choice award.