OAC Awards

SPRF Awards

• First-place Lantern Award for Seed Tech Short Course by Leah Barbour, Kim Trimm, Ellen Graves, Nathan Gregory, Philip Smith and Amy Myers.
• Award of Excellence for the social video campaign “Get to Know Your MSU Extension Agent.”
• Certificate of Merit for “The Food Factor: Transition from Broadcast to Blog.”

CPRAM Awards - 2019

• First-place for “Delta True: Donald Gant Looks to the Future” feature story. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager, and Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer.
• Second-place for “4-H Friends: Family Embarks on Showmanship Adventure” feature story. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager, and Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer.
• First-place for “Game Changer: Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Mississippi Deer” sports news story. Team members include Linda Breazeale, OAC senior extension associate; Bronson Strickland, extension professor for the College of Forest Resources’ Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture; and Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer.
• First-place for “Ty Jones – Our People” photograph by Kevin Hudson.
• First-place for “Farmweek” (Oct. 25) television program. Team members include Leighton Spann, OAC senior extension associate; Mike Russell, OAC broadcast television producer; Zac Ashmore, OAC video producer; Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I; Steve Carver, UTC senior producer; and David Garraway, UTC director.
• Second-place for “Farmweek” (June 21) television program. Team members include Leighton Spann, OAC senior extension associate; Mike Russell, OAC broadcast television producer; Zac Ashmore, OAC video producer; Steve Carver, UTC senior producer; and David Garraway, UTC director.
• Third-place for “Get to Know Your MSU Extension Agent,” new media/social media category, Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I, and Ellen Graves, OAC social media strategist.
• Second-place for “Extension Matters” web page. Team members include Leah Barbour, OAC marketing and communication coordinator; Keryn Page, OAC publications manager; Kevin Hudson, OAC photographer; Brian Utley, OAC senior extension associate; Beth Barron, OAC web communications designer; Tim Allison, OAC senior extension associate; Susan Collins-Smith, OAC extension associate II; Megan Bean, OPA photographer; Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager; Gary Bachman, extension/research professor for MSU’s Coastal Research and Extension Center; Nathan Gregory, OAC news writer; and Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer.
• First-place for “Center for Government and Community Development ‘Revitalization’ Banner Stand” exhibit. Team members include Phillip Smith, extension associate III, and Kevin Hudson, photographer.
• First-place for “The Food Factor: From Broadcast to Blog,” public relations innovations category. Team members include Keri Collins Lewis, OAC media relations manager; Art Shirley, OAC web communications manager; Cindy Callahan, OAC web developer; Ellen Graves, OAC social media strategist; Jonathan Parrish, OAC extension associate I; Natasha Haynes, extension agent IV and host; and Susan Collins-Smith, OAC extension associate II.

Bulldog Prism

• Meet your Extension agent video series Jonathan Parrish, Ellen Graves
• Seed Tech short course marketing campaign Leah Barbour
• Food Factor change from broadcast to social media Ellen Graves, Keri Lewis

NACAA /National Communications Award

• Southern Gardening audio Amy Myers, Gary Bachman

ACE

• Silver Award Crops Situation Podcast Art Shirley
• Silver Award Extension blog Keri Lewis

PRAM

• Award of Excellence Get to Know Your MSU Extension Agent Jonathan Parrish, Ellen Graves
• Award of Excellence The Food Factor: Broadcast to Blog Keri Lewis
• Award of Excellence Seed Tech short course marketing campaign Leah Barbour