Shaanti TV announced as Finalist at The Midlands Media Awards
The finalists have been announced for the 2014 Birmingham Press Club’s Midlands Media Student Awards, and it’s good news for Shaanti TV.
The Awards, launched to recognise the emerging talent of next-generation journalists and broadcasters, were organised by Cloud 9 Event Management as part of Birmingham Press Club’s 150th anniversary celebrations. They attracted more than 110 entries from media students throughout the East and West Midlands.
We’re delighted Connar Goodwin, one of our volunteer student-producers, was chosen as a Finalist for his work on Shaanti.TV. His work on My Panda Shall Fly and Shammi Pithia (below) has been selected in the Entertainment category at this year’s awards.
Shaanti.TV www.shaanti.tv was an innovative project that provided opportunities to young people to gain experience, knowledge, and understanding of themselves, each other and the environment, while volunteering in the Eastern Electronic Festival 2014.
Shaanti TV in partnership with The University of Derby played a critical role in the production of new teaching materials as well as the introduction of new communication technologies, in particular the development of digital technologies for education in resource-poor environments.
Shaanti TV helped young adults build capacity in the local creative sector, giving young people much needed employment opportunities. The initiative is linked to the development of British Asian filmmakers and producers, was aimed at the wider arts activities for young people.
The Birmingham Press Club – the oldest Press Club in the world. Established in 1865, the Club’s membership includes journalists from newspapers, magazines, television, radio and online. The Midlands Media Awards is the Birmingham Press Club’s largest and most prestigious annual event, attended by over 300 of the region’s media professionals and key guests from the business community.
With an impressive and impeccable two stage judging process and categories created to reflect and reward the rich heritage and modern innovation within the media, this is an event not to be missed. The Midlands Media Awards were open to entrants from Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry, Wolverhampton and Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
More at www.midlandsmediaawards.co.uk or watch all show’s on www.shaanti.tv
