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2024 NSPA Winners

Congratulations to this year’s Suncoast Chapter winners who scored big in this year’s National Student Production Awards.

News Report – Serious News

HB-49 Affecting Teenagers’ Academics, Christopher Columbus High School (Suncoast Chapter)
Carlos Soto-Angulo, Andrew Ahrendt, Gabe Fraga, Aidan Galan, Matthew Quesada, Jason Fernandez
Omar Delgado, Christina Insua, Advisors


News Report – Light News

Jurassic Genius: Celebrating Difference at Columbus, Christopher Columbus High School (Suncoast Chapter)
Andrew Ahrendt, Carlos Soto-Angulo, Nicholas Dovales, Matthew Quesada, Gabe Fraga, Jason Fernandez, Juan Pablo Piña
Omar Delgado, Christina Insua, Advisors


Magazine Program or Lifestyle Content

Best of Aftershock, Cypress Bay High School (Suncoast Chapter) Andrew Dunham, Mya Wolf, Samantha Duarte, Tailyn Cummings, Luisa Hernandez, Nicole Pineros, Mariana Sanin, Maria Ojeda, Bryan Bomfim, Ava Pounder, Samantha Rosenzweig, Brady Shea, Tad Bochenski, Sebastian Garcia
Taiwo Cummings, Advisor


Talent – News or Sports

Anchor Reel, Christopher Columbus High School (Suncoast Chapter)
Andrew Ahrendt
Omar Delgado, Christina Insua, Advisors

Complete PDF list of 2024 NSPA winners


AND THE SUNCOAST WINNERS ARE ….

We hope you enjoyed the 2024 Suncoast Student Production Awards held at the University of Miami School of Communications! Congratulations to all of our winners!! Great work!

2024 SPA High School Winners
2024 SPA College Winners


Check out the 2024 Suncoast Student Production Awards photo gallery. It was a great day and we saw great work from our Suncoast students. Congratulations to all our winners and nominees! Way to go!


2023 NATIONAL STUDENT PRODUCTION AWARDS
WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The Winners were announced today, February 1, 2024, in New York. This year, students from over 120 schools were represented in the competition having previously been selected as winners in one of the NATAS Regional Chapter competitions.

“This year’s student content producers impressed. They are truly the best of the best,” said Doug Mummert, Chairman of the NATAS Foundation. “From coast to coast, the young journalists and budding filmmakers continue to up their game each year, shining a light in their respective communities.”

Wow! Congratulations to Christopher Columbus High School! You’ve made the Suncoast Chapter proud! Check out the entire win list from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences! Congratulations! Keep up the great work!!

Download the 2023 National Student Production Awards win list


We can’t thank everyone enough for attending our SPA Workshop at the University of Miami School of Communication. We had an amazing turnout and a wealth of knowledge and know-how was shared with everyone. We’d especially like to thank our Session Leaders for giving their time, talent, and expertise to help jump-start you on your broadcast career path!

If you weren’t able to attend or if you missed any of the sessions while you were there – no worries! Catch it right here on our Sporfie Livestream


Learn more about our workshop session leaders


The Suncoast Student Production Award encourages the pursuit of excellence in video production and focuses public attention on outstanding achievements produced by college, university, and high school students. The 2023 Student Production Awards ceremony was held virtually this year on June 2, 2023.

2023 SPA Virtual Awards