Rider University Student Alexander Corini Achieves Top Honors at National Broadcasting Society Conference

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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ (12/04/2009)(readMedia)-- Alexander Corini of East Brunswick, N.J., a senior Communication major, was one of three students from Rider University's chapter of the National Broadcasting Society (NBS) to receive a first place award at the NBS's Region 1 Conference, securing a spot as a finalist in the national competition next spring in Dallas.

The regional awards ceremony was held on Saturday, November 7, at Millersville University. Rider's chapter competed with universities and colleges from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Rhode Island. The other Rider students included Gina Grosso of Newton, N.J., a junior Communication major, and Nikolas Paleologus of Edgewater Park, N.J., a senior Communication major.

Corini and Grosso received the "Best Instructional/Industrial Production Video" award. For the project, they created a promotional video for the Sayreville Conservation Corps., a 400-acre preserve maintained by Sayreville Township high school students under the direction of former councilman Stanley Drwal.

The two students learned about the promotional opportunity through Megan Zakrzewski, a senior Journalism major, who works as a master sergeant at the preserve. During two days in August, Corini and Grosso filmed footage of the preserve and 10 different interviews with students and administrators. Corini and Gross shot about an hour and half of footage which they cut into about four minutes and 20 seconds.

"I took everything that I learned the last four years and applied it to the video," said Corini, who has worked in Rider University Network (RUN) studio since he was a freshman.

As an upperclassman in the RUN studio, Corini trains new lab assistants, produces news packages for different shows and builds sets. Corini is also involved in numerous filming and production opportunities outside of the studio. He has filmed children's videos for Meet Me at the Corner, a company owned by Donna Winnett Guthrie '68. He is also a sound engineer for Big Noize, a company that organizes band performances. Both Corini and Grosso will assist the crew of New York Top-40 radio station Z100 at this year's Jingle Ball.

Photo caption - From left to right: Alexander Corini of East Brunswick, N.J., a senior Communication major, Gina Grosso of Newton, N.J., a junior Communication major, and Nikolas Paleologus of Edgewater Park, N.J., a senior Communication major.

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