Simon Perez
, associate professor of at the , has been honored by the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) as part of the Festival of Media Arts. Perez won in the Faculty News Competition, Television Hard News Reporting category, for a he wrote, shot, edited and presented during his time as a multimedia journalist at KPIX TV in San Francisco in June and July 2017.
The Festival of Media Arts is a competitive festival open to faculty and student BEA members. Prizes will be awarded during BEA’s annual convention and Festival of Media Arts, to be held April 7-10 in Las Vegas.
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