VPT Wins National Awards for Production and Outreach

VPT Wins National Awards for Production and Outreach
The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) honored Vermont Public Television with two awards at their annual conference in Norfolk, Va., last month.
VPTs 2006 special Grace Potter and The Nocturnals: Bringin It Home Live won an award in for program production. VPT captured the sold-out concert for television viewers in the fall of 2005 when the Vermont-based group performed in S. Burlington after a national tour. It was VPTs first local high definition production. Producer was Chris McClure. Mike Dunn directed and edited the program. Production funding was provided by the USDA Rural Development.
In the outreach category, VPT won an award for its What About Teens? campaign, a statewide effort association with The Voices Project. At sessions around Vermont, teens and adults discussed issues concerning young people and brainstormed solutions that were presented to the Legislature. The campaign finished up with a week-long, multimedia event that gave Vermont teens a voice on public television, public radio, online and in print. VPTs community outreach director, Elizabeth Ottinger, headed the project, which was funded by a grant from the National Center for Outreach. Partners with VPT in the project were ASAP (Association of Student Assistance Professionals) of Vermont, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont, Kingdom County Productions, NFI (Northeast Family Institute) Vermont, SRO (School Resource Officer)/Colchester Police Department, Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Vanguard Productions, Vermont Childrens Forum, Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs, Vermont Coalition of Teen Centers and the Young Writers Project.
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