Costello and Elon crew
to produce BEA Awards

School of Communications faculty member Vic Costello has been named producer for the 4th Annual Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts Awards Ceremony. The event will take place during the BEA's annual conference in April 2006.

The BEA Festival of Media Arts is an international peer-reviewed competition for faculty and student multimedia and video productions. The competition is sponsored by the King Foundation and Avid Technology, which award a $1,000 prize and Avid editing software to the Best of Festival winners in 14 production categories.

J. McMerty, senior video producer for Elon Television, will serve as the reel producer for the awards ceremony. Linda Lashendock, assistant director of instructional technology services and Elon Television, will assist in the production effort.