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Daybreak TV holds Gabriel Judging
3/3/2010 2:05:00 PM by Jim White |
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On February 19, 2010 a group of area communication and broadcast specialists gathered in Daybreak TV’s studio in the Catholic Center in downtown Buffalo, N.Y. as Preliminary Jury for the prestigious Gabriel Awards. Daybreak TV Productions has assisted in Gabriel judging for the last fifteen years and has been awarded four Gabriel’s for TV production. The 2010 Gabriel Awards preliminary guest jurors included Lee Coppolla, Dean of Journalism and Mass Communications at St. Bonaventure University; Paula DeAngelis, Senior Producer/Director Daybreak TV Productions; Joe Schlaerth, News Director of WIVB-TV, WNLO-TV; Rev. Paul D. Seil, host of "Our Daily Bread" TV program, pastor St. Bernadette Church; Ron Smith, Communications Dept. Professor and Chair, Buffalo State College.
The Catholic Academy for Communication Arts Professionals is the U.S. affiliate of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication. Members work in Catholic radio/TV Production, diocesan communications, internet and new technologies, film studies and media literacy, academic communications, distance learning, PR, media relations, and publishing.
For more than 40 years, the Catholic Academy has sponsored the Gabriel Awards, designed to honor works of excellence in broadcasting- programs, features, spots and stations which serve viewers and listeners through the positive, creative treatment of concerns of humankind.
The Catholic Academy encourages producers and broadcasters to bring programming to local communities in hopes that it will enhance the lives of those around them. The Catholic Academy is proud to sponsor the Gabriel Awards, recognizing the best in broadcasting and film that uplifts the human spirit.
Daybreak has been honored to serve as Jury Chair numerous times in the past fifteen years. For more information on the Catholic Academy go to
The Preliminary Jury narrows the competition to no more than two finalists. (A Blue Ribbon Jury from the Catholic Academy makes the final decision.) http://www.catholicacademy.org/.
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