CHRISTOPHER ELKINS
Special to The Leader
It’s always rewarding whenever something coming out of Fredonia gets recognized by the outside world. This is nothing new for department of communication Assistant Professor Michael Igoe.
Igoe’s video, “Interviewing: Getting the Facts the Feelings, and the Focus” has won another award and is being recognized by The Broadcast Education Association.
This video came about, according to Igoe, as a lecture he has given for many years that he felt should be put in a more permanent form. He then brought on two volunteer students, Dan Northup and Kasey Sadowski, and used videos they had in his class about the “good and bad” about interviewing.
“It’s the same thing. In the video we have specific video examples of what the do’s and don’ts of things to do when it comes to an interview,” said Igoe.
He also feels that the video itself could also translate to help young professionals in the field, compared to just helping prospective students.
The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) is honoring Igoe at its on-location conference this fall in the Instructional Category of the Video Competition. The award will be given in October during the BEA regional conference in Denver, Colorado.
This is the second time the video is being recognized. Igoe also received the “Best Educational/Instructional/Training video” presented by the Los Angeles Best Shorts Competition in July of this year.
Igoe said it was nice to be recognized his videos.
“I think for anytime your work is recognized by your peers and professionals, it’s very encouraging,” he said.
Igoe also was recognized for another recently created video, “The Marx Brother and the Story of Freedonia Maxonia.”
The film was shown at the Silver State Film Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. Igoe wrote, produced and hosted the video. Students Natalie Picarazzi and Dylan Jock did the photography, editing and audio.
The video was created to support the annual Fredonia Marxonia Festival that celebrates a national controversy between the comedy team of the Marx Brother and the village of Fredonia.
“The funny thing about the whole thing is, I was a TV reporter for 30 years,” said Igoe, referring to when he worked for WGRZ Channel 2 Buffalo. “So video is my life everyday. And I just didn’t think much about it, and I’ve kind of got back into it [in] a bit of a different way. I’m using my news person skills and a different communication forum to instruct people instead of just telling the story for viewers. Now I’m actually instructing students and young professionals.”
Igoe said that his next video will try and give advice on how to perform a good, effective stand up. However, time is always an issue nowadays for Igoe as he teaches the next generations of video and news personalities.