WVPB Production Team Receives 6 Telly Awards  – West Virginia Public Broadcasting

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CHARLESTON, WV (May 21, 2024): West Virginia Public Broadcasting announced Tuesday it has received six awards in the 45th Annual Telly Awards. This year’s Telly Award winners were selected from a pool of over 12,000 submissions from around the world by a diverse judging body of more than 200 executives from television networks, production companies, global agencies, immersive content studios and streaming platforms around the world.

Congratulations to our staff:

WVPB Director of Video Production Chris Barnhart said the team is honored to be recognized for another national level award. “I am again humbled by the recognition that the WVPB Video Production staff has earned,” said Barnhart. “Their commitment to ‘Telling West Virginia’s Story’ can be seen in the quality of the final products they produce as well as the awards they earn.”  

The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. Founded in 1979 to honor local, regional and cable television commercials, with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after, the award has evolved with the rise of digital video to include branded content, documentary, social media, immersive and more.  The Telly Awards today celebrates the best work in the video medium in an exciting new era of the moving image on and offline.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Chris Barnhart
WVPB Director of Video Production
cbarnhart@wvpublic.org