Each year the Editorial Board members of each of the student media organizations vote on submissions by their peer organizations. Since they cannot vote on their own organization's submissions, it is a validating peer review for those involved.

Isobel Breheny, Media Advisor for Student Activities and a WUSB alumna, knows firsthand how rewarding the recognition is for students who put in tremendous amounts of time and effort. This year she held the ceremony in the University Cafe. It was only marred by the rescheduled Roth Regatta that forced media organizations to be split between the two events. Isobel, Joan Gumbs, alumna Editor of Blackworld, and Norm Prusslin, former Media Advisor and now Director of the Media Arts Minor and Tabler LLC, gave the opening remarks to put it all in perspective.

While everyone did a great job, at the AA E-Zine and AAJ we're very happy for two of our staff / contributors who won:
   'Oliver' Hao Li, First Place for Best News Story, for his moving photographic journal of his trip through Beichuan after the massive earthquake in Sichuan leveled the city.
   'Oliver' again, Second Place for Best Photograph for the Taiko Project in the Wang Center.
   Ken-Wing Lee, although he is more well known as a WUSB China Blue DJ, First Place for Best Written Work for his spoken word essay/poem Reflections of Today.

And the winners are...

Best Original Work
-1st Place Happy Halloween Photo Sketch by Tia Mansouri, SB Press Volume 30 Issue 7
-2^nd Place Research Assistants Go Public by Frank Petrignani, SB Grad Mag
-3^rd Place Gentrification begins as white flight ends Blackworld, December 08

Best Cover
-1^st Place Merry Christmas (President Obama) The Patriot, Winter 2008
-2^nd Place February 2009 Cover 1^st Print Think Magazine, Adam Peck, Editor
-3^rd Place 4/2 Press kidnaps Statesman Statesman

Most Innovative Use of Media
-1^st Place Film Stripped Website Karina Offurum, SBU-TV
http://filmstripped.wordpress.com 
-2^nd Place SB GRAD MAG online magazine and polls Frank Petrignani, SB Grad Mag
-3^rd Place One Nation New BW Logo and Kickline Art Sabrina Jennings, Blackworld April 2009

Best News Story
-1^st Place Death City, Beichuan, China Oliver Hao Li, AA E-Zine
http://www.aaezine.org/articles/vol20/20N3BeichuanSichuanEarthquakeHLi.shtml
-2^nd Place Research Assistants Go Public Frank Petrignani, SB Grad Mag 2008
-3^rd Place New President Think Magazine, 4/25/2009

Best Entertainment
-1^st Place J school Harry Potter Septet Musical Composition Adam Peck, Think Magazine http://www.facebook.com/v/1094515687819
-2^nd Place Internet Radio - Pandora Founder Tim Westergran Interview Denise Degennaro, Statesman 1/26/2009 
-3^rd Place One Grand Night Yi-Jin Yu, Statesman 12/01/2008

Best Written Work
-1^st Place Reflections of Today Essay/Poem Ken Wing Lee, Asian American Journal 08-09
-2^nd Place Stony Brook Mom Giving Up is Not an Option Bradley Donaldson, Statesman 1/26/2009 issue
-3^rd Place Rate My Professors Changing Decisions Frank Posillico, Statesman

Best Produced Work
-1^st Place Election Coverage - Presidential Radio Broadcast from Hofstra University WUSB Radio News 
-2^nd Place Film Stripped 30 minute episode Karina Offurum, SBU-TV
-3^rd Place SBU TV Journalism Promo Shuchao Luo, SBU-TV

Best Photography
-1^st Place The Reverend Billy Roman Sheydvasser, SB Press
-2^nd Place Taiko Project AA-E Zine, 'Oliver' Hao Li
http://aasquared.org/gallery/TaikoProject09Li/090227_37?full=1
-3rd Place SBU-TV Poster ShuChao Luo, SBU-TV
http://www.aasquared.org/images/S/SBUTVChaoLuo.jpg

Best Sound
-1^st Place Radio “Scream The Sound”, Best Entertainment Brian Wasser, WUSB http://wusb.fm/website/programs.shtml  
-2^nd Place Radio “Oprah’s Handbag” Kristin Agathos, WUSB
http://wusb.fm/website/programs.shtml
-3^rd Place Prime Time College Radio Najiib Aminy, WUSB
http://wusb.fm/website/programs.shtml

Best Editing
-1st Place SBU-TV Beat Promo Shuchao Luo, SBU-TV
-2^nd Place SB Press Literary Supplement Fall 2008 Tia Mansouri, SB Press pages 15-50 vol 30 issue 7
http://thestonybrookpress.com/oldissues/vol30issues/vol30issue07/pdf
-3^rd Place Blackworld News April 2009 Jahlecia Smith, Editor, Blackworld 

Best Video
-1^st Place J School Harry Potter Septet Musical Composition Adam Peck, Think Magazine http://www.facebook.com/v/1094515687819
-2^nd Place Short Film Showcase Promos Karina Offurum, SBU-TV
 

All campus student media organizations can be found on the Student Affairs website at http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/sac/media_groups.shtml

Links to many can also be found on the homepage of the SBU AA E-Zine at http://www.aa2sbu.org/aaezine

Jon Hu
Editor-in-Chief
SBU AA E-Zine