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Yet another award for "Hungry in the West End"

Telly Award

The Telly Awards has announced the AARP Rhode Island senior hunger series Hungry in the West End is a Bronze winner in its 35th annual competition. With nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is  truly an honor.

The series, a 2013 winner for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles International Web Series Festival and 2013 W3 Silver Award winner, is a multimedia exploration of senior hunger in Providence’s West End community. The eight-part video documentary series was produced, directed and narrated by AARP Rhode Island’s John Martin and is complemented by Web-based stories by former Providence Journal reporter Jody McPhillips.

"We are extremely pleased by this latest recognition," said AARP Rhode Island State Director Kathleen Connell, who served as series executive producer. "We are especially proud of the fact we have given voice to so many people at ground zero in the drive to end senior hunger. The Telly Award signifies just how tall this project stands among some of the top professionals in video production and Web-based storytelling.

“The Telly Awards has a mission to honor the very best in film and video,” said Linda Day, Executive Director of the Telly Awards. "AARP Rhode Island's accomplishment illustrates the producer-director's creativity, skill, and dedication to his craft and serves as a testament to great film and video production.”

Hungry in the West End, made possible by a generous grant from AARP Foundation Drive to End Hunger, is part of AARP Rhode Island’s wide-ranging community engagement effort.

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Hungry in the West End

Hungry in the West End, made possible by a generous grant from AARP Foundation Drive to End Hunger, is part of AARP Rhode Island’s wide-ranging community engagement effort. - See more at: https://states.aarp.org/watch-hungry-in-the-west-end/#sthash.8zEz1Gtf.dpuf



Our award-winning (Best Documentary, 2013 LA Web Series Festival) multimedia exploration of senior hunger in Providence’s West End community includes an eight-part video documentary series produced, directed and narrated by AARP Rhode Island’s John Martin and Web-based stories by Jody McPhillips. - See more at: https://states.aarp.org/watch-hungry-in-the-west-end/#sthash.8zEz1Gtf.dpuf

 

The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.

For its 35th season, The Telly Awards once again joined forces with YouTube to give the public the power to view and rate videos submitted as part of the People’s Telly Awards. In addition to recognition from the Silver Telly Council, the judging panel that selects the Telly Awards winners, the Internet community helps decide the People’s Telly Awards winners.

A prestigious judging panel of over 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly and a member of The Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other – rather entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Less than 10% of entries are chosen as Winners of the Silver Telly, our highest honor.

Find out more about the Telly Awards at www.tellyawards.com.

 

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