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DMIS 2015

Excellence Award Winners

Deidre McDonald (2017)

Deidre McDonaldDeidre McDonald is an award winning producer, writer and educator. Her broadcasting career began as an intern; and ultimately she was named senior producer for programs and projects for WXIA-TV, (an NBC affiliate) where she produced and wrote documentaries and features that were shot locally, nationally and internationally.

For example, “Return to Goree”, filmed on Goree Island in Senegal, focused on the reflections of African Americans as they explored the meaning of the slave trade and its impact on their lives.  “Women Without A Place” examined the effect of homelessness on women and children. ...read more

Previous Winners

Alexa Harris
Alexa A. Harris, C'2007 (2016)
Author, Producer and Consultant
Deborah Riley Draper
Deborah Riley Draper
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Julia Montgomery
Julia Montgomery
 Film Maker
Yvonne Welbon
Yvonne Welbon
Film Producer
Tomika DePriest
Tomika DePriest
Film Historian
Dan Bascelli
Dan Bascelli
Television/Film Producer