Say Your Name and Spell It - An STN Podcast

Zach and Omar are back! This time with Karin McKemey to chat about the Summer Adviser Workshop, contests, convention and more. Ready? Let's go!

Join Omar and Zach as they close out the school year with a legend: STN Founder Dave Davis! Dave retired from Hillcrest High School this year concluding a 42-year run in the classroom. He now rejoins the STN staff as the new Contest Coordinator. Omar and Zach chat with Dave about his time in the classroom, how he guided his students to produce great work, and his goals for STN.

What a convention, right?! It was so great to see everyone in Long Beach. Whether you attended convention or not, join Omar and Zach as they bring on Sheri Stilson and Shonda Tindall to break down each day of convention. They go through everything and reference feedback from teachers already received from the convention survey!

The countdown to the STN Convention is on! We're just a few days away from gathering together in Long Beach, California for another exciting convention. Join Omar and Zach as they speak with Phil Berman, a longtime STN judge and board member who shares best practices for competition. And, information about the upcoming Summer Advisor Workshop is also discussed!

Happy New Year! Join Omar and Zach as they welcome two of their students on this episode: Jason Fernandez '25 and Christian Sanchez '25 as they discuss what they're looking forward to this year and how to have a winning mindset.

Zach and Omar discuss the end of the semester, their experiences with the recent STN Challenge, and tips on how to be in a strong mindset as we move into the spring semester. Happy holidays everyone!

Omar and Zach discuss their experience with Horror Fest and all the categories in the upcoming STN Challenge contest! Enjoy and let us know in the episode Q&A what you want to hear on future shows.

Welcome to a new school year! Join Omar and Zach as they kickoff a new year of STN with updates to the website, contests and more! Please reach out to us if you have any ideas for future topics or want to join us on the show: members@studenttelevision.com.

Join Zach and Omar as they close out the school year with a recap on their STN experiences this year, what they're up to this summer, and what's ahead for their programs next year. Season 5 returns this August!

Join Omar and Zach this month where they talk about the magic from the recent STN Convention in Long Beach. This episode also features Natacha Delgado, TV Production Teacher at Somerset Academy Prep, and Omar's wife, to share what it's like bringing middle school students to the STN Convention.

Join us this month as Omar and Zach each bring one of their students on the show, Amelie Santini '25 and Sebastian Broche '24, to hear about how they've been preparing for convention and what it's been like working with their teams this year.

Welcome to the new year and new semester! Omar and Zach chat with Sheri Stilson, STN's Executive Director, about things you should be thinking about now as we get ready for the 2023 STN convention in March. We can't wait to see you there! 

Omar and Zach speak with Trevor Johnson, Director of Sales - East, for Snap! Mobile (formerly Snap! Raise), about how to leverage the power of crowdsourced fundraising to help offset travel costs for the STN convention and more for your program.

Ben Barnholdt, from Whitney High School in Rockland, CA, joins Omar and Zach for a coversation on creating your STN moments with your students while competing and at convention! In this episode we cover our takeaways from STN Challenge, what to expect for Fall Nationals and the STN convention. Enjoy!

This epsiode, Zach and Omar speak with Misha Tenenbaum, CEO of EditMentor. As one of STN's judges, Misha gives us a few tips on what it takes to be successful in contests. Zach and Omar also discuss details about the upcoming STN challenge. Enjoy!

Join us as we chat with Shonda Tindall, STN's Outreach & Engagement Manager, where we'll dive into the updates with the STN website, new contest details, and more! https://www.studenttelevision.com/contest-overview  

Featuring special guest Karin McKemey, broadcast teacher from Catawba Ridge High School in Fort Mill, SC, Omar and Zach discuss what it takes to build a team culture in your program and how you can get started right now! 

Welcome back to STN's podcast, “Say Your Name & Spell It” where we have NEW hosts Zach Garrett and Omar Delgado.  Pre-Show Host Intros Zach's move from Riverside Military Academy to Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida. Omar's CCNN Live Camp #AskSTN (Follow-Up) This section will be where we answer questions from our STN community Interview with STN's SOTY: Nicole Borman from Cypress Bay High School Interview with STN's TOTY: Omar Delgado from Christopher Columbus High School Advice for New Broadcast/Film Teachers Getting Ready for STN Contests

Aloha and welcome to the 3rd season of the STN Podcast and another new school year!  Our new STN Board President Paul Kass joins us on the podcast for the first time to talk about what to expect from STN this year. 

Our first online convention is in the books and it was a success thanks to the hard work of so many people and organizations. This month we share some stats, thank everyone, and share where the pro session recordings are located!

STN board member Ken Stone joins the podcast this month to share his tips and suggestions for a more successful contest and convention experience!

Emmy award winning retired journalist Bob Dotson joins the podcast this month to share some advice and wisdom he's collected over his 40+ years of being a storyteller. 

Board Member Grant Bochantin joins us to talk about our upcoming online virtual convention. Are you ready? We can help!

Meet our STN 2020 Teacher of the Year, John Allen III from Waianae High School's Searider Productions! We talk about how he got started both in TV and in teaching, and review various microphones to capture crispy, sizzling audio!

On this month's episode, we meet Joshua Cantrell, our new Education Coordinator, and Sheri Stilson, our new Executive Director! We also share how to use Google Chrome extensions to take attendance in Google Meet calls!

President Jacki Romey returns to the podcast to give us an update on the organization, Jeb Brunt, contest coordinator returns to update us on our contests, and we talk about WeVideo, an online video editor!

The regular podcast takes a break but we're giving you the audio version of our first Inside the Industry Speaker Series featuring Jeffrey Haboush and Owen Granich-Young. 

In this month's episode, STN President Jacki Romey gives us an update on what the STN Board has been doing and a conversation with STN Legend Dave Davis from Hillcrest HS. We also share some info about a summer institute and our first tech tip!

For the April 2020 episode we catch up with CEO Nancy Held Loucas since the cancelled convention and hear from teachers about how their students are still producing content during this global pandemic.

In this month's episode we'll dive into the Crazy 8s Contest, the STN Nationals, and have a conversation with board member Justin Ford where he shares a lesson plan on sequencing.

STN Convention 2020 updates, a conversation with STN speaker and workshop presenter Les Rose, and a new STN Contest!

Nancy returns to the podcast to update us on the 2020 convention and share some tips on convention registration, and Hawai'i teacher Austin Zavala shares some of his advice on how to select your students for the trip.

In this month's episode we talk about the STN Film and Broadcast Excellence awards and some of the opportunities available to our students like the Convention Scholarships, the Convention Student Presenters, and the STN Honor Society.

In this month's episode we talk to STN President Jacki Romey about the Collaborative Documentary project, and to Board Member and head of the Education Committee Shonda Tindall about Lesson Plans to help your program prepare for the STN Challenge.

In the September STN Podcast, we dive into all of the contests available to our affiliates and hear from Jeb Brunt, our contest coordinator. 2017 STN Teacher of the Year Karin McKemey also shares her advice on competing in the STN Challenge, and we answer a question sent in from Omar Delgado, an advisor at Christopher Columbus High School.

Welcome STN members to the 2019-2020 School Year! Learn about membership benefits, the STN convention and more with CEO Nancy Held Loucas in the first episode of the new Student Television Network podcast.