Press

2024

April 16 - Tim Richardson and Reese Kissel were guests on the Jack & Tracie Show on Sunny 101.5 FM for their "Tell Me Something Good" segment and talked about our program and News Media School of the Year. Listen at https://omny.fm/shows/sunny-101-5/jack-traci-show-april-sixteen-1?t=1m30s

April 11 - We were privileged to have our media program featured on ABC57 today. They highlighted our recent 2024 News Media School of the Year award, as well as all the opportunities and projects we have to offer our students. A big thank you to reporter Emily Arnold for showcasing our students and faculty! https://www.abc57.com/news/south-bend-schools-named-news-media-school-of-the-year-for-second-straight-year

2023

September 8 - WNDU captured our program alumnus and mentor Maria Catanzarite's last visit with us before she leaves WNDU as an anchor/reporter for nine years to move to Arizona. https://www.wndu.com/2023/09/08/wndus-maria-catanzarite-speaks-journalism-students-riley-high-school/

June 22 - WNDU stopped by our TV & Radio Camp to highlight our broadcast program alumnus/WNDU reporter Alex Almanza who is assisting instructor Tim Richardson with the camp.

https://www.wndu.com/.../wndus-alex-almanza-stops-by.../

April 23- A South Bend Tribune article about the world premiere of the adapted radio play Sarcophagus airing on WETL 91.7 FM created by our media students and the Riley drama class. https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/entertainment/2023/04/23/wetl-fm-broadcasts-russian-play-about-chernobyl-disaster/70137991007/

April 16 - Matthew Pandori-Tessely and Lydia Thurston represented our media production program on WNDU's Sunday Morning Spotlight. They chatted about winning News Broadcasting School of the Year at state and what the program means to them. https://www.wndu.com/video/2023/04/16/sunday-morning-spotlight-award-winning-sbcsc-tvradio-cte-program/

April 10 - WNIT features South Bend Schools' Broadcast Media and Film Production won “News School of the Year” through the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters Association. Among the accolades are first place for School Newscast and Video Magazine plus 10 additional awards. Videographer Kristen Franklin Editor Greg Banks. https://youtu.be/NbT7Ha_2E4I

April 8 - Media Instructor Tim Richardson on WNDU's Saturday Morning Sitdown discusses the River Bend Film Festival and a bit about our media program as well. Some our students will appear on the same show next week to talk about our classes and state wins. https://www.wndu.com/2023/04/08/saturday-morning-sitdown-20th-river-bend-film-festival/

March 31 - ABC57's Summer Horan visits the SBS-TV studios to talk with our media students about the class and winning "News Broadcasting School of the Year" at state. https://abc57.com/news/summers-spotlight-SBCSC-student-journalists-win-2023-school-of-the-year

March 15 - Instructor Tim Richardson and his media students on WSBT's First in the Morning show discuss winning "News Broadcasting School of the Year" at state. https://youtu.be/gts7RgYIeHY

2022

November 5 - Media Instructor Tim Richardson on Saturday Morning Sitdown talks about our program and what Career & Technical Education has to offer. https://www.wndu.com/video/2022/11/05/saturday-morning-sitdown-tim-richardson/

May - South Bend Careers: Meet Tim Richardson, Broadcast Media and Film Production instructor at Riley High School and learn what it means to him to be #ConnectedAtTheBend in May 2022: https://fb.watch/elbmUrFxto/

May 3 - Feature story on "Hometown Living" about our media program in May 2022: https://wsbt.com/community/hometown-living/sbcsc-radio-television-program

March - News story on WSBT about winning 1st Runner Up Television School of the Year.

2019

December 15 - Front page article from The South Bend Tribune .

2018