Oscar Correspondent Contest
Grand Prize Winners Announced
Terry Stackhouse and Zach Cusson from Emerson College were selected as the Grand Prize winners for the “Oscar Correspondent Contest.” As part of their prize, they will receive a spot on the red carpet for the 82nd Academy Awards arrivals and will have access to the backstage press rooms and the Governors Ball. Their Oscar coverage will be posted on mtvU.com and MTVNews.com the week of March 8.
Stackhouse and Cusson beat out teams of college journalists from across the nation to win this opportunity. They were flown to Los Angeles with the two other finalist teams where they covered Academy Awards pre-events, including the Animated Feature Symposium, Foreign Language Film Award Nominees Photo Op and Symposium, the Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Symposium and the Governors Ball preview.
Watch Stackhouse’s and Cusson’s winning pitch, and see why they won the chance to represent the college audience on the red carpet. Watch Video
About the Contest
The Academy® and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, created the “Oscar® Correspondent Contest” to give college journalists nationwide the chance to head to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage celebrations at the Academy Awards. Teams of two U.S. college students, one correspondent and one videographer, are invited to create a video showcasing their broadcast journalism skills and telling us why they should be chosen to represent the college community at the Academy Awards.
