HISTORY OF BASH
Begun in 2017 by the students of Southold High School to celebrate the video production work being done in the emerging field of broadcast production and digital storytelling in Long Island schools. The first BASH was held at Southold High School and was attended by students from primarily Eastern Suffolk schools. The conference included breakfast for the students, breakout sessions, lunch and the awards given out in seven categories.
In 2019 BASH grew and moved to Stony Brook University with students involved from many schools including several from Nassau County, with awards given out in 9 categories. BASH's growth was slowed by the COVID pandemic cancelling the event in 2020 and forcing a virtual BASH in 2021. In 2022 BASH returned to Stony Brook with students attending in person from close to 20 schools with many more participating virtually. Awards were given out in nine categories after 84 submissions were received.
In January of 2023 BASH learned that it would need to find a new home for its conference. A steering committee of teachers was formed and within weeks a new home, at Hofstra University's Lawrence Herbert School of Communication was found and registration was opened. On May 15th the biggest BASH to date was held at the Cranford Adams Playhouse with over six hundred students from 42 schools including and for the first time ever, two from Westchester County, in attendance. Awards were given out in ten categories after over 130 submissions were received.
2024 was the biggest BASH ever with close to fifty schools and over a thousand students registered. Awards were given out in twelve categories with over two hundred and twenty five videos submitted for consideration.
WINNERS
Best Broadcast
2017 - SOHO-TV - Southold HS
2018 - GPOTV - Greenport HS
2019 - GPOTV - Greenport HS
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Manhasset Broadcasting Company
2022 - Bellmore Merrick Broadcasting - Mepham
2023 - Hurricane Watch Westhampton Beach
2024 - Bellmore Merrick Broadcasting - Mepham HS
Best School News
2017 Nestor Menjivar Southold HS
2018 - Lucas Cavanagh, Kenneth Gardner - Hauppauge HS
2019 - Morgan Laube, Emma Lagattolla & Paige Rignola - Westhampton Beach HS
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Jake Divilio, Steven Campi & Anna Feron - Hauppauge
2022 - Francis Buonaiuto - Mattituck H.S.
2023 - Ruby Mattes - Mepham H.S.
2024 - Ryan Marr, Mya Passanisi, Brigid Flanagan, Liam Osborne & Nick Jiminez - Mepham HS
Best Sports Package
2017 - Julia Farley & Laura Roesch - Glen Cove
2018 - Jack Ford - Hauppauge HS
2019 - Clarke Lewis, Jake Bennett & Alec Gilbride - Westhampton Beach HS
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Matt Manno, Tom Mauro, Mike Glafano & Lily Yepez - Mepham HS
2022 - SITV - Shelter Island HS
2023 - Jason Vetrano & James Sturek III East Islip HS
2024 - Jake Manno, Matthew Natof, Makayla Daube & Mia Haffner - Mepham HS
Best Feature Package
2023 - Alexia Mellis & Vincent Amato Manhasset HS
Best PSA
2018 - Andrew Gorkin - Commack
2019 - Lucas Kosmynka - Mattituck
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Steven Campi & Anna Feron - Hauppauge
2022 - Bella Rontiris & Maria Karis - Manhasset
2023 - Ansley Hanus, Sara O'Daly, Jillian Kupecki - Mattituck HS
2024 - Sebastian Japal, Parker Knopp & Alex Lenaghan - Ossining HS
Most Entertaining
2017 - Benjamin Bracken Greenport HS
2018 - Richard Imburgio, Dylan Doerzbacher -Commack HS
2019 - WMHS News - Mattituck HS
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Sophia Kalish Mattituck HS
2022 - Luke Melfa - Mepham HS
2023 - Long Beach HS
Best Opening
2017 - Commack HS
2018 - SITV - Shelter Island HS
2019 -
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Shelter Island TV
2022 - WMHS News Mattituck HS
2023 - POB Media - Plainview Old-Bethpage
2024 - Thunder Vission, Connetquot HS
Best Anchor Team
2017 - Sean Okula & Connor Vaccariello - Southold HS
2018 - Justin Valverde, Stella Wilkins, Matt Correa - Patchogue-Medford HS
2019 - Rocco Law & Brandon Hislop-Mepham
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Madison Travezo & Sam Babich - Hauppauge
2022 - Ava Scheffler & Haley Hepworth Mepham
2023 - Moyo Awolowo & Lindsey Blankenship-Hauppauge HS
2024 - Zoe Sanderlin & Roxy Pipino
Best Science Reporting
2019 -
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Harborfields HS
2022 - Westhampton Beach HS
Newsday Best Local Multimedia Reporting
2023 - Thomas DiSalvo, Greg Gallo, Ryan Marr, Nick Jimenez & Ruby Mattes - Mepham HS
2024 -Sara Strassberg & Vinny Amato - Manhasset HS
Best Community News
2017 - Owen Williams Westhampton Beach
2018 - Dominick Skrezec Mattituck
2019 - Anakin Mgnone - Southold
2020 - No Awards
2021 - Ellie Alloway - Southold
2022 - Emily Yucht Mepham HS
2023 - OHS News Team Ossining HS
2024 -Matthew Finkel & Zakeri - Manhasset HS
Lifetime Achievement Award
2017 - Robert Zahn - Great Neck
2019 - Dr. William Johnson
2021 - David Gamberg - Southold
2022 - Kirsten Mett - Westhampton Beach
2023 - David Schaeffler Hauppauge
2024 - John Roslak, Mattituck HS
Best Live Sports
2024 - BMB Game of the Week: Mepham HS
Best Short Broadcast
2024 - Manhasset HS
Best Human Interest Feature
2024 - Tyler Steinberg, Sidd Elisetty, Kyle McQuillan & Luke Yepez - Mepham HS
Best Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Feature
2024 - Avery Vivinetto & Evan Maiorini - Hauppauge HS