Past Successful Graduates
Matt Fredericks
School: American UniversityField of Studies: Historical Documentary
Website Reference: http://www.american.edu/jfk/
Major Achievements: Matthew Fredericks’ thesis film that he produced to AU for the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s speech on campus, JFK: Building Peace for All Time won at the National Capital Chesapeake Bay National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 56th Annual Emmy Awards in the Category of Historical/Cultural ‐ News Single Story in competition against the region's best news outlets and reporters. We were in a specific reporter/photojournalist category that recognized not only production value, but quality news journalism used to tell the story. The film was also awarded a Silver Telly (Top Honors) in the 2014 Telly Awards in the Category of 21311V History/Biography.
