Three shorts by twelve students in Ballard High School’s Digital Filmmaking Program have won honors at the Dominique Dunne Film Competition in Colorado Springs. Maya Konz, Nolan Baker, Bailey Wall and Kajsa Woolford won 1st Prize in the Documentary category for 9066 (https://vimeo.com/190324486), a film about the interment of citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Also […]
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BHS filmmakers take home top award at national festival
Ballard High School filmmakers Coleman Andersen and Leo Pfeifer took home the prize for Best Drama for their film Stolen at the All American High School Film Festival in New York City on October 11. Pfeifer and Anderson co-produced the film at BHS last fall. Pfeifer, a 4th year student in the Digital Filmmaking Program […]
PhinneyWood wins national journalism award
Congratulations to our sister site PhinneyWood.com for winning a prestigious national journalism award. The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced this morning that PhinneyWood won the Online Deadline Reporting (Independent) category for the devastating arson fire on October 23, 2009, “Three-Alarm Fire Destroys Greenwood Businesses.” “..we were on the scene moments after the call came […]
HomeStreet Bank honors ‘good neighbors’
Congratulations to Sip & Ship, Cancer Lifeline and the Phinney Neighborhood Association, recipients of HomeStreek Bank’s fifth annual “Great Neighbor, Great Business” Award. “The businesses were selected based on community partnership, being a great employer, and providing an exceptional customer environment,” the press release states. The businesses will be honored at a community reception from […]
PATH receives world’s largest humanitarian award
PATH, the Ballard-based non-profit just north of the Ballard Bridge, has been given the world’s largest humanitarian award. It was announced today that they will receive the $1.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize for their commitment to lifesaving technologies in developing countries. The award is given each year to an organization that is working […]
Local group gets national Emmy recognition
Imagine seeing words and sentences in a whole new way. Seattleite Cory Calhoun is the king of anagrams and his story recently aired on PBS. Royal Galactic Media is a small production company in Ballard that co-produced a point-of-view piece on Calhoun. Royal Galactic teamed up with Team Juicebox to produce the eight-minute long piece […]
Ballard community service awards announced
The Ballard District Council handed out its annual community service awards tonight, and we’re honored (and stunned) to report that My Ballard was among the winners. Also honored: Randi Hansen, a community activist who helped found the Nordic Heritage Museum; Crystal and Bob Carlson, Great Harvest Bread; Dave Boyd, Groundswell NW; Curt Pryde and Fawn […]
Ballard grad wins Emmy
Ballard High School graduate Jean Smart walked away with an Emmy last night for her role in “Samantha Who?” The 1969 grad won the statue for Best Supporting Actress in a comedy series. Smart is no stranger to the red carpet. She won Emmy Awards for her guest appearances on Frazier, was nominated for three […]
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