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ABOUT
Mike Ehrlich is a multimedia storyteller from outside of Philadelphia. He currently works as a Digital Media Associate at ESPN in Bristol, Conn., which includes editing videos, updating the Mobile Web, SEO & analytics, and integration.
He has a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill after graduating with distinction in 2010. While there, he worked on award-winning projects during a News 21 fellowship and on project trips to the Galapagos Islands and Asheville, N.C. He also covered sports, including a national championship basketball team, for the Daily Tar Heel.
And outside of work? Mike is currently training for his first triathlon and threatening to learn to play the harmonica. He loves to read (especially Cormac McCarthy, John Steinbeck and Gary Smith), and he’s seen Forrest Gump possibly upwards of 50 times.
AWARDS
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Project
- • Second place World Press Photo 2011 Multimedia Contest, Interactive Productions, Powering a Nation
- • Official honoree 15th Annual Webby Awards, School/University, Powering a Nation
- • Gold, 65th College Photographer of the Year, Large Group Multimedia, Powering a Nation
- • Bronze, 64th College Photographer of the Year, Large Multimedia Project, Being Asheville
- • Award of Excellence, 64th College Photographer of the Year, Large Group Multimedia, Living Galapagos
- • First place, Society of Professional Journalists, Best Independent Online Student Publication, Living Galapagos
- • Best In Category, 2010 Horizon Interactive Awards, School/University Website, Living Galapagos
- • Gold, 2010 Horizon Interactive Awards, School/University Website, Powering a Nation
- • Bronze, 2010 Horizon Interactive Awards, School/University Website, Being Asheville
- • Silver Award, Society for News Design, Best of Digital News Design, Selection/Topic Presentation, Powering a Nation
- • Award of Excellence, Student, Society for News Design, Best of Digital News Design, Use of Multimedia, Powering a Nation
- • Award of Excellence, Student, Society for News Design, Best of Digital News Design, Use of Multimedia, Living Galapagos
- • Finalist, 2010 Online News Association Awards, Multimedia Feature Presentation, Student, Living Galapagos
- • Finalist, 2010 SXSW Web Awards, Student category, Living Galápagos
- • Honorable Mention, 2010 Best of Photojournalism – Multimedia Package, Living Galápagos
- • 1st Place, NPPA Monthly Multimedia – Multimedia Project, (11/2009), Living Galápagos
- • 2nd Place, NPPA Monthly Multimedia – Multimedia Project (8/2010), Powering a Nation