Becoming a Radio DJ with Disc Jockey Career and Training at OCB

May 1st, 2008 - Ohio Center for Broadcasting students and instructor, Nikk Sutton (below) participated in the 2008 College Movie Festival. The event gave local colleges the opportunity to take part and develop teams which consisted of producer, director, writer, director of photography, location sound engineer, editor, graphic artist, animator and post sound design. All team members must be enrolled in participating College. Other schools which participated were:

1. Brown Mackie College 2. Cincinnati State 3. Northern Kentucky Univ.

4. University of Cincinnati—Clermont Campus 5. University of Cincinnati 6. Xavier University

The resulting movies were 6 minutes or less in length and the genres for 2008 were:

* Buddy Film * Romantic Comedy * Thrilled/Horror * Mystery * Fantasy * Super Hero * Film Noir * Mockumentary *Action Adventure

Genres were selected on March 20 and OCB pulled Romantic Comedy. The OCB Team consisted of 27 students comprised of September Afternoon, November Days, November Nights and March Day classes.

Movies were judged by professional judges and awards were announced on Sunday, April 27 at 7:00 p.m.

Ohio Center for Broadcasting was awarded the Judges Award – which is the 1st place award as well as the Pre Production award which recognizes the team as being best prepared among outstanding production! YEAH OCB Cincinnati …If you are interested in seeing a copy of this outstanding MOVIE contact Goldean Gibbs at 614-271-6060 or gibbs.g@beonair.com

April 26, 2008 - Courtis Fuller, Reporter and Weekend News Anchor for WLWT Channel 5 shared information about his background, first job and preparation to enter in the Broadcast industry to new and continuing students. He discussed the difference between ego and being a jerk; growth of the broadcast industry over the last 20 years, the importance of checking and knowing your sources and always be prepared to adjust to CHANGE.

Courtis Fuller is a familiar face to Cincinnati television viewers. The Broadcast Hall of Fame once selected Courtis as, "Cincinnati's Favorite TV Personality" and it's easy to understand how he earned the title. The veteran newsman has worked tirelessly as a volunteer in numerous tri-state communities after joining WLWT-TV.

His career in communications began nearly 25 years ago. Courtis has received awards for his excellence in journalism from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, United Press International, the Orlando Press Club, the Cleveland Press Club and the National Association of Black Journalists. Courtis is one of the first journalists inducted into the Central Florida Association of Black Journalists and Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He is also the recipient of the Mayor's Seal of the City of Cincinnati Award and APPLAUSE Magazine's IMAGEMAKER in Communications.

Consistently, Courtis has shown his leadership and commitment. He issued a proposal to Cincinnati City Council that led to an inner city street being renamed in honor of high school honor student Derrick Turnbow, who was accidentally shot and killed. He showed that leadership and commitment when he led an effort to have the City of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Reds honor the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's entrance into Major League Baseball. He also conceived and produced an eight-day Cincinnati jazz and heritage festival

Currently he is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Tall Stacks Commission, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees and the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation. He is a former member of the U.S. Department of Education's Back-to-School National Advisory Board; past Board member of the Tri-State American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; Past Regional Director/ National Board member for the National Association of Black Journalists.