Santa Barbara Mayoral Debate Video Wins National Award
Mayoral Debate Program Wins Best Virtual Event Video in National Contest

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Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts’ Mayoral Debate program has won first place recognition for best Virtual Event video in the Hometown Media national contest sponsored by the Alliance for Community Media, the organization that encompasses cable access stations across the U. S.
The Mayoral Debate, recorded on August 27, 2021, was hosted by Jerry Roberts (https://www.newsmakerswithjr.com) and by Josh Molina (Santa Barbara Talks https://santabarbaratalks.com). It was produced by Jerry, Josh, and Hap Freund, at the TVSB studios (https://tvsb.tv); Jerry and Josh were situated in the TV studio questioning the six mayoral candidates who all appeared via Zoom. JP Montalvo of TVSB directed the award-winning cablecast.