Melek Çetinkaya, Tuğçe Çeşmeci and Sema Arslan, students of Istanbul Gelişim University (IGU) Faculty of Fine Arts (FAF) Radio, Television and Cinema Department, won the first prize with their podcast program “Portrait of a Woman” in the Podcast category of the TRT Future Communicators Competition.
The Future Communicators Competition, organized by TRT every year to encourage university students to produce creative and innovative works in the field of communication, in 2021; It was organized in five main categories: Radio Broadcasting, Television Broadcasting, News Broadcasting, Digital Broadcasting and Beautiful Turkish. In the category of Digital Broadcasting, Radio, Television and Cinema Department students Melek Çetinkaya, Tuğçe Çeşmeci and Sema Arslan, who produced projects in the field of Podcast Broadcasting, center each episode on a leading woman in their field in their publications called “Portrait of a Woman”. They aimed to reproduce and make visible the inspiring stories by aiming to tell the struggles of strong and successful women who have left their mark on the world.
In the projects they prepared under the consultancy of Lecturer Kerem Yükseloğlu and Res. Asst. Eda Çekemci. They told the stories of pioneering and inspiring women such as Aretha Franklin, Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Eda Erdem Dündar and Özlem Türeci.
The awards were given to their winners at the ceremony broadcast live on TRT 2; Tuğçe Çeşmeci received the award on behalf of the team. Tuğçe Çeşmeci, Melek Çetinkaya and Sema Arslan, who were awarded the first prize after a devoted work process, expressed their feelings and thoughts:
“It was a work that required a lot of concentration for us, we tried to reflect the sincerity between us and to continue our project without going out of the concept. While we couldn't get over the joy of being a finalist, we learned that we were in the top three, and after an excited wait, we came first. Our aim was to tell inspiring women with their life stories. We would like to thank the entire GSF family, especially our instructors Eda Çekemci and Kerem Yükseloğlu, who supported us throughout the process.”
We congratulate our students who won the first place in the Digital Broadcasting – Podcast category among 121 universities and 1360 participants, and wish them continued success.
