In April 2024, NBCU Academy and Adobe launched The Edit, a free digital storytelling challenge for middle and high school students across the country. Since its debut, the program has reached over 30,000 students in all 50 states, building on the success of Sky Up’s The Edit, which has reached over 174,000 students in the U.K., Ireland and Italy.
Three winning high schools and three winning middle schools will receive prizes from NBCU Academy and Adobe, such as GoPros and Fandango gift cards, for their outstanding video news reports on physical, mental or financial wellbeing. Watch the winning reports from The Edit Spring 2025 contest below!
High School Winners
First Place
Mrs. Hill’s Advanced Broadcast Class at Dr. Ralph H. Poteet High School & KEOM, Mesquite, Texas
Second Place
Mr. Stein’s Bellmore Merrick Broadcasting Period 2 students at Wellington C. Mepham High School, Bellmore, New York
Third Place
Ms. Cabrera’s & Mr. DePierro’s class at High Tech High School, Secaucus, New Jersey
Middle School Winners
First Place
Mr. Lopez’s Middle School Tv Production Class at Mater Biscayne Academy Middle School, Miami, Florida
Second Place
Ms. Drabczyk’s Social Media Squad at Anning S. Prall Intermediate School 27, Staten Island, New York
Third Place
Ms. Belafonte’s 8th Grade Media Class at SLAM! Boca Raton, Boca Raton, Florida
Want to see more? Watch the winning videos from The Edit 2024 contest.
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NBCU Academy is a part of Project UP, Comcast’s $1 billion initiative to create digital opportunity through the programs and community partnerships across Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky that connect people to the Internet, advance economic mobility, and open doors for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, storytellers, and creators.
Adobe Express for Education is free for K-12 and empowers student expression, critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills for tens of millions of teachers and students globally. With Adobe Express, K-12 students can apply new technology and creativity skills to make presentations, infographics, GIFs, videos, animations, web pages and more with unique capabilities like Animate Characters, drawing and PDF editing.
